Hockey Practice Guide vs Top Cheese Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hockey Practice Guide
Easily create professional hockey practice plans in minutes. Access a vast library of animated drills and pre-built plans to optimize ice time and player engagement. Share plans with coaches and players to enhance understanding and preparation.
- Create practice plans in under 5 minutes
- Access over 2,610 animated station drills
- Utilize 120 pre-built practice plans
- Share plans with coaches and players
- Tag drills with notes for station assignment
- Plans scaled to skill and ice layouts
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Plan better hockey practices in minutes. Hockey Practice Guide helps coaches build organized, age-appropriate practice plans while making better use of available ice time and space. • Create a professional practice plan for any skill level in less than five minutes. • Find drills without last-minute web searches or manually redrawing diagrams. • Share practice plans with assistant coaches and players before arriving at the rink. • Use drill videos to help demonstrate movement and flow. • Add notes to assign stations, identify coaching responsibilities, and emphasize each drill’s focus. • Build plans for full-ice, half-ice, and multi-station practices. THE HOCKEY PRACTICE GUIDE LIBRARY Access 2,798 animated station-drill layouts: • 880+ full-ice layouts • 425+ half-ice layouts • 1,310+ multi-station full-ice and half-ice layouts • 120 prebuilt practice plans, with 20 plans for each skill level Practice plans can include one to six stations, with drills appropriate for levels ranging from 6U through professional hockey. MINIMIZE PRACTICE-PLANNING TIME • Give assistant coaches and parent volunteers clear responsibilities. • Quickly target specific hockey skills. • Address more skill areas during each practice. • Keep organized plans ready for future practices. MAXIMIZE YOUR ICE TIME AND SPACE • Use the entire ice surface with organized station layouts. • Schedule station rotations to make better use of practice time. • Reduce whiteboard time by sharing plans in advance. • Keep players engaged with less idle time between drills. ______________________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Hockey Practice Guide offers free and subscription-based content. The free version includes 50 drills and 18 prebuilt practice plans, with three plans for each age group. A subscription provides access to: • 2,798 drill layouts • 880+ full-ice layouts • 425+ half-ice layouts • 1,310+ multi-station full-ice and half-ice layouts • 120 prebuilt practice plans, with 20 plans for each skill level Subscription options: • Monthly access for $2.99 USD per month • Annual access for $29.99 USD per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: http://www.hockeypracticeguide.com/Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use: http://www.hockeypracticeguide.com/Terms.html
Top Cheese Training
This app provides weekly, expert-designed workouts for young hockey players focusing on plyometrics, stickhandling, shooting, and on-ice skills. It aims to build explosive power, quick feet, and elite puck control in a fun, kid-friendly interface.
- Weekly expert-built workouts
- Plyometrics training
- Stickhandling drills
- Shooting practice
- On-ice skills development
- Kid-friendly interface
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Top Cheese Training is the fun, all‑in‑one training hub for your hockey player. It delivers weekly, expert‑built workouts for plyometrics, stickhandling, shooting, and on‑ice skills—designed to build explosive power, quick feet, and elite puck control, all in a kid‑friendly, visually clean experience that players actually enjoy using.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Top Cheese Training at none against Hockey Practice Guide's 2. Top Cheese Training also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Hockey Practice Guide's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Hockey Practice Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Top Cheese Training asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hockey Practice Guide against 5.0 for Top Cheese Training. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hockey Practice Guide has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Hockey Practice Guide | Top Cheese Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.8 GB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hockey Practice Guide | ROBERT LOUIS ARCHER |
Customer experience
Hockey Practice Guide
Top Cheese Training
In-app purchases
Hockey Practice Guide
- Drills Lib 1 - Auto Renewing$2.991 Month
- Drills Lib 12 - Auto Renewing$29.991 Year
Top Cheese Training
No in-app purchases
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