Where HockeyShift is strong
- Full association suite: website, online registration with payments, real-time stats and attendance
- Usage-based billing: the association only pays for months when games are scheduled
- Free Player app for families, with schedule, scoring and standings
- Part of a family of sibling platforms for several sports (lacrosse, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, rugby, volleyball)
Where RinkLog plays differently
- With RinkLog you start tonight: the product is sold directly to the parent, while HockeyShift's Player app requires that your league already be a HockeyShift customer to show anything at all
- The parent is an actor, not a spectator: in HockeyShift, stats are entered by league scorekeepers and the parent reads them; in RinkLog, YOU track your player, shift by shift
- RinkLog goes down to the player level: expected goals (xG), percentiles by age group, shot heat zones, ice time, where HockeyShift shows standings and leaders at the league level
- Progress turns into documents: a monthly PDF report card, CSV and PDF exports, player cards that export to video, and 100+ trophies and medals
- One account signs in on iOS, Android and the web, everything syncs, and it works offline start to finish in an arena with no signal
- RinkLog is bilingual French and English throughout; HockeyShift is English only
- RinkLog also covers ball hockey and ringette, and the price is fixed: $12.99 CAD per year at the founding price, with no per-team or per-association packages
RinkLog, the complete platform built around one player
HockeyShift equips the league; RinkLog equips your family. The two can coexist, but only one puts YOUR player's progression in your hands:
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
Sales model
HockeyShift
Sold to the association or league (website + stats), free Player app for families
RinkLog
Sold directly to the parent, no league decision required
Sports covered
HockeyShift
Hockey for this product; sibling company (DigitalShift) runs platforms for other sports
RinkLog
Hockey, ball hockey and ringette, all three in depth
Who tracks the stats
HockeyShift
A volunteer or association statistician enters stats for the league; the Player app is read only and requires a league that uses HockeyShift
RinkLog
Each parent tracks their own player, from any seat, starting tonight
Individual analytics
HockeyShift
Standings, leaders and game stats at the league level
RinkLog
Expected goals (xG), percentiles by age group, heat zones, ice time shift by shift and season trends
Report cards and keepsakes
HockeyShift
No individual progress report found
RinkLog
Automatic monthly PDF report card, player cards that export to video, 100+ trophies and medals
Offline mode
HockeyShift
Not publicly confirmed
RinkLog
Fully offline start to finish, built for arenas with no signal
Languages
HockeyShift
English only (App Store listing)
RinkLog
French and English throughout the app
Price
HockeyShift
Website from $300/year, real-time stats at $300/team/year, free Player app for families
RinkLog
Free to start, Premium at $12.99 CAD/year (founding price)
Platform
HockeyShift
iOS, Android and association websites
RinkLog
iOS, Android and web, with an installable offline PWA
Company origin and data privacy
HockeyShift
DigitalShift Interactive Inc., based in Vancouver, British Columbia
RinkLog
Built in Quebec, compliant with Quebec's Law 25 on the protection of personal information
Choose HockeyShift if
- Your association or league wants a full website with centralized registration and stats
- You manage several teams and want a league-wide stats system
- You want a platform that also covers other sports besides hockey, through DigitalShift's sibling products
Choose RinkLog if
- Your child plays hockey, ball hockey or ringette
- You want to start tracking YOUR player tonight, without waiting on an association decision
- You want more than standings: your player's analytics, report cards, cards and trophies
- You need a bilingual app that works inside an arena with no cell signal
- You want one fixed price of $12.99 CAD per year, not a package billed to the league
RinkLog measures and computes all of this automatically during your hockey, ball hockey and ringette games. Free to start.
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