WanabeRef vs MyGol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WanabeRef
This app serves as a comprehensive reference for football fans, offering rules, news updates, stadium locations, and social features. It also includes a retro-themed game for entertainment.
- Football rules reference
- Latest news via RSS feeds
- Stadium location lookup
- Issue virtual cards
- Photo overlay feature
- Social commenting
- Retro themed game
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WanabeRef is a fun app and Reference for football fans, which can be used to reference the rules of football, check the latest news via RSS feeds, check the location of a Stadium, issue a card to your friends, take a photo with a selected overlay image or just post a social comment. Now WanabeRef also includes a retro themed game for you to enjoy at half time.
MyGol
This app allows referees and organizers to manage match data directly, eliminating the need for notebooks. It provides real-time match events to players and spectators and automatically generates reports post-game. Users receive a daily calendar of assigned games and schedule change notifications.
- Manage match data without notebooks
- Real-time event tracking
- Automated report generation
- Daily game calendar
- Schedule change notifications
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Manage all match data directly from the app without the need for a notebook or stopwatch. All the events of the match are available in real time to users, whether players or spectators and regardless of where they are. At the end of the game reports are generated automatically and sent directly to team players and technical staff. Users have a daily calendar with all the games assigned by the organization, notification of the modified schedules, in short, an indispensable tool for both referees and organizers of the leagues.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyGol at 89% against WanabeRef's 33%. MyGol also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). WanabeRef's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
WanabeRef ships an update every 9 months, MyGol every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WanabeRef | MyGol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen COX | Technology Sports Management SL |
Customer experience
WanabeRef
MyGol
In-app purchases
WanabeRef
No in-app purchases
MyGol
No in-app purchases
