One Ref Lite vs zRef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
One Ref Lite
This app helps referees manage games by tracking time, scores, and player cards. It supports multiple sports and offers a simple interface for professional game management. Games can be saved for later review.
- Time tracking
- Score display
- Card delivery (red, yellow, green)
- Multiple sports support
- Save games to database
- Easy-to-use interface
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*This version of One Ref is free which results in this app including advertisements* Become a better referee by keeping track of time, score and cards with ease. Make every game you ref run professionally and smoothly. One Ref provides everything you need, no membership or login required. --FEATURES-- - Various sports to choose from (football, hockey and basketball available) - Keep track of time - Display score for each team - Deliver red, yellow and green cards to the selected player - Minimal match set up - Easy to use interface - Games can be saved to a database for future reference Download to significantly improve your refereeing experience for both you and the players.
zRef
This app helps referees manage sports matches by tracking time, logging goals, cautions, and ejections. It provides a timer and stopwatch for game management and generates end-of-game reports with scores and event details.
- Match time tracking
- Goal logging
- Caution and ejection tracking
- Timer and stopwatch
- End-of-game reports
- Simple match creation
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zRef is a refereeing app to help you keep track of your matches. The app can keep track of time, log goals, cautions, ejections, and more. The app is simple to use. Simply create a new match, and supply the time per half. Click the start button to start the timer and press it to stop. There is a timer and stopwatch, so you can know he time remaining and the elapsed time for filling out game cards. You can also click and hold start/stop the button to log things such as goals, cautions, and ejections. When the game is over, you will be given an end of game report. This will contain the final score and each event that occurred (including time).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: zRef at 4.3 against One Ref Lite's 1.0. zRef also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). One Ref Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
zRef holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: zRef has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of One Ref Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of zRef's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
One Ref Lite ships an update every 10 days, zRef every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | One Ref Lite | zRef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Behan | Rami Sinno |
Customer experience
One Ref Lite
zRef
In-app purchases
One Ref Lite
No in-app purchases
zRef
No in-app purchases
