Comparison

Referee Log vs RefMate

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

Head to head
About

Referee Log

Features
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Referee Log es la aplicación diseñada por y para árbitros e informadores de fútbol que buscan precisión y rapidez en el campo. Olvídate de las notas en papel; con Referee Log puedes gestionar cada partido de forma profesional desde tu iPhone. CARACTERÍSTICAS PRINCIPALES: - CRONÓMETRO AVANZADO: Control total del tiempo de juego, incluyendo gestión inteligente de minutos añadidos anunciados y finales. - REGISTRO DE EVENTOS: Anota tarjetas amarillas y rojas, goles, incidentes, fueras de juego y observaciones físicas con solo dos toques. - DISEÑO OPTIMIZADO: Botones grandes y claros con código de colores para evitar errores bajo presión. - INFORMES INSTANTÁNEOS: Genera un resumen estructurado y cronológico al finalizar el partido, listo para compartir o exportar. - PRIVACIDAD TOTAL: Tus datos son tuyos. Todo se guarda de forma 100% local en tu dispositivo, sin necesidad de cuentas ni conexión a internet. Ideal para categorías senior, juveniles, cadetes y fútbol base. Configura la duración de las partes y los cambios permitidos según la categoría y empieza a pitar con la mejor tecnología en tu mano.

About

RefMate

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The whole match on one screen: a clock that never stops, buttons big enough to hit without looking, and undo always where you left it. Built for referees who work real pitches — no signal, rain, gloves, and a report to hand in at the end. WHAT YOU GET • A clock that survives anything. It runs off timestamps, not a counter, so backgrounding the app, locking the screen or even a crash mid-half changes nothing. The time on your wrist is the time on the pitch. • One-tap registration. Goals, cautions, send-offs, substitutions, penalties — all one tap from the match screen. Nothing buried in a menu. • Second caution caught for you. Book a player who is already on a yellow and the app tells you before you show the card, not after. • Added time you can defend. Every stoppage is measured, and the suggestion at the end of the half is based on what actually happened. • A match report that looks official. A clean PDF with the timeline, the disciplinary record, the crew and your own signature, drawn once in Settings — shareable before you reach the dressing room. • Apple Watch that works on its own. Start the match, run the clock and register events from your wrist with the phone switched off in a locker. It reconciles with the phone later, and never drops an event. • Laws of the Game practice. Questions grounded in the official IFAB text, each one showing the Law, the section and the passage it comes from. Practice by Law, timed mock exams, and spaced repetition of what you got wrong. • Season statistics. Matches, cards per match, when in the game things happen, which clubs give you the most trouble. NO ACCOUNT, NO SERVER, NO SIGNAL NEEDED Everything lives on your device. There is no sign-up, no login and no analytics. Optional sync uses your own private iCloud — we have no server and never see your matches. Export everything to a single file whenever you want. FREE AND PRO Free: three matches, with the full clock, goals, cards and the live screen — plus 20 questions. Your matches stay yours; nothing is deleted. PRO: unlimited matches, unlimited history, PDF reports signed with your own signature, statistics, the Apple Watch app, the full question bank and iCloud sync. The paywall never appears during a match. Not once, under any circumstances. Laws content covers the 2026/27 edition. The IFAB updates the Laws each season, normally with effect from 1 July, and the app tells you which edition it covers. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Referee Log3 screens
RefMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Referee Log at none against RefMate's 2. Referee Log also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. RefMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Referee Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Referee Log versus RefMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReferee LogRefMate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB9 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperFrancisco Daniel Darias GonzalezLUIS ORLANDO LAZO GONZALEZ

In-app purchases

None

Referee Log

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RefMate

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly3 Days trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Referee Log free?
Referee Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RefMate free?
RefMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Referee Log or RefMate have ads?
Neither Referee Log nor RefMate shows ads.

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