ScoreKeep vs REF!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScoreKeep
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Take the stress out of scorekeeping and focus on the game with Scorekeep, the most versatile and user-friendly scorekeeping app. Whether you're tracking goals in soccer, points in rugby or both in hurling, Scorekeep is simple and easy to use. It's perfect for coaches, referees, players, fans and parents alike. Effortlessly track scores and timekeeping for popular sports like: • Soccer • Rugby • Basketball • Hurling (GAA) • Gaelic Football (GAA) • American Football • Ice Hockey • Custom - Share Game Results Instantly: Share your games as text summaries or beautifully generated images. Share results live or from archived matches, ensuring your team, friends and fans stay informed - Archive Every Game: Never lose track of a match again. Completed games are automatically saved in the Archive Screen, where you can review scores, stats, and timelines. - Customisable Score/Timekeeping: Fine-tune the game's scores and timer to match any sport’s rules. Set negative scoring, score formats, periods, minutes per period, and more - GAA-Focused Scoring: Scorekeep is one of the few apps capable of handling the unique scoring systems of Hurling and Gaelic Football. Seamlessly record points and goals (worth 3 points), and see the total score in real time - No ads: Everyone hates ads, so there's none in Scorekeep! There's also no tracking or analytics, your data is your own - Upgrade to premium to unlock game-specific scoring buttons, player tracking, detailed archived game timelines, extra colours for teams, additional archive layouts and more! Purchasing premium keeps Scorekeep ad-free, and supports the development of exciting new features. Scorekeep: Your perfect companion for keeping scores, archiving matches, and staying focused on the game.
REF!
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REF! is the ultimate app for football referees. Create the match, invite your crew and run it from the watch. No paper, no fuss. BEFORE THE MATCH - Create the match with teams, competition, ground, date and time. - Save your teams and the grounds you visit most. - Competitions with their own refereeing and travel fees. - Choose whether you're the referee or an assistant. - History for every team: how many times you've officiated them and how those matches ended. - A countdown to your next match in the widget, the Live Activity and your watch face. - A calendar event, created automatically. ON THE PITCH, FROM YOUR APPLE WATCH - Period timer: set how many periods, how long each one lasts and how long the break is. - Haptic alert when time is up, with added time and a warning if the break runs over. - Choose which team kicks off at the start of each period. - Goals with the scorer's shirt number. - Yellow and red cards, for players and for team staff - Substitutions with the numbers coming on and off. - A match summary on your wrist the moment you blow the final whistle. - Tournament mode to chain matches with their own timings and fees without leaving the watch. - Create a match on the watch itself if your appointment changes at the last minute. - Leave the app or let the screen sleep — the match picks up where you left it. AFTER THE MATCH - Distance covered, sprints, top speed, heart rate, calories and steps. - A heat map of your position over real imagery of the pitch, in satellite or pitch view. - Effort zones calculated from your maximum heart rate. - A full match report: goals, cards, minutes and substitutions across every period. YOUR SEASON - Stats across every season and any date range. - A complete history of teams, competitions and grounds. - Matches as referee and as assistant, counted separately. PAYMENTS - Total paid and total outstanding for the season, always in view. - Breakdown by competition and by month, with a per-match average. - Refereeing and travel fees kept separate. - A one-page annual PDF report and a CSV with one row per match, for your association or your tax return. - Mark matches as paid one by one or all at once. WITH YOUR CREW - Find other referees by name or @nickname and add them as friends. - Invite them to a match: they get a notification and accept it from their inbox. - The match syncs between all three of you in real time. - A combined heat map and stats for the whole refereeing team. - Your own profile with an avatar and nickname. AND ALSO - Everything synced through iCloud between iPhone and Apple Watch. - Backups you can export and import. - Works without a signal: whatever you record on the pitch is sent as soon as you're back online. - Tutorials for the app and the watch, plus a quick-start guide. - Match alerts and reminders. REF! PRO Core features are free. REF! PRO unlocks physical performance, full stats, payment reports, shared matches and tournament mode. €2.99/month or €16.99/year, with the first month free on the annual plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage yours in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://therefapp.es/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://therefapp.es/en/privacy.html
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Verdict
ScoreKeep and REF! are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. ScoreKeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and REF! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ScoreKeep | REF! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PAUL OSHEA | Rodrigo Vicente Valmorisco |
In-app purchases
ScoreKeep
- Premium (Lifetime)$2.99
REF!
- REF! PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
- REF! PRO Yearly$14.991 Year









