refbook vs NetballHQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
refbook
Manage sports officiating appointments, view game details, and update your availability from your iPhone or iPad. This app offers an easy-to-navigate interface for officials to track their schedule, crew, and game information.
- Manage appointments
- View upcoming/completed games
- See officiating crew and positions
- Access game details and location
- Accept/deny appointments
- Update availability
- Lodge travel requests and claims
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Officials will love being able to manage appointments all from their iPhone or iPad. The refbook app uses a beautiful interface with easy to navigate controls and workflows. - View upcoming/completed appointments - See officiating crew and positions - Access game details and location - Accept/deny appointments - Update availability - Lodge travel requests and $$ claims - Manage profile contact details - Search officiating contacts Sign up today to get started! Is your organisation not yet using refbook? Get your assignor to contact refbook to start managing sports officials like never before. refbook is the complete officials management solution for all sports and levels. We’re constantly developing our features and user experience to deliver a world-class platform for modern sports officials.
NetballHQ
This app provides community netball fans with access to fixtures, ladders, results, and statistics from associations using PlayHQ. Users can favorite players, teams, and clubs for quick access to the games they care about most, all within a user-friendly interface.
- Fixtures, ladders, and results
- Player and team statistics
- Favorite players, teams, and clubs
- User-friendly interface
- Real-time game updates
- Association data integration
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Introducing the official mobile App for everyone involved in Community Netball. NetballHQ is a free iOS App built for community netball fans, housing fixtures, ladders, results, and statistics for associations operating on PlayHQ. With NetballHQ, community netball fans can favourite players, teams, clubs, grades and associations, giving fans quick and easy access to the players and games they care about most. NetballHQ’s user-friendly interface is designed with the community netball fan in mind, no matter where they are, so that they can stay connected to games and players anywhere, anytime. Download the NetballHQ iOS App today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NetballHQ at 78% against refbook's 27%. NetballHQ also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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.
refbook ships an update monthly, NetballHQ fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | refbook | NetballHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wolflight Pty Ltd | PlayHQ |
Customer experience
refbook
NetballHQ
In-app purchases
refbook
No in-app purchases
NetballHQ
No in-app purchases
