zRef vs Game Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
Game Clock
Organize football games with automatic looping timers and audible announcements. Enhance the experience with iconic sports sound effects for engaging gameplay.
- Automatic looping game timers
- Audible announcements
- Iconic sports sound effects
- Organized game management
- Engaging gameplay enhancement
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Run engaging and organized football games with automatic looping game timers with audible announcements. Equipped with sound effects from the most iconic moments in sports history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Game Clock at 4.6 against zRef's 4.0. Game Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). zRef's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Game Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
zRef ships an update every 2 months, Game Clock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | zRef | Game Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rami Sinno | Christian Rodriguez |
Customer experience
zRef
Game Clock
In-app purchases
zRef
No in-app purchases
Game Clock
No in-app purchases
