Flag Football Referee

Flag Football Ref is the scorekeeper for the person in the middle of the field. Built for 5-on-5 flag football refereeing under IFAF rules, it lives on your Apple Watch so you can log a score with one tap and keep your eyes on the play. No game clock, no stopwatch — your game, your whistle, your clock. The app takes care of everything you forget in the heat of a game: score, timeouts, flags and fouls. Tested at the biggest Flag Football Events in Europe: Champions Bowl 2026 SCORE FROM YOUR WRIST • Tap a team, pick TD (6), XP (1 or 2), Safety (1 or 2) or FLAG — done • Big, glanceable score with the current half on screen • The lead at a glance, and how many scores the trailing team needs • Made a mistake? Undo the last event from the More menu TIMEOUTS, FLAGS AND FOULS • Timeouts per team and half, with the time left typed on a number pad • Break countdowns after timeouts and at halftime, with a bar or ring and a buzz at zero • Log penalty flags as 0, 5 or 10 yards • Optionally add the jersey number to scores and flags (switch on in Settings) • Log unsportsmanlike fouls by jersey number; a repeat is warned, a second foul is an ejection • Overview of scores, timeouts, flags and fouls during the game, with a quick fix for a forgotten extra point EVERY SCORE, ON THE RECORD • Score-by-score history for every game, condensed so a touchdown and its extra point are one row • Switch halves and overtime with one tap • Correct, add or delete events in finished games on your iPhone GAME MODES • Set half length, timeouts per half and whether unused timeouts carry over • IFAF 5v5 2023 and Fun 2x12' are built in; create and duplicate your own • Pick a mode per game, or set a default PLAN GAMES ON YOUR IPHONE • Create upcoming games with teams, date and time, location, tag, notes and indoor or outdoor • Group a day's games in a gameday: shared defaults, progress, what's live, what's next and each game's field • Games appear on your watch automatically and start with a single tap; one tap in Settings resends everything if the two are out of step • Reminders before kickoff on iPhone and Apple Watch, and a final-score notification when you finish • Browse past games, filter by tag and review every score on the bigger screen • Home Screen widgets: upcoming games, recent results and season statistics KNOW YOUR POSITION AND YOUR NUMBERS • Record which position you worked: Referee, Down Judge, Field Judge, Side Judge or Back Judge • Coaches and staff: the Sideline role keeps the watch screen on without recording a workout or counting in Statistics • Statistics by tag, year and position: games, points, distance, steps, flags and fouls, plus records • Score margin chart for every game • Share results as an image or as text from your own template RULES CHEAT SHEET • Every penalty with yardage, enforcement spot and official signal, searchable and offline • Enforcement guide and an interactive Basic Spot explorer TRACKS YOUR GAME LIKE A WORKOUT • Each game is recorded as an American Football workout in Apple Health — heart rate, active energy, distance and steps • Optional GPS route of your movement on the field; indoor games record no route • The workout also keeps your watch screen awake while you referee • On your iPhone: heart rate chart, route map, top and average speed, sprints and time in daylight BLOWOUT HIGHLIGHT • Choose a point difference at which the leading team's score turns gold PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your games sync directly between your Apple Watch and iPhone — nothing is uploaded to a server • A backup copy of your games is kept on your device with every update Whether you officiate league nights, weekend tournaments or national events, Flag Football Ref keeps the score straight so you can focus on the game. The rules cheat sheet follows the IFAF Flag Football Rules 2023. This is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by IFAF.