JCL vs ShowLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JCL
Access live results, rankings, and competition registrations for the JCL league. Watch live streams and videos of events. Stay updated with all the latest league information.
- Live results and rankings
- Competition registration
- Live streaming
- Video content
- JCL league information
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Sport application for live results and ranking for JCL league, registration in competitions, live streaming and videos
ShowLog
Easily build and share your equestrian show record, consolidating all your competition results in one place. Track progress, manage team histories, and showcase your horse's achievements.
- Add results by pasting, scanning, or manual entry
- Build complete show history for riders and horses
- Team pages for barns and trainers
- Follow riders and horses
- Dashboard with stats and performance highlights
- Photo galleries for shows
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ShowLog makes it easy to build and share your equestrian show record — every show, every round, every horse. Whether you compete at local schooling shows, rated competitions, or anywhere in between, ShowLog brings everything together in one place. No more digging through emails, spreadsheets, or social media posts — your entire show history lives here. For Riders & Parents Add your show results in seconds — just paste a results page and ShowLog organizes it for you. Track your progress across horses, divisions, and seasons, and share your profile with trainers, friends, and family. For Trainers & Barns Keep your team connected and organized. Riders log their results, and you see everything in one place. Follow progress, celebrate wins, and build your barn’s show history together. For Horse Owners Showcase your horse’s full competition history in one professional, shareable profile. Track results across riders, monitor progress over time, and present a clear record that supports your horse’s value for leases, sales, insurance or partnerships. Features - Add results by pasting, scanning, or entering manually - Build a complete show history for every rider and horse - Team pages for barns and trainers - Follow riders and horses you care about - Dashboard with stats and performance highlights - Photo galleries for every show - Works across schooling, local, and rated competitions ShowLog is built for riders and owners who want to capture their full story — because every show counts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: JCL at none against ShowLog's shown. JCL also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JCL against 5.0 for ShowLog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
JCL ships an update fortnightly, ShowLog every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JCL | ShowLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EQUINE SOLUTIONS FOR PROGRAMMING AND APPLICATIONS | ShowLog LLC |
Customer experience
JCL
ShowLog
In-app purchases
JCL
No in-app purchases
ShowLog
No in-app purchases









