HockeyShift vs TBL Hockey Development
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.
TBL Hockey Development
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The TBL Hockey Development app provides parents and coaches with the tools they need to participate on their team(s). Perform the following team activities inside our app. - View your upcoming schedule, locations, and times - Get directions to practices and games - Send messages to your team - RSVP to upcoming events and track attendance - Receive notifications for event reminders, schedule changes, and new messages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TBL Hockey Development at every 2 months against HockeyShift's every 7 months. HockeyShift's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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.
HockeyShift ships an update every 7 months, TBL Hockey Development every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HockeyShift | TBL Hockey Development |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (58 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DigitalShift Interactive Inc. | Tampa Bay Lightning |
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
TBL Hockey Development
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HockeyShift
No in-app purchases
TBL Hockey Development
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HockeyShift free?
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Do HockeyShift or TBL Hockey Development have ads?
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