ScoreCover vs Center Ice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScoreCover
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ScoreCover shows hockey, basketball and American football highlight videos without giving away the score. Watch the recap first – the result shows only when you want it to. SPORTS AND LEAGUES • Hockey from the NHL, Finland's Liiga and Sweden's SHL, plus NBA basketball, every day • NFL football every week, with recaps in the app or on YouTube, depending on your country • Choose the sport in the top bar, and switch leagues with one tap • Pick the sports and leagues you follow • Last night's NHL, NBA and NFL games are waiting for you in the morning SCORES STAY HIDDEN • Scores stay covered until you reveal them • The game page gives no hint of the result until you decide to look RECAPS IN THE APP • Recaps play right in the app, plus condensed games for the NHL • Watched the recap to the end? The score is shown automatically • Videos open full screen and close by themselves at the end, so no next video or end screen spoils anything • Which recaps you can watch depends on the league and your country HOCKEY: NHL, LIIGA AND SHL • Goals and penalties stay covered too. Once revealed, they share one timeline: see which goals came on the power play, and after which penalty • Each NHL goal has its own video too: play it right from the timeline • Team cards show the standings before the game, player cards the stats through it • The team card's Schedule tab shows the team's whole season by month. Games before the card's game show their results, the rest stay covered until you reveal them, and every game opens its page • Team stats, players and the game's three stars STATS • A Stats tab with NHL, Liiga and SHL standings, points leaders, defenseman and goalie stats, plus player and team search • By default, stats run through the day of your latest revealed game, and you can change the day. Player and team cards opened from the stats cover the same day • Live shows up-to-date stats, which may reveal results. In Settings, choose whether stats open by revealed games or live • NBA and NFL standings too, calculated from game results FAVORITE TEAMS • Star your favorite teams, then list their games first or show only those • Get notified, if you like, when a favorite team's recap is out. The notification never shows the score • Quiet hours hold overnight notifications until morning SHARE A GAME • Send a game to a friend as a link: neither the message nor the link gives away the score • The link opens the game right in ScoreCover, score covered YOUR WAY • Home – away or away @ home • Your own time zone, with games by the league's game day or your own calendar • Dark and light themes • English, Finnish, German, French, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese No account or sign-up needed. ScoreCover is not an official app of the NHL, Liiga, SHL, NBA, NFL or any team, and is not affiliated with them. Videos play in the leagues' own players or in YouTube's player, and ScoreCover doesn't store them. Privacy policy: https://www.scorecover.fi/privacy-policy
Center Ice
Follow the NHL with live scores, detailed game stats, player information, and news. Get team schedules, injury updates, and trade rumors. Integrates with Apple Watch and Siri for easy access to game information.
- Live NHL scores and game updates
- Detailed player and team stats
- Injury reports and trade rumors
- Home screen widgets and Apple Watch integration
- Siri integration for quick info
- Game analysis and predictions
- Historical NHL data and records
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Center Ice is the fast, beautiful way to follow the NHL — scores, stats, predictions, and news in one app, with every game time in your local time zone. YOUR TEAMS FIRST • Home: your teams' live scores, next games, win chances, standing, and headlines • Follow players and see their latest games • My Teams filters on Scores, Schedule, News, injuries, and rumors GAME DAY • Live scores that update themselves, with the clock, shots, power plays, and empty nets • Swipe day to day on the scoreboard and week to week on the schedule, with TV networks • Box scores with every stat — tap a player for their whole game • Scoring summary with who was on the ice, penalties, shootouts, and three stars • Lines, special-teams units, ice time, shift charts, and rink maps of every shot and hit • Recaps and condensed games one tap away PREDICTIONS & ANALYSIS • Pregame win chances and likely final scores, adjusted for injuries and the starting goalie • Live win probability, expected goals, and shot quality • After the game: turning points, players of the game, and line, goalie, special-teams, and luck reports • Pick'em: call each night's winners and try to beat Center Ice's picks, with Game Center leaderboards • Prediction Record: every call graded in the open • Playoff series pages with the odds, and share cards for recaps, predictions, and standings • Optional betting lines with implied win chances, off by default STATS, STANDINGS & HISTORY • Stat leaders and a Stats Explorer for every skater, goalie, and team: dozens of reports, date ranges, and all-time seasons • Expected-goals, skating-speed, and shot-speed leaders, plus officials' numbers • Awards Race, Milestone Watch, and League Trends across every season • Standings by division, conference, or league, with the race summed up • Playoff race with magic numbers and odds, the bracket, and draft lottery odds • Record Book, every Stanley Cup champion, head-to-head history, and a Time Machine to the standings on any past date EVERY TEAM. EVERY PLAYER. • All 32 clubs: roster, sortable stats, situational records, prospects, schedule, news, and links • Team payrolls and player salaries, plus every trade, signing, waiver, and call-up • Injury Report with expected returns, and Trade Rumors ranked by buzz • Player profiles: stats in every league, game logs, splits, trends, awards, milestones, and new contracts • Compare any two teams or players side by side • Draft Hub, jersey finder, junior programs, and a search of every NHL player ever WIDGETS, APPLE WATCH, MAC & SIRI • Widgets for your team, tonight's games with win chances, and the division race, on the Home Screen and Lock Screen • Apple Watch app and complication, plus Live Activities in the Dynamic Island • Runs on Apple silicon Macs, with menus and shortcuts • Puck-drop reminders, scheduled on your device • Ask Siri for next games, last night's scores, or playoff odds • Favorites, saved articles, picks, and arena stamps sync with iCloud NEWS & MORE • Headlines from ESPN, Sportsnet, Daily Faceoff, CBS Sports, and The Hockey Writers, by source • On This Day: final scores from hockey history • Arena guide and an Arena Passport for the barns you've visited • Dark mode, VoiceOver, and larger text • No account, no ads, no tracking Center Ice is an independent app for hockey fans and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Hockey League or any NHL team. Scores, schedules, standings, stats, and player data come from publicly available NHL web services, and salaries from the NHL Players' Association's public compensation data. News and trade rumors come from public feeds and open on each publisher's site; rumors are unconfirmed. The injury report, transactions, and arena photos come from ESPN. Betting lines, when on, come from the league's betting partners for information only; Center Ice takes no bets. Team and league names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are used solely to identify content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ScoreCover at every 2 days against Center Ice's every 4 days. ScoreCover also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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.
ScoreCover ships an update every 2 days, Center Ice every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScoreCover | Center Ice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anssi Kosunen | Chris Carcerano |
In-app purchases
ScoreCover
No in-app purchases
Center Ice
No in-app purchases








