Comparison

Goaliesmith vs Cage Keeper

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

Head to head
About

Goaliesmith

This app offers comprehensive training for lacrosse goalies, featuring quick tips, a digital library of drills and tools, and curated workout sessions. It also provides women's specific content and personalized film analysis for improvement.

Highlights
  • Quick training tips
  • Digital drill library
  • PRO workout sessions
  • Women's specific drills
  • Personalized film review
Features
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The definitive training app for Lacrosse Goalies. The Goaliesmith App has 5 spaces for you to navigate: Quick Tips - A stream of training content, updated regularly. This section is loaded with quick tips that will help keep your training sessions fresh and effective. Goaliesmith PRO - Our digital library including every drill & training tool that we use. PRO includes 9 separate categories of training content. Stance, Stepping, Hands, Deep Shots, Midrange Shots, Inside Shots, Clearing, Focus, Growth, and Leadership. PRO Workouts - Training sessions showcasing PRO drills and different workout options. Watch us train and compete with the best goalies in the world. PRO Women’s - A quick access link for our women’s specific drills and training videos. You can find our Women’s videos in the master PRO course as well. Film Review - Get a personal breakdown of your game from our staff. You send us film, and we send you a video-response breakdown detailing areas of growth, and a plan for improvement.

About

Cage Keeper

This app allows lacrosse goalies, coaches, and families to track game statistics live. Analyze performance over time with trend charts and filters. Share and protect your data with export and backup options.

Highlights
  • Live game stat tracking
  • Performance analysis with trend charts
  • History filters for detailed review
  • Multi-goalie support
  • Data export and backup
  • Built-in stats guide
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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

Screenshots

Goaliesmith4 screens
Cage Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Goaliesmith at 100% against Cage Keeper's 0%. Goaliesmith also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goaliesmith holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goaliesmith has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Goaliesmith's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cage Keeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goaliesmith ships an update every 5 weeks, Cage Keeper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Goaliesmith versus Cage Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoaliesmithCage Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGoaliesmith Maryland, LLCKeith M Doyle LLC

Customer experience

Goaliesmith

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cage Keeper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Goaliesmith

No in-app purchases

None

Cage Keeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goaliesmith free?
Goaliesmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cage Keeper free?
Cage Keeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Goaliesmith or Cage Keeper?
Goaliesmith is rated higher. Goaliesmith averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Cage Keeper averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Goaliesmith or Cage Keeper have ads?
Neither Goaliesmith nor Cage Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goaliesmith or Cage Keeper?
Goaliesmith ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cage Keeper every 4 months. Most recently, Goaliesmith was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cage Keeper on October 31, 2026.

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