TidyHQ vs WorldSportAction
Last reviewed March 2026
WorldSportAction is a cloud-based sport management platform covering competitions, registration, scoring, umpire management, and disciplinary reporting. It serves sport peak bodies across several Australian and New Zealand sports. TidyHQ runs the layer your committee owns — memberships, finances, governance, comms — alongside whatever federation platform is upstream. The question worth asking before signup is what your peak body can see when both platforms are in play.
Where TidyHQ wins
What your committee runs separately from the peak body. Members, finances, communications, events, meetings, and documents stay inside your tenant. Peak bodies see only what your committee elects to send through TidyConnect: who holds what role, your answers to Project Tasks, scoped comments.
Plus the full club admin layer WorldSportAction doesn't focus on — financial reporting with Xero and MYOB sync, meeting minutes with action items, role-based task assignment, committee handover, 25 GB document storage, and Apple / Google Wallet digital membership cards.
Where WorldSportAction wins
WorldSportAction is purpose-built for sport peak bodies. Registration, scoring, umpire management, and disciplinary reporting are native features designed around competition flow and federation governance. They state on their site that "no one solution will suit all sports" and partner closely with each peak body on configuration. If your peak body has standardised on WorldSportAction, the federation-flow integration is the reason.
Best for
Clubs in sports where the peak body has chosen WorldSportAction for the federation flow, who want their members, money, minutes, and documents under the committee's control. Many clubs we work with run both — WorldSportAction for the competition and disciplinary flow, TidyHQ for the year-round club admin that surrounds it.
Feature comparison
Built for
TidyHQ
The committee that runs the clubWorldSportAction
The peak body that runs the federationWho funds it
TidyHQ
Your club, directlyWorldSportAction
Typically the peak body via licence agreementPeak body sees member contact details by default
TidyHQ
✗ Stays inside your tenantWorldSportAction
Structural visibilityPeak body sees club financials by default
TidyHQ
✗ Stays inside your tenantWorldSportAction
Structural visibilityFederation integration model
TidyHQ
TidyConnect — consent-scoped per ProjectWorldSportAction
Native parent-tenant — visibility default-onYear-round membership lifecycle
TidyHQ
Renewals, tiers, family membershipsWorldSportAction
Season-bound competition registrationsNative Xero / MYOB integration
TidyHQ
Two-way syncWorldSportAction
Digital membership cards (Apple / Google Wallet)
TidyHQ
Auto-updating, custom backfieldsWorldSportAction
Basic ID cardsCommittee governance (minutes, agendas, tasks)
TidyHQ
Action items assigned to rolesWorldSportAction
Member event ticketing (non-competition)
TidyHQ
With member-only pricingWorldSportAction
✗ Competition flow onlyEmail + SMS to full membership
TidyHQ
With status segmentationWorldSportAction
Limited to competition workflowsDocument storage
TidyHQ
25 GB, private by defaultWorldSportAction
Disciplinary reporting / tribunal workflows
TidyHQ
WorldSportAction
NativeUmpire / official management
TidyHQ
WorldSportAction
NativeFree tier for clubs
TidyHQ
Full features, no expiryWorldSportAction
Free at point of use; peak body pays licenceKey differences
Your peak body is an affiliation partner, not a parent
When the peak body owns the software, they own the relationship. The federation-platform default is structural visibility — your peak body sees member records, registrations, finances, custom fields, comms, and audit logs without asking.
TidyHQ defaults the other way. Peak bodies see what your committee chooses to share through a TidyConnect Project. The platform takes a hand in the politics either way. We picked the side where the committee draws the line.
The promise your committee made to members holds
Every member who hands over a phone number, a health flag, a payment, did it on the committee's word. The promise has a perimeter the committee drew. Software either respects that perimeter or quietly redraws it.
Most clubs only notice the redraw when something goes wrong. By then the trust is already spent.
Built for the club side, not just peak-body reporting
WorldSportAction's strength is competition and disciplinary management at the federation level. TidyHQ's strength is what happens inside a single club — subs, match fees, committee meetings, AGM prep, governance documents, and Xero sync for the treasurer. WorldSportAction handles tribunal flow well; TidyHQ handles the rest of the week.
Your treasurer reconciles without spreadsheets
WorldSportAction handles competition fees through the federation. TidyHQ syncs natively with Xero and MYOB — membership payments, event revenue, and invoices flow straight into accounting. Your treasurer stops doing double entry between the federation flow and the books.
What WorldSportAction does well
WorldSportAction is purpose-built for sport peak bodies. Registration, scoring, umpire management, and disciplinary reporting are native features designed around competition flow and federation governance. They state on their site that "no one solution will suit all sports" and partner closely with each peak body on configuration. If your peak body has standardised on WorldSportAction, the federation-flow integration is the reason.
We think honest comparisons build more trust than pretending competitors don’t exist. Try both and see which one your committee actually uses.
Is TidyHQ right for you?
TidyHQ is the better choice if…
- Your committee wants member data, finances, and comms inside the club — not inside the peak body
- You need governance tools — meeting minutes, tasks, document storage, committee handovers
- Your treasurer needs Xero or MYOB integration to stop double data entry
- You want a free tier with unlimited contacts to get started without commitment
- You run events beyond competition fixtures — social nights, fundraisers, AGMs
WorldSportAction might be better if…
- •Your entire club operation is competition flow — no membership lifecycle outside the season, no governance to manage, no separate finances to track
- •Your peak body has standardised on WorldSportAction and you need data to flow upstream
- •You rely on the disciplinary and tribunal workflows WorldSportAction provides at the federation level
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about using WorldSportAction vs TidyHQ for membership organisations.
Only what your committee accepts into a TidyConnect Project. That includes who holds what Role in connected orgs, whether you accepted or rejected an invitation, your answers to specific Project Tasks, and any task comments your committee scopes to "project organisers and my club". Plus a sanitised activity signal.
Member contact details, finances, comms, events, meetings, documents, shop transactions, and internal tasks stay inside your tenant by default.
No. Most clubs we work with run both. Your peak body decides what runs in WorldSportAction — typically competition registrations, scoring, umpiring, and disciplinary flow. Your committee decides what runs in TidyHQ — year-round memberships, finances, communications, governance, events, and documents. They serve different layers of the same club.
WorldSportAction is a cloud-based sport management platform serving Australian and New Zealand sport peak bodies. It covers competition registration, scoring, umpire and official management, and disciplinary reporting. The platform is positioned as configurable per sport, with peak bodies as the primary customer.
Not currently. Clubs typically move registration data between the two systems via CSV export from WorldSportAction and import into TidyHQ. We're happy to point new customers at proven approaches.
Sources
Claims in this comparison are based on publicly available information. Verify current pricing and features directly with each provider.
- 1TidyConnect — how clubs federate with peak bodies— Consent-scoped Project-based federation model. The architecture underneath the autonomy claim.
- 2WorldSportAction official website— Cloud-based sport management for peak bodies (AU/NZ)
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