ECHL vs Inside The Rink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ECHL
Stay up-to-date with the premier 'AA' hockey league. Get real-time scoring, complete box scores, game summaries, and player statistics directly from each arena. Access past scores, future schedules, league standings, and detailed player and goalie stats.
- Real-time scoring data
- Complete box scores
- Up-to-the-minute player stats
- Past scores and future schedules
- League standings
- Player and goalie stats
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The official mobile app of the ECHL - the premier 'AA' hockey league, featuring real-time scoring data direct from each arena. Follow every game in real time with complete box scores, game summary and up to the minute player stats. The ECHL app also features past Scores, future Schedules, Standings and both player and goalie stats.
Inside The Rink
This app delivers comprehensive hockey news, covering everything from minor leagues to professional teams. It offers in-depth analysis, opinions, and entertaining content to grow the sport.
- In-depth hockey analysis
- Opinions on teams and players
- Coverage of minor and professional leagues
- Entertaining hockey content
- Community-driven game growth
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Inside The Rink is your number one stop for all your hockey news. From minor league teams to your favorite professional team, we provide in-depth analysis, opinions and even an occasional funny moment. If other companies won’t do it, we’ll grow the game and we’ll do it with you. By downloading this app, you agree to Apple's Standard License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stla/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inside The Rink at 100% against ECHL's 18%. Inside The Rink also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). ECHL's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (87 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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.
Inside The Rink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ECHL has 87 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of ECHL's written reviews are positive against 100% of Inside The Rink's.
ECHL ships an update every 4 months, Inside The Rink every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ECHL | Inside The Rink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ECHL, Inc. | Inside The Rink |
Customer experience
ECHL
Inside The Rink
Bugs and requests
ECHL
Reported bugs
27 issues- App crashes often
- App freezes
- App stops responding
- App hangs up
- App will not load
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- App opens once then won't open again
- Blank white screen after first use
- Articles populate with nothing
- Latest news comes up blank
- News articles coming up blank
- Transaction reports not working
- Scores do not update
- Cannot refresh page
- App crashes after 2-3 seconds
- Scores do not properly refresh
- Shows code for standings
- Update crashes on start up
- Error loading scores
- Doesn't show details page
- Roster page is blank
- Device not registered for notifications
- Voiceover accessibility issues
- Game updates not in order
- App doesn't remember selected team
- Bakersfield Condors team missing
- Orlando Solar Bears roster not loaded
- ECHL TV link directs to app download within app
Requested features
12 requests- Modern updates with Apple features (widgets)
- Ability to listen to games
- Fix transaction feed
- Fix notification settings
- Add Apple Watch support
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- Improve navigation and user experience
- Add landscape mode for iPad
- Increase font size
- Default roster to current season
- Add favorite team scoring notifications
- Add game start notifications
- Add end of period score notifications
Inside The Rink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ECHL
No in-app purchases
Inside The Rink
No in-app purchases
