Spond vs Fantasy Rowing
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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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.
Fantasy Rowing
Engage in a rowing prediction game by selecting race winners. Earn points based on athlete performance. It covers major rowing events and offers a season pass for enhanced features.
- Rowing prediction game
- Select race winners
- Earn points based on performance
- Covers major rowing events
- Season Pass available
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Fantasy Rowing is the home of Fantasy Henley — the prediction game that turns the Henley Royal Regatta into a contest of your own. Pick the crews you think will win, then earn points as they progress through the draw. Race against your clubmates, friends and rowing rivals on live leaderboards that update through every day of racing. THE PERFECT REGATTA COMPANION Whether you're a rower, coach, supporter or armchair umpire, Fantasy Rowing makes regatta week even better. Used trackside at Henley every day — "the perfect companion to regatta week for any HRR rower, coach, supporter, or friend." HOW IT WORKS • Pick who you think will win before the deadline • Earn points as your crews advance • Track live leaderboards during racing • Create a Squad and your private league is set up automatically for every event MORE THAN HENLEY Fantasy Rowing covers major regattas through the season — Henley Royal Regatta, Henley Women's Regatta, the Boat Race, Head of the Charles (Fantasy Charles) and more. Free to play, with optional Regatta and Season Passes. Download now and get your Henley predictions in. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spond at none against Fantasy Rowing's 2. Spond also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 8). Fantasy Rowing's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 61%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Fantasy Rowing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Spond asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spond holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spond has 3.8K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Spond's written reviews are positive against 93% of Fantasy Rowing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spond ships an update weekly, Fantasy Rowing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spond | Fantasy Rowing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.8K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SPOND AS | IAIN FRASER WEIR |
Customer experience
Spond
Fantasy Rowing
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
Fantasy Rowing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spond
No in-app purchases
Fantasy Rowing
- Season Pass$29.991 Year
- Regatta Pass$6.99









