RefEvaluation vs Soccer Match Manager
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).
Soccer Match Manager
This app helps coaches manage match days efficiently by building rosters, setting formations, and tracking player stats like goals and cards. It offers live match updates and detailed post-game summaries, with support for Apple Watch and Live Activities.
- Roster, team, and season management
- Customizable match formats (7v7, 9v9, 11v11)
- Live match clock and score tracking
- Player statistics (goals, cards, assists)
- Substitution and position tracking
- Shareable match summaries
- Apple Watch and Live Activities support
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Soccer Match Manager helps coaches manage match day with less guesswork and fewer distractions. Build your roster, choose a match format, set formations, assign players, track playing time, goals, assists and yellow/red cards, and make substitutions from a clean, field-based interface designed for real games. Create custom teams, opponents, seasons, and formations for 7v7, 9v9, and 11v11 matches. Before kickoff, drag and drop players onto the field, adjust your lineup, reuse a previous lineup, and set team-level defaults so each new match starts faster. During the match, Soccer Match Manager keeps the important tools close: start and pause the clock, track the score, manage substitutions, change formations, and monitor player time on the field or bench. Player tiles can show visual play-time progress, while long-press controls let you record yellow cards and red cards and view goals and assists when those tracking options are enabled. After the final whistle, review detailed match summaries with player-by-player time breakdowns, position history, substitutions, goals, assists, cards, and team results. Export match summaries for sharing or record keeping. Soccer Match Manager also supports Apple Watch and Live Activities. Follow the match clock and score from your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch Smart Stack. You can even update the score directly from supported Live Activity views or control the match from your watch when your phone is not in hand. Key features: • Roster, team, opponent, and season management • 7v7, 9v9, and 11v11 match formats • Built-in and custom formations • Pre-match drag-and-drop lineup setup • Live match clock with count-up or count-down options • Score tracking with quick correction tools • Substitution and position tracking • Player playing-time summaries • Goals, assists, yellow cards, and red cards • Match and season summary screens • Shareable match exports • On-screen tutorials • iPhone Lock Screen Live Activities • Dynamic Island support • Apple Watch app support • Apple Watch Smart Stack Live Activity support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Soccer Match Manager at 5.0 against RefEvaluation's 4.5. Soccer Match Manager also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Soccer Match Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Soccer Match Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
RefEvaluation ships an update every 4 months, Soccer Match Manager every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RefEvaluation | Soccer Match Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Ryan | Steven Branding |
Customer experience
RefEvaluation
Soccer Match Manager
In-app purchases
RefEvaluation
- FullAppAccess$2.99
Soccer Match Manager
No in-app purchases
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