Spond vs Pursuit Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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.
Pursuit Timer
This app simplifies the start of dinghy sailing pursuit races by managing multi-class starts based on PYS handicaps. It guides users through setting up classes and durations, then prompts them for horn signals. Preview start times and export data for competitors.
- Multi-start pursuit race timer
- PYS handicap start management
- Class and duration setup
- Horn signal prompts
- Start time preview
- Export to CSV
- Share with competitors
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Multi-start pursuit race timer for sailing dinghies. For race management; set it going and toot the horn when the app pings! Dinghy pursuit races are run in reverse, each class starts according to PYS handicap. Aim: overtake the boat furthest ahead to win. This is simple for racers, complex for duty teams. Pursuit Timer simplifies the pursuit start. Just select the classes and duration. Start the timer and follow the prompts. Preview start times and export to CSV or share with competitors. Multi-start pursuit race timer for sailing dinghies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Spond at Free against Pursuit Timer's $2.99. Spond also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Spond is free to download; Pursuit Timer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spond holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spond has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spond ships an update weekly, Pursuit Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spond | Pursuit Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.6K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPOND AS | James Cowlishaw |
Customer experience
Spond
Pursuit Timer
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
Pursuit Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spond
No in-app purchases
Pursuit Timer
No in-app purchases
