REF!
Referee from your wrist
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Start the season with everything in place: matches, timings, payments and how you performed on the pitch. Run the game from your wrist and leave the notebook behind.
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
Ratings & Reviews
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We've introduced several improvements and changes, including:
- The ability to record added time for each half on the watch, so you'll be notified when it ends.
- A new category type with "variable fee," made for tournaments, friendlies, or matches where the fee isn't always the same.
- Design changes to the app's interface on the watch for a more intuitive and visually appealing experience.
- You can now report or block a user who invites you to a match, even if they're not your friend.
- Minor bug fixes
Thanks for using REF!
The developer, Rodrigo Vicente Valmorisco, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Rodrigo Vicente Valmorisco
- Size
- 18 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- REF! PRO Yearly $14.99
- REF! PRO Monthly $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Rodrigo Vicente Valmorisco