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Stack Team App

45
User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

Stack Team App is a functional team management and communication tool, especially useful for larger groups, but it is frequently criticized for its intrusive ads, persistent notification issues, and clunky user interface.

4.0★ lifetime (14,531) Free + in-app purchases since 2013 by Team Mates Pty Ltd updated 1.8 mo ago recent negative 50% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Ads Notifications User Interface/Experience Bugs & Stability Core Functionality
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.0★ lifetime average

Stack Team App helps sports teams and other groups manage schedules, communication, and attendance, with many users finding it effective for keeping members informed. However, a significant portion of recent reviews highlight persistent issues with intrusive ads, notification badges that do not clear, and a user interface that is often described as confusing or clunky.

What users like

  • Effective for team communication and management, especially for larger groupsR18R29R101R178
  • Useful for scheduling, tracking attendance, and sharing updatesR29R178R205R210
  • Allows for sharing photos and videos of gamesR178
  • Responsive development team has addressed some issues in the pastR105

What users complain about

  • Intrusive and frequent ads, including scammy or fraudulent ones, are a major complaintR2R3R4R5
  • Notification badges often do not clear, leading to persistent unread counts and confusionR1R7R8R9
  • User interface is clunky, confusing, and not user-friendly, especially for multiple teamsR4R11R13R14
  • App experiences frequent bugs, crashes, and inconsistent behaviorR19R25R26R27
  • Lack of a dark mode is a common requestR14R71R82R150
  • Some users report login and registration issuesR16R38R39R41
  • Notifications for administrators and coaches are too broad and not customizableR7R20R208
  • Issues with event times displaying incorrectly or not updatingR11
  • Recent updates have made the app harder to use or introduced new issuesR118R128R133R143
  • Privacy concerns about invasive trackingR12

Latest update · v9.0.1

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

- Improved app stability. - Date and time fields in club forms now show the correct value every time. - Point of Sale improvements. Love Stack Team App? Leave us a rating! Your feedback helps us improve.

Recurring themes

Ads negative
Many users are highly frustrated by the frequent, intrusive, and sometimes fraudulent or scammy ads that interrupt their use of the app. Some feel forced to use the app due to organizational requirements and are annoyed by the ad experience.R2R3R4R5
Notifications negative
A pervasive issue is that notification badges (red dots) do not clear after messages or events have been viewed, leading to constant false unread counts. Users, especially coaches and parents, also desire more granular control over notification types to avoid being overwhelmed by irrelevant alerts.R1R7R8R9
User Interface/Experience negative
Many reviewers describe the app's UI as clunky, confusing, and not intuitive. Navigation can be difficult, especially for users managing multiple teams, and some features like adding events or clearing notifications require too many steps. The lack of a dark mode is also a frequently requested improvement.R4R11R13R14
Bugs & Stability negative
Despite developer notes claiming improved stability, recent reviews report frequent crashes, login issues, messages disappearing, and features not working as intended (e.g., adding locations to events, profile photo management). Some users have had to reinstall the app to resolve issues.R16R19R25R26
Core Functionality mixed
While many users acknowledge the app's core ability to manage teams, schedules, and communication, some find it only 'okay' or 'average' compared to alternatives. Positive feedback often comes from coaches or group leaders who find it helpful for keeping large groups informed and organized.R14R18R29R52

Who it's for

Stack Team App is for sports teams, clubs, and other organizations that need a centralized platform for communication, scheduling, and attendance tracking, especially those with larger member bases R29R101R178. It is particularly useful for coaches and administrators R178. It is not for users who are sensitive to frequent, intrusive advertising or who prioritize a highly polished, intuitive user interface R4R5R35.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, with a 0.499 recent-negative signal. This contrasts sharply with the lifetime rating of 4.01, indicating a significant decline in user satisfaction recently. Many complaints about ads, notifications, and UI are widespread and consistent across multiple reviews and regions. The developer's notes about improved stability are directly contradicted by numerous recent reports of crashes and bugs.

