RefTown Mobile vs TASO App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RefTown Mobile
Manage your officiating schedule on the go. View upcoming games, connect with other officials, and update your availability directly from your phone. Streamline your sports officiating with this convenient mobile tool.
- View upcoming games
- Accept/decline game assignments
- Access official contact information
- Update availability
- Phone-native experience
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A phone-native RefTown.com experience that brings a simple view of upcoming games, fellow officials, and availability. The app gives the ability to view/accept/decline games, access contact info for officials in your organization, and view/change availability for future dates.
TASO App
This app provides training materials and resources to help members improve their officiating skills and knowledge of sports rules. It supports state-wide meetings, regional clinics, and local chapter training to ensure members are prepared for annual exams and officiating games.
- Training materials for officiating skills
- Rule knowledge improvement
- State-wide meeting support
- Regional clinic resources
- Local chapter training
- Annual rules and mechanics exam preparation
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The TASO app creates and distribute training materials for our members to assist them in continually improving their officiating skills and knowledge of the rules. TASO organizes and conducts state‑wide meetings to review new rule changes with breakout sessions focused on specific areas of officiating skills. TASO provides regional clinics to provide educational resources for those members unable to attend the state‑wide meeting. TASO provides training material and other education resources for training at the local chapter level. Each TASO member must pass an annual rules and mechanics exam before officiating a game or match.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RefTown Mobile at every 2 weeks against TASO App's every 3 months. TASO App's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
TASO App holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
RefTown Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, TASO App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RefTown Mobile | TASO App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Camron Rust | Texas Association of Sports Officials |
Customer experience
RefTown Mobile
TASO App
In-app purchases
RefTown Mobile
No in-app purchases
TASO App
No in-app purchases
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