Areena Partner vs Assignr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Areena Partner
This app helps referees and facilitators manage recreational sports matches. It allows users to view schedules, sign up for games, track scores, goals, and fouls in real-time, and manage player substitutions. The app also provides updates on skill level ratings.
- Match schedule viewing
- Signup for matches
- Real-time scorekeeping
- Player management
- Skill level tracking
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For all the referees and the facilitators of Areena leagues, we have designed a partner app for you as a tool to track your matches. Once you login in to the app you should be able to see the schedule for all the matches and signup for the ones you will be scoring. At the time of the match you can use our score keeping tool to track the points, goals and fouls along with adding and benching of players. The ratings section of the app keeps you updated of your skill level.
Assignr
Manage, communicate, and pay referees and umpires efficiently. This app allows officials to update availability, accept assignments, and message within the platform. Organizations can process payments and track game reports.
- Assign games to referees and umpires
- Manage official availability
- Communicate with officials via messaging
- Process payments via Direct Deposit
- Submit game reports
- Access official directory
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Whether you manage a small group of umpires, or assign thousands of games per year, we have everything you need to assign, communicate, manage, and pay your referees and umpires, all in one place. This is the official Assignr mobile app, designed to work with the Assignr.com referee and umpire management platform. Your referees and umpires can use the mobile app to manage their availability, accept or decline game assignments, and communicate using our messaging functionality. Organziations in the United States can use Assignr to pay officials using Direct Deposit. Referees and umpires can provide W9 and banking details, submit game reports, and access a directory of other officials within your organization. A subscription to the Assignr platform is required to use the Assignr mobile app.
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Verdict
Areena Partner and Assignr both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Assignr's written reviews are positive against 0% of Areena Partner's. Assignr also leads on ratings volume (8.3K vs 7). Areena Partner's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Areena Partner against 4.9 for Assignr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Assignr has 8.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Areena Partner's written reviews are positive against 73% of Assignr's.
Areena Partner ships an update fortnightly, Assignr every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Areena Partner | Assignr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (8.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 72.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 8.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hero League, LLC | Assignr LLC |
Customer experience
Areena Partner
Assignr
Bugs and requests
Areena Partner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Assignr
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not registering availability changes correctly
- Logging out issues
- Server connection problems
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to view other referees' game reports
- Search feature to filter games by level or location
- Ability to request games directly from the app
- Automatic availability blocking when a game is accepted
- Option to view past games through the app
In-app purchases
Areena Partner
No in-app purchases
Assignr
No in-app purchases
