BenchApp vs Team Cowboy
BenchApp
benchapp.comTeam Cowboy
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| Figure | BenchApp | Team Cowboy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 2 |
| Spec score · Sports Team Management Software | 9.4 (#1) | 8.4 (#8) |
| Company size | LinkedIn lists BenchApp Technologies as a privately held company with 2–10 employees. | LinkedIn lists Team Cowboy as privately held with 2–10 employees. |
| Founded | LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 2012. | LinkedIn lists Team Cowboy as founded in 2006. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says personal information is not shared with others without express permission, except with service providers needed to deliver the service. | The privacy policy says personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties without user consent and content ownership remains with its author. |
| Purpose | BenchApp helps coaches, captains, commissioners, parents, and players organize sports teams, including schedules, RSVPs, payments, rosters, and stats. | Team Cowboy is a website for managing and organizing sports teams. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 3.5 out of 5 from 360 ratings | Team Hero for Team Cowboy is rated 3.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings. |
| Rating on Google Play | 3.7 out of 5 from 881 reviews | Team Hero for Team Cowboy is rated 3.6 out of 5 from 22 reviews on Google Play. |
| Roster management | Managers can maintain player names, numbers and contact details in a team roster. | Roster tools show member contact information, summarize members by type and gender, support custom member types, sorting and RSVP eligibility controls. |
| RSVP attendance | The service sends automatic reminders and records who is in, out or has not replied for each event. | Managers can override RSVPs, edit RSVP comments, add attendance for non-roster players and sort attendance lists. |
| Sports | The company says it supports hockey, soccer, baseball, basketball, football, volleyball, lacrosse, pickleball, golf, and other sports. | The site lists soccer, football, volleyball, softball, baseball, hockey, basketball, and other sports and activities. |
| Support | The pricing page lists priority support as a PRO feature and links to a Help Center. | Customer service says it aims to answer e-mails by the end of the day and usually sooner. |
| What it does | BenchApp is a cloud sports-team and league management app covering schedules, attendance, communication and payments. | Team Cowboy provides online tools for organizing sports teams, managing team information and communicating with members. |
Plans
BenchApp
- FreeFree
- FREEFree
- PRO$9 a month
- LEAGUE$10 a month
- League Monthly$10 a month
- League Yearly$100 a year
In their own words
BenchApp
BenchApp helps sports teams manage schedules, rosters, attendance, communication, player stats, and team finances. It is aimed at coaches, captains, commissioners, parents, and players, and supports hockey, soccer, baseball, basketball, football, volleyball, lacrosse, pickleball, golf, and other sports. Teams can collect RSVPs by email or text and set automatic reminders. Communication tools include team, group, and private messages, polls, bulletins, line-ups, photos, and GIF sharing. Payment features track fees and expenses, accept online credit-card payments, and send overdue reminders. BenchApp says Stripe processes payments and subscriptions and that it does not access card details. Players can join, RSVP, and message for free on every plan; text RSVP replies need neither an app nor an account. It is available on Android, iOS, and web. The Free plan includes unlimited rosters, scheduling, RSVP tracking, team messaging, player stats, and payment tracking. PRO costs $9 a month; league plans cost $10 a month or $100 a year.
Team Cowboy
Team Cowboy has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.