Learn, Moving to Team Scout

For programs on SportsEngine

A better app for your families.

You see SportsEngine from the admin side, so it's easy to miss how difficult the app can be from the parent side. Here's what they have to say, and how Team Scout solves each problem.

01The reviews

What families write in the App Store.

SportsEngine app

App Store, 500 most recent written reviews

342 of 500
of the most recent written App Store reviews of the SportsEngine app give it one or two stars.
2.1
average star rating of those same 500 written reviews.
58
of those 500 reviews mention ads.

265 one-star reviews, 77 two-star, 54 three-star, 38 four-star and 66 five-star.

Source: Apple's public review feed, read November 2026: the 500 most recent written reviews, posted January 2024 to November 2026.

SportsEngine's overall App Store rating is 4.8, from 227,317 ratings.

02In their words

Five complaints, and what we do about each.

01

Parents sit through ads to see a schedule

58of the 500 reviews mention ads

“Loading the app now displays full screen ads. You have to watch it or wait for the skip button.”
App Store review, June 4, 2026
“I don’t like having to sit through ads to view a schedule.”
App Store review, October 4, 2026

SportsEngine's own words

SportsEngine's help center has an article called “How to Limit Ads.” It starts: To limit ads in SportsEngine Play, you must create an account and have an active subscription.

help.sportsengineplay.com

02

Parents struggle to find their team and stay signed in

“Very hard to find my team. It’s frustrating”
App Store review, April 30, 2026
“From finding a team to follow to finding the schedule, nothing feels intuitive on this app.”
App Store review, October 4, 2026
“Logs me out of my son’s team.”
App Store review, October 5, 2026

03

Adding a second guardian confuses parents

“does not give an easy option for creation of account if another guardian has already created an account with a household. adding members to households is super unclear”
App Store review, July 20, 2026
“Every single parent had an issue with adding a guardian or an additional email to the rostered player.”
App Store review, August 20, 2024

04

Parents miss schedule changes

“Team manager or coach updates the schedule from time to time but parents don’t get any email or notification for those update”
App Store review, August 30, 2026

05

Volunteer hours are hard to manage

“Don’t get me started on the “dibs” and managing volunteer hours.”
App Store review, June 20, 2026

SportsEngine's own words

SportsEngine's pricing page lists “Volunteer management” under its Premium package: $1,299/year

discover.sportsengineplay.com

Sources
  1. 1. 342 of the 500 most recent written reviews give one or two stars (one star 265, two stars 77, three 54, four 38, five 66); 58 of the 500 mention ads. Apple's public customer-review feed for the SportsEngine app (app id 499597400), pages 1 to 10, the 500 most recent written US reviews, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central, 7:43 AM; the same counts as the reads on November 11 and November 12.
  2. 2. Average star rating of the same 500 written reviews: 1,063 stars across 500 reviews, 2.126, shown as 2.1. Computed from the same feed, every review counted once, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central, 7:43 AM.
  3. 3. Overall rating 4.8 (4.80182) from 227,317 ratings. Apple's lookup record for the SportsEngine app, itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=499597400, read November 13, 2026, Central, 7:43 AM.
  4. 4. App Store review 14144801047, 1 star, June 4, 2026 (ads). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  5. 5. App Store review 14628505780, 1 star, October 4, 2026 (ads; finding the team). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  6. 6. App Store review 14012865822, 1 star, April 30, 2026 (finding the team). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  7. 7. App Store review 14632965646, 1 star, October 5, 2026 (signed out). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  8. 8. App Store review 14327831928, 1 star, July 20, 2026 (households). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  9. 9. App Store review 11632336749, 1 star, August 20, 2024 (adding a guardian). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  10. 10. App Store review 14490179450, 1 star, August 30, 2026 (schedule changes). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  11. 11. App Store review 14205163588, 1 star, June 20, 2026 (volunteer hours). Apple's review feed, itunes.apple.com/us/rss/customerreviews/page=1/id=499597400/sortby=mostrecent/json, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  12. 12. “How to Limit Ads”: “To limit ads in SportsEngine Play, you must create an account and have an active subscription.” (article dated August 6, 2026). SportsEngine Play help center, help.sportsengineplay.com/en/articles/8958966-how-to-limit-ads, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  13. 13. Premium, “$1,299/year”: “Everything in Express, plus: Quickbooks integration, Membership programs, Volunteer management, Preferred support”. The page where SportsEngine publishes its HQ plans and prices, discover.sportsengineplay.com/solutions/pricing-and-bundling, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  14. 14. “your families never see an ad”; “We don't put ads in your feed. We don't sell your data.”. Team Scout home page, teamscout.co, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  15. 15. “We don't sell your data. We respect your privacy.”. Team Scout privacy policy (page description) and the brand's privacy words, teamscout.co/privacy-policy, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  16. 16. One app for everyone in your program, sign-in by texted code, what moves over, the first week day by day. Switch from SportsEngine, teamscout.co/switch/sportsengine, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  17. 17. Each parent has their own account; a household invitation from their profile, no admin needed; either parent can pay a bill for the family. Team Scout insights, “Finally, something better than SportsEngine”, teamscout.co/insights/something-better-than-sportsengine, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  18. 18. One sign-up fills the family record. Why registration comes first, teamscout.co/why-registration, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  19. 19. One tap notifies the families in that group, and the synced calendar updates. Calendar module, teamscout.co/modules/schedule, read November 13, 2026, Central.
  20. 20. Parents claim a shift, get a reminder and request a swap; volunteer sign-ups free on every plan, including Community. The volunteer coordination page, and the pricing page that lists what each plan includes, teamscout.co/modules/volunteers, read November 13, 2026, Central.

03Moving from SportsEngine

Fast and easy for your families.

  1. Step 1

    We move your data over.

    Send us your SportsEngine export, and your members, families and history come over. We check every family before you switch.

  2. Step 2

    Parents download the app.

    They sign in with their mobile number and a text code, and their family is already there. A quick check of each child's details puts them in their groups.

  3. Step 3

    New registrations on Team Scout.

    Going forward, new registrations are built on Team Scout. On Club and League, text the details to Scotty and the form gets built.

See the whole move from SportsEngine

Your turn

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