Comparison

Ace Referee vs Playtime Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Ace Referee

This app assists referees in handball, racquetball, squash, and RoundNet by tracking scores, servers, and timeouts. It offers live score updates for spectators and integrates with tournament software for seamless data management.

Highlights
  • Score tracking
  • Server management
  • Timeout tracking
  • Live score updates for spectators
  • Integration with tournament software
  • Barcode scanning for match data
Features
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Ace Referee is a companion app for handball, racquetball, squash and now RoundNet/SpikeBall referees. It can be used in stand-alone mode or in conjunction with the Bracket Ace tournament software. Ace Referee eliminates the referee's need for pencil and paper. It keeps track of score, server and timeouts on your iPhone, iPad or the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch version allows you to score a game locally or take over a match from the iPhone. All referee features available in the iOS version including the live scoring feature. Ace Referee's live score feature allows spectators to view real-time score updates for any match where the referee is using the app. Via the view scores screen users can simultaneously monitor match scores on both the iPhone and iPad. When Ace Referee is used in conjunction with the Bracket Ace tournament app, all ongoing tournament match scores can be displayed simultaneously, users can jump to the event in the Bracket Ace app, and live video or other media can be displayed when made available by the tournament hosts. Ace Referee can be launched by other apps such as Bracket Ace so that the match data is populated automatically for the referee. Ace Referee can also scan a barcode on a Bracket Ace scorecard. All match data will be populated and the match result will be reported to Bracket Ace.

About

Playtime Tracker

Features
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A simple app for coaches to help you track player's play time In recreational youth sports where you are trying to keep playing time equal, it can be difficult to remember who's been in the longest. Use this to help keep play time management simple so you can focus on coaching.

Screenshots

Ace Referee1 screens
Playtime Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Playtime Tracker at weekly against Ace Referee's every 6 weeks. Ace Referee's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ace Referee ships an update every 6 weeks, Playtime Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ace Referee versus Playtime Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAce RefereePlaytime Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftCP Inc.Joshua Walton

In-app purchases

None

Ace Referee

No in-app purchases

None

Playtime Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ace Referee free?
Ace Referee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Playtime Tracker free?
Playtime Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ace Referee or Playtime Tracker have ads?
Neither Ace Referee nor Playtime Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ace Referee or Playtime Tracker?
Ace Referee ships an update every 6 weeks, and Playtime Tracker weekly. Most recently, Ace Referee was updated on September 10, 2026 and Playtime Tracker on September 8, 2026.

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