Trace Teams vs HeyRef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trace Teams
This app streamlines soccer game video management for teams and parents. It allows for controlling camera equipment, updating rosters, and managing game uploads. Parents can capture additional footage to create personalized player highlights.
- Control TraceCam equipment
- Update team rosters
- Start and stop game recordings
- Manage game uploads
- Record multi-angle player footage
- Automatic player highlight generation
- Create and share video playlists
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Trace is the all-in-one soccer game video system. The Trace Teams iOS app is used by your team’s Trace equipment manager to control the TraceCam, update team rosters, start and stop games, and manage game uploads. Parents use the Trace Teams iOS app to capture even more angles and closeups of their player. Just select “Record MultiCam” and hit record. Your iPhone video will be saved to your camera roll and stitched to TraceCam footage to deliver epic highlights. Looking for your game footage? No app needed. It will be emailed or texted to you after each game. Recording games and editing film can be complicated, time-consuming, and expensive. Trace captures your game footage and delivers each player's highlights directly to their inboxes after each game. Players, parents, and coaches can create playlists to rewatch games and plays, easily share highlights, and keep track of progress throughout the season
HeyRef
This app allows referees, coaches, and families to log live youth sports matches, capturing key moments like goals and fouls. It automatically generates shareable match summaries, providing insights and documenting the game's story in real-time.
- Live match tracking
- Real-time event logging
- Automatic match summaries
- Shareable match content
- Clean, simple interface
- Follow matches and stay updated
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HeyRef is a modern youth sports match-tracking app built for referees, coaches, and families. Log matches live, capture key moments, and instantly generate structured summaries you can share with your team or community. Whether you're on the field or on the sidelines, HeyRef helps you document the game as it happens. FEATURES • Live match tracking with real-time event logging • Record goals, fouls, cards, corners, and substitutions • Automatic match summaries and insights • Clean, simple interface built for fast use during games • Shareable match content for teams and families • Follow matches and stay updated BUILT FOR YOUTH SPORTS COMMUNITIES HeyRef is designed for youth and competitive environments where capturing the story of the game matters. Track smarter. Share better. Elevate the match experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Trace Teams at 4.4K against HeyRef's 3. Trace Teams also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#123 vs unranked). HeyRef's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
HeyRef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trace Teams has 4.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Trace Teams ships an update weekly, HeyRef every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trace Teams | HeyRef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.4K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #123 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AlpineReplay, Inc. | Provelos LLC |
Bugs and requests
Trace Teams
Reported bugs
78 issues- Mistakes player for different player
- Too many glitches
- Slow to download
- Cannot save to photos
- Cannot post to social media
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- Cannot share with non-account holders
- Difficult to go back and forward
- Plays are cut off
- Camera slow to keep up
- Teammate mistaken for user
- Slow performance
- Doesn't produce good highlights
- Cameras not working
- Preview inoperable
- Video quality not improving
- Player focus and zoom inaccurate
- Software updates cause games to not record
- Customer service doesn't care
- Charged after cancellation
- Tech support is AI bot
- Videos never record/process correctly
- AI doesn't work
- App redirects to browser
- Camera battery issues
- No way to add camera or start new game
- Cannot make own clips
- Downloads require own link
- Constantly manually fix AI errors
- No TV app
- Camera doesn't catch key moments
- Sharing difficult (requires subscription)
- Account issues
- Recordings not accessible
- Shift between players wonky
- Pro-account download limitations
- App is unusable after update
- New analytics are horrible
- Video playback only clips
- Cannot watch teammates
- Casting doesn't work
- Cannot connect camera
- No option to start new game
- App is dysfunctional
- Cannot set up camera or create game
- New program is messed up
- Only highlights available
- Software changes make app a nightmare
- Doesn't work with video viewer
- Downloading games is a heavier subscription
- Have to pay to watch own highlights
- Need to join family to watch highlights
- Recent updates are horrible
- Membership required to watch game
- Not uploading correctly
- Cannot watch games for children on manager account
- Redirects to website
- Website never stays logged in
- Two-factor login process every time
- Cannot adjust roster in app
- Impossible to set up camera
- AI misses tags players
- Upload time is extremely long
- GPS didn't work indoors
- New AI is terrible
- Misidentifies players
- Editing feature is worse
- App is useless
- Not iPad compatible
- Cannot download on iPad
- Device not supported for iPad
- Annoying email code to sign in
- Tracers do not work indoors
- Cannot record game in entirety
- Roster settings error
- App keeps adding player to empty slot
- Highlights aren't displayed in app
- App is constantly loading and blank
- Cannot do anything on the app
Requested features
17 requests- Watch games in app
- Save to phone photos
- Post to social media
- Share with non-account holders
- Easier to go back/forward in plays
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- Play like a video
- Allow saving own clips
- Default volume on
- Player focus as an option, not default
- Cast to TV
- Bring back Smartcast
- Option to stay logged in
- Allow adding all players to system
- Record footage without tracers
- Stitch two cameras without AI analysis
- View game results on app
- iPad compatibility
HeyRef
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trace Teams
No in-app purchases
HeyRef
No in-app purchases
