Match Officials vs NorCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Match Officials
This application helps referees manage their schedules, connect with colleagues via chat, and receive game assignments. It allows for easy acceptance or rejection of invitations and integrates with Google Maps for navigation to match locations.
- Calendar management
- Team chat functionality
- Game assignment notifications
- Accept/reject invitations
- Google Maps navigation
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Match Official application gives the facility to the referee to manage their calendar for the specific groups. They can connect with mates through chat and discuss the match. The referee will receive the notification on the new assignment of the game. They can easily accept or reject the game invitation. App also helps them to use google navigation to travel to the match-location.
NorCal
This app connects the Northern California soccer community by providing live scores, lineups, and livestreaming for games. Fans can engage with teams through comments and media uploads, while clubs can communicate with followers and explore new revenue streams.
- Live scores and updates
- Lineup information
- Livestreaming capabilities
- Video and image uploads
- Team and club pages
- Notifications for game starts and goals
- Integrated communication for clubs
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The NorCal App brings the Northern California soccer community closer together while enhancing the fan and participant experience by enabling lineups, live scores, livestreaming, highlights and fan engagement features for soccer games at all levels. With the NorCal App, families, friends and fans can support their favorite team and share their passion live in the community by commenting and uploading videos or images boosting the interest and engagement. In the NorCal App, you follow the teams you are interested in and get full control of game schedules, lineups, match reporting, livestreams and notifications when the match starts or goal-by-goal if you want. NorCal gives you the same experience as a professional league no matter the level or league of your favorite team. The dedicated team and club pages automatically gather all content related to you, and the integrated communication function lets teams and clubs quickly reach all their followers with information. NorCal also enables new revenue streams for clubs and teams through integrated partner functions.
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Verdict
Match Officials and NorCal both sit at 2.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of NorCal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Match Officials's. NorCal also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#167 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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.
Match Officials holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NorCal has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Match Officials's written reviews are positive against 33% of NorCal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Match Officials ships an update every 2 months, NorCal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Match Officials | NorCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.5 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #167 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Faryabi | NorCal Premier Soccer |
Customer experience
Match Officials
NorCal
In-app purchases
Match Officials
No in-app purchases
NorCal
No in-app purchases
