Comparison

Junior Giants vs NorCal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Junior Giants

This app provides access to league-specific practice schedules, coaching videos, and educational content focused on health and character development. It offers fun enrichment activities and mental health resources for young athletes.

Highlights
  • League-specific Digital Dugout
  • At Home Practice schedules
  • Coaching Corner Videos
  • Interactive Reading Scorecard
  • Healthy Habits Bingo Card
  • Character Development content
  • Mindfulness resources
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Junior Giants App Features: · Access to your league-specific Digital Dugout · Junior Giants at Home Practice schedules & links · San Francisco Giants Coaching Corner Videos · All Star Activities, including an interactive Round the Bases Reading Scorecard and Healthy Habits Bingo Card · Education, Health Strike Out Bullying and Character Development content and activities · Fun enrichment, such as arts and crafts, music and more · Mindfulness and mental health resources

About

NorCal

This app connects the Northern California soccer community by providing live scores, lineups, and livestreaming for games. Fans can engage with teams through comments and media uploads, while clubs can communicate with followers and explore new revenue streams.

Highlights
  • Live scores and updates
  • Lineup information
  • Livestreaming capabilities
  • Video and image uploads
  • Team and club pages
  • Notifications for game starts and goals
  • Integrated communication for clubs
Features
Currently charting
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The NorCal App brings the Northern California soccer community closer together while enhancing the fan and participant experience by enabling lineups, live scores, livestreaming, highlights and fan engagement features for soccer games at all levels. With the NorCal App, families, friends and fans can support their favorite team and share their passion live in the community by commenting and uploading videos or images boosting the interest and engagement. In the NorCal App, you follow the teams you are interested in and get full control of game schedules, lineups, match reporting, livestreams and notifications when the match starts or goal-by-goal if you want. NorCal gives you the same experience as a professional league no matter the level or league of your favorite team. The dedicated team and club pages automatically gather all content related to you, and the integrated communication function lets teams and clubs quickly reach all their followers with information. NorCal also enables new revenue streams for clubs and teams through integrated partner functions.

Screenshots

Junior Giants4 screens
NorCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NorCal at 2.8 against Junior Giants's 1.1. NorCal also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and chart position (#51 vs unranked). Junior Giants's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NorCal holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Junior Giants has 55 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Junior Giants's written reviews are positive against 20% of NorCal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Junior Giants ships an update every 3 months, NorCal weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Junior Giants versus NorCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJunior GiantsNorCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.1 (55 ratings)2.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.7% of reviews20.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#51 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Start Mobile, LLCNorCal Premier Soccer

Customer experience

Junior Giants

All ratings55 ratings
Positive3.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.4%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative91.3%

NorCal

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

Junior Giants

No in-app purchases

None

NorCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Junior Giants free?
Junior Giants is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NorCal free?
NorCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Junior Giants or NorCal?
NorCal is rated higher. Junior Giants averages 1.1 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while NorCal averages 2.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Junior Giants or NorCal have ads?
Neither Junior Giants nor NorCal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Junior Giants or NorCal?
Junior Giants ships an update every 3 months, and NorCal weekly. Most recently, Junior Giants was updated on September 28, 2026 and NorCal on September 23, 2026.

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