# LEKKIN vs Spond: a comparison for grassroots clubs | LEKKIN

> How LEKKIN and Spond compare for a grassroots club: messaging, availability, subs, match recording and facility booking, and how each charges. Checked against Spond’s own website.

Comparison

# LEKKIN and Spond, side by side.

Spond is a free app for organising teams and groups, with messaging built in. LEKKIN is built around the club: every team, the fixtures, match day, subs and the pitches. Here is where each is stronger.

## Which suits your club

### Choose Spond if

-   Chat is the centre of how your teams work, and you want an app built around it.
-   You want one app for teams across many different sports and activities.
-   You mostly need events, availability and payments, and little else.

### Choose LEKKIN if

-   Your managers record football matches as they happen, with goals, cards and substitutions, even without signal.
-   You want every fixture across every competition in one list, from your club’s side.
-   You let your own pitches and want bookings in the same diary as your fixtures.
-   You collect a lot in subs. With LEKKIN the club pays a flat monthly amount by band, and small clubs pay nothing; we don’t take a percentage.

## Feature by feature

What each advertises, checked on 28 September 2026
| Feature | LEKKIN | Spond |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Group messaging | **Yes.** Team messages with replies, direct messages between staff, and group conversations; notifications in the app and by email. | **Yes.** Messaging built into the app. |
| Availability for fixtures | **Yes.** Asked once per fixture or session, answered from a phone. | **Yes.** Availability requests. |
| Guardians linked to junior players | **Yes.** A player is reached through their guardian where one is recorded. | **Yes.** Guardians can be added for a member. |
| Public club website | **No.** LEKKIN does not build a club website. A join link and button can go on the one you have. | **Yes.** A paid add-on. |
| Live match recording | **Yes.** Football: lineups, goals, cards and substitutions, live from the touchline. | **Partly.** Scores and results, during or after a match. |
| Match recording without signal | **Yes.** Football: saved on the phone when the signal drops, synced when it is back. | **Not advertised** |
| Collecting subs | **Yes.** By card or Direct Debit, straight into the club’s own account. | **Yes.** Members pay in the app; a fee is taken per payment. |
| Facility booking | **Yes.** Built in, as a paid add-on, with your own fixtures already in the diary. | **Not advertised** |
| Sports covered | **Partly.** Football, netball and rugby union. | **Yes.** Many sports and activities, netball and rugby included. |

“Not advertised” means we could not find it on Spond’s website. It does not mean Spond cannot do it.

## How each charges

**Spond.** The Spond app is free. When members pay through Spond, a percentage plus a fixed fee is taken from each payment. A club website is a paid monthly add-on. Their current fees are in their help centre.

**LEKKIN.** Teams, players and guardians, fixtures, availability, match recording and notifications are free. Subs collection is one flat monthly amount set by how much a club collects, and nothing for small clubs. Facility booking is charged per bookable facility, capped. The figures are on the [price list](/pricing/).

## Questions we get asked

### Is LEKKIN a free alternative to Spond?

For running the club, yes: teams, players and guardians, fixtures, availability, match recording for football, and notifications are free. Both have messaging: Spond is built around it, and LEKKIN around running the club.

### Does LEKKIN take a fee on every payment like Spond?

No. LEKKIN doesn’t take a percentage of what a club collects. The payment provider charges its own processing fee, and the club pays LEKKIN one flat monthly amount set by how much it collects in a year. Clubs collecting under a set amount pay nothing; the bands are on the pricing page.

## Where this comes from

Everything about Spond on this page is from its own website, read on 28 September 2026. Products change; if something here is out of date, [tell us](/contact/) and we will correct it.

-   [Spond: payment costs in the app](https://help.spond.com/app/en/articles/118091-payments-costs-in-the-spond-app)
-   [Spond Club: transaction fee](https://help.spond.com/club/en/articles/58192-what-is-the-transaction-fee-in-spond-club)
-   [Spond: website pricing](https://help.spond.com/club/en/articles/179796-website-pricing-by-country)
-   [Spond: match events](https://help.spond.com/app/en/articles/140542-match-events)
-   [Spond: messaging](https://www.spond.com/messaging/)
-   [Spond: adding guardians](https://www.spond.com/add-guardians/)

Spond is a trademark of its owner. LEKKIN is not affiliated with or endorsed by Spond.

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