# Forced Family Fun: Scoring App — The family's scorekeeper > Digital scorekeeper for board and card games, automating calculations and tracking player statistics. (iPhone/iPad app by Andrew Kohn.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forced-family-fun-scoring-app/id6761661844 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Andrew Kohn](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890714515) - Category: Utilities, Games - Price: $4.99 with in-app purchases - Rating: 5.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 3 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.2 · 21 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-18 - Data updated: 2026-08-05 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forced-family-fun-scoring-app/id6761661844/reviews.md ## What is Forced Family Fun? Ditch the pen, paper, and arguments over who's keeping score. FFF: Scorer is a beautifully designed companion app that handles the math for your favorite card and board games — so you can stay in the moment and enjoy game night. Whether you're battling through a tense round of Skull King, racing to complete your phases in Phase 10, or trying to avoid the Queen of Spades in Hearts, this app tracks every point, bid, trick, and bonus with rules-accurate precision. SUPPORTED GAMES * Canasta — Full meld calculator with natural and mixed canasta bonuses, Red 3 tracking, partnership play, and configurable opening meld requirements. * Hearts — Automatic scoring for hearts taken, Queen of Spades, Shoot the Moon, and optional Jack of Diamonds and Ten of Clubs variants. * Five Crowns — Includes round tracking and a calculator based upon card type, including manual & dynamically calculated scores. * Spades — Bid and trick tracking with Nil and Blind Nil support, bag penalties, and partnership scoring. * Skull King — Complete scoring for all 10 rounds with bonus captures, plus support for Loot Cards, Rascal of Rorik, Davy Jones' Locker, and First Mate expansions. Mexican Train Dominoes — Pip counting across all domino sets from Double-6 through Double-15. * Phase 10 — Phase progression tracking with card penalty calculations and fully customizable phase lists. * Other — A flexible generic scorer for any game not listed above. FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE * Two scoring modes: enter totals directly in Simple mode, or break down every card and bonus in Calculator mode — your choice, every round. * Smart rules engine: the app knows each game's official scoring rules. It calculates round totals, tracks running scores, and detects when someone hits the win condition. * Player management: add your family and friends once, then select them for any game. Win/loss records are tracked across every session. * Scoreboard and leaderboard: see who dominates game night with an all-time podium, filterable by game. Bragging rights included. * Celebration screen: when someone wins, the app marks the occasion with a podium and confetti — because victories deserve to be celebrated. * Per-game settings: customize point values, win thresholds, variant rules, and partnership configurations. Set global defaults or tweak settings mid-game without affecting future sessions. * Game history: every completed session is saved with full round-by-round detail, so you can revisit that legendary comeback. * Designed for families: clean, intuitive interface that anyone at the table can use — from kids to grandparents. BUILT FOR APPLE FFF: Scorer is a native SwiftUI app designed with Apple's Liquid Glass aesthetic for iOS 26. It supports Light Mode, Dark Mode, and every screen size from iPhone SE to iPad Pro. No accounts, no ads, no internet required. Your data stays on your device. Forced Family Fun never looked so good. ## Key features - Automated scoring for multiple games - Player and win/loss tracking - Customizable game settings - Game history and session details - Intuitive interface for all ages - Celebration screen for winners ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: $4.99. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Large Tip | $9.99 | one-time | | Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time | | Medium Tip | $4.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (3 of 3) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forced-family-fun-scoring-app/id6761661844/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-07-15* I love the way that you can track wins and dealer order as well as pick order. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2026-04-21* Love this app - great addition for family game nights **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! Happy to hear it helps and I appreciate you supporting my app!! ### 5/5 — Fantastic App! *2026-04-18* Absolutely love this! I love that we can have it all in the app and the game end summaries are so funny. Love sending those over the text chats!! And the dominos scoring, the calculator is amazing. Highly recommend this app!! **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! I built this app to make game night a little more fun (and easier). Glad you love it!! ## Frequently asked questions about Forced Family Fun ### What games does Forced Family Fun support? Forced Family Fun supports a variety of games including Canasta, Hearts, Five Crowns, Spades, Skull King, Mexican Train Dominoes, and Phase 10. It also includes a generic scorer for any other game. ### How does Forced Family Fun handle scoring? It offers two scoring modes: Simple mode for entering