Comparison

Soccer Teammate vs Ref90

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

Head to head
About

Soccer Teammate

This app allows you to meticulously track and analyze your soccer team's performance. Record over 40 game events in real-time, generate over 70 predefined statistics, and create your own custom metrics. Manage lineups, formations, playing time, and share detailed reports.

Highlights
  • Real-time event recording
  • Customizable statistics creation
  • Player and team performance tracking
  • Lineup and formation management
  • Playing time tracking by position
  • Multi-competition and multi-season support
  • Data sharing and export
Features
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Soccer Teammate lets you capture and analyze your soccer team’s statistics. Record game events in real-time. There are over 40 predefined events that can be recorded including goals, assists, shots (on and off target and hit woodwork), saves, crosses, corner kicks, substitutions, fouls, offsides, penalties, yellow and red cards, and many more. Track your team’s and individual players’ statistics. Choose from over 70 predefined statistics covering scoring, shooting, passing, defending, goalkeeping, dead balls, infringements, discipline and game outcomes. The statistics include simple event counts such as Shots On Target, time-based statistics such as Minutes Per Shot and more complex statistics such as Shot Accuracy, Save Percentage and Clean Sheets. Create your own custom events and statistics. Create player, goalkeeper and team events. Create statistics that count single or multiple events or divide one set of event counts by another, allowing a huge range of statistics to be created. Track playing time for each player and by position using in-game player clocks. Directly manipulate team line-ups and formations by dragging players into position. Make substitutions by dragging players to and from the bench. Define multiple competitions, each with their own game format, including the number of players and substitutes, the number of periods and their duration and whether games can have overtime and/or a penalty shootout. Record contact information for all players and coaches for easier communication with parents and opposing team coaches. Link games to calendar events and their location to maps. Share information by email, SMS and Twitter and automatically tweet game events. Define jersey colors and styles and team logos for all teams making team identification easy. Use numbered player jerseys or photos to identify players within team line-ups. We continue to improve Soccer Teammate to ensure it is the best statistics tracker app for your team. Please contact us if you have any questions or encounter any issues using Soccer Teammate. We are happy to help. Features: * Manage multiple teams in multiple competitions over multiple seasons * Record player and team game events * Record formation and playing position changes * Record shot locations * Track team and player statistics, in-game and overall * Track statistics by playing position * Track team record * Track playing time, in-game and overall * Track playing time by position * Filter statistics by team, competition, season and opponent * Create custom game events * Create custom statistics * Create game formats: 4-a-side to 11-a-side * Create starting line-ups * Directly manipulate formations and line-ups * Create jersey styles and colors for all teams * Use player photos and team logos * Share games, line-ups and statistics by email, SMS and Twitter * Export statistics and game events to spreadsheet * Back up, restore and transfer data between devices * Link to contacts information for players, coaches and referees * Link to maps for game locations * Link to calendar for games * Print games, line-ups and statistics * Record old games and edit game events * Record team captain and track captaincy in each game * Record Player of the Game awards

About

Ref90

This app helps football referees manage matches directly from their Apple Watch. It tracks game timers, logs incidents, and records earnings, allowing officials to focus on the game without distractions. Designed for ease of use, it works offline and provides post-match review capabilities.

Highlights
  • Match timers
  • Full match control
  • Offline functionality
  • Post-match review
  • Earnings tracking
  • Digital coin toss
Features
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Ref90 – The Referee’s Match Companion Managing a game is hard enough. Let your Apple Watch handle the admin. Ref90 is built for grassroots to semi-pro football referees. It helps you track everything that matters during a match — quickly, clearly, and without breaking focus. • No phone. • No signal. • No distractions. Key features • Match timers – Kick-off, half-time, added time, sin bins, water breaks and period breaks, all managed directly from your wrist. • Full match control – Log goals, fouls, substitutions and key incidents in seconds, even while play is live. • Ref-first design – Built for fast taps, sweaty hands and quick glances. No fiddly menus. • Works offline – No iPhone or internet connection required. Ideal for rural pitches and Sunday mornings. • Post-match review – Check full match logs after the final whistle to support reports and admin. • Easy sharing – Share game logs, reviews and bank details when needed. • Earnings tracking – Keep track of match fees and season totals. • Digital coin toss – One tap. No lost coins. No arguments. Why Ref90? Because referees should referee — not juggle notebooks, watches and guesswork. Ref90 keeps the basics under control so you can focus on positioning, decisions and player management. Designed for • Grassroots referees • Semi-pro officials • Sunday league to Saturday tournaments • Anyone who wants less hassle on match day This is a one-time purchase that permanently unlocks the app. No subscriptions or recurring payments. Terms of use: https://ref90.com/terms Privacy policy: https://ref90.com/privacy

Screenshots

Soccer Teammate4 screens
Ref904 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ref90 at 5.0 against Soccer Teammate's 4.6. Ref90 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Soccer Teammate's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $7.99) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

Soccer Teammate costs $4.99 and Ref90 $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ref90 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soccer Teammate has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Soccer Teammate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ref90's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soccer Teammate ships an update every 2 months, Ref90 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Soccer Teammate versus Ref90: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoccer TeammateRef90
Price$4.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew EnglandInstride Ltd

Customer experience

Soccer Teammate

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative9.4%

Ref90

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Soccer Teammate

No in-app purchases

None

Ref90

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soccer Teammate free?
Soccer Teammate costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ref90 free?
Ref90 costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soccer Teammate or Ref90?
Ref90 is rated higher. Soccer Teammate averages 4.6 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Ref90 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Soccer Teammate or Ref90 have ads?
Neither Soccer Teammate nor Ref90 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soccer Teammate or Ref90?
Soccer Teammate ships an update every 2 months, and Ref90 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Soccer Teammate was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ref90 on October 30, 2026.

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