Every fixture, one place
Every fixture lives in one place - not buried halfway up a group chat.
Sydney · 57 sports & activities
Find a game.
Find a game.
Host a game.
Meet your people.
Ringers is where Sydney organises its social calendar - five-a-side to poker night, running club to book club. Backed by Squads and reliability ratings, so it actually happens.
Available on iPhone and Android
01
Find it, or run it
Find
No club, no sign-up - just search and go.
- Browse by activity, suburb or day
- Request a spot, or jump into one that's open
- Check reliability before you commit
- Pay in the app - no cash on the day
Host
No more chasing replies - post it, done.
- Set the activity, time, place and headcount
- Approve requests, or leave it open
- Recurring game? Set it once, it repeats
- Get paid securely through the app
02
The People Ringers
Ringers isn't just a scheduling tool - it's who you meet using it.
It's the people who keep you coming back - the ones you follow, the feed you check, the shot you took afterwards.
Follow
Follow the Ringers you clicked with, and know when they're next on. It's also how your Ringers list builds - trusted names you can call on to fill a gap.
Chat
Every event and Squad has its own chat - no separate group thread to dig through for the details.
The feed
Suggested events, tailored to you - plus a home feed of what your fellow Ringers are up to.
RingerCam
Capture the moment with our signature RingerCam - front and back camera in one shot, during or after the event.
03
Squads
Most sports apps stop at the fixture. Ringers keeps going - a Squad is a private, permanent home for the crew you regularly play with, not just a one-off event that disappears after full time.
See who's in, fast
See who's confirmed at a glance, then fill the gap from your own Ringers list - or open it to the public.
Squad Centre
Season stats, leaderboards and Ringer of the Match voting - bragging rights, built in.
04
Reliability ratings
The thing a group chat can't do: prove people actually turn up - hosts included.
Reputation here isn't a claim, it's a record. Every rating comes from a real review on:
- Do they show up?
- Are they a reliable host?
Hosting? Check it before you approve anyone. Joining? Check it before you show up.
05
How Ringers Compares
Group chats can't remember who's reliable. Other sports matching apps don't have a Squad, the permanent home for your regular crew, or a Ringers list, your own roster of trusted people to fill a gap. Here's what changes when it's all in one place.
Group chat and sports-matching-app comparisons reflect commonly available features as a category, not any single named product.
| Capability | Ringers | Group Chats | Sports Matching Apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat auto-organised per event and Squad | Yes | No | No |
| Find and host across 57+ sports and activities | Yes | No | No |
| Personal Ringers list - invite trusted people, one tap | Yes | No | No |
| Purpose-built Squads for your regular crew | Yes | No | No |
| Reliability from real check-ins, not star reviews | Yes | No | No |
| In-app payments - Apple Pay and Google Pay | Yes | No | Yes |
| Social feed of your Ringers' activity | Yes | No | No |
“Ringers started as a fix for our own problem. We'd spent years playing casual sport leagues, and it was always the same story - scrambling to find numbers when a game was short, or missing out on stuff nearby because we didn't know they were happening.
The more we looked at it, the real issue wasn't finding players or finding a game - every casual team and club was trying to run itself through a group chat that was never built for the job. So we set out to build something that actually was, with a bit of fun built in.”
Jacob, Ted and Mark - Founders
Five-a-side. Poker night. Book club. Trivia.
57 sports and activities and counting - if it's a regular get-together with a headcount, it belongs on Ringers.
Football
Poker
Basketball
Tennis
Chess
Padel
Running
Board Games
Cycling
Volleyball
Badminton
Book Club
Golf
Cricket
Rugby
Trivia Night
Swimming
Table Tennis
Hockey
Baseball
Lift Club
Tag Rugby
Walking
Yoga
Pilates
Gaelic Football
Hurling
Pickleball
Squash
Hiking
Climbing
Martial Arts
Rowing
Netball
Softball
Touch Football
Ultimate Frisbee
Darts
Snooker / Pool
Bowling
Boxing
Dodgeball
Futsal
Spikeball
Kayaking
Sailing
Surfing
Skateboarding
Handball
Muay Thai
Jujutsu
Karate
Beach Volleyball
AFL
Water Polo
Judo
Kickboxing
Football
Poker
Basketball
Tennis
Chess
Padel
Running
Board Games
Cycling
Volleyball
Badminton
Book Club
Golf
Cricket
Rugby
Trivia Night
Swimming
Table Tennis
Hockey
Baseball
Lift Club
Tag Rugby
Walking
Yoga
Pilates
Gaelic Football
Hurling
Pickleball
Squash
Hiking
Climbing
Martial Arts
Rowing
Netball
Softball
Touch Football
Ultimate Frisbee
Darts
Snooker / Pool
Bowling
Boxing
Dodgeball
Futsal
Spikeball
Kayaking
Sailing
Surfing
Skateboarding
Handball
Muay Thai
Jujutsu
Karate
Beach Volleyball
AFL
Water Polo
Judo
Kickboxing
Frequently asked
What is Ringers?
Ringers is a sports and social events platform. Discover pickup games and local events, host your own, chat with other Ringers, and build a reliability rating that shows you're someone people can count on.
Is Ringers just for sport?
No. Most events are sport, but Ringers covers 57 sports and activities in total, including poker, chess, board games, book club and trivia night. If it's a recurring get-together with a headcount, it fits.
How do I join an event?
Open an event from the Events tab or the map and tap "Join" or "Request to join" - some events confirm you straight away, others need the host to approve you first. Either way, you'll see your status update once you're in.
How do I host an event?
Tap the + button on the Events tab. Pick a sport or activity, set the time, location and Ringer capacity, and choose whether people join straight away or need your approval first, then publish. If approval's on, you approve or decline requests from the event page.
What are Squads?
A Squad is a private home for the same crew you play with regularly - a five-a-side team, a weekly running group, and so on. Every Squad gets its own group chat, and its own events that members see and join first.
Open a Squad's chat and switch to "Squad Centre" to see its season record, top-scorer/assist/card leaderboards, match reports, and Ringer of the Match voting after each game.
What's my Ringers list?
Your own personal, per-sport list of people you trust to fill in when your Squad is short - you can only add someone you already follow. If a Squad event you're hosting is short, you can invite specific people from your own list to that event, by name.
What are reliability ratings?
After every event, the host does a quick check-in on who actually showed up, building each guest's attendance reliability rating. Participants can do the same for the host, building a host reliability rating that shows who reliably runs the events they post. Both are built from what really happened, not a star rating anyone can leave at any time.
Is Ringers free?
Yes, Ringers is free to use. Some events may have a cost set by their host (for example, to split a pitch fee) - that's always shown on the event before you join, and payment happens securely in the app itself, not cash on the day.
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