Lacrosse Timer (Lax) vs Cage Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lacrosse Timer (Lax)
This sports timer app helps manage game and penalty durations for lacrosse and hockey. It supports releasable and non-releasable penalties, allows penalties to be cleared, and includes timeout functionality.
- Game clock management
- Penalty tracking (releasable/non-releasable)
- Penalty clearing
- Timeout support
- Scorekeeping
- Hockey compatibility
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The all-in-one timer and scorekeeper built for Lacrosse. Never miss a beat during high-stakes games. This app is designed to seamlessly track time, scores, and complex penalties for Lacrosse, Box Lacrosse, and Hockey. Why choose this timer? Full Scorekeeper Support: Track live scores effortlessly. Smart Penalties: Fully supports both Releasable and Non-Releasable penalties. Fast Controls: Quickly clear active penalties with a single tap. Timeout Tracker: Easily manage official and team timeouts without disrupting the main game clock. Perfect for youth leagues, high school games, and recreational play.
Cage Keeper
This app is a dedicated statistics tracker for lacrosse goalies, coaches, and families. It allows for live game stat tracking, performance analysis over time with trend charts, and data sharing through exports. The app offers a clean workflow for managing game data and supports multi-goalie scenarios.
- Live game stat tracking
- Performance analysis with trend charts
- Team and opponent presets
- Multi-goalie support
- Data export (CSV, JSON)
- History filters
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Cage Keeper is a focused stat tracker built for lacrosse goalies, coaches, and families. Track stats live during games: - saves, goals against, and shots on goal - should-save goals, clears, failed clears - ground balls, turnovers, caused turnovers - man-up saves and man-down goals against Run every game with a clean workflow: - start games quickly with team and opponent presets - support multi-goalie games - undo recent actions and resume in-progress games Analyze performance over time: - history filters for goalie, opponent, season, date, location, and status - trend charts for Save %, Goalie Game Score (GGS), goals against, and saves - built-in benchmarks and a stats guide Share and protect your data: - export CSV, text summaries, and full JSON backups - import backups in Cage Keeper JSON format - data is stored locally on your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lacrosse Timer (Lax) at 71% against Cage Keeper's 0%. Lacrosse Timer (Lax) also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (62 vs 2). Cage Keeper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Lacrosse Timer (Lax) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cage Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lacrosse Timer (Lax) holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lacrosse Timer (Lax) has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Lacrosse Timer (Lax)'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Cage Keeper's.
Lacrosse Timer (Lax) ships an update every 3 weeks, Cage Keeper every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lacrosse Timer (Lax) | Cage Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (62 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brad Evans | Keith M Doyle LLC |
Customer experience
Lacrosse Timer (Lax)
Cage Keeper
In-app purchases
Lacrosse Timer (Lax)
- Lax Pro$3.99
Cage Keeper
No in-app purchases
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