Comparison

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB vs FairPlay Lab

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

Head to head
About

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB

This app is an all-in-one tool for soccer referees, offering precise timekeeping, fast event logging, GPS tracking, and AI-powered performance analysis. It provides detailed match reports and fitness data, streamlining the refereeing process without the need for pen and paper.

Highlights
  • Event logging (goals, cards, fouls)
  • IFAB-compliant disciplinary actions
  • Automatic timers for halves and shootouts
  • GPS-based movement analysis
  • AI performance insights
  • Full match reports
  • iPhone companion app
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

FairPlay Lab

Features
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FairPlay Lab is a decision-support toolkit for middle and high school soccer teams. It turns training attendance, session ratings and simple pitch events into substitution suggestions, squad cohesion insights and student-athlete wellbeing support — and it shows its working every time. Every recommendation opens a Why card that lists the factors behind it: attendance, recent effort, minutes already played, and match context. Nothing is a black box, so a coach can disagree with the app and explain why to a player or a parent. For coaches • Build a roster and share a six-character team code so athletes can join • Track training attendance and match minutes • Log passes, shots, take-ons and clearances during a match • Get a recommended minute range for each player, with the reasoning attached • See whether the squad is playing hero-ball or team-ball, and who is involved in build-up • Spot athletes carrying a heavy week across training, sleep and homework • Send a note home or a note to the athlete, written from their own check-ins For players • Join with a code from your coach and pick your name off the roster • See your own recommended minutes and exactly why • Rate how hard each session felt, and log sleep and homework hours • Find the one change that would most reduce your strain this week • See the squad's build-up report Built on arithmetic, not AI FairPlay Lab uses published sports science measures — session-RPE, acute-to-chronic workload ratio, and standard fairness statistics — combined with transparent weights. There is no model to trust on faith. The same inputs always give the same answer, and the app will tell you which input moved it. Privacy Athletes own their own check-ins. Sleep, homework and session ratings are visible only to that athlete and their coach — never to teammates. Any player can leave a team, which deletes their check-ins, or delete their account and all of their data outright. This app stores real information about young people. Get parent or guardian consent before using it with a squad. What this app is not FairPlay Lab does not diagnose injury, predict grades or replace a coach's judgement. The wellbeing features are a prompt for a conversation, not a medical or academic assessment. Substitution suggestions are a starting point; the coach decides.

Screenshots

Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB4 screens
FairPlay Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FairPlay Lab at none against Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB's 3. FairPlay Lab also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, 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. FairPlay Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB versus FairPlay Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoccer Referee Timer by WTSBFairPlay Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 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
Size110 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHILO SPECHTCoding Minds, Inc.

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

FairPlay Lab

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 FairPlay Lab free?
FairPlay Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB or FairPlay Lab have ads?
Neither Soccer Referee Timer by WTSB nor FairPlay Lab shows ads.

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