HockeyShift vs LiveBarn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Team schedules
- Scoreboards
- Standings
- Rosters
- Leaderboards
- Special teams tracking
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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.
LiveBarn
Stream live and on-demand amateur and youth sporting events from thousands of locations. Easily share highlights, track player performance, and stay connected to the action from anywhere. Requires a monthly subscription.
- Live and on-demand streaming
- Thousands of playing surfaces
- Highlight sharing (text, email, social)
- Automated tracking and panoramic view
- Venue locator
- Performance analysis for coaches
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LiveBarn provides Live and On Demand Streaming of amateur and youth sporting events. LiveBarn streams from over 3,000 playing surfaces across the US & Canada, covering ice hockey, baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer and lacrosse. A LiveBarn monthly subscription is required to utilize the LiveBarn App. The LiveBarn App enables subscribers to watch unlimited Live & On Demand broadcasts from any installed location. The Venue Locator makes it easy to search and favorite your most frequently watched venues. Users can share, save and submit unlimited highlights via text, email or social media. LiveBarn subscribers can easily navigate between different viewing options, choosing to watch via automated tracking or controlling the screen through the panoramic view. Coaches benefit from being able to use video to improve both individual and team performance. Parents and Grandparents can watch and stay connected to the action from anywhere. All users, including athletes, can quickly share, store and create memories, capturing all of their favorite highlights forever. LiveBarn also has a dedicated customer support team ready to help users with all of their needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: HockeyShift at free against LiveBarn's subscription. HockeyShift also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). LiveBarn's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (620 vs 58). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for HockeyShift against 2.7 for LiveBarn. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveBarn has 620 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 24% of HockeyShift's written reviews are positive against 14% of LiveBarn's.
HockeyShift ships an update every 7 months, LiveBarn monthly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | HockeyShift | LiveBarn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (58 ratings) — better | 2.7 (620 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews — better | 14.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 58 | 620 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | — | #202 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DigitalShift Interactive Inc. | LiveBarn Inc. |
Customer experience
HockeyShift
LiveBarn
User reviews
HockeyShift
From 58 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for tracking
- 👍 Simple and intuitive design
- 👍 Scores and stats update quickly
- 👍 Useful for roller-hockey schedules
- 👍 Fast and reliable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Back button issues
- 🐛 Teams disappear after saving
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Sync issues with teams
- 🐛 Not optimized for new iPhones
LiveBarn
From 620 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game feed
- 👍 Wonderful service
- 👍 Multiple camera views
- 👍 Excellent option for remote viewing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent and unreliable service
- 🔍 Poor video quality
- 🔍 Lacking features and functionality
- 💰 Overpriced for the service provided
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
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- 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
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- 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
LiveBarn
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent freezing and buffering issues
- Camera feeds not working or unavailable
- Playback controls and scrubbing not functioning properly
- Connectivity and login problems
Requested features
4 requests- Improve video quality and reliability
- Add more camera angles and views
- Enhance user interface and navigation
- Offer more affordable pricing options
In-app purchases
HockeyShift
No in-app purchases
LiveBarn
No in-app purchases
