SportScience vs YCAD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SportScience
This app provides powerful hockey analytics for teams and players. Generate over 200 individual statistics, track shots, turnovers, zone entries, face-offs, and time on ice. Easily prepare and share reports to help your team grow.
- Generate over 200 player, goalie, and team statistics
- Track shots, goals, and save percentages
- Monitor giveaways, takeaways, and zone entries
- Analyze face-off proficiency and passing accuracy
- Record time on ice and shift data
- Prepare and share statistical reports
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SportScience puts the power of hockey analytics in the palm of your hand. Quickly, easily and affordably generate powerful statistics and help your team grow all with a few simple taps on an iPad or iPhone. Generate player stats such as: •Games played, goals, assists, and points; •+/-, shots, shooting % and shot locations; •Giveaways, takeaways, zone entries and face off %; •Passing %, time on Ice, average time on ice and shifts; •And more. Generate Goalie stats such as: •Starts, relief appearances, goals against and goals against average; •Shots against, save %, adjusted save % and shutouts; •And more. Generate team stats such as: •Games played, goals for and goals against,; •Shots, shooting %, shot locations and passing %; •Giveaways, takeaways, zone entries and face off %; •And more. In all, over 200 individual statistics to review and analyze. Quickly and easily prepare reports to compare statistics across the season. Share statistics with your coaching staff and/or the parents of your players. Synchronize team information across as many devices as you want. Use the Shot Tracker to track number of shots, location of shots, location of goals, location of saves, plus minus and goalie statistics such as GAA, SV% and total playing time. Use the Turnover Tracker to capture giveaways and takeaways for players or your team as a whole in eight zones on the ice. Use the Zone Entries Tracker to capture zone exits--either by player or team-- from your defensive zone and entries into the offensive zone. Likewise, track your opponent's exits from their zone and entries into yours. Use the Face Off Tracker to track face off proficiency for players or your team as a whole. Use the Passes Tracker to track complete and incomplete passes--either by player or the team--across eight zones on the ice. Use the Time on Ice feature to capture shifts, time on ice and average time on ice. Use the Game Sheet feature to capture, in real time or post game, player statistics. All this for less than the cost of a cup of coffee at the rink!
YCAD
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PLAN SMARTER. COACH BETTER. YCAD is an all-in-one coaching platform built to help you plan practices, organize your season, run sessions, collaborate with your team, and keep developing as a coach. From designing a single drill to building a full season plan, YCAD brings your coaching workflow together in one modern app. PLAN PRACTICES Build structured practices using drills from your library or create new ones from scratch. • Organize practices into warm-ups, progressions, games, and other sections • Reuse successful practice plans across future sessions • Track timing and keep sessions balanced • Generate warm-ups, drills, and practice ideas with AI DESIGN DRILLS VISUALLY Create clear, professional drill diagrams for volleyball, basketball, hockey, soccer, and more. • Drag and position players, cones, balls, nets, and other equipment • Draw movement, passing, and positioning paths • Build multi-step drill progressions • Save drills to your personal library for future use COACH IN LIVE MODE Bring your practice plan onto the court, field, or ice. • Follow your practice in real time • Control drill timers and move between activities • Add time when a drill needs longer • Keep the next activity visible while you coach PLAN YOUR SEASON Turn long-term goals into practical weekly training. • Build season plans and training phases • Set objectives, focus areas, and development priorities • Schedule practices, competitions, and important dates • View everything together in the YCAD calendar YCAD AI YCAD AI works alongside your coaching content to help you plan and improve. Ask questions about your season, practices, drills, or coaching priorities. Generate new training ideas, review practice structure, and get feedback based on the information already inside YCAD. CONNECT YOUR COACHING TEAM Keep coaches, athletes, and programs organized. • Collaborate with other coaches • Organize athletes into teams and cohorts • Track upcoming sessions • Share selected sessions through read-only web links • Collect and view attendance in real time LEARN AND DEVELOP The YCAD Learning Center helps you grow through structured learning paths and practical coaching scenarios. • Explore learning content on coaching, athlete development, planning, and safe sport • Practise decisions and work through scenarios in Coach Labs • Track your progress and revisit your learning record • Personalize your experience with your coaching profile, groups, and learning preferences BUILT FOR MULTIPLE SPORTS YCAD's flexible planning and layout tools support volleyball, basketball, hockey, soccer, and other sports. Whether you're coaching one team or managing an entire season, YCAD gives you one place to plan, organize, learn, and coach. Download YCAD and take your coaching workflow with you. Privacy Policy: https://ycad.ca/privacy Terms of Use: https://ycad.ca/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SportScience at 12.0 against YCAD's 18.0. 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. SportScience sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and YCAD sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SportScience ships an update every 9 days, YCAD fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SportScience | YCAD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jeff Berwick | Conlan Wilson |
In-app purchases
SportScience
- SportScience Single Game$0.99
- SportScience 10 Game Pack$9.99
- SportScience 20 Game Pack$16.99
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- SportScience Full Season$35.99
YCAD
- Premium (1 Month)7 Days trial$1.991 Month









