Where SportsHeadz is strong
- A very broad association suite: website, registration, fundraising, online shop and tournament management in one product
- Free mobile app for families, with real-time chat, notifications and live scoring
- Established Canadian company based in Kingston, Ontario, with a strong presence among minor hockey associations
- Flexible optional modules (player evaluations, online draft, secure portals) based on the association's needs
Where RinkLog plays differently
- SportsHeadz and RinkLog answer different questions: SportsHeadz organizes the association (schedule, communications, tournaments); RinkLog answers "how is MY child progressing?", a question SportsHeadz never touches
- SportsHeadz does no individual player stats at all: no entry, no charts, no history; RinkLog makes them its core, from ice time shift by shift to expected goals (xG) and percentiles by age group
- The season becomes documents with RinkLog: a monthly PDF report card, CSV and PDF exports, player cards that export to video, 100+ trophies and medals
- RinkLog is sold directly to the parent: no league membership needed, and one account can be checked on iOS, Android and the web
- RinkLog works offline start to finish, inside an arena with no signal
- RinkLog is bilingual French and English throughout; SportsHeadz is English only
- RinkLog is built in Quebec and compliant with Quebec's Law 25 on the protection of personal information
RinkLog, the complete platform built around one player
SportsHeadz equips your association, and that is fine. RinkLog equips YOUR family, and here is everything that means:
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
SportsHeadz
Sold to the association (website + tools), free mobile app for families
RinkLog
Sold directly to the parent, no league membership required
Sports covered
SportsHeadz
Multi-sport platform in theory, use concentrated among Canadian minor hockey in practice
RinkLog
Hockey, ball hockey and ringette, all three in depth
Who tracks the stats
SportsHeadz
The association or coaches enter schedule and scoring for the whole league
RinkLog
Each parent tracks their own player, from any seat
Offline mode
SportsHeadz
Not publicly confirmed
RinkLog
Fully offline start to finish, built for arenas with no signal
Languages
SportsHeadz
English only (App Store listing)
RinkLog
French and English throughout the app
Price
SportsHeadz
$695 base for 1 to 5 teams, then $35/additional team, optional modules billed as a percentage of the subtotal
RinkLog
Free to start, Premium at $12.99 CAD/year (founding price)
Platform
SportsHeadz
iOS, Android and association websites
RinkLog
iOS, Android and web, with an installable offline PWA
Company origin and data privacy
SportsHeadz
SportsHeadz Inc., Kingston, Ontario, Canada
RinkLog
Built in Quebec, compliant with Quebec's Law 25 on the protection of personal information
Choose SportsHeadz if
- Your association wants an all-in-one suite: website, registration, fundraising and online shop
- You run tournaments with hotel and travel bookings to manage
- Your league is already a SportsHeadz customer and you use the free app to follow the schedule
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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