Comparison

Fanbase vs Elite Ice

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

Head to head
About

Fanbase

Discover and attend live sports events you might otherwise miss. Find clubs and fixtures beyond your usual follows, purchase tickets quickly, and access them offline. This app connects you to more of the live sport worth experiencing.

Highlights
  • Discover new clubs and fixtures
  • Follow favorite clubs
  • Quick ticket purchasing
  • Offline ticket access
  • Browse live sports events
Features
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There's more live sport worth going to this season. Fanbase helps you find it, follow it and be Discover clubs and fixtures beyond your usual follows. Follow the clubs you love and stay close all week. Get your ticket in seconds. Walk straight in, signal or no signal. Less searching, more showing up. FANBASE DISCOVER There are clubs, fixtures and live sports events happening near you that you don't know about yet. Fanbase Discover changes that. Browse live sport beyond your existing follows, find something worth going to and buy a ticket without leaving the platform. Over 800,000 active sports fans are already on Fanbase. Your next favourite club is already there too. FOLLOW YOUR CLUBS Follow your clubs directly and stay close to what's happening all week. Upcoming fixtures. What's on next. Your club, in your pocket, without having to go looking. Every club you follow keeps you connected between matches. Not just on matchday. FASTER CHECKOUT Decided to go? You're in before the feeling fades. Fanbase's faster checkout takes you from fixture to ticket in seconds with Apple Pay. No account-switching, no unnecessary steps. Just the decision and the ticket. OFFLINE TICKET ACCESS Your ticket's ready at the gate. Even when your signal isn't. Fanbase stores your ticket offline automatically. No screenshots. No scrambling at the turnstile. Scan and in. WHAT FANBASE IS FOR Fanbase is for sports fans who want to show up to more live sport. Not just the team they grew up supporting. Not just the fixtures already on their calendar. All of it. The sport worth being at, found, followed and attended without the effort getting in the way. Download Fanbase and find your next match.

About

Elite Ice

Get live hockey scores, schedules, standings, and player stats for MEL/EIHL and NIHL clubs. Features goal alerts, team pages, transfer news, and rink maps. Personalize your experience with favorite teams and push notifications.

Highlights
  • Live score updates
  • Goal alerts
  • Full season schedules
  • League standings
  • Player profiles and stats
  • Team pages
  • Transfer news feed
Features
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Elite Ice is the fan-made companion app for the MEL/EIHL and NIHL. Whether you live and breathe the Belfast Giants, follow the Swindon Wildcats, or just want to know what's on tonight, Elite Ice gives you scores, fixtures, standings and stats for all MEL/EIHL, NIHL and WNIHL clubs in one clean, fast app. TONIGHT AT A GLANCE • See every game happening today on the home screen • Live score updates through every period • Get a goal alert the moment your team scores or concedes — with the live scoreline and who potted it • Tap any game for full detail: period scores, goal scorers, assists, penalties and attendance WATCH LIVE • Every club's stream service is one tap away — from the game, schedule, team and rink map FULL SEASON SCHEDULE • Browse the complete MEL/EIHL and NIHL schedule, filterable by team and month • Jump straight to your favourite team's next game • Past results sit alongside upcoming fixtures so you never lose the thread of the season LEAGUE STANDINGS • The full table with GP, PTS, W, OTW, L, OTL, GF and GA • Tap any club to see their roster, team stats and schedule PLAYERS AND GOALIES • Season leaders for skaters and netminders • Individual player profiles with season stats, career history, bios and photos • Tap a goal scorer on any game page to jump straight to their profile TEAM PAGES FOR ALL CLUBS Each with its own badge, colours, roster, stats and schedule. MORE FOR FANS • Transfers feed — every signing across the league as it breaks • Rink Map — every arena on one map, with directions, tickets and the next home game • Buy tickets in one tap from any upcoming home fixture MAKE IT YOURS • Pick a favourite team and get a personalised home screen built around them • Opt in to push notifications for goal alerts, face-off reminders, final scores and breaking news • Full light, dark and system theme support BUILT FOR FANS, BY A FAN Elite Ice is free, has no ads, and doesn't track you. It's an unofficial, non-commercial project built because the league deserved a proper mobile app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the MEL/EIHL, NIHL, any of its member clubs, or eSports s.r.o. Spotted a bug or want a feature? Tap Settings → Send Feedback. Pucks up!

Screenshots

Fanbase4 screens
Elite Ice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fanbase at none against Elite Ice's 3. Fanbase also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Elite Ice's advantage is review sentiment (96% vs 63%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Elite Ice sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Fanbase asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fanbase ships an update every 2 months, Elite Ice weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fanbase versus Elite Ice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFanbaseElite Ice
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFanbase Technology LimitedJamie Rees

Customer experience

Fanbase

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%

Elite Ice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fanbase

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Elite Ice

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Fanbase free?
Fanbase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elite Ice free?
Elite Ice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fanbase or Elite Ice have ads?
Neither Fanbase nor Elite Ice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fanbase or Elite Ice?
Fanbase ships an update every 2 months, and Elite Ice weekly. Most recently, Fanbase was updated on November 7, 2026 and Elite Ice on November 5, 2026.

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