Comparison

Spond vs CrossCountry 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Spond

This app streamlines sports team and club organization. It simplifies scheduling, payment collection, and communication for coaches, admins, parents, and players. Save time on administrative tasks and focus more on the sport.

Highlights
  • Schedule training, matches, and events
  • Automatic RSVP tracking
  • Secure payment collection
  • Group communication tools
  • Manage multiple teams and roles
  • Sync with personal calendar
  • Player of the match voting
Features
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Organize your team, sports club or group. Save time. Focus on what matters. The free app trusted by millions of coaches, club admins, parents and players worldwide. Spond is the app that makes sports happen. Whether you're running a sports club or organizing activities with your friends, Spond keeps everyone in sync. Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments. What you can do: • Schedule training, matches and events • Set up recurring events for the whole season at once • Sync everything with your personal calendar • See who's coming with automatic RSVP tracking • Collect membership fees and event payments securely • Send reminders and keep track of who has paid • Manage multiple teams with sub-groups and set member roles • Import members from Excel or add via link, email or SMS • Export attendance lists and data to Excel • Set up your starting line-ups for matches • Keep track of match goals and vote player of the match • Communicate via group chats, posts and polls • Store photos and documents in custom folders and file structures • Manage children's accounts safely as a guardian with full visibility of communication with coaches Built for coaches, club admins, parents and players. Spond saves a coach an average of 2 hours per week on admin tasks. That's more time on the field, less time in spreadsheets and group message chats. Works for all sports and activities. Any group that needs to get organized will find their home in Spond. Download Spond and make sports happen.

About

CrossCountry 2

This app helps equestrian event riders visualize, plan, and measure cross-country courses. It offers interactive maps, jump details, and the ability to record and review your own courses for better preparation and performance.

Highlights
  • Explore 18,000+ course maps worldwide
  • Interactive course maps with jump photos/videos
  • Record and measure your own course walks with GPS
  • Add custom jump details and voice comments
  • Automatic minute marker calculation
  • Offline map access
  • Virtual guided course walks with expert commentary
Features
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CrossCountry is the No.1 app for event riders. Thousands of equestrians, from novices to Olympians, use CrossCountry app to visualise and plan their course and ride to time. Leave the start box with confidence and perform better when you prepare with CrossCountry app. EXPLORE CROSS COUNTRY COURSES - View over 18,000 quality course maps from around the world - See photos and videos of jumps - Get interactive course maps for events you're competing in - Look up past courses and be more prepared RECORD YOUR OWN COURSE MAPS - Map & measure your course walk with GPS - Add in jumps with photos, videos, text, striding and voice comments - Automatically calculate minute markers - Use for cross country, steeplechase, TREC and in training - Review before you ride RIDE TO TIME - See minute markers and jump times - Count up and count down minute markers - Learn to ride at a smooth, safe pace - Practice at home OFFLINE MAPS - Download maps to use offline anywhere - Record courses with no internet or mobile (cell) phone connection - Edit downloaded maps and add your own photos and comments LEARN FROM THE BEST - Download virtual guided course walks with expert commentary - Get unique insights on different cross country courses SHARE AND PUBLISH COURSES - Share your course privately or to social media - Publish on CrossCountry app EASY TO USE - Excellent design makes this app a pleasure to use COURSE DESIGN - Do more with your courses in the CrossCountry Toolkit - In CrossCountry Toolkit you can design courses, print maps and edit the track. Find out more at www.crosscountryapp.com/toolkit (Yearly Subscription Required) Terms of Use https://www.crosscountryapp.com/files/Equimaps%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20use%2025%20November%202020.pdf

Screenshots

Spond4 screens
CrossCountry 24 screens

Verdict

The call

Spond and CrossCountry 2 both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of CrossCountry 2's written reviews are positive against 61% of Spond's. CrossCountry 2 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Spond's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CrossCountry 2 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Spond asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Spond against 4.9 for CrossCountry 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spond has 3.8K ratings behind it against 623, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Spond's written reviews are positive against 96% of CrossCountry 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spond ships an update weekly, CrossCountry 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Spond versus CrossCountry 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpondCrossCountry 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.8K ratings)4.9 (623 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews96.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better623
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPOND ASEquimaps Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Spond

All ratings3,802 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral8.4%
Negative30.9%

CrossCountry 2

All ratings536 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%

User reviews

Spond

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and manage
  • 🚀 Effective for organizing teams and events
  • 💡 Useful features like polls, availability requests, and payments
  • 🤝 Helps improve team communication and coordination

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Notification issues (spam, delayed, unable to turn off)
  • 🔍 Lack of search functionality
  • 📅 Calendar sync problems
  • 🤔 Confusing sign-up and setup process
  • 💰 Expensive payment processing fees

CrossCountry 2

From 623 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for course visualization
  • 👍 Useful for event riders
  • 👍 Helps know courses beforehand
  • 👍 Good for cross country prep
  • 👍 Excellent for course design

Room to improve

  • 👎 No longer useful for spectators (free version)
  • 👎 Zero internet at events makes it useless without pro subscription

Bugs and requests

Spond

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Events randomly disappearing
  • Inability to create new events in some groups
  • Calendar sync issues when crossing time zones
  • Verification code not being received
  • Crashes when opening messages

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add goal scorer and stats tracking features
  • Improve recurring event creation and management
  • Implement a more granular notification control system
  • Develop an iPad-specific app
  • Add a car pool feature to connect players in the same area

CrossCountry 2

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow editing courses after finishing
  • Add more compulsory passages
  • Add waypoints before minute markers

In-app purchases

None

Spond

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CrossCountry 2

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Spond free?
Spond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrossCountry 2 free?
CrossCountry 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spond or CrossCountry 2?
CrossCountry 2 is rated higher. Spond averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while CrossCountry 2 averages 4.9 from 623 ratings.
Do Spond or CrossCountry 2 have ads?
Neither Spond nor CrossCountry 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spond or CrossCountry 2?
Spond ships an update weekly, and CrossCountry 2 every 2 months. Most recently, Spond was updated on November 1, 2026 and CrossCountry 2 on November 2, 2026.

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