LiveBarn vs Crossbar Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveBarn
Stream live and on-demand amateur and youth sporting events from thousands of locations. Easily share highlights, track player performance, and stay connected to the action from anywhere. Requires a monthly subscription.
- Live and on-demand streaming
- Thousands of playing surfaces
- Highlight sharing (text, email, social)
- Automated tracking and panoramic view
- Venue locator
- Performance analysis for coaches
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LiveBarn provides Live and On Demand Streaming of amateur and youth sporting events. LiveBarn streams from over 3,000 playing surfaces across the US & Canada, covering ice hockey, baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer and lacrosse. A LiveBarn monthly subscription is required to utilize the LiveBarn App. The LiveBarn App enables subscribers to watch unlimited Live & On Demand broadcasts from any installed location. The Venue Locator makes it easy to search and favorite your most frequently watched venues. Users can share, save and submit unlimited highlights via text, email or social media. LiveBarn subscribers can easily navigate between different viewing options, choosing to watch via automated tracking or controlling the screen through the panoramic view. Coaches benefit from being able to use video to improve both individual and team performance. Parents and Grandparents can watch and stay connected to the action from anywhere. All users, including athletes, can quickly share, store and create memories, capturing all of their favorite highlights forever. LiveBarn also has a dedicated customer support team ready to help users with all of their needs.
Crossbar Mobile
Organize youth sports activities with a unified family calendar, team communication tools, and easy access to rosters and staff information. Stay connected with coaches and parents for seamless event management.
- Family calendar for all events
- Team staff contact information
- In-app team chat
- Team roster access
- Event and practice scheduling
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Crossbar helps keep your life organized when it comes to youth sports. Download the Crossbar mobile application for quicker access to your Crossbar-powered family calendar, teams and team chat. Family Calendar - All your team’s games, practices and events in one view. Team Staff - Easily access information to communicate with your coaches and team managers. Team Chat - Want to schedule a team lunch while on an out of town trip? Just use the chat feature. Team Rosters - Get easy access to your team’s roster and their parent contact information. *Login required. Your organization must use Crossbar to take advantage of this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crossbar Mobile at 59% against LiveBarn's 14%. Crossbar Mobile also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6) and monetization model (free vs subscription). LiveBarn's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Crossbar Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossbar Mobile has 29K ratings behind it against 550, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of LiveBarn's written reviews are positive against 59% of Crossbar Mobile's.
LiveBarn ships an update monthly, Crossbar Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveBarn | Crossbar Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (550 ratings) | 4.9 (29K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.5% of reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 550 | 29K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #117 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LiveBarn Inc. | Crossbar |
Customer experience
LiveBarn
Crossbar Mobile
User reviews
LiveBarn
From 550 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game feed
- 👍 Wonderful service
- 👍 Multiple camera views
- 👍 Excellent option for remote viewing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent and unreliable service
- 🔍 Poor video quality
- 🔍 Lacking features and functionality
- 💰 Overpriced for the service provided
Crossbar Mobile
From 29K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use app for sports team management
- 👍 Simple and effective
- 👍 Organized schedules
- 👍 Clear and pleasing design
- 👍 Helpful communication and roster management
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notifications not working properly
- 🐛 Glitches and freezes
- 🐛 Sync issues with calendar
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Translation issues
Bugs and requests
LiveBarn
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent freezing and buffering issues
- Camera feeds not working or unavailable
- Playback controls and scrubbing not functioning properly
- Connectivity and login problems
Requested features
4 requests- Improve video quality and reliability
- Add more camera angles and views
- Enhance user interface and navigation
- Offer more affordable pricing options
Crossbar Mobile
Reported bugs
6 issues- Notifications not working or disappearing
- Inability to update dates from mobile app
- Chat messages not posting or disappearing
- Inability to edit chat messages
- Sync issues with calendar
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- Freezing and crashing
Requested features
12 requests- Add ability to mark players as 'maybe' for events
- Add players-only and parents-only chat options
- Add option to view just games or just practices
- Add ability to see game scores
- Add ability to enter reasons for missing events
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- Add saved group email function
- Add attendance tracking functionality
- Add ability to schedule recurring events
- Add video sharing feature
- Add 'select all' option for group messaging
- Add ability to print calendar
- Add team and individual player statistics
In-app purchases
LiveBarn
No in-app purchases
Crossbar Mobile
No in-app purchases
