# Spond Reviews **Vendor:** Spond **Category:** [Sports League Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sports-league-management) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 41 ## About Spond Spond – the #1 team management app for grassroots clubs. Our free (and ad-free) app takes the pain out of everyday tasks for volunteers and coaches. Spond makes life easier for grassroots coaches and volunteers: • 100% free and ad-free app • Save up to 7 hours every week • Manage availability and attendance • Real-time communication with members, guardians and volunteers • Collect payments online, and raise funds ## Spond Reviews ### 1. Spond saves you time, allows growth, and safeguards info. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gareth B. | Club Chairman, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Time management, allows for growth at a pace that suits me. We have grown but the level of admin hasnt changed allowing me to focus on working on making our club better for all involved. Charlene has been a key factor to introducing the product, and then account managing. I am always pushing the capabilities and Spond are very forward thinking. Its a really great system. The safeguarding aspect of the system is amazing, and parents and coaches love how it works. Tech isnt everyones cup of tea, but most boxes are ticked and people are now used to using it. #itsonspond was a term well used by me, but that seems to be less as people have adapted. I have juat set up the entire season and training for the whole club in 2 days, which absolutely fantastic. **What do you dislike about Spond?** The lack on auto generated payments, needs a Xero or accounting software integration. Could do with an intergrated coaches availability calendar or a place to add holidays that would then appear on dates as they are entered. The app only allows you send 100 messages at a time, so I am not able to send the whole family of 400 people a message at once. Cant refund app payment requests. Email account integration with outlook would be good, and logged telephone calls with the ability to make a note, but not a massive thing. Finance payment request to be seen in app also. Think thats all for now, but minor bits At some point a club sponsorship platform or ability to send info out for local business deals via a message, but can do that manually. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Time, growth, communication, safeguarding, multiple clubs integration, account management, finance checking, I literally do everything in the club and most of it from my mobile. ### 2. Managing people with simplicity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alistair M. | Superintendent, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Easy to use across every platform. Easy to set up and get everyone on board. Easy to keep everyone up to date with what's going on and where. More importantly it lets you see who is coming to an event. Good social interaction. Overall brilliant tool to help save time. And it is free to use ! **What do you dislike about Spond?** There is very little to not like about SPOND. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** An outstanding app to help the brilliant volunteers involved in grassroots sports. Saves so much time and so much better than using WhatsApp. Everything you need in one package to help you run a team. And it is free. No gimmicks totally free. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** People management - helps to store member information in one place. This includes linking a parent/guardian when the member is a child. Event planning - helps to get people organised for football matches , training and tournaments and seeing who is available Keeping people informed- posting match reports and social information where people can message back and join in the conversation Polls - use to get the views of players and parents about social events etc. ### 3. Can't recommend Spond enough, makes the organisation of my teams activities a walk in the park! 5* **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew P. | Retail Customer Account Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** I find the most helpful part of the Spond app is the creation of the 'Events' and how quickly you can duplicate a previous event to reduce duplication. Also, the reminder functionality is very helpful to chase up non-responders quickly and efficiently! **What do you dislike about Spond?** I would like to be made aware more of the full functions and features of the App as new developments are made, I don't ever remember being notified or given any details on how to use these or could be beneficial to me, for example, the fundraising feature. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** If you manage a team and need to organise it more efficiently and save valuable time download Spond! **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spond allows me to quickly and easily track the number of participants I have for each event, as availability is very important to ensure matches can be confirmed and take place. This saves me a great deal of time and effort compared to using Whatapp for example which is how I used to ask for availability and the information would easily get lost in the chat group, especially when working quite some time in advance. I would say that Spond saves me on average 2 hours per week which is hugely important to me! ### 4. Has been a game changer, literally **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah G. | Fixtures Secretary/Academy Team Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** A great platform keeping all team data in one place. Can coordinate events, communicate individually or reach whole groups. Also the added benefits of collecting payments. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Sometimes parents comment that they find the app difficult to navigate. Would be great to get updates when the app has changes made. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** The fact that all contact data can be kept on SPOND means it doesn't have to be stored on computer. Much easier to communicate events & changes in real time. ### 5. Excellent platform to run tour sports club ... **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gary W. | C, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is an easy to use and intuitive application, accessible via a mobile App and the web. It is very robust, secure and helps streamline managing a sports club. **What do you dislike about Spond?** There are a few elements of added functionality I'd like to see but very minor enhancements. