Joyn vs Spond
Spond is free, millions of players and parents already have it, and for a sports team that trains twice a week it's very good - this page won't pretend otherwise. But choirs, churches, associations and clubs with a board and five committees need more than attendance. That's the job Joyn was built for.
Riverside Choir
Upcoming · 3 events
Rehearsal
Tue 19:00
18 attending · 9 no reply
Board meeting
Wed 20:00
4 attending · 1 no reply
Summer party prep
Thu 18:00
2 attending · 11 no reply
The party planning is an event, too
Group
Party committee
6 members · next: Meeting Thu 18:00
Announcements
Planning
Summer party
3 of 5 done
Receipts
12 files
The short version
Keep Spond if you're a sports team or club built around training attendance, you collect fees through the app, or parents answer for their kids - it does all three well and costs nothing until money moves. Move to Joyn when your club is a community: groups that talk every day, to-dos, boards and documents next to the conversation, and events that show up on your own website. Below is the honest breakdown, including where Spond wins.
01
Spond is organized the way sports clubs are: groups of players, sessions to attend, a coach who wants to know who's coming. If that's your club, it fits like a glove.
In Spond
A choir, a parish or a residents' association gets the same shape: every activity is an event, every group a squad. It works, but the board, the newsletter team and the summer party committee all end up as rosters waiting for the next session.
In Joyn
A space holds your whole community, and groups give every team, committee or section a home of its own - channels, events, to-dos, files and admins. The rehearsal schedule and the board's budget discussion each get the shape they need.
02
Spond's chat is there to support the events: confirm the time, share the kit list, ask the coach. For a community, the conversation is half the point.
In Spond
There are one-to-one and group chats, with group chats capped at 100 people, plus posts for news. Fine for “bring your shin pads”. Less fine for a club of 300 that wants a channel per topic, room for everyone in the same conversation and a place for the banter.
In Joyn
Every group gets channels by topic - announcements only the people you choose can post in, a chat for everyone, a channel per project - with threads, polls and mentions, and the whole club can be in the same channel.
03
Behind every match, concert or AGM there's a list of jobs and a folder of documents someone will need again next season.
In Spond
Spond can hand out tasks on an event - who drives, who brings oranges - and store files. The ongoing work that isn't tied to one date, like the grant application or the new kit order, has nowhere obvious to live.
In Joyn
To-dos with assignees and due dates, boards you move cards across, recurring check-ins and pages for the handbook live in every group, next to the conversation. The file library keeps the minutes and the bylaws where a new board member finds them.
04
Most clubs have a website and a membership system already. The question is whether your community tool works with them or asks you to start over.
In Spond
Spond offers its own club website as a paid add-on (around €15 a month in the eurozone), and its deeper club admin, Spond Club, isn't offered in every country - Denmark included.
In Joyn
Put your events and news on the website you already have - including a Klubmodul or Conventus site - without writing anything twice. Fees and the member register stay in your membership system; Joyn is where members find out what's happening.
Spond wins on payments, parent accounts and price for a club that doesn't need more than events and chat - see the section below. Where both columns check the box, the detail shows what each is built for.
What you get
Joyn
Spond
Events & RSVPs
One-off & recurring, with reminders
Repeating, attending by default if you like
Payments & fees
Not built in
2.5% + a fixed fee per payment
Parent & guardian accounts
Members have their own account
Parents answer for their kids
Channels by topic
Announcements, chat & topics, with threads
Group chats up to 100 people
Groups within your community
Each with its own chats, events & files
Groups & subgroups
To-dos & task boards
Built into every group
Tasks on events only
Volunteer jobs on events
Jobs with open slots, people say yes
Tasks on events
Docs & file library
Folders & pages, easy to search
File storage
Polls
In channels & events
Polls & time polls
Events on your own website
Embed on the site you have
Spond's own site, paid add-on
Free plan
100 members, no credit card
Free; earns on payment fees
iOS, Android & web
iPhone, Android & any browser
Apps + browser
You're a sports team or club and attendance is the main thing you track
You collect fees, kit money or match payments through the app
Parents manage their kids' invites and answers
Events and a group chat are all you need, and free matters most
Spond is genuinely good at what it was built for, and plenty of clubs should stay. Joyn earns its place when your club is a community with committees, conversations and work that doesn't fit into a training session.
Yes. Spond doesn't charge for the app; it earns a fee when you collect payments through it, around 2.5% plus a small fixed amount per payment, and sells a club website as an add-on. Joyn is free for your first 100 members, then either €4 per person or one flat price with unlimited members.
No. Joyn is where your members talk, plan and find events - fees and the member register stay in your membership system. Joyn works next to systems like Klubmodul and Conventus and can show your events and news on their club websites.
Not today - every member, including a parent, joins with their own account. If your club is mostly youth teams where parents answer for their kids, Spond's guardian accounts are the better fit.
Yes. You can keep Spond for the sports teams' training and payments and run the board, committees, volunteers and club-wide news on Joyn.
Create your community, set up a group for each team or committee, and share a single invite link with your members. You can move one group at a time, starting with the ones Spond fits least.
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