# 🍺 Best standings app for adult rec leagues (2026)

> Slo-pitch, beer-league hockey, Tuesday volleyball: the best ways to keep and share an adult rec league’s standings, from free pages to full league platforms, with prices checked on each product’s own site.

Canonical: https://simplestandings.com/best/adult-rec-leagues
Last updated: 2026-11-08

By The Simple Standings team. Facts about other products checked 2026-11-08 on their own pages (Sources below).

## Quick picks

- **Best for most adult rec leagues:** [Simple Standings](https://simplestandings.com). A public table everyone checks on their phone after the game; free, no accounts, no app.
- **Best if scheduling is the hard part:** [LeagueLobster](https://simplestandings.com/reviews/leaguelobster). It fits games around diamonds, rinks and court times.
- **Best for team logistics:** [TeamSnap](https://simplestandings.com/vs/simple-standings-vs-teamsnap). RSVPs so you know you have nine players, plus chat. Not a league table on team plans.
- **Best if you love formulas:** [a spreadsheet](https://simplestandings.com/alternatives/google-sheets). Free and flexible, until it breaks.

## What an adult rec league needs, by product

| Need | Simple Standings | LeagueLobster | TeamSnap | Spreadsheet |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A public standings table | Yes, free | Yes, from a published schedule | Not on team plans | If you build it |
| Viewers need no account | Yes | Yes | Team info needs a login | Depends on sharing settings |
| Cost for a season | Free; $9.99 once per league for no ads | Free with ads and 50 games a month, or from $9.95/mo | Free for about 15 players; Premium from $10.83/mo per team | Free |
| Schedule | Matchup generator; you add dates and venues | Constraint scheduling (PRO) | Per team | By hand |
| Player stats | Free, prefilled per sport | Not compared here | Premium or Ultra | By hand |
| RSVPs and team chat | No | Team pages with RSVP and chat on PRO | Yes | No |

## How we picked

Adult rec leagues are run by one or two volunteers, often a player, and the people checking the table are other players on their phones, usually at the bar after the game. So we weighted: how fast you get a table up, whether anyone needs an account to see it, what it costs a league that does not charge much, and how much setup it asks for before the first game.

We make Simple Standings, so treat its place on this list accordingly. Every fact about the other products is from their own pages, linked under Sources.

## The four options

### 1. [Simple Standings](https://simplestandings.com)

Best for: adult rec leagues that need a table and a link. Price: Free; $9.99 once per league for no ads.

Type the standings in (or add each game and let it count), and share one link with the league. Columns come prefilled for slo-pitch, hockey, volleyball and the rest of its sports, with formula columns for your own tiebreakers.

Good:

- A standings table on day one: type results in, no schedule required
- Public link and QR code; viewers need no account or app
- Schedule and player stats on the same link, CSV export of everything, all free
- Up to 5 co-admins per league, and live scorekeepers that save into the table

Not so good:

- No registration, payments or team messaging
- No website or custom domain
- Ads on the public page unless you pay $9.99 once

### 2. [LeagueLobster](https://simplestandings.com/reviews/leaguelobster)

Best for: building a schedule around venues, time slots and travel. Price: Free (50 games a month, with ads); LITE $9.95/mo; PRO $29.95/mo (USD, monthly only).

A schedule generator first: it fits a season around your venues and rules, then standings fill in as you enter scores. The free plan covers 50 games a month with ads and no export.

Good:

- Constraint scheduling (venues, time slots, travel, back-to-backs) on PRO
- Registration without a subscription
- Exports schedules in formats other platforms import (paid plans)

Not so good:

- Export off on the free plan; ad-free means a monthly plan
- Standings need a published schedule; custom standings are PRO
- Billed monthly only, plus per-game charges over 100 a month

### 3. [TeamSnap](https://simplestandings.com/vs/simple-standings-vs-teamsnap)

Best for: running each team: RSVPs, chat, payments. Price: Free (about 15 players); Premium $10.83/mo billed annually or $18.99 monthly; Ultra $13.75/mo billed annually or $25.99 monthly (USD, per team); clubs and leagues by quote.

The team app: availability, messaging, assignments, payments and real iOS and Android apps. One plan covers one team. League standings need TeamSnap for Business or Clubs & Leagues.

Good:

- Availability and RSVPs (Premium and up), team chat, assignments
- Native phone apps
- Payments from players or parents

Not so good:

- No league standings table on team plans, and no public team page since 2017
- Priced per team; club and league plans by quote
- Player stats need Premium or Ultra

### 4. [A shared spreadsheet](https://simplestandings.com/alternatives/google-sheets)

Best for: one organizer who likes formulas and a small audience. Price: Free with a Google or Microsoft account.

Google Sheets or Excel Online, shared as a view-only link. Free and familiar, and it can do anything if you build it. Most people move off it when the formulas break or the league starts checking it on phones.

Good:

- Free, and you already know it
- Total control over columns and formulas

Not so good:

- You build and maintain every formula
- Hard to read on a phone; sharing permissions to manage
- No schedule filters or public page design

## When another pick is better

- Your venue gives you time slots and you need the season built around them: LeagueLobster.
- Your captains spend Thursday night chasing RSVPs: TeamSnap for each team.
- You collect league fees online: LeagueLobster (registration) or a league platform.
- You have eight teams, one season and a formula habit: a spreadsheet is fine.

## Where Simple Standings is not the answer

- Registration, fees and waivers.
- Team RSVPs and messaging.
- Scheduling around venue availability.
- A page with no ads, unless you pay $9.99 once for the league.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best free app for adult league standings?

For a standings table the whole league can open without accounts, Simple Standings: free with ads, every feature included. LeagueLobster’s free plan is the other good free option if you also want it to build the schedule, within 50 games a month.

### Do players need to download anything?

Not for Simple Standings or LeagueLobster’s public pages: both open in a browser. TeamSnap is an app with accounts.

### Can the other captains update the scores?

In Simple Standings you can invite up to 5 co-admins per league by email, and a co-admin can edit everything in it. Reporting a score from its schedule row moves both teams in the standings.

## Sources, checked 2026-11-08

- [LeagueLobster pricing](https://scheduler.leaguelobster.com/pricing/)
- [LeagueLobster help: PRO features](https://help.leaguelobster.com/en/articles/477173-pro-features)
- [TeamSnap team plans (prices)](https://www.teamsnap.com/teams)
- [TeamSnap for adult leagues](https://www.teamsnap.com/teams/adult-leagues)
- [TeamSnap help: General troubleshooting (public team sites ended 2017)](https://helpme.teamsnap.com/article/1320-general-troubleshooting)
- [TeamSnap help: Set up team statistics](https://helpme.teamsnap.com/article/256-set-up-team-statistics)

## Related

- [Rec league standings](https://simplestandings.com/for/rec-league-standings)
- [League scorekeeping](https://simplestandings.com/for/scorekeepers)
- [Simple Standings vs LeagueLobster](https://simplestandings.com/vs/simple-standings-vs-leaguelobster)
- [Simple Standings vs TeamSnap](https://simplestandings.com/vs/simple-standings-vs-teamsnap)
- [Best free tools for volunteer organizers](https://simplestandings.com/best/volunteer-league-organizers)
- [League management software](https://simplestandings.com/league-management-software)
- [Slo-pitch standings](https://simplestandings.com/slo-pitch)