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spond helps us select and manage teams as well as collect both membership and match fee payments. This cuts down the work of the club volunteers significantly. ### 6. Brilliant App, few kinks but nearly perfect **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sian L. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** We use this to organise events for our charity. It means everything is in one place, beneficiaries know what is happening, what they have booked and all the details rather than us having to use multiple platforms. This cuts down our admin time and duplication. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Couple of little quirks, we have mentioned them and hopefully they will get sorted. Having to book children individually on events - when you have multiple children it's a pain (and expensive with transaction fees) Not being able to have different prices for events (such as carers or discounted siblings), this means we have to use the payment request feature, which is great (but makes the back end work harder) **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Consider it, it may be primarily a sports club app, but it has many applications, and could easily expand into other sectors with a few tweaks **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spond is helping us utilise more administrators within the app, which means it doesn't all fall on 1 person It helps us with managing waiting lists and having most things all in one place. It's cut down our time which as volunteers is all good **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Sian, thanks so much for your positive feedback. As for the quirks, I will be sure to pass these on to our product development team. They are always working to make the app even better. ### 7. Great start, great potential, constantly improving based on actual feedback from it's users **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lewis H. | Salesforce Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The ability to set a maximum number of attendees for specific events, and also have them scheduled in advance. The communication with juniors, including their guardians, the ability to take payment directly via the app, and this setting members as attending, means that we don't have members turning up saying they will 'pay next week' etc. **What do you dislike about Spond?** There is no credit facility built-in. So if a player pays for a session, and 2-3 days before they become ill (or contract covid, etc.), we have to add the amount they paid into a custom field manually. Then when able to attend, they have to request to use the credit they have, and we have to manually add them. If there was a way to set up rules that automatically gave credit if declined x days before scheduled start (perhaps set this on the event), and members could use this credit towards other events, paying any remaining in the same way. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Understand fully the difference between Spond Club and the Spond App first. Pre-determine who will do what within the organisation for admin roles, hosts etc. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** We no longer have issues where players turn up without paying, and no money is owed to us as a club by members. We are much more productive now, and the memberships and events are much better managed. We also have a good insight as to how many are turning up in advance, and whom. As a coach, this is invaluable to organise a good session. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hey Lewis, thanks so much for taking the time to review Spond. We are constantly looking at ways to enhance our payments features and we will be making improvements in the coming months, dependent on your location, so watch this space. ### 8. Excellent App...With One Flaw **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Warren K. | Captain, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The ease of setting up events, sending out invites, and tallying who is "in" and "out" for each game makes Spond very useful from an administrator standpoint. My teammates appreciate the ease with which they can respond to invites and enjoy the platforms flexibility across its app, the Spond website, text, and email. **What do you dislike about Spond?** The messaging features in Spond need a major overhaul. Messages appear in numerous places--in events, in event responses, and in groups--making it very hard to track and respond to conversations. It would be so much easier if there was a unified place for all messages. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Set up your season in advance...it will save time versus using the platform one game at a time. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** The biggest problem Spond solves for me is keeping track of which of my players is available for each game. It allows me to do so with less effort than previous platforms I have used that provided similar benefits. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hey Warren, thanks so much for your review of Spond. I have passed on your comments re messaging to the product development team and they will certainly take the time to review it. We are constantly working on improvements to the Spond app, so watch this space. ### 9. Spond has saved us hours! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marc B. | Leadership Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is an incredibly user-friendly solution that allows us as an organisation to manage over 200 participants to get involved in over 100 events throughout the year. This has literally saved us hours of work! **What do you dislike about Spond?** As we use this as a management solution for our volunteers, it would be good to recognise high attendance or log volunteering hours within the app. However, we understand this is a different way to what the app was designed. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have solved the whole management of over 200 young people from across several secondary schools to facilitate and maximise volunteering opportunities within our community and beyond. Such things as communication between parents and us has vastly improved. We have seen an improvement in attendance at events and all of this through the power of Spond! **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Marc, thanks so much for the awesome review. Regarding your comments on the logging of volunteering hours, this is not something we've been asked for previously, so I have passed it on to the product development team and they will certainly keep it in mind for future enhancements. ### 10. Great platform for hosting your memberships **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Linda H. | Treasurer and Senior Membership Secretary, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Management of membership and details. Ease of managing subscriptions. