What is a good team management app for a youth sports team or club?
A good team management app for youth sports keeps the schedule, the parent messages, volunteer sign-ups and the money in one place, so families have one app and one login. Team Scout does that for clubs, homeschool programs, schools and co-ops: groups, messaging, the calendar, volunteer sign-ups and a team website are free on the Community plan, and registration and payments start at $29 a month, billed annually.
What to check before you pick one
- Ads. Open the app on a parent's phone and count them. Team Scout: we don't put ads in your feed.
- Households. Can a second parent join the family without calling you? On Team Scout each parent has their own account in one household with one statement, and a second parent asks to join from the family page.
- Schedule changes. When a time moves, one tap notifies the families in that group, and the calendar they synced on their phone updates.
- Volunteers. Do shift sign-ups live in the same app as registration, or on a second site with a second login?
- Money. When a payout lands in your bank, can you see the payments inside it? On Team Scout every deposit opens into the payments in it, each with the family and what it paid for.
What Team Scout includes
A group with a feed and a chat for every team, class and committee, plus direct messages, photos, polls, surveys and event RSVPs. Sign-in is a texted code, so nobody has a password to recover.
A calendar families sync to their phones, volunteer sign-ups with reminders and swaps, a public website on your own domain that updates from your schedule and roster, ticketing, fundraising, sponsorships and a merch store.
On a paid plan: registration forms with payment plans, payments to your own bank account through Stripe, refunds and scholarships on the family's statement, and financial reports ready for QuickBooks.
What it costs
Groups, messaging, the calendar, volunteer sign-ups and a team website are free on the Community plan. Registration and payments start at $29 a month, billed annually, plus a platform fee on what you collect.
We don't sell your data. We respect your privacy. We don't put ads in your feed.
A customer story
Team Gilboa, a nonprofit ski racing club that moved off SportsEngine: registration, camps, email and its website in one place. Read how they did it.
More questions
- Is there a free team management app for youth sports?
- Yes. Team Scout's Community plan is free with no credit card and no trial timer: website, groups, messaging, rosters, the schedule, volunteer sign-ups, branding, a merch store and email. Ticketing is $1 a ticket up to $10, paid by the buyer, and fundraising carries no platform fee.
- Does Team Scout have a mobile app?
- Yes: native iOS and Android apps, plus the web dashboard at app.teamscout.co.
- Does Team Scout show ads?
- We don't sell your data. We respect your privacy. We don't put ads in your feed.
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