SportPadi vs Heja
A polished team-communication app for youth and amateur teams, with a free ad-supported tier.
Looking for a Heja alternative? Here's the honest version: what Heja does well, what each platform costs, and how to decide — including when Heja is the right answer.
What Heja does well
- Clean, parent-friendly team messaging and scheduling
- Simple availability/RSVP flows built for youth sports
- Low, published per-team pricing
Pricing
SportPadi
Free for players and for running a group (scheduling, check-ins, teams, scores). Ticket buyers pay a small processing fee on top of your price, so your group receives what you set. Paid group plans unlock the full money stack: group wallet, ticketing, dues and fines.
Heja
Free tier (ad-supported, one admin). Team Pro from $8.33/month adds payment tracking, stats, unlimited admins and removes ads for staff; Team Pro Max (ad-free for all members) and club deals are quoted on contact.
Their published pricingCompetitor pricing summarised from their own published pages as of September 2026; always confirm current pricing with the provider.
Where SportPadi differs
Heja manages one team's calendar and chat; SportPadi manages a community — multiple teams, open events, public discovery, tournaments and leaderboards under one group.
SportPadi's free plan has no ads inside your group experience and includes multiple admins; monetisation comes from optional paid plans and ticket-processing fees instead.
Money on Heja is payment *tracking* (who paid whom); SportPadi actually moves it — card checkout, tickets that gate entry via QR scan, and settlement to the group's own bank account.
Which should you pick?
Pick Heja if…
You coach a single youth team and mainly need parents informed, RSVPs collected and the odd payment tracked — Heja's simplicity is the point.
Pick SportPadi if…
You run adult pickup or a multi-team community, sell entry to events, or want attendance, teams and results handled automatically on game day.