Comparison

Referee Simulator 2026 vs Refline

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

Head to head
About

Referee Simulator 2026

Experience football from the referee's perspective, making crucial calls on penalties, fouls, and cards. Build your reputation, manage match flow, and navigate bribe offers in a career mode. Unlock numerous teams and leagues as you climb the ranks.

Highlights
  • Full match control
  • Show yellow and red cards
  • Decide goals and fouls
  • Career mode with reputation building
  • Navigate bribe offers
  • Unlock 60+ football clubs
  • Multilingual support
Features
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Take control of the pitch. This time, you're the referee in an epic football referee simulator! Referee Simulator 2026 lets you experience football like never before: not as a player, but as the one making the calls. Penalty or advantage? Red card or warning? Goal, offside, foul, corner or throw-in? Blow the whistle and take charge in this unique soccer referee game! Full Match Control: • Show yellow and red cards whenever you see fit • Decide goals, offsides, corners, throw-ins, and fouls • Apply advantage rules to control match flow • Make important referee decisions under pressure VAR & Match Decisions: • Review controversial moments using VAR • Watch key incidents from different camera angles • Make the final call on crucial match situations • Decide whether to confirm or overturn important decisions Communicate on the Pitch: • Talk to players, goalkeepers, and coaches during matches • Choose how to respond in different situations • Manage your Authority, Communication, and Respect • Your conversations and reactions can affect the course of the match Become a World Cup Referee: • Officiate intense World Cup matches • Manage high-pressure tournament moments • Handle extra time and penalty shootouts • Prove yourself on the biggest stage of football Career & Bribe Offers: • Earn XP and build your referee reputation • Receive tempting bribe offers: Will you take the money or keep it fair? • Your decisions affect your path — and your wallet! Unlock Teams, Leagues and Tournaments: • Discover and interact with 60+ unique football clubs • Climb the leagues and officiate in top-tier matches • Unlock tournament challenges and special football atmospheres • Experience the thrill of high-stakes referee gameplay Multilingual Support: Available in English, Turkish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Ukrainian, and Korean. Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/MKYU5UICtsE Ready to take the final call? In Referee Simulator 2026, the game obeys your whistle.

About

Refline

Features
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Take the hardest job on the pitch: be the referee. In Refline you watch real match footage and make the call in seconds. Penalty or dive? Yellow or red? Should that flag go up? The decision is yours - and so are the consequences. A 34-WEEK SEASON You start in the amateur league. Correct calls earn points, mistakes cost them. Score well enough and you get promoted: third tier, second tier, top flight, then Europe's biggest leagues. Cup matches are worth more - and punish mistakes harder. POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE When the whistle goes, the microphones turn to you. What you say changes how the press and the clubs see you. POSITION OF THE DAY One position each day, the same for everyone in the world. Make your call, then see how other referees voted. Solve it daily and build your streak. CHAT ROOM Discuss today's real fixtures with other referees. Rate the referee's performance, predict the score, argue about the calls. REFEREE RANKINGS All-time and weekly leaderboards. Every career competes separately - see where you stand and climb.

Screenshots

Referee Simulator 20264 screens
Refline4 screens

Verdict

The call

Referee Simulator 2026 and Refline are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Referee Simulator 2026 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Refline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Referee Simulator 2026 versus Refline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReferee Simulator 2026Refline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (271 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings271 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size633 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEfecan DEMIRismail ARSLAN

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Referee Simulator 2026

One-time3
  • Reach Level 10 Instantly$3.99
  • Remove Ads Permanently$4.99
  • No Ads + Level 10 Bundle$6.99
1 purchases

Refline

One-time1
  • Reklamları Kaldır$0.99

Questions

Is Referee Simulator 2026 free?
Referee Simulator 2026 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Refline free?
Refline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Referee Simulator 2026 or Refline have ads?
Both Referee Simulator 2026 and Refline show ads.
Which is updated more often, Referee Simulator 2026 or Refline?
Referee Simulator 2026 ships an update weekly, and Refline weekly. Most recently, Referee Simulator 2026 was updated on November 5, 2026 and Refline on October 31, 2026.

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