Comparison

Handball Watch vs ezReferee

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Handball Watch

This app provides referees with a digital tool to track game time, scores, and player penalties, including 2-minute suspensions. It offers a clear overview of all warnings and penalties per team and player, with notifications for penalty expirations. All game events are logged and can be shared easily.

Highlights
  • Game time tracking
  • Score management
  • Penalty registration (incl. 2-min)
  • Penalty expiration signals
  • Overview of warnings and penalties
  • Event logging and sharing
Features
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Finally a digital solution for the handball referee! With this app you can easily register 3 game related details: - game time - score - penalties (incl 2-min!!) Please Note: the app fully supports English, French, German and Dutch. Screenshots in Dutch/English are just me deciding to spent time improving app and not spend time to make language specific screenshots.. sorry ;) Especially the registering of time penalties is made extremely easy. No matter how many time penalties are given, every penalty is properly shown and a signal is given when one or more are finished. A full overview of all given warnings and penalties per team and player makes it easy to keep track of what penalties have been given to whom. Finally all events are logged on the related iPhone App and can be shared with one push of the button. For now this app is still free, but this is temporary. Take this chance as early adopter and help us further develop this to become the ultimate watch for a handball referee!

About

ezReferee

Features
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Keep track of score, play time and player punishments. Made for handball referees by handball referees. * The app has three views * 1) Match view containing timer, score, team colors, starting team (ball shown), timestamp for last two goals registered for each team. 2) Punishment log, with a list for each team including timestamp for punishment, player number and type og punishment. 3) Register punishment, player number, team color, punishment type (button), previous punishments for current player. The app will not prevent you from registering more punishments than allowed (1 x yellow card, 3 x 2 min suspension, 1 x disqualification). Punishments for the bench should be attributed to player #0. * Before the match starts * 1) Select team colors by clicking the team on the score. 2) Assign team starting with the ball using long press on score-board. The ball will automatically flip to the other team for each period. The ball will be displayed on the score-board for the first ten seconds of each period. * To start the match * 1) Click the timer. Clock starts running, and timer goes green. * During the match * 1) Register a goal by clicking a team score on the score-board to register goal. The last two timestamps for goal for each team is displayed under the score-board. Success-sound can be prevented by disabling sound on the watch. 2) Remove a goal by swiping down on score board to remove last goal for that team. Alert-sound can be prevented by disabling sound on the watch. 3) Register a punishment by swiping up on score board to on the fouling players team (warning, 2 min, disqualification). You select player using the crown, and an "X" will be displayed for each existing punishment to this player under each category. 4) Timeout / stop timer by clicking the timer. Timer goes red, and you can adjust the timer using the crown. 5) Go to the next period by long-pressing the timer, and confirm. The period number is upped, timer is reset to "00:00", and ball is shown on the team that will start the next period (if starting team has been specified before the match). * After the match * 1) Swipe left to view match logg of punisments. This can be done at any time during the match as well. 2) Long-press on score board to reset match and prepare for the next.

Screenshots

Handball Watch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Handball Watch at Free against ezReferee's $3.99. Handball Watch also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Handball Watch is free to download; ezReferee costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Handball Watch ships an update weekly, ezReferee every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Handball Watch versus ezReferee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandball WatchezReferee
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLazymen Solutions BVImaker AS

In-app purchases

None

Handball Watch

No in-app purchases

None

ezReferee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handball Watch free?
Handball Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ezReferee free?
ezReferee costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Handball Watch or ezReferee have ads?
Neither Handball Watch nor ezReferee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Handball Watch or ezReferee?
Handball Watch ships an update weekly, and ezReferee every 7 months. Most recently, Handball Watch was updated on September 14, 2026 and ezReferee on September 21, 2026.

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