Comparison

Spond vs NOWCA Wild

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
Currently charting
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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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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

NOWCA Wild

This app allows users to log their open water swims, share their location with safety contacts, and manage swim records. It provides a way to enhance safety during aquatic activities.

Highlights
  • Pin swim locations
  • Alert safety contacts
  • Manage swim records
  • Open water swim tracking
  • Safety features
Features
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Pin your swims - Alert your safety contacts - Manage your Swims.

Screenshots

Spond4 screens
NOWCA Wild4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spond at 61% against NOWCA Wild's 10%. Spond also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). NOWCA Wild's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spond ships an update weekly, NOWCA Wild every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Spond versus NOWCA Wild: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpondNOWCA Wild
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews — better10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.5K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#98 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPOND ASpushpixel

Customer experience

Spond

All ratings3,503 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative31.1%

NOWCA Wild

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%

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

NOWCA Wild

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spond

No in-app purchases

None

NOWCA Wild

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spond free?
Spond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NOWCA Wild free?
NOWCA Wild is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spond or NOWCA Wild have ads?
Neither Spond nor NOWCA Wild shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spond or NOWCA Wild?
Spond ships an update weekly, and NOWCA Wild every 6 weeks. Most recently, Spond was updated on September 23, 2026 and NOWCA Wild on September 9, 2026.

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