ClubSpark or MeetScarlet: a court booking app with your club's name.
For a padel club that wants open matches by level, Americano and split payments in an app with its name, MeetScarlet is the better pick: the app comes in every plan for $349 a month, while ClubSpark's support site calls its branded app a paid premium feature, in beta, with no software price on its site. MeetScarlet's setup is $999 on monthly billing and free on yearly. We make MeetScarlet; every ClubSpark fact here comes from ClubSpark's own pages.
Which should you pick?
Who wrote this: the team that makes MeetScarlet. We compare from each vendor's own public pages, read on November 1, 2026, not from a hands-on test of the rival. Where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
Pick MeetScarlet if you run a padel club and want players joining open matches by level, playing Americano and splitting a court in an app with your club's name, none of which we found on ClubSpark's pages. The app comes in every plan for $349 a month, plus $999 setup on monthly billing, free on yearly, where ClubSpark's support site calls its branded app a premium feature at extra cost, in beta. Our team sets the app up and submits it under your own Apple and Google accounts.
ClubSpark may suit you if you run a multi-sport club, several venues or a national association and want coaching courses, knockout and matchplay competitions, direct debits, and automated lighting and court access.
Why padel clubs pick MeetScarlet over ClubSpark
- Open matches by level and Americano, with scores entered by your staff; we found neither on the ClubSpark pages we read
- Players split a court and each pay their share; we found no split payment on ClubSpark's pages
- An app with your club's name in every plan for $349 a month; ClubSpark's support site calls its branded app a premium feature at extra cost, in beta and live for some venues
- A price you can see before a demo, with setup free on yearly billing; we found no ClubSpark software price, and clubspark.com/pricing returns not found
- Your app is published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts; the ClubSpark pages we read don't say whose accounts hold its app
Side by side
| ClubSpark | MeetScarlet | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | No price for the software or the branded app on its home, features or venues pages or its support article; clubspark.com/pricing returns not found. The support article gives £99 + VAT a year for a custom website domain | $349 a month for one location and 5 staff logins, or $499 on MeetScarlet Pro with 20; $999 setup on monthly billing, free on yearly |
| App with your club's name | Per its UK support site, not its product pages: a premium feature at extra cost, price not given; your logo, brand colours and the name you choose in the app stores; in beta, live for some venues; junior and family-account booking in it is “Not at present” | In every plan; players book courts, join open matches, split a court and manage memberships |
| Developer accounts | Not stated on the pages we read | Your own Apple and Google accounts ($99 a year to Apple, $25 once to Google) |
| Court booking | Online booking from your website, third-party sites or a mobile app; booking and price rules, including recurring and block bookings | Court booking with peak and off-peak prices |
| Padel play | Round-robin, knockout and matchplay competitions; open matches, level matching and Americano not found on the pages we read | Open matches by level, and Americano with scores entered by your staff; no knockout or matchplay draws, and no player marketplace |
| Splitting a court | Not found on the pages we read (its several Stripe accounts are one per module: membership, booking and coaching) | Players split a court and each pay their share |
| Payments | Direct debit and card payments (features and venues pages); Stripe and GoCardless are its only gateways, and Apple Pay and Google Pay work for memberships and in the app (support article) | Card payments at booking through Stripe |
| Access and lighting | Automated lighting and court access across venues | None |
From clubspark.com (home, features and venues pages) and ClubSpark's support article on its September 2026 new features, read November 1, 2026.
Where ClubSpark may fit better
- Built for many sports and for sports bodies, across several venues (MeetScarlet's match tools are padel-only)
- Knockout and matchplay competitions, round robins, and a coaching module with courses, holiday camps and coaching subscriptions
- Direct debits, with GoCardless as well as Stripe
- A club website builder, a CRM, court utilisation reports, and automated lighting and court access
Questions to ask on a ClubSpark demo
ClubSpark's public pages leave these open, so ask before you sign:
- What does ClubSpark cost for one club, and what does the branded app add?
- Is the app published under my club's own developer accounts?
- Who owns the app listing if I leave?
- Can players join open matches by level or split a court in the app?
- If you leave, can you export your client list, and what comes with it?
Ask us the same questions about MeetScarlet; our prices are on the homepage.
Moving to MeetScarlet
We import your member list from a spreadsheet or CSV export, then set up your courts, prices, hours and memberships as part of setup. About 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps, most of it Apple's enrollment. Your web app's link is ready during setup, and members can book there as soon as you choose your MeetScarlet plan. They keep the same account when the store apps launch.
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
Does ClubSpark have a branded app? #
Its UK support site says yes, as a paid extra: a September 2026 webinar FAQ calls the new branded app a premium feature with a cost to venues, in your logo and brand colours, under the name you choose in the app stores, in beta and live for some venues. Its product pages don't mention it yet (read November 1, 2026).
How much does ClubSpark cost? #
We found no price for the software or the branded app on clubspark.com or in its support article, and its site links to a demo rather than a pricing page. The support article does price a custom website domain at £99 + VAT a year, and calls the branded app a premium feature at extra cost.
Is ClubSpark cheaper than MeetScarlet? #
We can't say, because MeetScarlet publishes its price and we found no ClubSpark software price. MeetScarlet is $349 a month for one location with the app included, plus $999 setup on monthly billing, or $3,490 a year with no setup fee. ClubSpark's support site calls its branded app a premium feature at extra cost.
Is this comparison independent? #
No. We make MeetScarlet, and we recommend it to padel clubs that want open matches, Americano and split payments in an app with their name. Every ClubSpark fact comes from ClubSpark's own pages, dated, and we say where ClubSpark may fit better.
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