LiveBarn vs Open Skate Calendar
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.
Open Skate Calendar
Discover public ice skating sessions, including open skate and family skate times, conveniently listed in one calendar. This app aggregates schedules from numerous rinks across the US, Canada, and Australia, updating them daily for easy planning.
- Find public ice skating sessions
- Browse by location or 'Near Me'
- Daily updated rink schedules
- Month, week, and day calendar views
- Save favorite sessions and searches
- Add sessions to phone calendar
- Push and email alerts
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Find public ice skating, open skate, family skate, and adult skate times near you, all in one simple calendar. Open Skate Calendar gathers public schedules from hundreds of ice rink websites across the U.S., Canada, and Australia and refreshes them daily. Browse by state, province, territory, city, or rink, or use Near Me to find skating sessions within driving distance. FIND THE RIGHT SKATE TIME • Search public skating and open skate sessions near you • Explore month, week, and day calendar views • Search around your location, ZIP code, Canadian postal code, or Australian postcode • Filter by multiple states, provinces, territories, cities, and rinks • Open complete session details and the rink's website PLAN YOUR WEEK • Save sessions and favorite searches • Add skate times directly to your phone's calendar • Share sessions and schedules with family and friends • Get daily or weekly push alerts, plus weekly email • Choose your preferred alert day, time, location, and radius RINK SCHEDULES, TOGETHER No more checking rink websites one at a time. We organize public schedules in one place and update them every day. Session details can change at the last minute, so always confirm with the rink before heading out. Missing your rink? Submit it at openskatecalendar.com and help expand coverage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open Skate Calendar at 5.0 against LiveBarn's 2.7. Open Skate Calendar also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). LiveBarn's advantage is ratings volume (611 vs 2) and chart position (#162 vs unranked). 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.
Open Skate Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveBarn has 611 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LiveBarn ships an update monthly, Open Skate Calendar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveBarn | Open Skate Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (611 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 611 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #162 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LiveBarn Inc. | Caden Wurzbacher |
Customer experience
LiveBarn
Open Skate Calendar
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
Open Skate Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LiveBarn
No in-app purchases
Open Skate Calendar
No in-app purchases









