Squadcard

The best 5-a-side apps (2026)

Apps that organise a regular 5-a-side game: who’s in, fair teams, ratings, player of the match and pitch money. We make Squadcard, so it’s first and we’re biased. Everything about the other apps comes from their own App Store or website listing, checked on 4 October 2026. Something changed? Tell us at support@squadcard.app.

Our pick

Squadcard

The only app here where the whole squad rates every game, anonymously, out of 10, and those votes become everyone’s rating. The teams are picked from that, your card moves every week, and nobody needs to download anything to join in.

  • Players join and reply from a link, no app needed
  • Picks fair teams
  • Ratings voted by the whole squad after every game
  • Player cards that move with your form
  • Player of the match
  • Team of the Week
  • Seasons with awards (Squad Pro)
  • Tracks pitch money (Squad Pro)
  • Free for players
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A Squadcard player of the match card

Side by side

What you getSquadcardFoot8Who's GameSquadiusFiveSpond
Players join and reply from a link, no app needed✓—————
Picks fair teams✓✓✓✓✓—
Ratings voted by the whole squad after every game✓—————
Player cards that move with your form✓✓————
Player of the match✓✓—✓✓—
Team of the Week✓—————
Seasons with awards✓Pro✓————
Tracks pitch money✓Pro—✓—✓✓
Free for players✓✓✓✓✓✓
Ticks9/95/93/93/94/92/9

✓: the app’s own App Store or website listing says it does this (Squadcard: what it does today). —: their listing doesn’t mention it, which doesn’t always mean it can’t. Checked on 4 October 2026.

1. Squadcard

Best for: a regular game with the same group

Ours. Who's in from a link, fair teams, and after every game everyone rates everyone else out of 10. The totals become each player's rating and their card moves with it, with player of the match and Team of the Week. Seasons with awards, pitch money and co-organisers come with Squad Pro.

Free to join, vote and see your card; starting a squad needs Squad Pro (7 days free) · Web (iPhone app on the way); players join from a link on any phone

More about Squadcard

2. Foot8

Best for: private 5-a-side leagues with standings

Built around private leagues: invite players with a code, schedule matches, collect attendance, enter results with goals and an MVP, and follow the standings. Each player has a card with an overall rating and stats over time.

Free · iPhone, Android

Foot8’s listing

3. Who's Game

Best for: recurring games from 5 to 11-a-side

Schedules recurring games from 5 to 11-a-side, tracks who's available and tells you when someone drops out, picks teams from stats recorded after each game, and keeps track of the money each player owes. Supports more than one league.

Free · iPhone

Who's Game’s listing

4. Squadius

Best for: leagues, rankings and finding games nearby

Private leagues and matches, teams generated from stats and positions, match statistics, MVP votes and badges, league and global rankings, and a map to find matches near you.

Free · iPhone

Squadius’s listing

5. Five

Best for: 5-a-side and futsal with sign-ups and payments

Match registration with a waiting list, team balancing from players' pick-and-ban preferences, payments in the app, reputation badges such as Punctual, and an anonymous player of the match vote in the 24 hours after a game.

Free, with a Premium subscription · iPhone

Five’s listing

6. Spond

Best for: clubs and teams with members, juniors and fees

A general team and club organiser rather than a 5-a-side app: events and recurring training, availability, messages, junior members with guardians, and collecting fees and fundraising, with a small fee on each payment.

Free; a transaction fee on payments · iPhone, Android, web

Spond’s listing

Just need teams for tonight?

No app needed. Our free team generator splits whoever’s playing into two fair sides from a rough level for each player, keepers apart. TeamShuffle (free, in the browser) and Dobello (iPhone, a one-time purchase after a free trial) do the same job.

Questions

What's the best app for organising 5-a-side?

It depends on what you need. For the same group every week with fair teams and ratings, Squadcard (we make it). For leagues with standings, Foot8. For payments and sign-ups in the app, Five. For a whole club with juniors and fees, Spond.

Is there a free 5-a-side app?

Yes. Joining, voting and your card are free on Squadcard (starting a squad needs Squad Pro, with 7 days free), and Foot8, Who's Game, Squadius and Spond describe themselves as free. Some have paid extras.

Which app picks fair teams?

Squadcard, Foot8, Who's Game, Squadius and Five all balance teams in some way. They differ in what they balance on: Squadcard uses ratings the squad votes on after every game, others use stats, skill ratings or player preferences. If you only need teams for tonight, a free team generator does it without an app.

Do all the players need to download the app?

Not with Squadcard: players join, say if they're in and vote from a link. Check each app's listing for the others.