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Nothing. Spond gives us everything we need to manage our membership, group them into teams, communicate with each team. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** So easy to use, great database, immediate help from Spond if needed. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Membership database. All our members are invited to Spond, and then take ownership of their personal details on the database. It is all held following data privacy laws, and can be accessed by only those who need to see it. Collection of fees. We have immediate payment, and have collected 100% of fees within a month of the start of the season. Communication. We use Spond to communicate with teams for availability and events. ### 11. Using Spond to manage my Cricket Team **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nitesh P. | Head of Reserving - International Operations, ArgoGlobal, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Being able to manage availability and team selection has been really easy with Spond. It is also a useful place to put match information and team information too. **What do you dislike about Spond?** It would be a very nuanced function but being able to differentiate between different levels of players would be useful. So for example, a fullly paid up member of my team would have priority of training sessions (where I impose a limit on numbers) to a casual pay as you go member **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** It's a great app for managing a sports team **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reducing time spent on administration and spending more time on the field is really important to me and Spond takes away some of the burden of having to continually message parents **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Nitesh, thanks so much for your top-notch review. it's great to see that you are making full use of the Spond app and I will be passing on your feedback to our product development team. We are always working on new features and enhancements, so they love to hear from Spond users. ### 12. Fantastic tool for planning and club communications. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John W. | Financial Controller, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Being able to schedule fixtures......... **What do you dislike about Spond?** Unable to re-name groups in the app..... **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Logistics for training & fixtures. Great to be able to add locations, times etc for parents whilst also seeing availability. ### 13. Excellent tool for easily managing teams/age groups. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** I have been using Spond since the start of the 2021-22 Rugby Season to manage 3 x Girls teams of differing age groups. The set up is simple and I love how I can manage all 3 teams by age group, completely separately or as one large group. Adding new players is simple, adding/loading fixtures and Posts also very simple, and easy for both me as Admin and the player/parent users. I am delighted that I made the switch to this product from my previous team management app I also like that I can add additional criteria to enable me to categorise the players further as required. Particularly important for our set up. In our set up we have brought together girls from different clubs to play as one, yet we can add them all simply under the Rugby Hub **What do you dislike about Spond?** Inabity to delete old "chats" from Messages. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Spond has without doubt made my life as a Team Manager of 3 teams of different age groups, so much simpler and effective. It saves me time and the interface is easy for all no matter how tech savvy they are. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication to players, parents and coaches across 4 clubs, in one click. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi, thanks for your positive review. The reason you can't currently delete old messages is to ensure full traceability and safeguarding within the app. This is something we're looking at, however, so watch this space for enhanced features in the near future. ### 14. Unanimously positive **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ConForte S. | Content Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** We recently evaluated the use of Spond by our members, and they were unanimously positive about the tool. It makes communication so much easier! It helps of having all events in one place, and it makes it super convenient when someone joins later throughout the year; you just invite them to the group, and they know everything about upcoming events, locations, hours... **What do you dislike about Spond?** The messaging feature could be improved: notifications don't always work, and you can't tag anyone. It would also be nice to bulk respond to a series of events after an invitation is send. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** No need to send new mails when an event gets rescheduled or a location has changed. Just a minor edit in the Spond event, and all members automatically have all the most up-to-date information. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your positive review. I have passed on your feedback to our product development team, who are always working on enhancements to the app and I know there are improvements to messaging in the pipeline for 2022. ### 15. Spond will change your life - I'm not joking **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eleanor L. | CEO, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** I simply LOVE Spond, the whole app. As a club, we simply could not operate without it. It's so intuitive and simple to use. It has enabled us to grow our multi-sports club because we can manage all our activities across the whole club in one place. We can quickly and easily get information to our participants, even if we have to make changes last minute, we can keep a track of attendance, we can share stories and chat about the bits we are interested in, we cab set up easy payments for our events, we can schedule a whole season and enable our members to have an overview of what is coming up and much more besides. **What do you dislike about Spond?