Score Board & Timer vs zRef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Score Board & Timer
This tool helps manage soccer matches with a countdown timer and visual cues. It alerts users with vibration and color changes as time progresses, keeping the screen unlocked during use.
- Countdown timer
- Tap to count up
- Half-time alarm and vibration
- Time color indicators
- Keeps phone unlocked
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This is the suitable tool for soccer match!! Count up by tapping. Alarm and vibration when the half of the setting time passed. Time color changes (black, orange, red) as time passes. Your phone stays unlock even after the auto lock setting time past If you want to use PK(penalty shootout) , install the standard version at the following link. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id892738727?mt=8
zRef
This app helps referees manage sports matches by tracking time, logging goals, cautions, and ejections. It provides a timer and stopwatch for game management and generates end-of-game reports with scores and event details.
- Match time tracking
- Goal logging
- Caution and ejection tracking
- Timer and stopwatch
- End-of-game reports
- Simple match creation
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zRef is a refereeing app to help you keep track of your matches. The app can keep track of time, log goals, cautions, ejections, and more. The app is simple to use. Simply create a new match, and supply the time per half. Click the start button to start the timer and press it to stop. There is a timer and stopwatch, so you can know he time remaining and the elapsed time for filling out game cards. You can also click and hold start/stop the button to log things such as goals, cautions, and ejections. When the game is over, you will be given an end of game report. This will contain the final score and each event that occurred (including time).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Score Board & Timer at 100% against zRef's 50%. Score Board & Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). zRef's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Score Board & Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Score Board & Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of zRef's.
Score Board & Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, zRef every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Score Board & Timer | zRef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZOOMO, Inc. | Rami Sinno |
Customer experience
Score Board & Timer
zRef
In-app purchases
Score Board & Timer
No in-app purchases
zRef
No in-app purchases
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