Referee Coach vs Match Facts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Referee Coach
Record match details, including referee information, score, time, and specific play phases. Analyze trends with a penalty heat map and timeline. Save notes and videos for later review and export reports via email.
- Record referee name, score, and time
- Note phases of play with detailed comments
- Track penalty counts and locations
- Video recording and saving
- Penalty heat map and timeline
- Email reports as PDF and TXT
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Record the referee's name, keep score & time, note phases in play and add notes on how they are going. In Stats mode, each phase is recorded on its own line and can be reviewed later. Switch into video mode, record and save on the fly. Keep an ongoing penalty count against the Home and Away teams and where they were awarded. On review, you can add overall comments and then email it as a pdf and txt attachment. Easily pick up trends at scrums and breakdown. Phases of play record the game time and score when the comment was saved. Phases are selected using pop up windows: - Scrum - Lineout - Tackle - PK General Play - Ruck - Maul - Free Kick - Advantage General Play - Critical Associated comments with these phases are then available to add and build an overall picture of the phase. Including being able to add a comment to say anything about what happened. Included in the summary is how many scrums and the penalties at the different phases against each side. The final page has a penalty heat map showing where penalties were awarded against each team and includes a timeline of when penalties were awarded. In Notes mode has the phase buttons removed. Type in your comments and take videos. Keeps the time and score whilst incorporating into the notes as they are saved.
Match Facts
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Match Facts is a competition management system for all levels of sport. This app brings selected features of the Match Facts website to phones and tablets for use in the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Match Facts at Free against Referee Coach's $2.99. Match Facts also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Match Facts is free to download; Referee Coach costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Referee Coach ships an update every 6 weeks, Match Facts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Referee Coach | Match Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glen Devenie | TBD Technology |
In-app purchases
Referee Coach
No in-app purchases
Match Facts
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Referee Coach free?
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Do Referee Coach or Match Facts have ads?
Which is updated more often, Referee Coach or Match Facts?
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