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SSTracker vs Spond
What Spond does well, and what each costs, collects and does for a young athlete, side by side. Every line links where it was read.
Prices checked on 28 Oct 2026 (each fact shows the day it was read); tell us if something changed: support@sstracker.app
Credit where it is due
What Spond does well
- A free app: events with invites and reminders, payment requests, secure messaging, groups, club management and a club website. spond.com (US), read 28 Oct 2026
- Messaging with "comprehensive oversight for parents/guardians". spond.com (US), read 28 Oct 2026
- 4.85 stars from 3,832 ratings on the US App Store. Apple App Store ratings (iTunes Search API), read 27 Oct 2026
- Spond, from Oslo, reports more than 3 million monthly active users. Spond: 3 million monthly active users, read 27 Oct 2026
Side by side
The same six questions for each
Price and fees
SSTracker
- Club and team management: $0, no seat limits. SSTracker pricing, read 28 Oct 2026
- Card payments: families pay the listed price, nothing on top; the club receives it minus 3.4% + 30¢ in total, card processing included. SSTracker pricing, read 28 Oct 2026
- Player OS training (optional): from $29 a month per club with a 30-day free trial, or $7.50 a month per player for a family (14 days free). SSTracker pricing, read 28 Oct 2026
Spond
- Free. US payments cost "$1.00 + 3.29%" each; by default the group pays it. spond.com (US), read 28 Oct 2026; Spond help: payment costs in the Spond app, read 28 Oct 2026
Privacy (App Store label)
SSTracker
- SSTracker is a web app, so it has no App Store label. Its Privacy Policy says: no advertising, no third-party tracking code, no analytics inside the app (the public website counts visits without cookies or personal data), and no one's data is sold. SSTracker Privacy Policy, read 28 Oct 2026
Spond
- Spond's App Store privacy label lists Identifiers and Usage Data under "Data Used to Track You", and Financial Info, Location, Contact Info, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics and Other Data under "Data Linked to You". The label is what the developer declares to Apple. App Store: Spond, read 28 Oct 2026
Child safety
SSTracker
- A child's data is collected only after a parent gives verifiable consent. SSTracker Children's privacy, read 28 Oct 2026
- Staff cannot message a child one to one; team messages go with a copy to parents. SSTracker SafeSport page, read 28 Oct 2026
- A team takes no families until its coach is cleared by a background check, or by an association clearance the director confirms. SSTracker Clearance Policy, read 28 Oct 2026
- A child's game stats stay hidden for 15 minutes after a game, enforced on the server. SSTracker help, read 28 Oct 2026
Spond
- A safeguarding page with guidance such as "Keep all communication open – both online and offline" and "Never work alone – always have two adults present!" Spond safeguarding page, read 28 Oct 2026
Training at home
SSTracker
- Drills for 22 sports, each with steps, the coach's cue and the space it needs; free weekly workouts and printables. SSTracker drill library, read 28 Oct 2026
- Each child's growth is charted against their own past, never ranked against other children. SSTracker for parents, read 28 Oct 2026
Spond
- Publishes drill articles on its site, such as youth soccer and basketball drills. spond.com (US), read 28 Oct 2026
What parents do
SSTracker
- Parents get the coach's homework with a part to play (feeder, target, timer), see a card for each child's week, and can confirm sessions they watched. SSTracker for parents, read 28 Oct 2026
Spond
- A "Guardians & Parents" section and an "Add Guardians" feature. spond.com (US), read 28 Oct 2026
Private trainers
SSTracker
- Private trainers apply, pass a background check, and are listed for signed-in families; families book and pay by card into the trainer's own Stripe account at 3.4% + 30¢ all in. SSTracker: find a trainer, read 28 Oct 2026
Spond
- Not shown here: we list only what Spond publishes about itself, with the source.
Questions
What people ask
- Is SSTracker free?
- Running a club or a team is free, always: rosters, schedules, team messages, registration and the background-check workflow. Card payments cost 3.4% + 30¢ in total, taken from what the club receives; families pay the listed price. Player OS training is the paid part: from $29 a month per club after a 30-day free trial, or $7.50 a month per player for a family.
- Can we keep using Spond and add SSTracker?
- Yes. SSTracker does not need another app to be removed. A club can keep Spond for what it does today and use SSTracker for training at home, with the coach and the parents in it.
- Where do the facts on this page come from?
- Each fact links the page it was read on: the company's own pages, its App Store listing, or a named news outlet, with the day it was read. We show only what we could check at its source. If something has changed, write to support@sstracker.app and we will correct it.
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