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Should I use BenchApp?

Free sports team manager for scheduling, attendance, and payments - benchapp.com

Worth it. Buy it if you run a recreational or amateur team: free to start, $10 PRO, and players repeatedly vouch for it. Avoid if you need league-scale registration tools, enterprise admin, or strong security assurances.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 25+ public sources; formal review sample is small (6 G2 reviews) and the breach claim rests on one third-party index.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support-quality evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
PRO$10 per team
League$100 per team

Best for

  • Rec hockey and beer-league teams
  • Pick-up leagues
  • Youth team coaches
  • Captains collecting dues

Not for

  • Big clubs needing registration, insurance, and admin back-office
  • Enterprise orgs — this is a rec-team app, full stop
  • Security-sensitive programs given the reported breach
  • Leagues wanting white-label or deep customization

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Breach index lists 830k accounts with MD5 password hashes; rotate your password.

medium

Previously free services were moved behind the PRO paywall; expect more feature-gating.

medium

Team size limits reported by users; confirm your roster fits before migrating.

medium

In-app payment refunds have documented failure cases; refund money comes back separately.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free tier covers core scheduling and attendance
  • Reviewers say setup is easy
  • PRO is cheap: $10 per team
  • Built-in payments deposit funds straight to your bank
  • Strong Reddit word-of-mouth among hockey players

Cons

  • Some previously free features moved behind paywall
  • Breach index lists 830k accounts exposed with MD5 password hashes
  • G2 sample tiny: 5.0 stars from just 6 reviews
  • 1.0-star rating on PissedConsumer complaint site
  • Users report team size restrictions

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/02/2026 - 13 sources - A third-party breach index lists a BenchApp breach affecting 830k accounts with MD5-hashed passwords; no security page found.

official x3review x7security x1news x2
  • Reported breach — 830k accounts, A breach-index site lists BenchApp data including MD5 password hashes. MD5 is weak hashing; affected users should rotate passwords.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 13

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free tier; $10 PRO is nearly free
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviewers say setup is easy
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Strong team basics; league scale lighter
  • Support quality. No support-quality evidence found
  • Security posture: 2/5. Reported 830k breach; MD5 hashes; no security page
  • 5.0/5 G2 rating 6 reviews only
  • $0 Starting price Free tier; PRO $10/team
  • Yes Free tier Core team management included
  • Bootstrapped Funding No VC raise reported

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Core team management
  • Scheduling and attendance

PRO

$10 per team

  • Full feature set
  • Payments with direct bank deposit

League

$100 per team

  • League-wide management
  • Billed to the league

Security

A third-party breach index lists a BenchApp breach affecting 830k accounts with MD5-hashed passwords; no security page found.

  • Reported breach — 830k accountsA breach-index site lists BenchApp data including MD5 password hashes. MD5 is weak hashing; affected users should rotate passwords.11

What users say

Recreational players and captains widely recommend BenchApp as a simpler, cheaper alternative to TeamSnap, with occasional gripes about paywalling and roster limits.

“I've been using BenchApp for 3ish years”
App Store review
“I find the actual BenchApp works fine”
Reddit, r/hockeyplayers

Companies that could

  • Lower Merion Little League13 Uses TeamLinkt instead
Full analysis

Based on 25+ public sources; formal review sample is small (6 G2 reviews) and the breach claim rests on one third-party index.

Free-to-cheap rec team manager players genuinely love; reported breach and tiny review sample are the flags.

Methodology

Based on 25+ public sources; formal review sample is small (6 G2 reviews) and the breach claim rests on one third-party index.

Sources

  1. BenchApp Reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  2. Benchapp seller — 5.0 stars, 6 reviewsg2.com
    review
  3. BenchApp — App Storeapps.apple.com
    review
  4. Team Attendance App? (free) — Redditreddit.com
    review
  5. BenchApp now charging for previously free services — Redditreddit.com
    review
  6. Team size restriction — Redditreddit.com
    review
  7. BenchApp Reviews — PissedConsumerpissedconsumer.com
    review
  8. How much does BenchApp PRO cost?help.benchapp.com
    official
  9. BenchApp homepagebenchapp.com
    official
  10. BenchApp League Managementbenchapp.com
    official
  11. Breach listing — Sayorsayor.net
    security
  12. How Bootstrapped BenchApp Competes — Techcouvertechcouver.com
    news
  13. Lower Merion Little League switches to TeamLinktfacebook.com
    news

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