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SSTracker vs SportsEngine and PlayMetrics

What SportsEngine and PlayMetrics 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

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What SportsEngine and PlayMetrics does well

SportsEngine

PlayMetrics

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

SportsEngine

PlayMetrics

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

SportsEngine

  • SportsEngine's App Store privacy label lists Location, Identifiers and Usage Data under "Data Used to Track You", and Location, Contact Info, User Content, Identifiers and Usage Data under "Data Linked to You". The label is what the developer declares to Apple. App Store: SportsEngine, read 28 Oct 2026

PlayMetrics

  • PlayMetrics's App Store privacy label has no "Data Used to Track You" section; it lists Purchases, Contact Info, Identifiers and Usage Data under "Data Linked to You". The label is what the developer declares to Apple. App Store: PlayMetrics, 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

SportsEngine

  • Background checks are sold per check: Essentials $15.00, Advanced $21.00, Complete $32.50, with an extra $2.50 a screening for one add-on. SportsEngine pricing page, read 28 Oct 2026

PlayMetrics

  • Not shown here: we list only what PlayMetrics publishes about itself, with the source.

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

SportsEngine

  • Not shown here: we list only what SportsEngine publishes about itself, with the source.

PlayMetrics

  • Not shown here: we list only what PlayMetrics publishes about itself, with the source.

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

SportsEngine

  • Not shown here: we list only what SportsEngine publishes about itself, with the source.

PlayMetrics

  • Not shown here: we list only what PlayMetrics publishes about itself, with the source.

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

SportsEngine

PlayMetrics

  • Not shown here: we list only what PlayMetrics 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 SportsEngine and PlayMetrics and add SSTracker?
Yes. SSTracker does not need another app to be removed. A club can keep SportsEngine and PlayMetrics 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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