Comparison

EnGarde Hub vs Poule Referee

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

Head to head
About

EnGarde Hub

Features
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I keep forgetting the many websites' urls for fencing, including askfred, my club scheduling system, and school calendar, so I decide to create a simple app to keep everything in one place. There several features: Default quick access to FencingTracker, USA Fencing, Fencing Time Live, AskFred. You could use "Add link" to add club scheduling and school calandar, etc. A checklist of items to bring or things to do for each competition. A simple pool score recorder (Fencing Time Live has a better one but I didn't know before creating this.) Offline Membership card to avoid the hastle at checking in when internet is poor at the venue. Multiple fencers' profiles can be created for siblings. Some new experimental features are coming, including Fencers and Moves notebook. These are pre-alpha feature and I expect to have lots of changes in the future.

About

Poule Referee

Features
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Poule Referee is the phone the referee scores from. Connect to a piste with the six-digit code the organiser issues, or scan the QR on the poule sheet, and referee the bout: touches, cards, priority, the clock and the passivity timer. The result goes straight to the competition, and the poule sheet updates for everyone watching it. WHAT IT DOES • Scores poule bouts and knockout matches, with the target score and timing the competition sets • A full bout clock: periods, the rest between them, sudden death and the priority draw • Cards, and a touch-by-touch timeline of the bout as it happens • Works without a signal — results wait on the phone and go up when the network returns • A standalone timer for training and local events, with no competition and no fencers WHAT YOU NEED A six-digit code from the organiser of a competition running on poule.esgrima.pt. The app cannot create a competition and cannot issue a code. The standalone timer needs neither. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account, no sign-up, no advertising, and nothing about you is collected. The code is all the app ever knows about who is holding the phone.

Screenshots

EnGarde Hub4 screens
Poule Referee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Poule Referee at weekly against EnGarde Hub's every 3 months. Poule Referee also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EnGarde Hub ships an update every 3 months, Poule Referee weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
EnGarde Hub versus Poule Referee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnGarde HubPoule Referee
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLi ShenJonathan Fontes

In-app purchases

None

EnGarde Hub

No in-app purchases

None

Poule Referee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EnGarde Hub free?
EnGarde Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poule Referee free?
Poule Referee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EnGarde Hub or Poule Referee have ads?
Neither EnGarde Hub nor Poule Referee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EnGarde Hub or Poule Referee?
EnGarde Hub ships an update every 3 months, and Poule Referee weekly. Most recently, EnGarde Hub was updated on October 11, 2026 and Poule Referee on October 4, 2026.

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