Game Clock vs RefClock Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Game Clock
Organize football games with automatic looping timers and audible announcements. Enhance the experience with iconic sports sound effects for engaging gameplay.
- Automatic looping game timers
- Audible announcements
- Iconic sports sound effects
- Organized game management
- Engaging gameplay enhancement
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Run engaging and organized football games with automatic looping game timers with audible announcements. Equipped with sound effects from the most iconic moments in sports history.
RefClock Timer
This app provides a dedicated timer and event tracker for soccer referees on Apple Watch. It allows for recording goals, cards, and substitutions, with a companion iPhone app for managing match history and generating shareable PDF reports.
- Apple Watch timer
- Stoppage time tracking
- Event recording (goals, cards, subs)
- Vibration alerts
- Match history on iPhone
- Shareable PDF reports
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RefClock is a soccer referee timer for Apple Watch, with an iPhone companion for match history and reports. ON APPLE WATCH • Count up or down and track stoppage time. • Set half lengths, breaks and extra time. • Record goals, yellow and red cards, and substitutions. • Choose which events to track and turn vibration alerts on or off. ON IPHONE • View the score, clock and events from your paired watch. • Search saved games by team name or date. • Edit team names, colors and match events. • Add match notes and incident statements. • Preview and share PDF reports with the score, timeline and notes. • Adjust timer and event settings. The watch runs the match timer. Live updates need a watch connection; phone edits wait for the watch to confirm them. Completed games remain available on iPhone. RefClock can record a workout with your permission. The iPhone Games screen includes a banner ad.
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Verdict
Game Clock and RefClock Timer both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of RefClock Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Game Clock's. Game Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Game Clock against 4.7 for RefClock Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Game Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of RefClock Timer's.
Game Clock ships an update every 3 days, RefClock Timer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Game Clock | RefClock Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Rodriguez | Hooshmand Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
Game Clock
RefClock Timer
In-app purchases
Game Clock
No in-app purchases
RefClock Timer
No in-app purchases
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