Frequently asked

Are there ads in Stack Team App?
Yes, Stack Team App contains frequent and intrusive ads, including full video ads and some described as scammy or fraudulent, which many users find disruptive and annoying R2R3R5R6.
Can I turn off notifications in Stack Team App?
While you can generally receive notifications, many users report persistent issues where notification badges (red dots) do not clear even after viewing messages, leading to constant false unread counts R1R9R30R44. Some users have disabled notifications entirely due to this frustration .
Is Stack Team App easy to use?
Many users describe Stack Team App as clunky, confusing, and not user-friendly, with a difficult navigation and too many irrelevant details R4R13R23R35.
Does Stack Team App have a dark mode?
No, Stack Team App does not currently offer a dark mode, which is a frequently requested feature by users R14R71R82R150.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R18] 5/5 · US Solid App for Teams/Minor Prod Bug: This app is great. Functionality is solid. No need to go outside the app for team management or communication. I think there is a minor prod bug with the survey module not recognizing the users timezone. Ex: If I’m in the central timezone and I confirmed that was the timezone selected in app, and my current time is 7:00 am and I create a survey to go live at 7:1
  2. [R29] 5/5 · US A Must-Have for our golf group: I started an evening golf group in our new neighborhood. Group texts worked well enough when the group size was under, say, ten. Unmanageable for greater numbers. Stack Team works perfectly. The Track Attendance feature puts each golfer in charge of their participation. Admins can also schedule a reminder. We love the app!
  3. [R101] 5/5 · US Awesome App: When it comes to managing fraternal youth organizations this is definitely the app to have. It really makes the communication to our members in DeMolay so much better. Our chapters and state use it a lot. Can’t wait for more of the updates. 😊
  4. [R178] 5/5 · US LOVE IT!!!!: I coach 8u basketball and this app is absolutely amazing. One of my sons football coach used it and I loved it from a parents side and I love just as much if not more as a coach to keep my parents updated with all changes and love that it allows us to add photos and videos of the games to everyone so we can all see and save the photos!! I love this app so much that I have actually be
  5. [R205] 5/5 · US BEST TEAM APP: This app has gotten me through 2 years of sports so far and it is so helpful. My school has used this app for so long. This app is helpful for last minute changes and posting events or plans for your sport.
  6. [R210] 5/5 · US Very useful: Loving the app!!! My husband uses it for the baseball team and it helps everyone stay informed and allows parents to make player profiles! Highly recommend this app. 😁
  7. [R105] 4/5 · US Responsive development team: Update to original review: the two issues that I had with the app, incessant ads and poor in-app navigation, have been addressed. Shortly after I posted my original review, a member of the development team reached out to me and helped to resolve all of the issues I had with the app. I appreciate their willingness to receive feedback and address issues. Shout out to Crai
  8. [R2] 1/5 · US Ads suck!!: Remove ads or let us pay to remove them. Very annoying
  9. [R3] 2/5 · US App displays scammy ads: This app must use the dregs of advertising services, because I was just served an “ad” in the form of a scammy screenshot of an iOS Home Screen with a “Your device has been infected” alert. Horrific. The way these apps treat their captive users who are required to use it by some organization is disgusting.
  10. [R4] 1/5 · US Rubbish: Horrible UI, missed alerts and overall subpar experience compared to GameChanger. So many ads throughout the UI that makes the user experience even worse. Developers - spend some of your revenue on improving the UI and take GameChanger as a template
  11. [R5] 1/5 · US The ads are so intrusive: The full video ads interrupting what you’re looking at are incredibly disrespectful.
  12. [R1] 1/5 · US Notifications don’t clear: Every time I get a message I have to read it under both Chats and under my ‘teams’ chat so it’s twice as much work just to get the notification to go away. Waste of my time.
  13. [R7] 3/5 · US Good but needs a few tweaks: They need to change the notifications. If you’re an administrator or a coach, you get notifications for everything that everybody does. They should separate the notifications for sign ups and events. It’d be great to get a message when an event is happening that you’re attending, but not when an event is happening and when somebody signed up for something
  14. [R8] 2/5 · US Annoying and clunky: Full of notifications after you’ve cleared them…doesn’t respond and has ads that pose as malware.
  15. [R9] 2/5 · US Chill on the red dots!: This app drives me crazy with the constant “notifications”. I can’t ever get rid of the red dots and often it’ll flag a message from weeks or months ago that’s not been updated at all. This leads to ignoring and missing actual updates. Please get the app to chill on the red dots and truly just notify of NEW updates. Also, as a non-coach, I also don’t need to know every time
  16. [R11] 1/5 · US Hard to navigate and annoying adds: Incorrect Times: I’m ready to pull my kids from youth soccer because of this App. Two seasons in a row, coming at wrong time because the app didn’t update times correctly or at all. Last season I followed the spreadsheet but the app event was right. Today I’m following the App event but the spreadsheet is right - albeit with the colors wrong.
  17. [R13] 2/5 · US Super confusing UI: My son’s soccer league uses this app and I wish they didn’t. The navigation is so confusing and there’s way too much irrelevant info. The option to add the game schedule to my calendar was hard to find. Two stars for at least having basic features.