** We would like to be able to set up Direct debits for our members but this feature is not yet available. Spond are very good at listening to their users so it may well be in development already. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Do it. It has made so much possible for us. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** We could not have grown our club without Spond as it would just have taken too long to arrange activities and keep up to date with attendance and activity changes. Spond enables us to have instant access to that. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Eleanor, thanks so much for your positive review. I have passed on your feedback to the product development team and I can confirm that they are currently working on a number of enhancements to our payment offer, so watch this space, ### 16. Training and matches... Sorted **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Beverley A. | Project Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** All the details of matches and sessions including maps are available when you click any event **What do you dislike about Spond?** Reminders don't seem to give me obvious alerts **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Have a look around when your admin adds events it's really clear though **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Planning my sporting calendar and noting availability. I have two teams on spond so it clearly shows clashes and gives me a picture of the season ahead ### 17. Every club should use Spond **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark F. | Country Manager UK & Ireland , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond gives our club a one-stop system to manage our membership and events/activities. Spond helps save volunteers time while covering the essential issues like GDPR. The ever-growing features also mean they as a company seem to be listing to us users, which gives me faith this is a long-term solution to running our club. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Not much for me to dislike as this is a free to use product, which makes me wonder why more people don't use spond. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** If you are managing a large sports club and need a solution to resolve communication, payments and membership then this product is the one for you. If nothing else try it ! **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication is made more accessible if I need to contact a parent or helper. I can go onto the APP and message them directly. While at the same time, restrictions are in place to stop others from having this access. This solves the issue around communication but also helps solve any concerns around GDPR. Event organisation, We can set up an event which then parents can tell us if they are attending and I can also see who has not answered. Registration, our coaches can take a register to see who is attending training and a record is then held in Spond. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks Mark, your positive review of Spond is much appreciated. It's great to know that clubs like yours are making full use of the Spond team management platform ### 18. A Perfect Tool for Sports Clubs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mathieu D. | Systems Consultant at Verifac Veterinary Computers, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is super convenient to use from mobile phones and has all the tools required for registering attendance, organising sessions and events, and communicating with all users. We even use it for taking payments! **What do you dislike about Spond?** We have used Spond for over a year now, and I honestly have not found anything missing. Whenever we need to do something new in the club, we find that Spond can accommodate it. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spond has helped us manage our growth (in a junior sports club) from dozens of kids to 150. We can manage session numbers more effectively (especially useful during covid restrictions) and also take payments through the app which is great. We moved all our communication from WhatsApp to Spond as it is clearer for parents. They have loads of WhatsApp chats going but only us on Spond... **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hey Mathieu, thanks so much for the positive review. We are constantly working to enhance the user experience on the app and Spond Club, so it's great to hear from users who are making the most of it. ### 19. A great solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Javan Bramhall D. | Managing Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Simple to use, the fixture import feature means managing my team is simple to set up and I automated emails and reminders mean I stay on top of everything with minimal effort, **What do you dislike about Spond?** Not much. Would like the messages to mark as read once they are read, rather than having to mark them manually. Otherwise, love the product **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Get it **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Team management, whole club management of fixtures and central communication from club to all members of the club in different age groups **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Javan, thanks so much for your positive review. I have passed on your feedback re messages to our product development team. We are always working on enhancements to the Spond app. ### 20. Good product and easy admin **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Obinna A. | IT Professional, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The ease of administration of the club's structure **What do you dislike about Spond?** 1. The access to usage data. 2. View of player pictures **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Access to all groups - Easy admin platform for coaches - Payment portal ### 21. Spond - easy availability **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Byron C. | COO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 17, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond allows you to gather a large amount of availability data in one place, far more efficiently than emails or shared spreadsheets. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Some parents have found it hard to register, that may be user error as it is a small number. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** It is excellent for gathering availability for sporting clubs. