Comparison

REF! vs ScoreKeeper Match

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

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About

REF!

Features
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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

About

ScoreKeeper Match

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ScoreKeeper is a regulation-aware scoreboard for the four most-played sports — engineered for clarity, accuracy, and zero-friction operation. CORE FEATURES • Tap-to-score interface — single tap = +1, dedicated +2 / +3 for basketball • Sport-specific timers — 12-minute quarter countdown for basketball, count-up for soccer, table tennis and badminton • Period management — automatic quarter / half / game tracking with forward and back navigation • Team foul tracking — per-team counters with regulation-aware limits (5 fouls per quarter for basketball, with auto-reset) • Side swap — one-tap home / away inversion • Editable team names — persist across the match • Live differential & total — always-on stats strip SPORT CONFIGURATIONS Basketball: 4 × 12-minute quarters, +1/+2/+3 scoring, 5 team-foul cap per quarter Soccer: 2 × halves, count-up timer, free-form foul tracking Table Tennis: best of 5 games, target score 11 Badminton: best of 3 games, target score 21 ENGINEERING • Native SwiftUI, iOS 17+ • Sub-second timer accuracy • Haptic feedback on every interaction • Full Light / Dark mode support • Localized for English and Simplified Chinese • 100% offline — no network, no accounts, no analytics, no ads PRIVACY BY DESIGN ScoreKeeper does not collect, transmit, or store any user data on remote servers. All match state lives in memory and on your device. Removing the app removes all data. USE CASES • Recreational pickup games • School PE classes • Coaching drills and scrimmages • Community-league matches • Family tournaments • Referee personal scorekeeping A scoreboard that respects your time, your privacy, and the rules of the game.

Screenshots

REF!4 screens
ScoreKeeper Match4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScoreKeeper Match at none against REF!'s 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. REF! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ScoreKeeper Match asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
REF! versus ScoreKeeper Match: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREF!ScoreKeeper Match
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodrigo Vicente Valmorisco应龙 张

In-app purchases

2 purchases

REF!

Subscriptions2
  • REF! PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
  • REF! PRO Yearly$14.991 Year
None

ScoreKeeper Match

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is REF! free?
REF! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScoreKeeper Match free?
ScoreKeeper Match is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do REF! or ScoreKeeper Match have ads?
Neither REF! nor ScoreKeeper Match shows ads.

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