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Spooru vs easy2coach: what to choose to coach youth football
easy2coach is probably the tool most similar to Spooru: it combines team management with a base of exercises and training plans, for football only. Spooru shares that mix and extends it to the full season by age group and to basketball.
- Built for
- Spooru: Grassroots amateur sports clubs in Europe.
- easy2coach: Football coaches and clubs (football only).
- Calendar, call-ups and attendance
- Spooru: Shared calendar (subscribable from Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook and importable from Excel, CSV or ICS), call-ups, club events with attendance confirmation and a panel of the families' replies, and line-ups with a tactics board and free drawing.
- easy2coach: Team Manager: appointments, attendance confirmations, line-ups and parent accounts.
- Notifications and reminders
- Spooru: Phone notifications and, if they do not arrive, email: an automatic reminder for every match and training with “I'm in / Can't make it” buttons, a nudge to families who have not replied, a reminder for staff to take attendance, and an automatic notice when staff create, change or cancel an event. One notice per player, tournament and day. Each club sets the timings.
- easy2coach: Push notifications for changes.
- Messaging
- Spooru: Team messaging with four channels (read-only notices, team chat, staff chat and private messages between a family and the coach), an unread badge and a notification for every message.
- easy2coach: Team chat and communication with the team, according to their help pages; it does not appear on the homepage.
- Fees and payments
- Spooru: Built-in, optional payment system: registration fee and monthly fee with sibling pricing, SEPA direct-debit receipts and batches (with an XML file and tracking of collected and returned), card payment with Stripe (to the club's own account or with a weekly payout), a club shop with sizes and stock, and a panel where each family sees its receipts, orders and payments.
- easy2coach: Mentions a team treasury (“Teamkasse”); online payments do not appear on the pages we checked.
- Statistics and player review
- Spooru: Match and team statistics for football and basketball, and a developmental review of players visible only to staff.
- easy2coach: Player evaluation, reports, rankings and statistics.
- Training planning
- Spooru: Season plans by age group, sessions and a library of over 700 exercises with diagrams; every session can be printed as a PDF.
- easy2coach: Over 1,000 exercises, over 700 ready-made training plans and a tactics board with animation, according to their site.
- Sports
- Spooru: Football and basketball (today).
- easy2coach: Football only.
- Languages
- Spooru: Spanish, Catalan, English and German.
- easy2coach: Site in nine variants: German, English (UK and US), French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese.
- App
- Spooru: Installs from the browser as an app, with no app store.
- easy2coach: iOS, Android and a web version.
- Price
- Spooru: Club management is free. Optional Creator plan from €15 a month. Card payments carry a fee (Stripe and Spooru). Families see a short ad or remove it with a subscription.
- easy2coach: The basic versions are free and there are Premium features; prices are not shown on the pages we checked.
| Aspect | Spooru | easy2coach |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Grassroots amateur sports clubs in Europe. | Football coaches and clubs (football only). |
| Calendar, call-ups and attendance | Shared calendar (subscribable from Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook and importable from Excel, CSV or ICS), call-ups, club events with attendance confirmation and a panel of the families' replies, and line-ups with a tactics board and free drawing. | Team Manager: appointments, attendance confirmations, line-ups and parent accounts. |
| Notifications and reminders | Phone notifications and, if they do not arrive, email: an automatic reminder for every match and training with “I'm in / Can't make it” buttons, a nudge to families who have not replied, a reminder for staff to take attendance, and an automatic notice when staff create, change or cancel an event. One notice per player, tournament and day. Each club sets the timings. | Push notifications for changes. |
| Messaging | Team messaging with four channels (read-only notices, team chat, staff chat and private messages between a family and the coach), an unread badge and a notification for every message. | Team chat and communication with the team, according to their help pages; it does not appear on the homepage. |
| Fees and payments | Built-in, optional payment system: registration fee and monthly fee with sibling pricing, SEPA direct-debit receipts and batches (with an XML file and tracking of collected and returned), card payment with Stripe (to the club's own account or with a weekly payout), a club shop with sizes and stock, and a panel where each family sees its receipts, orders and payments. | Mentions a team treasury (“Teamkasse”); online payments do not appear on the pages we checked. |
| Statistics and player review | Match and team statistics for football and basketball, and a developmental review of players visible only to staff. | Player evaluation, reports, rankings and statistics. |
| Training planning | Season plans by age group, sessions and a library of over 700 exercises with diagrams; every session can be printed as a PDF. | Over 1,000 exercises, over 700 ready-made training plans and a tactics board with animation, according to their site. |
| Sports | Football and basketball (today). | Football only. |
| Languages | Spanish, Catalan, English and German. | Site in nine variants: German, English (UK and US), French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese. |
| App | Installs from the browser as an app, with no app store. | iOS, Android and a web version. |
| Price | Club management is free. Optional Creator plan from €15 a month. Card payments carry a fee (Stripe and Spooru). Families see a short ad or remove it with a subscription. | The basic versions are free and there are Premium features; prices are not shown on the pages we checked. |
Data checked on October 26, 2026 · Source checked: www.easy2coach.net/
Data taken from each tool's public website on October 26, 2026. Anything that does not appear on the pages we checked is marked as such and does not mean it does not exist. If something has changed or is wrong, write to info@spooru.com and we will correct it.
Where easy2coach stands out
It is more complete in training tools: a tactics board with drawing and animation, over 1,000 exercises and over 700 ready-made plans, and apps for iOS and Android. It has been on the market for years.
Where Spooru stands out
Planning of the whole season by age group with methodology guides (from Bambini to U19–U23), club management with families, call-ups, notifications and fee collection by SEPA or card, basketball as well as football, a developmental review of players visible only to staff, and Catalan. Club management is free.
Choose easy2coach if…
- You want an animated tactics board.
- You value native apps and a wider base of exercises and plans.
- You only need football.
Choose Spooru if…
- You want to plan the whole season by age group with an explicit methodology.
- Your club also has basketball teams.
- You need the tool in Catalan.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Spooru an alternative to easy2coach?
- For coaches and clubs that want to plan the season by age group and manage the club in one place, yes. If what matters most to you is the animated tactics board, easy2coach covers more. Spooru also has a developmental review of players.
- How many exercises does Spooru have?
- The library holds over 700 football and basketball exercises, plus sessions and season plans. A sample of 10 exercises is public on the website.