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organization, in past years we have used shared spreadsheets, emails etc. Spond has been the first solution we haven't dropped after one season. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Byron, thanks for your positive review. I will be sure to pass on your feedback to the team, although there are no issues I'm currently aware of with parent/guardian registration. Remember, if anyone has a problem getting on the Spond app, we're always here to help. ### 22. Great app for grassroots sports club **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The app does pretty much everything that we need to help run the admin side of our sports club. Very easy payment integration too! **What do you dislike about Spond?** Although the app is free, the pricing model favours larger payments vs smaller payments. But they are very transparent about the fees. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Give it a go - completely free to use all features bar accepting payments, so nothing to lose! **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saves literally hundreds of hours each year in admin time setting up and managing sessions, members and events! ### 23. It is a very easy to handle tool for our daily work in sport management. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Martin H. | Guest Speaker, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is easy to handle and very simple to install all people in our organisation. We use spond in many ways and it helps us to stay in permanent contact with our whole staff. **What do you dislike about Spond?** I cannot find anything what i dislike so far. We are very satisfied with the outcome of the app. All our needs are covered by the app and the staff is working with it very good. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to have our communication with the coaching staff, staff and players on one tool. This improves our organisation a lot and helps to solve resources for our main job. Our biggest benefit out of spond is that we can keep all informations together and we are able to have short ways to each other. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Martin, thanks so much for your awesome review. We love to hear from our loyal users and it's great to hear that you are making full use of the app. ### 24. Centralise and simplify **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alan S. | Portfolio Swap Associate, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is fairly intuitive and is a great place to organise fixtures and other events. It also means responsibility for organising everything does not come down to one person, among roles allow others to run events. The flexibility of the imports is great. **What do you dislike about Spond?** There can be some duplication of work and restrictions on how to setup events where fees are required. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Better than spreadsheets and emails **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** So far we are receiving more funds than before with the previous BACS/cash methods. A single communication channel also helps along with the accept/decline option for events. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your review. We are always working to make the Spond app as streamlined and intuitive as possible, so I will certainly pass on your feedback to the developers and ask them to look at it. ### 25. Incredible time saver & fantastic product! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is very intuitive to use and it is an absolute breeze to set up. We primarily use the app for training and match day availability - this has saved us an incredible amount of time compared to managing availability manually. In future, we will be looking to integrate our membership payments and polls within Spond as well. **What do you dislike about Spond?** There is truly nothing that I dislike about the Spond app. Everything works exactly as it should. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** I would absolutely recommend using Spond. It has been a huge time saver, and the product itself is fantastic. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** The key problem we are solving with Spond is collecting training and match day availability. Previously, we were utilizing Facebook polls to collect our players' availability. On Facebook, it was very difficult to keep track of as we have 3 different teams and a number of other polls ongoing on Facebook. Since switching to Spond, we have saved a massive amount of time and effort as we have all of the data in one place. This also allows us to have a historical look at player availability when considering team selections. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your positive review. ### 26. Product Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stuart R. | Business Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is a very intuitive platform, giving you the ability to organise your activities and communicate with players, parents and coaches easily all in one place. **What do you dislike about Spond?** There is nothing that I dislike about Spond. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Download the App and start using it straight away! **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main benefit to our team is that it covers all of our needs in one place - notifications, attendances and availability. ### 27. Spond is easy to use and secure for interclub communications **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** * Ability to communicate efficiently to specific groups or the entire club * Organize events * Ability for parents and children to participate * Users are in control of their account, if they don't longer want to use it they are in control **What do you dislike about Spond?** * The groups/subgroups is a bit confusing and does not really work the way you think (related to admins) * Not always very clear if new people that are added, actually sign up as well **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Use it !! **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** * Central communication (replacing email) * Planning and communication about event: with the covid situation you can easily send out a message to rearrange things and people are immediatly notified **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a review. I have passed on your constructive feedback to our product development team, who are constantly working on enhancements to the app and Spond Club. ### 28. Spond is vital to team connectivity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The calendar is clear and syncs with phones. Additionally, the ability to communicate via broad channel or per game/practice is fantastic. Tracking attendance also give me insight into who is available and helps me plan for games or practices appropriately. **What do you dislike about Spond?