  18. [R14] 4/5 · US Clunky but capable: On par with the other apps I’ve used as far as capability. Not the best workflow out there but useful with some practice and messing around for a bit and figuring things out. Needs a dark mode.
  19. [R19] 3/5 · US Inconsistent: Buggy, badges show up with no way to clear, chats don’t show. For a communication app it doesn’t make the cut.
  20. [R25] 2/5 · US NONSTOP CRASHING: Ever since I upgraded my phone the 17, the app crashes immediately upon opening. Now I’m missing vital details from my son’s teams.
  21. [R26] 2/5 · US Glitchy: I wish our team used something else. The ads are frequent and glitchy. If you ever need info quickly, you'll have to watch an add that won't close before you can get the info. I usually have to close and restart the app. Text, email, Google Calendar are all better than this!!
  22. [R27] 2/5 · US App crashing: My app started crashing a lot recently… I am unable to put emojis on comments within our feeds. Please let me know how to fix
  23. [R71] 5/5 · US You should make a dark mode: You should make a dark mode
  24. [R82] 5/5 · US Hi: Please make a dark mode lol
  25. [R150] 4/5 · US Useful app needs a dark mode: It seems like it has robust scheduling features for various sports teams. However, the readability issue with small text on a white background, along with the lack of pinch-to-zoom and dark mode, could be improved for a better user experience.
  26. [R16] 1/5 · US Can’t login: Can’t sign in because it won’t send the verification email and there is no alternative way to sign up once you choose ‘Email’.
  27. [R38] 1/5 · US I cannot even register my Athlete: Your athlete field validation is wrong. I filled all the requested data to register my Athlete, which is First Name, Last Name, Email, Zip Code I try to save and it shows me an alert “Athlete Date of birth can’t be blank, Graduation year can’t be blank, and Sport can’t be blank” and in the form those fields were never requested. Cool app to register athletes but
  28. [R39] 1/5 · US Sign in/sign up: Whenever I try to sign in on this app, it tells me incorrect password. When I try to reset my password it doesnt let me. This bug needs to get fixed.
  29. [R41] 1/5 · US Hijacked app: I signed up for the app per the direction of my daughter’s soccer club. This app took me to a form to “verify” my registration with a credit card, which apparently took me to another site that is now posting fraudulent charges against my account. Beware!
  30. [R20] 2/5 · US Better than nothing?: App does not easily channel info into clear defined usable spaces. Way too noisy with notifications. Most team organizers are not technically minded, so the app can easily get cluttered with “noise” Due to poor administration, - now is it the Apps fault?? Partially, - I think the developers need to put the parent/coach experience higher up. Specific complaints- notification
  31. [R208] 3/5 · US Irrelevant Notifications are Annoying: My club sends notifications to remind players they are signed up for round robin play. It is annoying to get ALL the notifications for ALL the events. It makes so much more sense for notifications to go out to those players signed up for a specific slot. The club/app admin says she has no control over this. Please refine your app to notify players for the spe
  32. [R118] 3/5 · US Now hard to keep up with new posts from each team.: I have 4 boys. Each child plays 3-5 different sports. That is potentially 17 different teams. A few use different apps and a few have the same team app group, but my point is it’s a lot to keep up with. My husband also coaches some teams. The newest major update made it very difficult to keep up with each team individually. Some teams I have to m
  33. [R128] 3/5 · US Better before recent changes: This app was great before they turned it into all about rewards and their own dashboard. It’s no longer user friendly if you have multiple groups to sort through. The rewards are insignificant, and there’s no way to turn them off.
  34. [R133] 3/5 · US How do I get rid of this new home screen: How do I get rid of this new Home Screen. It’s terrible and takes up too much space requiring to scroll to see all my treats
  35. [R143] 3/5 · US Updates: The recent updates have my app stuck in “updating” mode and nothing will work during the state tournament. I’m very disappointed.
  36. [R12] 1/5 · US Tracking required: You cannot use the app without succumbing to invasive tracking.
  37. [R52] 4/5 · US Notifications: This app serves its purpose but there are other similar apps I like better. There should be a way to customize notifications. And once you click on/view them, they don’t always go away. The little red notification bubbles that won’t go away drive me crazy!
  38. [R6] 2/5 · US Hate the adds: Nothing like a loud 30 second add when you’re trying to check a schedule.
  39. [R30] 1/5 · US Notification Nightmare: Just as several others have stated, the notifications on this app are a big miss. They aren’t removed after viewing/acknowledging several times and despite the # of times this topic has been mentioned to the developer, they haven’t addressed it. If our kids soccer club didn’t make us use this app, we would have moved to another app immediately.
  40. [R44] 2/5 · US Notifications: This app is driving me crazy. After reading new messages in the chat, it still shows that I have new messages (with a red bubble and a number of “unreads”.) However, when I go into the chat, it shows that there are no new messages to read. So all the time when I look at my phone, I see the notification bubble, but it’s not accurate.
  41. [R23] 1/5 · US Not friendly or usable: 2nd year using and still just as confusing. I have to assume clubs get money from the constant barrage of ads. Hard to navigate and even harder to use. Messages is the only thing that is decent
  42. [R35] 1/5 · US Worst team sports app out there: No idea how this app has a 4 star average. It is the worst app out there. Constant ads, terrible non-user friendly layout. It looks like a website from the early 2000s. I can’t wait until our town soccer changes to another app.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store