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
- RinkLog is sold directly to the parent, not to the association: no league decision is needed to get started
- RinkLog tracks each player individually, while HockeyShift tracks stats at the team and league level
- RinkLog works offline start to finish, inside an arena with no signal
- RinkLog is bilingual French and English throughout the app
- RinkLog shows one simple, fixed price per player, not team or association packages
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 real-time stats for the league
RinkLog
Each parent tracks their own player, from any seat
Offline mode
HockeyShift
Not publicly confirmed
RinkLog
Fully offline start to finish, built for arenas with no signal
Languages
HockeyShift
Mostly English
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 today, without waiting on an association decision
- You need a bilingual French and English app
- You need it to work inside an arena with no cell signal
RinkLog measures and computes all of this automatically during your hockey, ball hockey and ringette games. Free to start.
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