One app for the season
Schedule, changes, scores, payments and messages in one branded app.
PlayMetrics alternative for youth sports clubs.Switching from PlayMetrics,
with your data in hand.
You run a club on PlayMetrics and you are looking at an alternative. This is the practical version: what comes out, what we do with it, how fast the switch happens, and what your families will notice.
This is not a feature scorecard. It is what the move from PlayMetrics to Sketchplay actually involves, written for the club that has already decided to look.
Statements about PlayMetrics refer to their public feature pages, help center and release notes, re-checked August 17, 2026.
The migration map
What moves from PlayMetrics to Sketchplay
Their admin how-to articles are customer-only, so run the exports from inside your account and keep the files; their notes say export files are retained for download for 7 days.
| What you have on PlayMetrics | How it comes out | What we do with it |
|---|---|---|
| Members and contacts | We could not find a public article; use the member and tryout player exports from inside your admin (their release notes describe tryout player and subscription exports with player details). | Imported once into one roster. Every family reachable from day one. |
| Registrations | Registration responses export to CSV (stated on their registration feature page). | Registration and payment run as one flow on your own site; waivers signed inside it and stored on the roster. |
| Payments and subscriptions | Invoice payments, subscriptions and team account transactions export (per their release notes). Money itself does not migrate from any platform. | New dues and payment plans run on your own Stripe account; payouts land in your bank directly. |
| Schedules | Schedules export, including club event titles (per their release notes). | History imported as records. Future seasons come out of the AI Scheduler and re-solve when a field closes. |
| Documents and waivers | No public export article we could find. Save what matters from inside your account before access changes. | Waivers signed inside registration, stored on the roster, downloadable. |
| Your website and app | Nothing to export; it is theirs. | A branded site and app space, included with every plan. |
| Pricing | Their pricing page says pricing is based on several factors unique to each organization. | One flat monthly price by organization size, published on our pricing page, no per-player or per-team fees. |
How long it takes
One call to start. Switched by your next tryouts.
1
The call
Thirty minutes, your real programs on screen. We tell you which exports to run from your admin and in what order; you run them the same day and email support for anything not self-serve, in writing.
2
We import and build
Members, registrations, subscriptions and history loaded; programs and payment plans set up; your site and app standing with your data on it. Days, not a season.
3
Your next tryouts open on Sketchplay
Open registration here while PlayMetrics is still readable. When the first families are through, your domain moves and you cancel on your terms.
We do the migration. Not a guide you follow alone: our team runs the import with you and stays on the phone through tryouts and your first season.
What your next season runs on
One sign-up.
One sign-up.
Everything else follows.
What the parent fills in
- Athlete
- Maya R.
- Parent email
- parent@example.com
- Mobile
- (555) 010-8842
- Waiver
- Signed on the same screen
- Payment
- Paid at sign-up
What you have when they finish
- On the roster14U Girls · spot 12 of 14
- Reachabletext, email and push, no invite link
- Waiver on filestored against the athlete, not an inbox
- Balance settled$0 outstanding
- Nothing to re-keyno export, no Sunday-night spreadsheet
- 1
- flow, not four
- 0
- forms re-typed
- $0
- left to chase
Scripted sample. On the call we rebuild your actual sign-up form while you watch.
After the switch
What your teams and families notice after the switch
One place to pay
Dues, camps, tickets and merch on the same account.
Changes reach them
A field closes; text, email, push and in-app go out from the roster in one send.
Nothing to re-register
Tryouts, placement and the season run on one record per family.
Straight talk
What a PlayMetrics alternative does not do for you, said plainly.
- We import what you export. There is no live sync from PlayMetrics and we could not find a public API, so the exports from inside your admin are the path, and their 7-day download window means you should file them somewhere you own.
- We do not offer a coaching curriculum library or a state association membership product. If those are central to your club, say so on the call and we will tell you plainly whether we fit.
- We do not publish a comparison table against PlayMetrics. Bring your real programs to the call and judge the fit on your own data.
Questions
Leaving PlayMetrics: the questions we get
Does PlayMetrics let us export our data?
Their registration feature page states responses export to CSV, and their public release notes describe exports for schedules, tryout players, subscriptions, invoice payments and team account transactions. The admin how-to articles themselves are behind the customer login, so use those from inside your account, and note their release note that export files are retained for download for 7 days.
Is there an API we can pull from?
We could not find public developer documentation for a PlayMetrics API. Plan on the in-app exports.
How do we reach support during the move?
support@playmetrics.com or the Submit a request link in their help center; existing clubs also have a Customer Success representative. Ask for a complete export of members, registrations, payments and documents in writing before your access changes.
What about the SportsEngine acquisition?
PlayMetrics announced on May 1, 2026 that it acquired substantially all of SportsEngine's assets from Versant. Their statement is that SportsEngine customers keep the same service and gain access to PlayMetrics technology. If you are on either platform, the practical move is the same: hold a current export of your own data while things change around you.
When should a club switch?
Between seasons, after the last payment plan has settled and before tryout registration opens. Register the new season on Sketchplay while the old system is still readable.
More answers in the answer library.
Bring your exports. We go through the actual files with you.
Thirty minutes, your real programs on screen, and a straight answer about whether Sketchplay is the right PlayMetrics alternative for you.