Comparison

PenaltyTimer vs Sporfie

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

Head to head
About

PenaltyTimer

This app is designed for roller derby officials to reliably track player penalties. It offers features like simultaneous timer stops, 10-second warnings, and quick editing for penalties, simplifying the management of the penalty box.

Highlights
  • Manage any penalty box configuration
  • Stop all timers simultaneously
  • 10-second warning alert
  • Tap-edit for quick time adjustments
  • Customizable team colors
  • Multilingual support
Features
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PenaltyTimer is the first mobile app created specifically for roller derby officials. It has since been used by leagues all over the world. Typical stopwatches can be unreliable and cumbersome to use. PenaltyTimer provides a reliable way to track penalties with built-in knowledge of the WFTDA ruleset for those tricky jammer situations. If you're short staffed at practice, managing the full penalty box is no problem! FEATURES - Manage any configuration you'd like: two blockers, two jammers, four blockers, or even the full penalty box! - Stop all timers simultaneously between jams. - 10 second warning, alerting you to tell the skater to stand up. - Tap-edit allows you to quickly edit a time or add a minute for a double-penalty. - Customizable colors to match the team uniforms. - Full support for Retina display and iOS multitasking. - Localized into eight languages.

About

Sporfie

Stream live sports events from your smartphone or camera for free. Friends and family can watch without an account and save instant highlights. Add real-time scores and replay full games from the cloud.

Highlights
  • Live streaming from smartphone/camera
  • Free viewing for friends and family
  • No viewer login required
  • Instant highlight creation
  • Real-time score updates
  • Cloud-based full-game replay
  • Private event PIN codes
Features
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Using just a smartphone, a GoPro or Mevo camera you can live stream your games, practices and more, allowing family and friends to join and watch live at NO cost to the viewer.  Plus, add multiple smartphone cameras and everyone at the game can save highlights just after they happen, replay them seconds later and share them instantly. • No Cost for Viewers and No Login Required: Friends and family can watch your games live for no fee. In fact, they don’t even need to create an account! Share a link to your team’s landing page, so anyone can quickly watch your games or practice sessions. • Private Events: Add a pin code to your events to keep your games or practices restricted to the audience you want, whether that’s just parents, coaches or players. • Add the Score in Real-Time: With our crowd-sourced scoreboard feature, parents can update the score throughout the game. The scoreboard is shown on the live feed, on the individual clips and on the game replay. • Instant Highlights During the Game and After: With just the press of a button, Sporfie saves your highlights AFTER you’ve seen it happen, whether you’re at the game from the sidelines, watching the live stream remotely, or watching the full-game replay. • Start Streaming with Just Your Mobile Device: With just one smartphone camera filming the action, anyone who joins can enjoy the game without having to film and still save their own personal highlights instantly. • Replay the Full-Game from the Cloud: The entire game’s footage is saved in the Cloud, so you can replay, save highlights and download the action anytime. Also available: Want to capture hands-free? Using the Sporfie CLIPR button, you can now leave your smartphone in your pocket or bag and wirelessly capture the action in one click!

Screenshots

PenaltyTimer4 screens
Sporfie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sporfie at Free against PenaltyTimer's $1.99. Sporfie also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (318 vs 13). PenaltyTimer's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 67%) and chart position (#18 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Sporfie is free to download; PenaltyTimer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PenaltyTimer against 4.7 for Sporfie. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sporfie has 318 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of PenaltyTimer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Sporfie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PenaltyTimer ships an update every 8 months, Sporfie every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PenaltyTimer versus Sporfie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenaltyTimerSporfie
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (13 ratings) — better4.7 (318 ratings)
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings13318 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
Best chart rank#18 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB231 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFearless CodeNagra USA Inc.

Customer experience

PenaltyTimer

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.0%

Sporfie

All ratings318 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

PenaltyTimer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sporfie

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Chrome casting issues
  • Videos never load
  • App freezes during live stream
  • Keeps logging out
  • Black screening
Show 6 more
  • Skips, freezes, repeats, buffers, pixelates
  • App is unintuitive
  • App keeps losing connection on Android
  • Does not keep users signed in
  • Events don't appear unless present
  • Create event screen gets stuck, sports don't show

Requested features

3 requests
  • Make it possible to save videos to phone when offline
  • Allow different devices to talk using local WiFi hotspot
  • Add business cards with usage directions

In-app purchases

None

PenaltyTimer

No in-app purchases

None

Sporfie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PenaltyTimer free?
PenaltyTimer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sporfie free?
Sporfie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PenaltyTimer or Sporfie?
PenaltyTimer is rated higher. PenaltyTimer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Sporfie averages 4.7 from 318 ratings.
Do PenaltyTimer or Sporfie have ads?
Neither PenaltyTimer nor Sporfie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PenaltyTimer or Sporfie?
PenaltyTimer ships an update every 8 months, and Sporfie every 3 weeks. Most recently, PenaltyTimer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sporfie on October 24, 2026.

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