Comparison

Spond vs Different Breed Performance

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

Head to head
About

Spond

Organize sports teams, clubs, and groups effortlessly. Schedule events, track attendance, collect payments, and communicate with members. This free app simplifies team management for coaches, admins, parents, and players.

Highlights
  • Schedule training, matches, and events
  • Automatic RSVP tracking
  • Secure payment collection
  • Manage multiple teams and roles
  • In-app communication tools
  • Store photos and documents
  • Set up starting line-ups
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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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

Different Breed Performance

Features
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This app gives easy access to your Heyen Hoops library of programs and media. Watch and listen to digital media including program content and more. The Heyen Hoops app saves your programs' progress so that you can always pick up where you left off. Inside the Heyen Hoops Mobile app, you can: - Access all your Heyen Hoops programs - Send text and media to the Heyen Hoops coaches

Screenshots

Spond4 screens
Different Breed Performance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Spond at #62 against Different Breed Performance's unranked. Different Breed Performance's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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, Different Breed Performance every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Spond versus Different Breed Performance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpondDifferent Breed Performance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB61 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSPOND ASDifferent Breed Performance Training, LLC

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

Different Breed Performance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spond

No in-app purchases

None

Different Breed Performance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spond free?
Spond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Different Breed Performance free?
Different Breed Performance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spond or Different Breed Performance have ads?
Neither Spond nor Different Breed Performance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spond or Different Breed Performance?
Spond ships an update weekly, and Different Breed Performance every 10 days. Most recently, Spond was updated on November 11, 2026 and Different Breed Performance on November 5, 2026.

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