Spond vs PaddleCounter
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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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.
PaddleCounter
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Keep your eyes on the ball. PaddleCounter listens for your paddle-hit sound and automatically counts your rallies. CALIBRATE TO YOUR PADDLE Teach PaddleCounter with examples of your own paddle hits. Adjust sound sensitivity to suit your distance, equipment and playing environment. A BIG, EASY-TO-READ COUNTER The landscape play screen puts your hit count front and centre. A configurable quiet pause ends and saves each rally, then resets the counter for the next one. CELEBRATE YOUR STREAK Optional milestone sounds and haptics celebrate 10, 25, 50 and 100 hits, then every 50 hits after that. EXPLORE YOUR RHYTHM Keep a history of sessions and rallies. View hit-rate and timing graphs, see how your pace changes, and explore how evenly spaced your hits are. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Microphone audio is processed on your iPhone. Raw microphone recordings are not saved or uploaded. Calibration features, settings and rally history stay in the app. No account is required. For best results, calibrate where you play and position your iPhone safely nearby. Sound recognition depends on your environment and may miss hits or count other sounds. Use the detector test and sensitivity controls to tune it before playing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Spond at #67 against PaddleCounter's unranked. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Spond | PaddleCounter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #67 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPOND AS | MATTHEW LOUIS BILELLA |
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
PaddleCounter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spond
No in-app purchases
PaddleCounter
No in-app purchases









