HockeyShift vs SportNinja
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.
SportNinja
This app offers real-time digital scoring and live streaming for sports, providing instant updates to participants and fans. It also includes comprehensive league and team management tools for organizers and administrators.
- Real-time digital scoring
- Live sports streaming
- League management
- Team management
- Live updates for participants and followers
- Web and mobile platform integration
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SportNinja is the leading real-time Digital Scoring and streaming app, providing live updates to players, league officials and followers. A comprehensive suite of League and Team Management functionality in a single, integrated platform on web and mobile. Steps to get started (as a Player / Team Rep / Official): 1. Download the SportNinja app. It’s FREE for participants 2. Click the invitation email (which you will receive from your team/ league via SportNinja) and follow the steps to Join. 3. OR, track teams and competitions by searching and starring, using the Following tab. Steps to get started (as a League Owner / Admin): 1. Download the SportNinja app and create an Account. 2. Log into the Web platform www.sportninja.com to complete your organization set up. 3. Invite Team Reps, Officials, Players in with the appropriate roles,, to download and join their teams, etc.. We are continuously working to improve the app with updates and new features. We would love to hear your feedback - info@sportninja.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SportNinja at 75% against HockeyShift's 24%. SportNinja also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). HockeyShift's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, 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.
SportNinja holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of HockeyShift's written reviews are positive against 75% of SportNinja's.
HockeyShift ships an update every 7 months, SportNinja fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | HockeyShift | SportNinja |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (58 ratings) | 3.6 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DigitalShift Interactive Inc. | SportNinja Inc. |
Customer experience
HockeyShift
SportNinja
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
SportNinja
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and user-friendly
- 🚀 Efficient for league management
- 💡 Great for tracking stats and scoring
- ✨ Live streaming and team scoring features
- 🤝 Excellent customer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy performance
- 👎 Terrible and confusing interface/layout
- ⚠️ Difficulty navigating with multiple teams
- 🗑️ Wasted space and tiny game windows
- 🔄 Need to refollow teams annually
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
SportNinja
Reported bugs
6 issues- App freezes or crashes frequently
- Login/sign-up issues
- Home page displays irrelevant information
- App locks up when asking for notifications
- Stuck on logo screen
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- Does not load properly, requires relaunch
Requested features
8 requests- Simpler event and practice placement
- Option to skip visiting team roster
- Practice-specific entry type
- Ability to set lines for games
- Create small group chats within teams
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- Backfill start of current season for game summaries
- Permanently disable notification prompts
- More customization for tournament setups (e.g., brackets)
In-app purchases
HockeyShift
No in-app purchases
SportNinja
No in-app purchases
