Comparison

Spond vs HoopsHQ

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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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

HoopsHQ

This official app serves the Basketball England community, providing access to fixtures, league standings, game results, and player statistics. Fans can follow their favorite teams and players, while registered participants can sync game schedules and receive real-time updates.

Highlights
  • Official Basketball England app
  • Fixtures, ladders, and results
  • Player and team statistics
  • Favorite players, teams, and leagues
  • Sync participant schedules
  • Instant game updates
Features
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Introducing the official mobile app for everyone involved in the Basketball England Community. HoopsHQ is the official free iOS app for the Basketball England community, featuring fixtures, ladders, results and stats from PlayHQ. Fans can favourite players, teams and leagues, while logged-in participants get their fixtures synced to their schedule with instant game updates.

Screenshots

Spond4 screens
HoopsHQ3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: HoopsHQ at free against Spond's free with in-app purchases. HoopsHQ also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 61%). Spond's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 2) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Spond against 5.0 for HoopsHQ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spond has 3.8K ratings behind it against 2, 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 76% of HoopsHQ's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spond ships an update weekly, HoopsHQ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Spond versus HoopsHQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpondHoopsHQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews76.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPOND ASPlayHQ

Customer experience

Spond

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

HoopsHQ

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%

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

HoopsHQ

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spond

No in-app purchases

None

HoopsHQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spond free?
Spond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HoopsHQ free?
HoopsHQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spond or HoopsHQ?
HoopsHQ is rated higher. Spond averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while HoopsHQ averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Spond or HoopsHQ have ads?
Neither Spond nor HoopsHQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spond or HoopsHQ?
Spond ships an update weekly, and HoopsHQ fortnightly. Most recently, Spond was updated on October 26, 2026 and HoopsHQ on October 25, 2026.

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