Fence! (Pro) vs zRef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fence! (Pro)
This app is designed for fencing referees, offering intuitive timers and a clear display. It streamlines bout management by optically scanning pool sheets to track fencer data and results, simplifying complex match progression.
- Referee timers
- Large button targets
- Uncluttered display
- Optical scanning of pool sheets
- Fencer name, number, and result tracking
- Pool and DE bout management
- USFA passivity rules support
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Fence! (Pro) is a more advanced version of Fence! Fence! (Pro) has been designed from the ground up for fencing referees. The app features easy to user timers, large button targets, and an uncluttered display. Optical scanning of standard FencingTime pool sheets lets you track fencers names, numbers, and results in your phone, saving you precious seconds at the end of every bout. Fence! (Pro) understands every aspect of a fencing match, from standard pools to DE bouts to team events. At every step, Fence! (Pro) knows what should happen next and makes it easy for you to move to the next step. (Time expired in the first period? The app immediately asks to start the rest break timer. Passivity time reached? Time for p-cards!) Fence! (Pro) incorporates the new USFA passivity rules and keeps a separate passivity timer, letting you keep your focus on the action. You can still use Fence! (Pro) in "practice" mode for simple bout situations.
zRef
This app helps referees manage sports matches by tracking time, logging goals, cautions, and ejections. It provides a timer and stopwatch for game management and generates end-of-game reports with scores and event details.
- Match time tracking
- Goal logging
- Caution and ejection tracking
- Timer and stopwatch
- End-of-game reports
- Simple match creation
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zRef is a refereeing app to help you keep track of your matches. The app can keep track of time, log goals, cautions, ejections, and more. The app is simple to use. Simply create a new match, and supply the time per half. Click the start button to start the timer and press it to stop. There is a timer and stopwatch, so you can know he time remaining and the elapsed time for filling out game cards. You can also click and hold start/stop the button to log things such as goals, cautions, and ejections. When the game is over, you will be given an end of game report. This will contain the final score and each event that occurred (including time).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fence! (Pro) at 4.5 against zRef's 4.0. Fence! (Pro) also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). zRef's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Fence! (Pro) holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Fence! (Pro)'s written reviews are positive against 50% of zRef's.
Fence! (Pro) ships an update every 2 weeks, zRef every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fence! (Pro) | zRef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Baraff | Rami Sinno |
Customer experience
Fence! (Pro)
zRef
In-app purchases
Fence! (Pro)
No in-app purchases
zRef
No in-app purchases









