Where BenchIQ is strong
- Full team scoring from the bench, on a tablet, by the coach or team manager
- Shot map and faceoffs tracked on nine spots of the ice
- Fourteen penalty types, finer than the usual scoresheet
- A composite score, the IQ Score, that sums up the game in one number
- Live game feed for family members who cannot be at the rink
Where RinkLog plays differently
- BenchIQ tracks a team; RinkLog tracks a player. There is no single-player mode at BenchIQ, and no team mode at RinkLog
- Who tracks the stats: at BenchIQ, the coach or manager from the bench; at RinkLog, the parent or the player from any seat in the stands
- Price reads per team per season at BenchIQ ($149 USD in early access, 14 day trial); RinkLog has a permanent free plan and a 7 day Premium trial with no card, per account
- BenchIQ is a web app with no native app; RinkLog lives on iOS, Android and the web, with offline tracking inside the arena
- BenchIQ is English only; RinkLog is bilingual French and English throughout
- BenchIQ covers neither ringette nor ball hockey; RinkLog tracks all three sports
- Season to season progression is RinkLog's core: percentile benchmarks, xG, ice time shift by shift, report cards. At BenchIQ, the composite score sums up one game
RinkLog, the complete platform built around one player
BenchIQ lives on the bench, RinkLog in the stands. The two can coexist in one family: the team has its sheet, the player has their logbook. Here is what RinkLog builds around every tracked game:
Analytics with real depth, in living charts
Shot heat zones on the rink, net heat zones and an ice map for goalies, a shot-type wheel, expected goals (xG), percentiles by age group, ice time shift by shift, trend curves, radar and faceoff zones. Not totals in a table: dozens of animated visualizations that tell the progression, game after game.
Report cards and exports, automatically
A monthly PDF report card generated on its own, CSV and PDF export, and an AI analysis of your player's data. Tracking becomes a document you can hand to a coach.
Player cards, trophies and medals
Themed player cards that even export as video, 100+ trophies and medals with their real rarity among members, and a public profile grandparents can open from a link.
Everywhere, on all your devices
iOS, Android, web and an installable PWA: one account signs in everywhere, everything syncs, and the family sees the full picture from anywhere. Dad taps at the rink, mom watches from the couch.
Truly offline
The whole game can be tracked with zero signal, start to finish, even without opening the app before walking into the arena. Everything syncs on its own when the network comes back.
Built for the family, not just one profile
Up to 2, 5 or 20 players on one account depending on the plan: siblings, one kid's ringette and the other's ball hockey, all in one place. A player calendar with reminders and an .ics feed, plus off-ice training programs included.
A price that respects families
Free for life to start, no credit card. Premium at $12.99 CAD per year at the founding price ($19.99 after): about a dollar a month, less than one arena coffee per tournament weekend.
Criterion by criterion
Sports covered
BenchIQ
Ice hockey; no ringette, no ball hockey
RinkLog
Hockey, ball hockey and ringette, all three in depth
Who tracks the stats
BenchIQ
The coach or team manager, from the bench, on a tablet, for the whole team
RinkLog
Each parent tracks their own player, from any seat
Single-player mode
BenchIQ
None: the product is built for the team
RinkLog
That is the whole product: one player, their season, their progression
Shot and faceoff tracking
BenchIQ
Shot map; faceoffs on nine spots of the ice
RinkLog
Location of every shot, danger zones, scoring chances, faceoffs won and lost by zone
Penalties
BenchIQ
Fourteen penalty types
RinkLog
Penalties by length (2, 4, 5, 10 minutes), ringette scale included
Individual analytics
BenchIQ
Composite "IQ Score" per game; the rest is to verify
RinkLog
Expected goals (xG), percentiles by age group, ice time shift by shift, PP and PK splits, season trends
Goalie mode
BenchIQ
To verify
RinkLog
Saves, goals against, danger zones, HDSV%, rebounds, quality starts, heat maps
Offline mode
BenchIQ
To verify (web app)
RinkLog
Fully offline start to finish, built for arenas with no signal
Languages
BenchIQ
English only
RinkLog
French and English throughout the app
Price
BenchIQ
$149 USD per season per team in early access, 14 day trial
RinkLog
Permanent free plan; Premium per account, 7 day trial with no card; see the pricing page
Platform
BenchIQ
Web app, no native app; live game feed for the family
RinkLog
iOS, Android and web, with an installable offline PWA: the family can check in from anywhere
Company origin and data privacy
BenchIQ
To verify
RinkLog
Built in Quebec, compliant with Quebec's Law 25 on the protection of personal information
Choose BenchIQ if
- You are a coach or team manager and you want to score the whole team from the bench, on a tablet
- You want a shot map and faceoffs for the entire team, with a live feed for the families
- A per-team, per-season price fits your organization, and English only bothers nobody
Choose RinkLog if
- You are the parent (or the player) and you want your player's logbook season after season, not the team sheet
- You want to understand progression: xG, percentiles, heat zones, ice time shift by shift
- You need it to work inside an arena with no signal, on your phone
- You need a bilingual French and English app, compliant with Law 25
- Your family also plays ball hockey or ringette
RinkLog measures and computes all of this automatically during your hockey, ball hockey and ringette games. Free to start.
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