You got an SMS from SquadUp? Here's what's happening.
A friend used SquadUp to invite you to a sports squad — a group of people who organize pickup games together. The message you received was sent on their behalf. SquadUp is the app; the person who actually invited you is named in the SMS.
What this message is
Someone you know was setting up or running a squad on SquadUp (pickup soccer, basketball, run club, whatever the squad is about) and selected your phone number from their contacts to invite you. We sent you a single SMS so you could decide whether to join.
We don't send marketing texts. We don't send follow-ups. If you don't tap the link, you don't hear from us again about this invite.
How to stop receiving SMS from SquadUp
Reply STOP to the message. That's it — our SMS provider will block any future messages to your number automatically, and we also keep a permanent record on our side so no other SquadUp user can invite you by SMS again.
If you want to be extra sure, or if you want us to delete the hashed record of your number from our database entirely (not just block future sends), email us at contact@squadup.chat from any address and tell us the phone number you'd like removed.
How to find out who invited you
The SMS itself names the person — look for the first name at the start of the message. If the link is still active, tapping it will show you the squad you were invited to and who set it up.
If the link has expired or you'd rather not tap it, email contact@squadup.chat and we'll tell you who invited you. Include the phone number that received the SMS so we can look it up.
What we did with your number
When your friend selected you from their contacts, your phone number was sent to our servers so we could deliver the SMS. We store a one-way cryptographic hash of the number (not the number itself in plain form) so we can honor opt-outs and avoid sending duplicate invites. We don't sell phone numbers, we don't share them with advertisers, and we don't use them for anything other than running the invite feature.
Full details are in our Privacy Policy.
Other questions
- "I never told anyone they could invite me." Reply STOP, or email us and we'll remove your number. Your friend selected your contact from their phone — we don't get a list of contacts, just the one number they picked.
- "Is this a scam?" No. SquadUp is a real app made by Pixel Perfect Apps LLC. The fastest way to verify is to search "SquadUp" on the App Store or Play Store, or visit squadup.chat directly without tapping the link in the SMS.
- "Can you tell me what number this came from?" Our SMS provider is Twilio. The exact sending number can vary; what matters is the message body itself, which always starts with "SquadUp:" and names the person who invited you.
Contact
Pixel Perfect Apps LLC
Last updated: May 10, 2026.