NASO Members vs Officials Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NASO Members
Access digital member benefits from the National Association of Sports Officials, including magazines and newsletters. Download exclusive reports and member-only content after logging in with your NASO membership details.
- Digital Referee Magazine
- It's Official Newsletter access
- Download special reports
- Member-only content
- Login with NASO membership
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This app gives members of the National Association of Sports Officials access to digital versions of their member benefits such as Referee Magazine and It's Official Newsletter. Members may also download special reports and other member-only content as it becomes available. A valid NASO membership is required to log into the app. You must use the email address you have on file with NASO to log in or your account number which can be found on your magazine mailing label or by calling 1-800-733-6100. (NASO is a 501(C) (3) not-for-profit educational association.)
Officials Assistant
Manage your sports officiating schedule, track game payments, and log expenses by sport. Generate compliance cards, email them to coaches, and get game count reports to ensure you meet requirements. Import assignments and back up your data to the cloud.
- Game scheduling and reminders
- Payment tracking
- Expense logging by sport
- Compliance card generation
- Game count reporting
- iCal assignment import
- Cloud backup and restore
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Officials and umpires can now track your schedule of games and get reminders, flag games as paid when your game check arrives, keep track of all expenses even by sport. Check out the pre-game topics for crew and coaches. Generate a compliance card with coaches signatures and email it to them while walking away from the pre-game meetings. Get a game count report at anytime during the season to make sure your on track to get your required games in. Import your game assignments from assigning website that exports your games by iCal file. Backup and restore your data to/from the cloud. The perfect assistant for officials and umpires through out the year.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NASO Members at Free against Officials Assistant's $3.99. NASO Members also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Officials Assistant's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). On ads, 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
NASO Members is free to download; Officials Assistant costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NASO Members holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
NASO Members ships an update every 11 months, Officials Assistant monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NASO Members | Officials Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Association of Sports Officials | Philip Cole |
Customer experience
NASO Members
Officials Assistant
In-app purchases
NASO Members
No in-app purchases
Officials Assistant
No in-app purchases
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