zRef vs Hoop Ref
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).
Hoop Ref
This app assists youth basketball referees by tracking alternating possession and time-outs. It offers intuitive controls, haptic feedback, and fitness tracking features, with optional Apple Health integration.
- Alternating possession tracking
- Time-out management
- Haptic feedback
- Fitness tracking
- Apple Health integration
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Hoop Ref provides reliable officiating assistance for youth basketball games with unreliable scorer’s tables. Key features: • Alternating possession • Time-outs • Fitness tracking Fast and easy to use: • Intuitive for basketball referees • No setup on phone or watch required • Just tap the teams’ colors and start officiating Tracks alternating possession: • Tap a button or use double tap to alternate possession • Haptics (wrist taps) confirm each change Tracks time-outs: • Times 30- and 60-second time-outs • Provides haptic feedback for first and second horn • Notes inbound possession following time-out • Counts time-outs used Fitness & assists: • Workout tracking (calories, distance, steps, heart rate) • Reminders to turn on Do Not Disturb or a Focus • Haptic feedback for accurate 3-, 5-, and 10-second counts Apple Health integration (with Hoop Ref Pro in-app purchase): • Automatically saves workouts to Apple Health after each game End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hoop Ref at 5.0 against zRef's 4.3. zRef's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hoop Ref sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. zRef asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hoop Ref holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: zRef has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | zRef | Hoop Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rami Sinno | Toolsay |
Customer experience
zRef
Hoop Ref
In-app purchases
zRef
No in-app purchases
Hoop Ref
- Hoop Ref Pro$10.00