totals directly, and Calculator mode for breaking down every card and bonus. The app's smart rules engine accurately calculates round totals and detects win conditions. ### Can I track player performance with Forced Family Fun? Yes, you can add players and the app tracks their win/loss records across every game session. A scoreboard and leaderboard are available to see who dominates game night. ### Is Forced Family Fun suitable for all ages? Yes, the app is designed with a clean, intuitive interface that is easy for anyone at the table to use, from kids to grandparents. It has an age rating of 4+. ### Does Forced Family Fun require an internet connection? No, Forced Family Fun does not require an internet connection. Your data stays on your device, ensuring privacy and offline usability. ### How often is Forced Family Fun updated? The app was last updated on June 10, 2026, with version 1.2.1. This indicates a commitment to ongoing development and improvements. ### What is the price of Forced Family Fun? Forced Family Fun is a paid app, available for $4.99. This one-time purchase grants access to all its features without recurring costs. ### Does Forced Family Fun have ads? No, Forced Family Fun is ad-free. The description explicitly states 'no ads', ensuring an uninterrupted user experience. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.2.2 — 2026-08-03 This version is a few bug fixes and a small number of feature improvements. * Track Rounds — new game type for tallying round wins in unscored games. There are now two options in the app. One for tracking rounds (whoever wins the most rounds gets credit for one win in the scoreboard) and one for Tracking Wins (the original design which is each win counts towards the scoreboard) * Skull King Kraken — I fixed a bug where if a kraken was played, the user couldn't save the round. Oops and sorry! * Two-set play — combine two copies of Phase 10 / Skip Bo / SkyJo / Five Crowns for larger groups is now supported. * Spades scoring refactor — greatly improved spades scoring. It is now much easier to enter bids, track nil/blind nils etc. * Other Score view — I fixed a bug where the +/− button would show even when "Allow negative scores" was turned on. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-06-10 This version includes four bug fixes and one experience enhancement. ENHANCEMENT TO PHASE 10 SCORING If a player's score is less than 50, the app now automatically credits them with completing the phase. Additionally, any player with a score of 0 — after all other scores have been entered — is automatically credited as well, since going out with a zero means they finished first. FOUR BUG FIXES ICLOUD DATA SYNC Resolved an issue where data created within the last ~30 days would not sync between devices. SKYJO TIE-SCORE DOUBLING Fixed two related scoring errors in SkyJo. First, when a player went out and was tied for the lowest score, the tie was not triggering the score-doubling penalty as required by the rules. Second, when the player who went out had a score of zero or less and was not the lowest score overall, their score was incorrectly being doubled. Both are now corrected. WIN TRACKING Corrected an issue with the Track Wins feature. Previously, playing four games and tracking each one would only add a single win to a player's total, rather than one win per game. Each game win is now counted individually and tracked correctly across all players. SHARED SCORING VIEW Aligned the shared scoring experience so that guests now see the same scoring view as the host, giving everyone the benefit of all host-side scoring improvements made since launch. Thank you, as always, for your support — and may your game nights be absolutely fantastic! ### 1.2 — 2026-05-29 Happy to report a series of meaningful quality of life improvements in this version. This one started out as a bug fix version and with enough changes I felt like it should be more for a 1.2 update … so here we go. In this version we have: - An improved Canasta score entry (top score, count) rather than one box for total points - Moved the shared scoring to a Beta, with dedicated settings and much improved flow (lots of pop ups to explain how it works). These pop ups are unfortunately necessary because I’m doing everything locally, 100% on device (what is yours, stays yours) - Made it possible to always show “Went Out” and “Score Doubled” for SkyJo (improves scoring experience) - Improved scoring of Five Crowns to allow users to enter the count of each card type rather than having to do math. (nice!) - Added the ability to set color and symbol for your “who’s next” groups (yay!) - Fixed an issue with live activities not ending when a game was finished (if the app had crashed with a live activity running, that live activity would never end) Hope you enjoy this release! ### 1.1.1 — 2026-05-01 This is a quick bug fix version. In this version I address an issue with the Skull King scoring layout and also makes it easier to identify which card is wild rather than displaying the round number. ### 1.1 — 2026-04-29 This version of the app introduces two new features. First up, a new game … Five Crowns! Next, I’ve done my best to support several Accessibility features including support for VoiceOver, Dark Interface, Sufficient Contrast and Reduced Motion. I’ve tested these quite a bit but if I missed something or it isn’t working right, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Hope you enjoy this release! --- *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 2026-08-05.*