** While I actually find it easy to use, the bulk scheduling or editing could be a bit easier. When trying to update attendees for multiple events, it must be done one by one. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Attendance tracking for games and events is vital to efficient management of the team and filling vacancies. The ability to communicate is also incredible as I can go broad or specific. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your positive review. I have passed on your feedback re bulk scheduling to our product development team and we will certainly bear it in mind when further enhancements are made to the app and Spond Club. ### 29. Spond has helped our team so much **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** dave p. | Secretary, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** It's very easy for all our player to tell us if they can or can't train, we also thinks it's invaluable for attendance games **What do you dislike about Spond?** We don't get reminders of some events on phone **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** I will be using it within my sports club I will also recommend it to the clubs I have contacts with **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits of spond have been invaluable for our club **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Dave, thanks so much for your positive review of Spond. I have passed on your feedback to the product development team and they will look into it. We are constantly making enhancements to the app and to Spond Club. ### 30. Clever and simple **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jim G. | Chief Executive, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond is super easy to use, quick to navigate and has great features. **What do you dislike about Spond?** The 500 member limit is a little bit frustrating. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is great for collecting payments, maintaining communication and organising events, **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hey Jim, thanks so much for your awesome review. If you have that many users, then you could definitely benefit from using the Spond Club solution. It's free, just like the app. Why not book a demo and we can get you set up? ### 31. Life is easier with Spond. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John K. | Assistant Athletic Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The ease of access and ability to communicate to my team in real time instead of using a SMS group chat. **What do you dislike about Spond?** No downsides at all in my book. It's everything I need. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** The communication of my team and their parents all at once without a million questions coming my way. It's a one stop shop for communication with my team. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your positive feedback on Spond. It's great to know that the hard work of the team is appreciated and we're constantly working on further enhancements to the app, ### 32. Great App for rugby teams **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alastair C. | Oracle Recruitment Implementation Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond makes it really easy to communicate with the parents and players. Give advance notice of games and great for coaches to understand who is available or not. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Haven't noted any downsides to Spond. It's just a great easy to use tool. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Highly recommended **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organising big group of players and parents. Being able to plan ahead. Being able to see attendance records of players. Communicating better. Being more professional. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hey Alastair, thanks so much for your review. It's great to see that you're getting so much benefit from Spond! ### 33. Spond has made organising teams much easier and has saved a lot of administration time. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** The availability feature for fixtures/training sessions. I like that I can preset a reminder to be sent to players that haven't responded. **What do you dislike about Spond?** I can't think of anything. We have not yet explored the fundraising or payment functions of Spond. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organising teams easily. I like that I can oversee various teams with different players and even from different clubs. All cricket admin can be accessed from one app. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your review. It's great to hear such positive feedback and, although there's nothing you dislike, we're always working to add new features that we hope you'll love. ### 34. The help you need. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael H. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Sharing the work in a consistent and easy way with other coaches and voulenteers **What do you dislike about Spond?** More visibility on payments would be nice. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Careful with set up **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing members to sign up for matches and training in an easy and convenient way. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Michael, thanks for taking the time to leave Spond a review. I have passed on your feedback and I can confirm that a number of enhancements to our payments platform are currently in the pipeline. These will vary depending on your location, so watch this space. ### 35. Excellent tool for organising club activities **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Ease of use, members very rarely have issues using the app. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Honestly, there are no major issues. We would like to see a feature whereby you can see what events a member has attended when you go to their profile. **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** For those looking for a simple to use app for their members, this is what you are looking for. