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Game Mode vs TeamGenius
TeamGenius is the evaluation system TeamSnap and SportsEngine point clubs to: customizable templates with scoring ranges and weights, an offline mobile evaluation app plus a web scorer, video and photo capture, a registration form with Stripe for evaluation events, team formation tools that sync rosters to SportsEngine, TeamSnap or LeagueApps, and an AI comment assistant. It is priced per year by athlete count, and its tryout work hands off to a club-management system for the season.
Plans and fees
What each one publishes
TeamGenius’s figures are quoted as its pricing page wrote them on November 1, 2026. Their pricing page.
Game Mode
- Base
- $99/month
- Tryouts, recruiting, registrations, payments, teams, messaging, parent portal, app and AI.
- Growth
- $199/month
- Adds facility booking, memberships, the training library and your branding.
- Pro
- $399/month
- Adds your own branded app in the stores.
- Card processing
- 3.5% + $0.90
- Stripe’s 2.9% + $0.30 plus Game Mode’s 0.6% + $0.60; pass it to families or absorb it.
- Bank (ACH)
- 1.5% + $0.90
- Who holds the money
- You do
- Direct charges to your own Stripe account; your name on the statement.
- Setup fee
- None
- Contract
- None
- Month to month, 30-day free trial, no per-athlete fee.
TeamGenius
- Self Starter
- “As Low As” “$1,050 USD” “Per Year”
- “Up to 150 athletes”.
- Starter+
- “As Low As” “$1,500 USD” “Per Year”
- “Up to 500 athletes”; adds an onboarding session.
- Pro
- “As Low As” “$2,900 USD” “Per Year”
- “Up to 1,000 athletes”; adds media (video and photo), advanced check-in, multi-attempt scoring.
- Elite
- “As Low As” “$6,500 USD” “Per Year”
- “Unlimited athletes (per location)”; adds offer sending and tracking, live drafting, AI score analysis.
- Add-ons
- “Contact Us”
- No add-on price is printed; extra athlete capacity is an in-app upgrade with no stated price.
- Card processing
- Not stated
- Registration runs on the club’s own Stripe account; the rate and who pays are not published.
- Setup fee
- Not stated
- Setup “Typically no more than 1-2 hours.”
- Per-athlete fee
- None stated
- Tiers are capped by athletes; the FAQ suggests a “$5-$10 increase to registration or tryout fees”.
- Term
- Not stated
- Prices are “Per Year”; the terms have no renewal or refund language.
- Free trial
- 14 days, up to 20 players
What a year costs
The arithmetic, from published figures only
TeamGenius is priced per year by athlete count, “As Low As” the figure shown for each cap, so the comparison is by athletes. Its registration runs on the club’s own Stripe account at a rate it does not publish, so no processing total is shown.
| Yearly software cost | 100 athletes | 250 athletes | 500 athletes | 1,000 athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Mode Base$99/month, no per-athlete fee; registration and payments included | $1,188 | $1,188 | $1,188 | $1,188 |
| TeamGenius“As Low As” a yearly price for an athlete cap: $1,050 up to 150, $1,500 up to 500, $2,900 up to 1,000, $6,500 unlimited per location. Registration and payments included; processing rate not stated. | $1,050 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $2,900 |
How we calculated this
- Game Mode Base is $99 × 12 = $1,188 at any athlete count. Card processing on family payments (3.5% + $0.90) is on top of it and is not in this table, because the tools beside it take no payments.
- TeamGenius: 100 athletes → Self Starter, “Up to 150 athletes”, “As Low As” $1,050; 250 athletes → Starter+, “Up to 500 athletes”, “As Low As” $1,500; 500 athletes → Starter+, “Up to 500 athletes”, “As Low As” $1,500; 1000 athletes → Pro, “Up to 1,000 athletes”, “As Low As” $2,900. Source
Try your own numbers on the calculator.
Feature by feature
Sixteen things a club buys
Each TeamGenius answer links to the page it was read from on November 1, 2026. “Not verified” means no page on their site states it.
