Comparison

HockeyShift vs Wardogs

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

Head to head
About

HockeyShift

This app provides hockey organizations with a comprehensive suite of tools to manage team information. Track schedules, view scoreboards and standings, manage rosters, and monitor leaderboards. Requires league integration for team data.

Highlights
  • Team schedules
  • Scoreboards
  • Standings
  • Rosters
  • Leaderboards
  • Special teams tracking
Features
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HockeyShift is the next generation of tools for Hockey organizations. Stay up to date with everything related to your team, including - Schedules - Scoreboards - Standings - Special Teams - Rosters - Leader Boards - and more to come! To add your team to this app it requires your team plays in a league that uses HockeyShift for it's stats software. If you experience any problems or have any great features you'd like to see added to HockeyShift, please contact us directly at support@hockeyshift.com.

About

Wardogs

Features
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This application shows scores, schedule and stats for the Wardogs Adult Ice Hockey team at Ice Town. It also includes a Today widget to show the time and opponent of the next game for the Wardogs.

Screenshots

HockeyShift4 screens
Wardogs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wardogs at every 4 weeks against HockeyShift's every 7 months. HockeyShift's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HockeyShift ships an update every 7 months, Wardogs every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HockeyShift versus Wardogs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHockeyShiftWardogs
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigitalShift Interactive Inc.Eric Ito

Bugs and requests

HockeyShift

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Back button is unusable/non-existent
  • App doesn't work with modern iPhones
  • Saved teams disappear
  • App deletes teams every time
  • Top menu buttons are hard to push
Show 8 more
  • Numbers are cut off in roster
  • App only works on Wi-Fi
  • Constant loading issues, teams don't load
  • App crashes
  • Cannot add team or login
  • Back arrow is too high on new iPhones
  • Major bugs were squashed (recent update)
  • Update bricked the app (recent update)

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add refresh button
  • Sync schedule to iCal calendar
  • Team chat feature
  • Dark mode option
  • Message/group message function
Show 4 more
  • Reformat roster for longer names
  • Fix alignment of titles/columns in Standing page
  • Allow deleting old teams
  • Option to add multiple teams under one club easily

Wardogs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HockeyShift

No in-app purchases

None

Wardogs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HockeyShift free?
HockeyShift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wardogs free?
Wardogs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HockeyShift or Wardogs have ads?
Neither HockeyShift nor Wardogs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HockeyShift or Wardogs?
HockeyShift ships an update every 7 months, and Wardogs every 4 weeks. Most recently, HockeyShift was updated on November 11, 2026 and Wardogs on November 1, 2026.

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