Fence! vs Fencing Referee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fence!
This app helps accurately time fencing bouts with two distinct modes: 'Hold mode' for continuous contact timing and 'Tap mode' for traditional start/stop. It features a large touch area, screen illumination during timing, a coin-toss function, and an integrated card system for penalties.
- Hold mode timer
- Tap mode timer
- Large touch area
- Screen illumination
- Built-in coin toss
- Card system
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If you’ve ever struggled to accurately keep time during a fencing bout using an app, Fence! is the app you’ve been looking for. • Large touch area to start/stop timer. • “Hold mode” (aka “deadman switch”): timer runs as long as your finger keeps contact with the screen. • “Tap mode”: traditional tap to start, tap to stop. • Screen lights up while the timer is running. • Built-in priority coin-toss. • Buzzes/plays alert sound when time runs out. • Built in card system: give fencers yellow, red, or black cards in full screen.
Fencing Referee
This app helps manage fencing matches by keeping score, timing bouts, and tracking cards. It offers various configuration options for a personalized experience, including light/dark modes and an always-on screen.
- Score keeping
- Time keeping
- Card management
- Priority management
- Passivity timer
- Period counter
- Light and dark mode
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Features include: - Score keeping, time keeping, card management, priority management, and more. - A modern look and feel - Long press on scores to reset score. - Long press on the timer to modify minutes/seconds - Optional passivity timer, p-card tracking, period counter and more. - Light and dark mode. - Tons of configuration options - Always-on screen Created and supported by AskFRED. Regularly updated as rules change, regularly enhanced with new features and functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fencing Referee at every 3 weeks against Fence!'s every 6 months. Fence!'s advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fence! against 5.0 for Fencing Referee. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Fence! ships an update every 6 months, Fencing Referee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fence! | Fencing Referee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maddy Adams | AskFRED Inc |
Customer experience
Fence!
Fencing Referee
In-app purchases
Fence!
No in-app purchases
Fencing Referee
No in-app purchases
