# Board Game Tools — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Board Game Tools by Skunk Brothers GmbH, rated 3.84/5 from 19 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/board-game-tools/id405250611/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/board-game-tools/id405250611.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (15 of 42) ### 4/5 — Slick *2013-05-05, version 1.4.1* Quick and easy to use. ### 4/5 — Looking for tools? *2012-09-12, version 1.4* Must have ### 4/5 — Great for what it does *2012-08-20, version 1.4* I have always needed an app like this ### 4/5 — Excellent *2012-08-18, version 1.4* If you play games it's great! ### 5/5 — Wow I didn't know............ *2012-08-01, version 1.4* Wow it can hold 20 players so cool and it has a beep sound that's what makes it cool wow I just love it I'd give it 5 star so beeeeeeeeep. ### 5/5 — Super, Full of Xtras, Reliable, <$1! *2012-04-06, version 1.4* Very good app, handy, full of features, and beautiful too. The developer supports it well, tweaks it, and seems to keep up with changes made by Apple, also. I upgraded for 99 cents with an in-app button click and I recommend you take advantage of that deal, too. =*) ### 5/5 — Exactly what needed *2012-02-26, version 1.3.5* Satisfies all your gaming tool needs ### 4/5 — Nice *2012-02-26, version 1.3.5* I've been searching for a simple score keeping app and this fit the bill and more! It's great to have all these game tools in one app. ### 5/5 — Perfect tool *2012-01-23, version 1.3.4* It is a great tool for playing board games. No more wasting papers or forget your dice. ### 5/5 — App review *2011-12-14, version 1.3.4* Great app for visually impaired players ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2011-11-09, version 1.3.3* Great app for board games. Everything you need for all those pieces you lose! ### 5/5 — Just what I needed! *2011-09-19, version 1.3.3* This app is great! Our timer was broken and the buzzer batteries were dead... This app allowed both to be used at the same time and the score keeping was nice too! (although the score keeping was not the most intuitive...need to press the score not the team name, it would have been nice to just press a plus or minus next to the score.) Excellent for a free app! ### 5/5 — Does the job in a pinch *2011-09-04, version 1.3.3* No crashes, easy to use BUT did the description really state dices with an s? Yes, yes it did. It's die for singular and dice for plural ... or he slices and dices with his knife. - Great app, just fix the description please. Also, giving the timer a random function would be nice. User set up max and min - just a suggestion. ### 5/5 — Used it at Game Night *2011-08-11, version 1.3.3* I love this app! It has a dice roller, timer, buzzer, and score keeper. They can all run simultaneously. The controls are pretty straightforward. This app is perfect if you have a bunch of boardgames that needs these functions. My local gaming store hosts a once a week get together and I busted this app out for a couple games. And the best part is: it's free! ### 4/5 — Needs right answer bell "Ding" *2011-06-19, version 1.3.1* Put a correct answer bell next to the buzzer. Thanks!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Almost... *2015-03-05, version 1.4.1* Can't set or reset game and round timers. Paid for app thinking maybe this was a paid feature, but no. Also, ads no longer on my iPad, but still showing on my iPhone. You want me to pay for the app again?! Tried to contact developers for support--can't do it from an iOS device due to CAPTCHA code plugin. Ugh...Crazy. If the above were fixed, I would suggest the following: 1) the ability to set your own number increments would be nice for scoring, and 2) add more sounds to timer (including a record your own feature). ### 1/5 — Hi *2011-04-09, version 1.3* Hi tinky winky guu gi chubi chubi ### 2/5 — Awful Score Keeper *2014-09-16, version 1.4.1* As one reviewer noted, the score keeper is AWFUL. You can't see where you're typing a persons name AND you have to hit delete several times to delete the initial text of "Player #" if you don't want all or part of it as the player name. Also, adding to the score is cumbersome. You have to tap multiples of ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. No multiples of fives. I'd rather have a numerical keypad. I do not expect the paid version to be any better so I won't be buying the ad free version. I may not even use this. :-P ### 2/5 — Not for iPad games *2011-07-30, version 1.3.2* The app does not multiple-task. This makes it a waste of time for iPad/iPhone/iPod games. It may be OK for board games. ### 2/5 — It works, but... *2010-12-18, version 1.1* It's laggy. There's just no excuse for poor performance in such a simple app. Game Kit is better. ### 2/5 — Buzzer audio issue *2010-11-30, version 0* Buzzer does not work. ### 3/5 — Annoyed *2011-05-25, version 1.3.1* Good tool annoyed at the pop up rate me thing. Hate that crap. ### 3/5 — Does the job, but seriously flawed *2011-04-30, version 1.3* At the beginning, it seemed like only the dice part functioned (it's not animated but it does work). It turned out that you have to click a settings icon near each of the other areas before they will do anything, and both of these icons are not obvious. Once you've given the timer an amount and clicked start, it will count down, but mine did not make the alarm sound I'd picked— it only gave a silent alert. The score-keeping bit is pretty awful. If you click "Add player" then click on the new player, the whole screen slides down, showing a blank white area, while the keyboard comes up. Typing on the keyboard *will not change the white area at all*, and you *can't see what you're typing.* It does change the name, but only by adding text after "Player 1", so you have to hit delete 8 times if you just want the person's name. Still, as far as I can tell, this is the only free app that does all this one one screen, so if you're desperate, go right ahead. (It's also posisible that it's been updated sometime after I wrote this.) ### 4/5 — Absolutely perfect! Please update! *2017-08-07, version 1.4.1* This app does what it advertises, and very well. I love how you can add multiple dice, set a timer or keep track of scores all in one place!! Two things that would make this a 5 star app for me and my game-crazy family. #1. Being able to switch the order of the players and deselect if not playing or dropped out, I would love to just imput names once then organize it according to who goes first next and so on so I'm not scrolling through ten names after every persons turn. Also for the scoring, add a five point button, 5 points is awarded in many games and I was surprised it wasn't there from the start. Add these two things and you have a 10 star app (well technically 5 but I'd go to 10 if I could on this one), really. Update: I used this recently and it's gonna go out of commission with the new iOS-please update it and I will continue to use it!! ### 4/5 — Good *2014-06-19, version 1.4.1* Useful app ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Please update!!!!! *2018-01-30, version 1.4.1* Got to update to OS11 ### 5/5 — Actualicen la App *2018-01-07, version 1.4.1* Es la mejor herramienta para los juegos de mesa en mi casa, pero necesito actualización de inmediato ### 5/5 — Update to iOS 11 *2017-10-08, version 1.4.1* Tried to leave a review from my iPhone on the dev website but needed a plug-in to run the captcha. Been using the Game Tools app for years and just realized it wasn’t updated and will no longer work with iOS 11. Hope you will consider an update or a new app release with updated graphics and functionality. Thanks ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2015-04-17, version 1.4.1* Simple perfect nice app five stars all day ### 5/5 — Must have for family Game Night *2013-08-11, version 1.4.1* Has everything you need for keeping score and the small game pieces that tend to disappear. Love it! ### 5/5 — Great apps *2013-07-31, version 1.4.1* We always have a willing score keeper on Friday night game nights with this app. ### 5/5 — Nice and simple! *2012-12-26, version 1.4.1* Needed a quick timer and score keeper for a game of Scrabble Me. This fit the bill nicely! ### 5/5 — useful *2012-09-26, version 1.4* it't good ### 5/5 — Great *2012-08-24, version 1.4* Wonderful ### 5/5 — A real hidden gem *2012-08-20, version 1.4* It's great to have dice, a timer, a buzzer, and a scoresheet all in one low-cost app. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*