Comparison

Lacrosse ClipPad vs EventBeacon

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

Head to head
About

Lacrosse ClipPad

This app provides sports coaches with a digital whiteboard, drill builder, and practice planner. Easily create, save, share, and print drills and practice plans for your team. Optimized for iPad and stylus use.

Highlights
  • Digital whiteboard for plays and tactics
  • Drill builder with field layouts and symbols
  • Practice plan creation and sharing
  • Drill repository for saving and organizing
  • Export and import drills
  • Printable practice plans
Features
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The Lacrosse ClipPad is an intuitively designed iPad app that provides coaches with a "whiteboard", drill builder, and practice planner. Create easy to follow drills and develop practice plans that you can print or email to share with your team and coaches. This app works great with an iPad stylus. Benefits ---- * DRAW up clean, easy to view drills and SAVE drills for later use. No more thick binders full of drills that are hard to find. * CREATE practice plans and SHARE the plans with fellow coaches. Now all coaches can be prepared before practice. * SHARE drills with fellow coaches. Build up your collection of drills by sharing with other coaches through the app. * TEACH your team plays and tactics using the whiteboard feature. No need for marker, pen or paper on the bench. App features include: WHITEBOARD to quickly sketch plays and tactics DRILL BUILDER ---- * Build well-designed drills * Support for Boys and Girls field layouts * Choose from a list of useful drill symbols * Drawing capabilities with different colors, line styles, and line ends * Easy access to player icons (by position) to quickly draw up plays * Save your drills in the app's drill repository for quick access * E-Mail drills and plays * Save drills to photos DRILL REPOSITORY ---- * Manage and Share Drills/Plays without leaving the app * Easily categorize and locate saved drills * Customize the drill categories as you see fit * Easily view all of your saved drills * Support for Portrait and Landscape device orientation when editing and viewing drills & plays DRILL SHARING ---- * Ability to export and import drills into the app * E-mail drills and practice plans PRACTICE PLANS: Save, Share, Print ----- * Generate and share practice plans with a few touches * Select the drills and let the app create the plan for you * Save and Organize practice plans by team or group * Share practice plans with fellow coaches via email * Print Practice Plans from the iPad to an AirPrint enabled printer Requires iOS 5.1 or higher

About

EventBeacon

This app helps college coaches evaluate student-athletes at events by providing access to schedules, athlete profiles, and note-taking features. It allows for offline use and seamless export of evaluations for CRM integration.

Highlights
  • Access event schedules and rosters
  • Evaluate student-athletes with notes
  • View athlete interest in your program
  • Offline event data access
  • Export evaluations to CRM
  • Organize recruits with customizable tags
  • Build priority watchlists
Features
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EventBeacon is redefining how college coaches evaluate student-athletes at events. Powered by SportsRecruits — the platform that hosts hundreds of thousands of student-athlete profiles — you’ll have easy access to all the athlete information you’ll need for your recruiting season. Access event schedules and evaluate athletes right from your phone or tablet. After the event, simply export your evaluations, including comprehensive athlete data, for your CRM. Never lose your notes in the margins of a paper book again. Why EventBeacon? • Get access to complete rosters and comprehensive student-athlete athletic and academic information • Easily see which student-athletes are interested in your collegiate program, which team they’re on, and their schedule at the event • See the event schedule and team rosters before the event to maximize your time on the sideline • Take notes on student-athletes and share them with your coaching staff. The other coaches in your program will be able to see the notes you’ve taken on student-athletes, and vice versa • Evaluate student-athletes based on their athletic skills to help determine whether that student-athlete is a fit for your program • Follow and build a list of student-athlete profiles to refer to later in your recruiting process. • Add student-athletes to and organize your program's priority-tiered Watchlist to easily build the most optimized onsite schedule • Export your notes, star ratings, and follows for your CRM, including the athletic, academic, and contact information for each student-athlete. • Build your own workflow with customizable tags that help you sort and organize potential recruits throughout the season. No wifi or cell service? No problem! EventBeacon lets you choose which events you would like to save for offline use.

Screenshots

EventBeacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EventBeacon at Free against Lacrosse ClipPad's $1.99. EventBeacon also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). Lacrosse ClipPad's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

EventBeacon is free to download; Lacrosse ClipPad costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lacrosse ClipPad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lacrosse ClipPad ships an update every 4 months, EventBeacon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lacrosse ClipPad versus EventBeacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLacrosse ClipPadEventBeacon
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings313 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTorey Lomenda(IOS)Sports Recruits LLC

Customer experience

Lacrosse ClipPad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EventBeacon

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lacrosse ClipPad

No in-app purchases

None

EventBeacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lacrosse ClipPad free?
Lacrosse ClipPad costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EventBeacon free?
EventBeacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lacrosse ClipPad or EventBeacon?
Lacrosse ClipPad is rated higher. Lacrosse ClipPad averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while EventBeacon averages 4.6 from 13 ratings.
Do Lacrosse ClipPad or EventBeacon have ads?
Neither Lacrosse ClipPad nor EventBeacon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lacrosse ClipPad or EventBeacon?
Lacrosse ClipPad ships an update every 4 months, and EventBeacon every 3 weeks. Most recently, Lacrosse ClipPad was updated on September 23, 2026 and EventBeacon on October 24, 2026.

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