PlayState vs TeamSnap
TeamSnap runs the team. PlayState tells the game.
TeamSnap keeps the schedule, RSVPs, messages and payments, and its Live! scoreboard shares the score with the team. PlayState is the game itself: one parent logs every goal, assist, shot and card, and anyone with the link follows it live while every player’s stats add up. Plenty of teams will use both.
| Compared | PlayState | TeamSnap |
|---|---|---|
| Live during the game | Every goal, assist, shot and card | The score and clock |
| Who can follow | Anyone with the link | The team, in the app |
| Player stats | Built as you log | Entered after, Premium or Ultra |
PlayState and TeamSnap, row by row.
PlayState
A live score and stats app for youth soccer. One parent logs the game on a phone, and family follow it live in any browser while every player’s stats add up across the season. It doesn’t film the game. One parent’s plan, from $6.99 a month or $48.99 a year, covers up to 3 teams; following is free.
TeamSnap
A team app for many sports, with schedules, availability, messages and payments. Its Live! scoreboard lets anyone on the team change the score and run the game clock. Player stats come with the Premium and Ultra plans, entered by a manager after the game. Clubs on TeamSnap ONE also get a free livestream on a public page.
| Compared | PlayState | TeamSnap |
|---|---|---|
| Family during the game | Full play-by-play, freeEverything through the game's link, with no account, in any browser. | The score and clock, in the appLive! for the team, with chat and score alerts. On TeamSnap ONE, a public page with the score and a free livestream. |
| Who pays | One parent, from $6.99 a monthOr $48.99 a year, for up to 3 teams. Following is free. | The team, for Premium or Ultra$10.83 or $13.75 a month, billed yearly. The free plan covers schedules, messages and payments for rosters under 15. |
| At the field | A phone | A phone |
| Video | NoneIt works alongside a camera. | Livestreams on TeamSnap ONEFree to stream and to watch; replays need TeamSnap+. |
| Player stats | More than 30 stats, with xG and xAFor every player, per game, across the season and per 90: goals, assists, shots, minutes, xG on target, breakups, cards, saves and goals prevented, plus shot maps, momentum, win outlook and who set up whom. | Entered after the gameBy an owner or manager, on the web, with Premium or Ultra. |
| Schedule, RSVPs and payments | NoKeep them in TeamSnap. | YesAvailability and RSVPs need Premium or Ultra. |
Who scored, not just the score.
Where PlayState is stronger
- Who did what. Each goal and assist goes to the player who made it, as it happens; TeamSnap Live! changes the team’s score.
- Anyone can follow. Grandparents and friends open the game’s link in any browser, with no account and no place on the roster.
- Stats from the game itself. Every player’s goals, assists, shots, xG, saves and minutes add up from what’s logged, with nothing typed in afterwards.
- One plan. From $6.99 a month or $48.99 a year, for up to 3 teams; following is free.
Where TeamSnap is stronger
- Schedules, availability and RSVPs for every practice and game
- Team messages and payments, on the free plan
- Drills and practice plans for owners and managers
- A free livestream for teams on TeamSnap ONE