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spond was an invaluable tool during the Covid pandemic, letting us organise activities while being able to restrict numbers. Coming out of the pandemic, we are still finding it very useful, particularly for our coaches, who can see in advance who will be attending sessions & tailor activities to fit. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thank you so much for your awesome review. We love to hear from our users and I will pass on your feedback about the member attendance logging. ### 36. Good members feedback on Spond **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** Easy to use, with app notifications to send updates to members **What do you dislike about Spond?** It seems currently the ability to integrate with the "Club Spond" system for managing membership is not that great **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** If you want to get availability for teams and collect payments then Spond works really well, also the parent guardian set up is good, we've had very little issues or member queries so clearly the set up for them is easy too which is a bonus. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mainly it's getting availability for matches which is the best feature, then taking match fees too **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for your positive review. Spond Club is designed to integrate seamlessly with the app, so I will pass on your feedback to our product development team. it may also make sense to book a free training session with the Spond Club team to ensure you are getting the most out it. You can book that on the attached URL. ### 37. Spond has been fantastic for my cricket club. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** It is easier to plan events, plan our teams and receive match fees! **What do you dislike about Spond?** Nothing to be honest. It does as it should! **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Use it to its potential! **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Payment of match fees is made easier! Less chasing people! ### 38. Spond has made things so easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Scheduling of events, groups, posts, sign up forms **What do you dislike about Spond?** Payments feature could be improved a bit **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** As a sport's club I would 100% recommend you switch to spond as it will make your operation a lot smoother. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spending less time sending out messages to organise sessions. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi, thanks for your great review. I can confirm that we are currently working on a number of new features and enhancements to our payment platform, so watch this space. ### 39. If your not using Spond, you’re wasting hours! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jaden C. | Referee Secretary, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** Keeps all attendance and contacts all in one space. It's easy to contact parents and keep it all in one secure space. **What do you dislike about Spond?** Currently there is nothing I dislike about Spond, it's simply one of addition to my coaching life. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping track of attendance and registration during this pandemic. **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Jaden, thanks so much for your positive review. It's great to hear that Spond can really make a difference to grassroots sports clubs like yours. ### 40. An absolute no-brainer! If you are a volunteer in grass roots sports - USE THIS APP! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Declan H. | Sales Account Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Spond?** Spond, within one APP, provides an intuitive, user-friendly application, which significantly reduces the admin time for volunteers within community sports. **What do you dislike about Spond?** I would be keen to see more interaction from the SPOND Team within the 'SPOND Advisors' group within the App. **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Confirmed delivery of communications to end-users, these communications being logistics info for sporting fixtures and other events. I gain more personal time back **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Hi Declan, thanks so much for your positive review. I have passed on your constructive feedback to our customer service team. If you need any support, coaching or advice on how to make the most of the app and Spond Club, we're always here for you. ### 41. Overview for team communication **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Spond?** Overview of events and connected tot your personal agenda on your device **What do you dislike about Spond?** A smal detail: you can't change settings in returning events regarding to the settings of the degree of presence **Recommendations to others considering Spond:** Just use it **What problems is Spond solving and how is that benefiting you?** Overview of events In combination with the presence of members **Official Response from Rob Lawson:** > Thanks so much for taking the time to review the Spond sports team management app. We are constantly working to make the user experience even better and I have passed on your comments to our product development team. ## Spond Discussions - [Can I connect to the back end data of Spond so that I can use it to automate data exports, connect it to Google Sheets...](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-i-connect-to-the-back-end-data-of-spond-so-that-i-can-use-it-to-automate-data-exports-connect-it-to-google-sheets) - 3 comments, 1 upvote - [View Spond pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/spond/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+10%3A14%3A12+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=66778beb-85d3-43ae-848d-feca7ecd9a81&secure%5Btoken%5D=807d08c70313bbe33c6187bd132bcb53d37830bde4abea9284667161e0dd86d3&format=llm_user) ## Spond Features **Communication** - Contact Management **Administration** - Scheduling - Payment Gateway - Member Management - Member Portal - Record Keeping **Agentic AI - Sports League Management** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top Spond Alternatives - [TeamSnap](https://www.g2.com/products/teamsnap/reviews) - 4.0/5.0 (57 reviews) - [Jersey Watch](https://www.g2.com/products/jersey-watch/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (223 reviews) - [LeagueApps](https://www.g2.com/products/leagueapps/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (21 reviews)