1. Add games
Set your opponents, times, and locations. Simpler Sport does the rest.
For the person everyone texts first
Stop chasing RSVPs before every game.
Simpler Sport automates game invitations, reminders, and availability tracking for amateur sports teams, without forcing players to download an app or create another login.
Email-based team management is forever free. Pay a one-off fee to unlock text messaging.
Your weekly admin, handled.
Add your schedule, watch invitations and reminders go out automatically, then check the count before game day.
2. Invitations go out
Players reply from email links or SMS. No app download, no player login required.
3. You see the count
Know who is in or out well before game day. Send nudges to non-responders and invite backups with a single click. Never be short-handed!
The system chases your players - not you!
Better than spreadsheets
Avoid the last-minute scramble - and keep the group chat for celebrating wins.
Manual and spreadsheets
The weekly admin work stays scattered and easy to miss.
- Chase replies across email, texts, and group chats
- Update counts by hand when players change their minds
- Notice you are short of players too close to kickoff
- Keep venues, backups, fees, and polls in separate places
Simpler Sport
Invites, reminders, counts, backups, and schedule details live in one quiet workflow.
- Send invitations and reminders automatically
- See yes, no, maybe, and unknown responses in one place
- Nudge non-responders and invite guests with less effort
- Keep roster, schedule, payments, polls, and alerts together
Everything you need to run your team.
Simple tools for the unglamorous parts of keeping a team ready to play.
Roster
- Easy access to everyone's contact info
- Copy players between rosters
- Team members can see each other's contact info
- Support for co-ed teams
Schedule
- See all your fixtures and events in one place
- Set up repeating events
- Manage your venues in an address book
- Sync the team schedule to your phone calendar
Invitations and RSVPs
- Automatic invitations days before each event
- Automatic reminders and a nudge feature to maximize responses
- Invite guests with a single click
- See player availability on a color-coded dashboard
Payment tracking
- Set how you receive fees
- Send payment requests
- Track total collected and who has paid
- See who still has to pay and send reminders with a click
Polls
- Set up team polls
- Track votes on a dashboard
- Send reminders and nudges
- End polls early or extend them
And more
- Unlock text messaging for a fee
- Capture game scores and event reports for future reference
- No app download required
- Zero-effort onboarding for your players
Forever free - with no roster limits
Only pay if you want to add optional text messaging.
Core plan
Free
Everything a captain needs to get out of the weekly chase.
- Team roster and player availability
- Game schedule with opponent, time, and location
- Email invites and automatic reminders
- RSVP counts for playing, maybe, out, and unknown
- Polls and simple payment coordination
- No app download or player login required to reply
Limited-time offer
Text Messaging
A once-only $20 payment unlocks text messaging for invitations and RSVPs.
- SMS game invites
- SMS reminders for non-responders
- Text-message replies folded into the same availability count
Built for teams like yours.
Simpler Sport has been saving time on team admin since 2016!
"The ladies all love it! Especially not having to log in."
Rachel uses Simpler Sport to organize weekly social soccer in Brooklyn
"WOW! You are amazing. I'm passing the word around to teams in Ottawa about Simpler Sport."
Dan runs several rec hockey teams on Simpler Sport
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Simpler Sport actually free to start?
Yes. You can start with the core email-based team workflow without paying for another monthly team app. If your team later wants text messaging, SMS can be unlocked separately.
Do players need to download an app or create an account?
No. Players can receive invites and respond through email or text links. Organizer features require an account, but regular players do not need one just to answer availability.
What do players receive before each game?
Players can receive RSVP invitations, reminders, changed-game updates, cancellations, and final event previews with the key game details.
Who gets reminded if they have not replied?
Organizers can nudge players who are still marked as No Response or Maybe, but at most once a day. We chase missing answers without you manually texting everyone.
Can I see who is in, out, or still missing?
Yes. Each fixture tracks RSVPs as Yes, Maybe, No, or No Response, with separate views for regular players and guests.
Can I invite a guest or sub for one game?
Yes. Guests are a built-in roster role for backup or extra players. When you are short, you can invite all guests or invite one specific guest for that fixture.
Can I create recurring weekly games?
Yes. Simpler Sport supports repeating events with a start date, end date, frequency, time, location, notes, and RSVP timing.
Does this work for pickup games as well as league teams?
Yes. It works for scheduled league games, recurring pickup sessions, practices, scrimmages, and other team events.
Can I manage more than one team?
Yes. Organizers can manage multiple teams, and they can copy people from one managed roster to another when appropriate.
How is this different from a group chat?
Group chats are good for conversation, but they are bad at giving you a clean count. Simpler Sport keeps the roster, schedule, RSVPs, guest invites, reminders, and missing replies organized around each game.
How is this different from TeamSnap or bigger team apps?
Simpler Sport is focused on adult rec and pickup team admin, not full club or youth league management. It is built around the weekly basics: who is playing, who has not replied, whether you need guests, and what needs to be sent before game time.
What does the SMS unlock add?
SMS lets players receive and respond to team messages by text instead of email. That can cover RSVP invites, reminders, nudges, guest invites, polls, cancellations, and late availability changes.
Will early teams keep free email access if pricing changes later?
Yes. Teams that start now keep their free email access after we introduce subscriptions.
Who is Simpler Sport not built for?
It is not trying to be a league management platform, youth club system, or all-in-one sports organization suite. It is for adult amateur teams that mainly need simple roster, schedule, RSVP, reminder, guest, and poll workflows.
Get going before your next game
Create your free team, add your next event, and let Simpler Sport handle the chasing.