Comparison

Spond vs Sideline

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 Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments.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

Sideline

Features
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Sideline: Insights is a stats app for coaches and parents in soccer and handball. Follow the whole team or just one player live during the match: tap the pitch or court where it happened, pick the event, and the numbers build up as you go. After the match you get player cards, heat maps and development charts that show how each player is progressing. ONE APP, TWO SPORTS • Switch between football and handball with one global sport switch. • Players can belong to several teams, across both sports. LIVE DURING THE MATCH • Track the whole team, or follow one player. • Tap the pitch or court where it happened, and both the event and its position are saved. • Goals, shots, saves and misses, plus penalties in football and 7-metre throws in handball. • Handball: blocks, technical faults, steals, charges drawn and 2-minute suspensions. • Football: corners, offsides and free kicks. • Yellow and red cards. • Mark where in the goal each shot went, and which zone around the goal a miss went to. PLAYER CARDS • Filter by season, last 5 matches or a single match. • Attack and defence shown separately. • Shot heat maps on the pitch or court, and on the goal. • Goal placement zones, with saved and missed shots. • Stats table per match, with trend arrows. • Development charts that show the trend over time. • "When the player scores" chart showing when in the match the goals come. TEAM CARDS • Combined stats for the whole team. AFTER THE MATCH • Match summary with a stats table. • Share the summary as an image. • Export the match report as a CSV file. PRIVACY FIRST • No account, no tracking and no ads. • All data is stored locally on your device. Nothing is sent to the developer. • Nothing leaves the app unless you choose to share an image or a CSV file. BUILT FOR THE SIDELINE • Premium dark design that is easy to read, whether you're at the pitch or in the sports hall. Available in Norwegian Bokmål, English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Screenshots

Spond4 screens
Sideline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spond at Free against Sideline's $1.99. Spond also leads on chart position (#142 vs unranked). Sideline's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spond is free to download; Sideline costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spond ships an update weekly, Sideline daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Spond versus Sideline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpondSideline
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPOND ASStian Braastad

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

Sideline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spond

No in-app purchases

None

Sideline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spond free?
Spond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sideline free?
Sideline costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spond or Sideline have ads?
Neither Spond nor Sideline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spond or Sideline?
Spond ships an update weekly, and Sideline daily. Most recently, Spond was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sideline on October 24, 2026.

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