PlayMetrics

I have used several of these team apps and this one is least user friendly for parents. I am convinced BYGA is still the best app - I can’t see wins/losses without clicking multiple times and live game updates are several clicks deep in this app. I also liked to see how other team’s results within our club which is not even available in this app. Disappointed to say the least.

Unimpressive on it’s best day. The message and chat section is basically non functional. The lack of organization and navigation in this area is confusing and not at all user friendly. The defaults are poor and the design is glitchy. Looking at alternatives going forward.

The events attendance function in this app basically doesn’t work (it requires more taps that any reasonable human can tolerate, and even then, it intermittently saves your selection). And the emailing functionality is hilarious — if your admin emails your entire team and you reply, welcome to “reply all” h*ll.

After a few weeks of using this app it is clearly club and corporation centric. The chat feature is not great compared to Ollie. CC transaction charge 2.6% plus .30 for each charge made. Even ACH I am told has fees. When soccer is already expensive and you have 5 kids in it like me. Your looking at a ridiculous additional cost that should not exist save to line someone else’s pockets that provided no real added value. Visibility is clunky for families with more than one parent and more than one player using the app. The parent who started the registration owns the kid and has to share him out with the other parent. The parent who starts the payments must share those too with the other parent or charges cannot be seen. I get why they might have wanted the security here, but the execution is clunky and unintuitive. Overall the app gets the job done for parents, but with probably twice the effort as with Ollie. PlayMetrics needs a parent centric overhaul and get rid of the high transaction fees. after another month or so, using this app, I can clearly say it is not a good app. It gives clubs the abilities to charge ridiculous fees, transaction fees, late fees. it very much has the club in mind and is very very difficult for parents to use. And very confusing navigation and parental grants. Access restriction and hidden functionality. I am not changing any of my statements above. The chat feature is probably the worst I’ve seen in any app that I’ve ever used. Parents who have one kid might not have a problem with this but when you have many kids on many teams, it is very confusing. our old system Ollie was great. And even just a plane old GroupMe is much better.

Messaging funcionality needs huge upgrade.

It works well for communication and scheduling for multiple players and teams.

Every time opening the app, it spends too much time loading making the messaging functionality highly annoying to use. TeamSnap was better - and they set the bar pretty low.

Really easy App to use. Everything is laid out for you!

After a few weeks of using this app it is clearly club and corporation centric. The chat feature is not great compared to Ollie. CC transaction charge 2.6% plus .30 for each charge made. Even ACH I am told has fees. When soccer is already expensive and you have 5 kids in it like me. Your looking at a ridiculous additional cost that should not exist save to line someone else’s pockets that provided no real added value. Visibility is clunky for families with more than one parent and more than one player using the app. The parent who started the registration owns the kid and has to share him out with the other parent. The parent who starts the payments must share those too with the other parent or charges cannot be seen. I get why they might have wanted the security here, but the execution is clunky and unintuitive. Overall the app gets the job done for parents, but with probably twice the effort as with Ollie. PlayMetrics needs a parent centric overhaul and get rid of the high transaction fees.

PlayMetrics is the best it sends you reminders and it can help you clarify with your team if some people don’t have iMessage. GET IT NOW!