Tryout registration
Game Mode
A public form with your own questions, terms and age cutoff. No tryout fee is collected at signup. See it
TeamGenius
“A custom registration form with Stripe integration to collect payments for evaluation events.” Source
Custom scoring forms
Game Mode
Modules, criteria and weights you define, 1 to 10 ratings, timed and velocity criteria, a starter template for your sport. See it
TeamGenius
“Customizable Evaluation Templates” with “scoring ranges, weights, and evaluator instructions”. Source
Coaches score on a phone
Game Mode
Coaches score in the Game Mode app and scores sync live to the Results tab. See it
TeamGenius
An iOS and Android evaluation app with offline mode, plus a web scoring app. Source
Video clips at tryouts
Game Mode
Coaches film clips in the app; they sit on the player’s results, grouped by module. See it
TeamGenius
Video and photo capture in the app; “Media (Video & Photo)” is Pro and above, or an add-on for Starter+. Source
Offers with tracked responses
Game Mode
Offers by email or text; opens, bounces and replies are tracked on the board, and a family accepts by registering. See it
TeamGenius
“Offer Sending & Tracking” is an Elite feature or add-on; the offer letter is an email and responses are tracked by hand in an inbox. Source
Automatic handling when a family does not respond
Game Mode
An offer with no answer after the days you set moves to “no response” on its own, so the column is always current. See it
TeamGenius
No expiry, deadline or automatic step on any fetched page. Source
No-show flag and follow-up
Game Mode
Players who never checked in are flagged when the session ends; one click emails them a link to reschedule or withdraw. See it
TeamGenius
Messages are sent by hand; the check-in article does not mention no-shows. Source
Team assignment from tryout results
Game Mode
Drag players from their scores onto teams, the waitlist or not selected. See it
TeamGenius
“Team Formation Tools”: sort, compare and sync teams to SportsEngine, TeamSnap or LeagueApps; “Live Drafting” is Elite. Source
Season registration with payment plans
Game Mode
Deposit plus installments, by card or bank, charged to the saved card on each due date with retries. See it
TeamGenius
Registration is for evaluation events with a single fee; no plans, installments or deposits are described. Source
Direct Stripe payouts to the club
Game Mode
Every payment is a direct charge to your own Stripe account, with your name on the statement. See it
TeamGenius
The club must “activate a Stripe account” through TeamGenius; how payouts settle is not stated. Source
Facility booking: lessons and rentalsGrowth and Pro plans
Game Mode
Lessons, cage, court and field rentals, booking boards and coach availability. Growth and Pro. See it
TeamGenius
Nothing on booking, lessons or rentals on the features page or the help index. Source
Memberships with recurring billingGrowth and Pro plans
Game Mode
Monthly plans billed to the card on file, with joining fees, commitments and signed agreements. Growth and Pro. See it
TeamGenius
Nothing on the features page, the pricing page or the help index. Source
Point of sale with inventory
Game Mode
Products with sizes, colors, photos and stock counts; cash, check, a card at the counter or a pay link. See it
TeamGenius
Not researched for this vendor; nothing on the pricing page. Source
Team chat app for parents
Game Mode
Team chat, direct messages and polls in the Game Mode app, with block and report. See it
TeamGenius
The app is for coaches and evaluators; the Player Portal is a web account with opt-in text updates, no chat. Source
Beside TeamGenius
What you would still need
- Season registration with payment plans. TeamGenius registration is a single fee for an evaluation event. Source
- Offers below the Elite tier, and tracking that is not an inbox. The offer letter is an email whose replies are counted by hand. Source
- Video on the lower tiers. Media is Pro and above, or an add-on. Source
- A chat app for parents, facility booking and memberships, which TeamGenius does not offer. Source
Switching
How a club moves
A club on TeamGenius keeps its evaluation templates in spirit and rebuilds them in Game Mode’s scoring setup in an afternoon: modules, criteria, weights and the rating scale your coaches already know. Scores, video, offers and season registration then live in one place instead of syncing between two, and the price is a flat $99 a month with no athlete cap, no block to buy and no quote for offer tracking.
See it on your own tryout.
A 30-minute walkthrough with our team. Bring your rosters, your fee structure, and whatever your current setup can’t do.
Baseline, Upper Hand, SkillShark, TeamGenius, TeamSnap, LeagueApps, SportsEngine and PlayMetrics are names that belong to their owners. Game Mode is not affiliated with any of them. Every figure and every feature answer about them on this page was read from that company’s own public pages on November 1, 2026, is quoted as the page wrote it, and may have changed since. “Not verified” means their site does not state it; it is never a guess. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.