FencingPool vs AskFRED Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FencingPool
This app streamlines fencing tournament management by directly importing pool data from a popular website. It highlights your upcoming bouts, allows direct score recording, and provides a clear grid display of your results for easy comparison.
- Direct pool data import
- Highlights upcoming bouts
- Direct score recording
- Grid display of bout scores
- QR code scanning for pool data
- Left/right-handed fencer tracking
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FencingPool lets you track who you're fencing next, when you are up in a pool, and whether you're left or right. Rather than finding your pool on www.fencingtimelive.com, taking a screenshot of the details list (and possibly marking it up with scores), FencingPool directly imports the pool data, highlights your bouts, and lets you record scores directly. Every time you enter a score after a bout, your next bout is highlighted. At the end of the pool, a handy grid display shows your scores for easy comparison with the referee's pool sheet. The best way to add a new pool is to go to fencingtimelive.com, find your pool, click on the "Details" tab and scroll to the very bottom. Click on "Open in FencingPool" to have the details of your pool loaded into the app. Alternately, you can use your phone's camera to scan the QR code at the bottom of the referee's score sheet once you arrive at the strip.
AskFRED Mobile
Discover and register for fencing tournaments. Track your competition results and communicate directly with event organizers. This platform is designed for competitive fencers.
- Find fencing tournaments
- Register for events
- Track competition results
- Message tournament organizers
- Competitive fencing focus
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Find fencing tournaments, track results, and message organizers. AskFRED is the #1 place for competitive fencers to discover, register for and compete in fencing tournaments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FencingPool at 100% against AskFRED Mobile's 0%. FencingPool also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.5). AskFRED Mobile's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
FencingPool holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FencingPool's written reviews are positive against 0% of AskFRED Mobile's.
FencingPool ships an update fortnightly, AskFRED Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FencingPool | AskFRED Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Baraff | AskFRED Inc |
Customer experience
FencingPool
AskFRED Mobile
In-app purchases
FencingPool
No in-app purchases
AskFRED Mobile
No in-app purchases
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