Comparison

BackJudgeBuddy App vs zRef

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

Head to head
About

BackJudgeBuddy App

This timer application assists high school and college sports officials with managing game clock situations. It provides customizable 60-second and 25-second timers with alerts, along with a companion app for usage guidance.

Highlights
  • NFHS timer
  • NCAA timer
  • 60-second clock
  • 25-second clock
  • Customizable intervals
  • Alerts for remaining time
  • Companion iPhone app
Features
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BackJudgeBuddy application offers a timer based application which can be used by High school (NFHS) and Colleges (NCAA). There are two types of timer available in the watch application. 1) High School(NFHS) 2) NCAA College Timer Users can run 60 or 25 second timers at anytime. 60 second clock for timeouts (NCAA) contains alerts after 5 seconds remaining. 25 second clock for timeouts (NFHS) contains alerts after 5 seconds remaining. User can customise these intervals for timeouts as well as timer duration from the setting section. Its companion iPhone application provides guideline how to use this solution using photos with instructions.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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).

Screenshots

BackJudgeBuddy App2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: zRef at 4.3 against BackJudgeBuddy App's 1.0. BackJudgeBuddy App's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

zRef holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BackJudgeBuddy App versus zRef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackJudgeBuddy AppzRef
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWeblineIndiaRami Sinno

Customer experience

BackJudgeBuddy App

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

zRef

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

BackJudgeBuddy App

No in-app purchases

None

zRef

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BackJudgeBuddy App free?
BackJudgeBuddy App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is zRef free?
zRef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BackJudgeBuddy App or zRef?
zRef is rated higher. BackJudgeBuddy App averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while zRef averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do BackJudgeBuddy App or zRef have ads?
Neither BackJudgeBuddy App nor zRef shows ads.

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