Comparison

Officials Assistant vs Officiating Journal

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

Head to head
About

Officials Assistant

Manage your sports officiating schedule, track game payments, and log expenses by sport. Generate compliance cards, email them to coaches, and get game count reports to ensure you meet requirements. Import assignments and back up your data to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Game scheduling and reminders
  • Payment tracking
  • Expense logging by sport
  • Compliance card generation
  • Game count reporting
  • iCal assignment import
  • Cloud backup and restore
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Officials and umpires can now track your schedule of games and get reminders, flag games as paid when your game check arrives, keep track of all expenses even by sport. Check out the pre-game topics for crew and coaches. Generate a compliance card with coaches signatures and email it to them while walking away from the pre-game meetings. Get a game count report at anytime during the season to make sure your on track to get your required games in. Import your game assignments from assigning website that exports your games by iCal file. Backup and restore your data to/from the cloud. The perfect assistant for officials and umpires through out the year.

About

Officiating Journal

Features
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Officiating Journal is the game log built for working sports officials: football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, track, ice hockey, wrestling, lacrosse, and flag football. LOG EVERY ASSIGNMENT Record the matchup, level, rules, division, conference, venue, crew, and your position. Log during the game (quick taps for scoring plays, fouls, timeouts, and reviews, with a live running score) or fill in the full card afterward. Each sport gets its own periods, crew positions, and event types, and NFHS, NCAA, pro, and youth rulebooks change what you log. Add photos of the crew, scoreboard, or field to any game; they stay on your device. ASSIGNMENTS ON YOUR CALENDAR Schedule a game the moment the assignor sends it, or import your ArbiterSports schedule. Upcoming games sit at the top of your list, and one tap puts them on Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook with kickoff, arrival time, and venue. On game day, tap Start logging. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS (PRO) Game fees with unpaid, invoiced, and paid status; mileage as reimbursement or tax deduction at the IRS rate for each game's date; travel expenses; season insights; and a tax-year packet with a 1099-by-assignor report for your accountant. Pro is a one-time purchase. Logging is free, forever. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Works offline. Everything lives on your device unless you create an optional account to sync between phone, tablet, and the web app at officiatingjournal.app. Sync is end-to-end encrypted with a passphrase only you know, so we can't read your games. Back up, export a spreadsheet, delete your account, or move to a new phone any time. Built by an official's family, for officials.

Screenshots

Officials Assistant4 screens
Officiating Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Officiating Journal at Free against Officials Assistant's $3.99. Officiating Journal also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Officials Assistant's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Officiating Journal is free to download; Officials Assistant costs $3.99 up front. Officiating Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Officials Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Officials Assistant ships an update monthly, Officiating Journal daily. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Officials Assistant versus Officiating Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOfficials AssistantOfficiating Journal
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip ColeMurray Movement Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Officials Assistant

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Officiating Journal

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Officials Assistant free?
Officials Assistant costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Officiating Journal free?
Officiating Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Officials Assistant or Officiating Journal have ads?
Neither Officials Assistant nor Officiating Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Officials Assistant or Officiating Journal?
Officials Assistant ships an update monthly, and Officiating Journal daily. Most recently, Officials Assistant was updated on September 15, 2026 and Officiating Journal on October 7, 2026.

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