RefEvaluation vs RefTracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RefEvaluation
This app helps officials prepare game evaluation reports by collecting game statistics, crew observations, and commentary. It allows for detailed or quick reports on individual officials or the entire crew, with options to share via print, text, or email.
- Collect game statistics on calls
- Record crew and individual observations
- Generate detailed evaluation reports
- Create quick reports
- Share reports via print, text, or email
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Collect game data, crew observations and commentary to assist an official evaluator prepare a game evaluation report of an official or crew for league and tournament assignors. RefEvaluation provides game statistics on calls, who made the call and from what position, provides the ability to add comments on the crew and individual crew members and generates a detailed RefEvaluation game report for the Crew or individual official or the standard NASO Evaluation Report for an individual official. Evaluators can choose the level of detail used in the app to generate the evaluation report. Create a Quick Report or collect game data for a more detailed evaluation. The game report can be saved, printed, texted or emailed to the league or tournament administrator from within the app (with purchase of the Full Version).
RefTracker
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Run the match from your wrist and see exactly where you ran afterward. RefTracker puts the game clock, goals and cards on your Apple Watch and keeps the full record on your iPhone. Start the clock, log goals by jersey number, and record yellow and red cards with standard reason codes in a few taps. No notebook, no pencil, no scribbled wristband. SEE WHERE YOU RAN • Your Apple Watch records a GPS track for the whole match • A field heatmap shows where you spent the game • Speed zones break your match into walking, jogging, running and sprinting, with the time and distance in each • Look at the first half, the second half or the full match • Adjust the field outline to fit the pitch you worked ON YOUR WRIST • Half-length game clock with pause and resume, and it keeps ticking in Always On • A haptic buzz when time is up, even with your wrist down • Log goals by team and jersey number • Yellow and red cards with caution and send-off reason codes • A live workout while you officiate: heart rate, distance and speed • Works on its own. Leave your phone in the bag and sync afterward KNOW THE TEAMS BEFORE KICKOFF Open the pre-game briefing and see whether you have had these teams before, which jersey numbers you have cautioned and for what, how heated past meetings got, and what a game at that field usually takes out of you in distance, heart rate and steps. PLAN EVERY UPCOMING GAME Connect your Assignr account and your assignments appear automatically: teams, venue, kickoff time, age group and your position (referee, AR or assessor). When Assignr changes a game that has not started, RefTracker updates it. Your timer progress, goals and cards stay exactly as you logged them. REVIEW EVERY CARD AND GOAL • Every match you have worked, with score, cards, reasons and the minute each happened • A final timeline the moment you end the game, ready for your match report • Search and filter your game history TRACK YOUR FITNESS ALL SEASON • Distance, steps and heart rate for every game • Season totals and averages, with distance by age group and by position Whether you referee youth rec, high school, college or adult amateur, RefTracker gives you a cleaner match report and a clear picture of your fitness, game after game. Download RefTracker and referee your next match with your eyes on the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RefTracker at none against RefEvaluation's 1. RefTracker also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. RefEvaluation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RefTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
RefEvaluation ships an update every 4 months, RefTracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RefEvaluation | RefTracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Ryan | normank |
In-app purchases
RefEvaluation
- FullAppAccess$2.99
RefTracker
No in-app purchases









