Whistle Timer vs Match Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whistle Timer
Create custom workout schedules with customizable work and break intervals. Save your training plans for future use and focus on your fitness goals. The app can run in the background to keep your workout on track.
- Customizable workout schedules
- Add custom breaks
- Save training plans
- Background operation
- Whistle sound option
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Whistle Timer lets you create a customised working schedule without anything unnecessary. - Blow a whistle forever - Add customised breaks - Focus on your workout! - Save your plans for further use - Run on the background
Match Keeper
Manage soccer matches from scheduling to final whistle. Track scores, player stats, and team performance. Includes a timer with whistle, custom formats, and penalty shootout tools. Offers training games and Apple Watch integration.
- Match scheduling and day-of management
- Real-time match timer with whistle
- Player and team statistics tracking
- Customizable match formats and rules
- Penalty shootout and extra time management
- Apple Watch integration for live control
- Training games and challenges
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Match Keeper is the soccer timer and match manager for coaches, referees, parents, and players. Simplifying the beautiful game, it runs every part of a match — from the fixture list to the final whistle. SCHEDULE & MATCH DAY - Schedule matches ahead and see what's coming in one place - Match Day puts today's fixtures on one screen, ready to kick off - Save the venue, field, and an address that opens in Maps - Set an arrival time, and choose each team's kit - Mark who's in and who's out for each match, and call up guest players to cover - Share a fixture, or the whole match day, as an image TEAM SCHEDULE - Every team has its own schedule — past results and what's coming, in one list - Share it as a printable sheet for the fridge, or a card for the team chat - Choose the matches to include, or pick a range of dates - Styled with your team's logo, emblem, and colors MATCH TIMER - Start, pause, rewind, and skip periods with ease - Automatic whistle at the end of each interval - Track additional time APPLE WATCH APP - Start a match from your wrist, with no phone needed - Tap to score, hold to correct - See the live timer and score on your watch face - Included free with the app MATCH & PLAYER MANAGEMENT - Create teams with names, colors, logos, rosters, and a default format - Sort your teams by name, birth year, gender, date added, or which ones have players - Track goals, substitutions, cards, and playing time - Handle ties with extra time, golden goal, or penalty shootout - Archive and restore teams and players — history and stats kept whole TEAM LOGOS & COLORS - Give every team its own logo — a shape, a pattern, and a monogram or emblem - Choose from 100+ emblems: animals, birds, shields, stars, and more - Set your team's exact colors, shown on the scoreboard and in formations MATCH HISTORY & SHARING - Review match history and notes after the game - Share matches and match stats with a QR code or link TEAM & PLAYER STATISTICS - Team record, goals, and clean sheets across your saved matches - Leaderboards for top scorers, assists, and most minutes played - Per-player minutes, starts, and share of playing time CUSTOM FORMATS - Pick a format and set age group, period length, OT rules, and ball size - Apply restrictions like no heading, offside, goalie, or slide tackles - Customize field and goal dimensions, and share formats by QR code or link PENALTY SHOOTOUTS - Record every penalty as a goal, save or miss, with the shooter and the goalkeeper, through sudden death - See each player's penalty record in their stats TRAINING GAMES - Free games for training: Shootout, Penalty King, Crossbar Challenge, and World Cup - Play with your own players, award medals, and share the result AGE GROUPS - See a player's age group this season and the next five, counted by your country's own rule - Set your club's own rule if it counts differently - Share the age chart as a page to print or a card for the team chat Whether you're running a tournament or timing your child's weekend game, Match Keeper gives you the tools to manage the match with confidence. Terms of service: https://lucatoni-labs.com/products/keeper/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://lucatoni-labs.com/products/keeper/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Match Keeper at 100% against Whistle Timer's 29%. Match Keeper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 months). Whistle Timer's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 15). 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. Whistle Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Match Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Match Keeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whistle Timer has 100 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Whistle Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Match Keeper's.
Whistle Timer ships an update every 10 months, Match Keeper every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Whistle Timer | Match Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (100 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Applorium Ltd | Lucatoni, LLC |
Customer experience
Whistle Timer
Match Keeper
In-app purchases
Whistle Timer
- Unlock all settings$2.99
Match Keeper
- Keeper Premium Monthly$2.001 Month
- Keeper Premium Annual$12.001 Year
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