Referee Digital Portal vs Swipe Play Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Referee Digital Portal
This app serves as a central hub for accessing digital training materials. It provides a gateway to educational resources designed for sports officials.
- Access digital training products
- Gateway to educational resources
- Designed for sports officials
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The Referee Digital Portal is the access point to Referee digital training products.
Swipe Play Clock
This Apple Watch app provides customizable play clock timers for sports like football and lacrosse. It features intuitive swipe controls to start timers and includes a separate game clock with alerts and programmable settings.
- Customizable play clock lengths
- Swipe up/down to start timers
- Independent game clock
- Programmable settings
- Alerts for time remaining
- Workout mode for screen primary
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Apple Watch App Only: Update for problems the swipe to start the play clock on the new 46mm Series 10 Apple Watch. Similar to the last update, start games in settings menu to start the game since previous method no longer worked. Still working to add previous features, but currently works when swiping up and down on the watch face. Crown rotation does not currently start the play clocks, hope to fix in future versions. Still programmable play clock lengths. This allows you to use the app for both (American) football and lacrosse! Easily swipe up to start the 40 second clock and swipe down to start the 25 second clock on the face of your Apple Watch so you can concentrate on the field. These play clock timers are now programmable so they can be used for other sports, such as lacrosse. Watch Tutorial at: backjudgesolutions.com For football officials using college and high school (NFHS) rules. A game clock is included as well, which runs independent from the play clock (double tap the watch face to start/stop). Instructions (w/ watch face is active/on): 1. Settings Button - Menu Screen includes: a. Start Game - This turns on workout mode for the watch which is required to run timers. b. End Game - When the game is completed, exit workout mode. c. Adjust game clock time d. Settings window 2. Swipe Up on watch face - Starts the swipe up play clock timer 3. Swipe Down on watch face - Starts the swipe down play clock timer 4. Double Touch watch face - Starts/Stops game clock Settings Window: Period Length - This is the time that the Game Clock will reset once it expires (00:00:00). If you do not have game clock responsibilities, you can set this to be your Time Out timer. 2-Minute Warning - Watch will alert you with 2 minutes left on the Game Clock Swipe Up Timer - Sets the length of the Play Clock when the clock face is swiped up (or crown rotate up), such as the 40 second play clock Swipe Down Timer - Sets the length of the Play Clock when the clock face is swiped down (or crown rotate down), such as the 25 second play clock 5 second countdown - Sends an alert every second from 5 seconds until time expires on the Play Clock 10 second alert - Sends an alert with 10 seconds left on the Play Clock 15 second alert - Sends an alert with 15 seconds left on the Play Clock 25 second alert - Sends an alert with 25 seconds left on the Play Clock While the game is running, your watch is in workout mode to keep the screen primary, I do not record any health data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Referee Digital Portal at Free against Swipe Play Clock's $5.99. Referee Digital Portal also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). Swipe Play Clock's advantage is rating (2.8 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (39% vs 0%). On ratings volume, 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
Referee Digital Portal is free to download; Swipe Play Clock costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Swipe Play Clock holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Referee Digital Portal's written reviews are positive against 39% of Swipe Play Clock's.
Referee Digital Portal ships an update every 3 weeks, Swipe Play Clock every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Referee Digital Portal | Swipe Play Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (13 ratings) | 2.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 38.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #171 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Referee Enterprises, Inc. | Back Judge Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Referee Digital Portal
Swipe Play Clock
In-app purchases
Referee Digital Portal
No in-app purchases
Swipe Play Clock
No in-app purchases
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