Comparison

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB vs KickPlan

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

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About

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB

This app transforms your Apple Watch into a dedicated tool for soccer referees, allowing full match management from your wrist. Track time, goals, cards, and substitutions, with detailed reports automatically syncing to your iPhone. It also offers fitness tracking and AI-powered performance analysis.

Highlights
  • Manage match time and stoppage time
  • Record goals, cards, and substitutions
  • Automatic match data sync to iPhone
  • Fitness and GPS tracking
  • AI-assisted performance analysis
  • Detailed match reports
  • Penalty shootout management
Features
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Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB turns Apple Watch into a powerful tool for soccer referees. You do not need your iPhone during the match: manage match time, stoppage time, goals, cards, temporary dismissals, substitutions and penalty shootouts directly from your wrist. After the final whistle, the match is saved and transferred automatically to your iPhone. TIME AND EVENTS UNDER CONTROL The flexible match timer supports one to four periods, countdown or open-ended timing, and customizable match and break lengths. When play is delayed by an injury, goal celebration or another interruption, the app measures the lost time and calculates your recommended stoppage time. Clear haptic alerts notify you when regulation time ends, calculated stoppage time is reached, the break is over or a temporary dismissal has expired – so your attention can remain on the match. Record goals with scorer, penalty or own-goal details, yellow, second-yellow and red cards with reasons, disciplinary action against team officials, and multiple simultaneous temporary dismissals. Custom card reasons can be prepared in advance. Manage lineups, captains and goalkeepers, multiple substitutions, return substitutions and late roster additions, as well as extra time and penalty shootouts. Short voice notes can be attached to cards and temporary dismissals directly from the watch. Match suspensions and abandoned matches are documented too. THE COMPLETE MATCH REPORT The live match report presents every event chronologically and can be reviewed on Apple Watch. On iPhone, it becomes a clear, color-coded report containing halftime and final scores, stoppage time, goals, cards, substitutions, lineups, voice notes and shootout results. Events can be added, corrected or removed after the match, with the score and statistics updating automatically. FITNESS, MOVEMENT AND AI ANALYSIS With fitness and location tracking enabled, a workout starts automatically at kickoff. Apple Watch records heart rate, distance, speed, running power and active calories and saves the workout to Apple Health. The app can also capture the venue, weather and GPS route. On iPhone, explore your movement on an interactive map with route playback, heatmap, detected movement corridor, event locations and sprint analysis. AI-assisted performance analysis combines your fitness data into a Performance Score and visualizes activity, explosiveness and fatigue throughout the match. Compare each performance with previous matches, identify peak-load phases and track your development. The dashboard summarizes your entire refereeing career, including matches, time on the field, goals, cards, stoppage time, distance, venues, speed and performance. SHARE AND CONNECT Share match reports, workout data, heatmaps and sprints as ready-made story graphics. Relive your season with Season Replay and create a personalized referee trading card. Matches can also be uploaded to Strava. Lineup links import rosters and match formats from supported competition software, while the AI Help Chat answers questions about the app and the Laws of the Game with source references. Complications and the Apple Watch Ultra Action Button provide fast access, while an iPhone widget displays key career statistics on your Home Screen. START FOR FREE The free download includes the complete match timer with stoppage-time calculation, haptic alerts, scorekeeping and synchronization. Advanced match documentation, tracking and analysis are available with Pro. Pro can be tested free of charge and unlocked through a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

KickPlan

Features
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KickPlan turns matchday into clean data – for the whole team or for your own child. You pick your mode at the start; the rest feels like a digital match report. Everything stays local on your device: no account, no ads. COACH MODE – for coaches & assistant coaches Kick-off. You just tap along: goal, shot, substitution, yellow card, good and bad actions. Halves and each player's minutes run automatically – no maths afterwards. • Fair playing time at a glance: after the match you see exactly who played how many minutes – for the game and across the whole season. No paper, no arguments. • Full team stats: goals, assists, shots, cards – per match and as a season summary. • Camera timecodes for editing – WITHOUT controlling your camera: place your cameras and film as usual. In KickPlan you just start a timer per camera. Mark an action and the app knows, for EVERY camera, which file and where the scene is. In your editor you jump to the goal in seconds – in the right file. Transfer from one phone to another Your assistant filmed from the other touchline? After the match you hand the whole game over via QR code: they tap "Receive", scan – and have the stats, actions and all timecodes on their device. KickPlan merges instead of overwriting. Large transfers run briefly and end-to-end encrypted; children's names stay protected. Multiple teams? No problem Coaching two or three teams? Just set them up side by side and switch with a tap – each with its own squad, seasons and cameras. And afterwards: export Share edit files (JSON, CSV, EDL) and match reports as a real file or save as ZIP. Import squads from SportLane via QR/link, auto-import fixtures from your team's iCal calendar. PARENT MODE – for mums & dads on the touchline You don't want to manage the whole team – just know how it went for your child. In parent mode everything revolves around your kid: how long were they on the pitch? Did they score, assist, play well? You only tap your child's moments and get minutes, goals and actions – across the season, no spreadsheet. Two kids, two clubs – one app One child plays for SV Westend, the other for TSV Nordstadt? Create a separate profile for each – separate clubs, separate matches, separate stats. Switch between them with a tap. PRIVACY FIRST All match, player and video data stays on your device. No account, no background upload. Optionally share anonymous benchmarks (age group & minutes only – no names, no child or club reference). Free: live capture, statistics, squad, import, receiving from other devices and your last 3 matches – no account & no ads. "KickPlan Pro" unlocks everything for €9.99/year or €1.99/month. From squad to card. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB4 screens
KickPlan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KickPlan at none against Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB's 3. KickPlan also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. KickPlan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB ships an update every 4 days, KickPlan every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB versus KickPlan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoccer Referee Timer by WTSBKickPlan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThilo Spechtomo-net GmbH

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual subscription1 Month trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$149.00
None

KickPlan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB free?
Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KickPlan free?
KickPlan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB or KickPlan have ads?
Neither Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB nor KickPlan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB or KickPlan?
Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB ships an update every 4 days, and KickPlan every 5 days. Most recently, Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB was updated on October 30, 2026 and KickPlan on October 17, 2026.

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