# Pointsman — Smart Scoring "Ticket To Ride" > Automated scoring for Ticket To Ride board game using iPhone camera. (iPhone/iPad app by Chimera Software, LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pointsman/id1447780441 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Chimera Software, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/347752625) - Category: Utilities, Games, Board, Family - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.40/5 from 65 App Store ratings · 37 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 45 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2019-03-04 - Data updated: 2026-08-24 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pointsman/id1447780441/reviews.md ## What is Pointsman? Tired of counting trains? Let the Pointsman score your games of Ticket To Ride automatically using nothing more than your iPhone's camera! The Pointsman is 100% free with absolutely no ads. If you find yourself enjoying the Pointsman and want to support it, please consider leaving a tip via the app. You can use the Pointsman during normal gameplay to confirm player scores, or just leave the scoring till the end and maximize your enjoyment! The Pointsman will tally up all player routes, route scores, station placements, longest train routes and other game specific bonuses, plus all destination tickets. Everything is presented on a beautiful “score ticket” you can share as a memento of your game. Pointsman uses ARKit, CoreML and custom machine learning to recognize trains on the game board; training the models to make this possible is specific to each set. As such, the Pointsman currently only works on the following versions of the game: Ticket To Ride (USA) Ticket To Ride: USA 1910 Expansion Ticket To Ride: Europe Ticket To Ride: Europa 1912 Expansion Ticket To Ride: Rails and Sails, The Great Lakes Coming Soon: Ticket To Ride: Rails and Sails, The World Known Issues: 1. The Pointsman is not trained to recognize the transparent promotional train sets 2. The Pointsman is not trained to recognize the turquoise variant of the blue trains For best results, stand in squarely in front of the game board and hold your device at approximately a 45 degree angle to the game board. To confirm that the score is accurate, you can perform the following two checks: 1. For each player the number of unused trains is printed on the score ticket, just confirm the number matches the actual number of unused trains. 2. Every connection for each player is listed on the score ticket, you can manually confirm each connection is accurate. If the Pointsman does make a mistake, simply tap on the player's score to access the score editing interface to make the necessary corrections. Want to try it out but don't have a finished game handy? Just go to http://chimerasw.com/pointsman/ and use the Pointsman on the image there! Please note that the Pointsman is not affiliated with Days of Wonder or Ticket to Ride in any manner whatsoever. I am just a fan that finds counting trains to be quite tedious. If you are reading this then you probably do as well! ## Key features - Automatic game scoring - Camera-based train recognition - Tally of routes, bonuses, and tickets - Shareable score ticket - Manual score editing - Supports multiple game versions ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Massive Tip | $2.99 | one-time | | Generous Tip | $0.99 | one-time | | Amazing Tip | $5.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 37) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pointsman/id1447780441/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Great *2024-11-17* Works great. Only wish I knew how to edit tickets/destinations ### 5/5 — Really helps with quick scoring! *2024-11-08* Great app!! My only comment is that on newer printings of Ticket to Ride, the game tokens have been made translucent. On occasion the app has trouble discerning that the blue tokens on top of a yellow, or green route are not in fact green tokens. ### 2/5 — Unable to count double tracks *2024-04-14* This was easy to use, however we had a 4 player game and the app was not able to handle when there are double tracks between cities. ### 3/5 — Love the concept *2024-01-15* Love the concept and it has worked flawlessly in the past, but just tonight noticed an incorrect scan of a route card. Tried it multiple times and still fails. In this particular instance, I was trying to scan “San Francisco to Atlanta” (17 pts) but it always scanned as “Los Angeles to Oklahoma City” (9 pts). Tried multiple times, same result. I’ve suggested this apps to friend and now I’m embarrassed to tell them that it doesn’t always work, sorry. ### 5/5 — Brilliant app, worked perfectly *2023-08-05* Thank you. Counting the little trains is so frustrating! ### 5/5 — Saves so much time! *2023-03-25* This is a great app for counting scores at the end of the game. Very easy to use! It mostly gets things correct, you just have to quickly double check the routes registered correctly. But more often than not, they are fine. The manual interface is easy to use so you can correct anything that looks off. Only shortcomings I’ve run into so far is that they don’t have the Asia map. Hopefully they add it at some point. ### 5/5 — Magic! *2022-12-04* Fantastic app. Really well made. No ads but gives you a chance to contribute. Occasionally miscounts stations but easy to correct. ### 4/5 — Trouble recognizing black train cars. *2022-07-14* This is a fantastic app that does a great job of scoring through the iPhone camera, but it does seem to have trouble accurately scoring the black train cars. I was getting negative points for incomplete tickets, so as a test I replaced all the cars with blue pieces and used the app again, after which it scored correctly. It also occasionally reads printed route colors as train cars, but this happens less often and can be ignored. ### 4/5 — Trains great, routes not as great… *2022-04-18* As far as I am concerned it is magic how this app counts the trains. Amazing. The routes need some work. ### 3/5 — Might work *2022-01-29* Not compatibles with 10th Anniversary or 15th Anniversary ## Frequently asked questions about Pointsman ### What does this app do? This app automatically scores your "Ticket To Ride" board games using your iPhone's camera. It recognizes trains on the board to tally player routes, route scores, station placements, longest train routes, and destination tickets, presenting everything on a shareable score ticket. ### What versions of Ticket To Ride does it support? The app currently supports Ticket To Ride (USA), Ticket To Ride: USA 1910 Expansion, Ticket To Ride: Europe, Ticket To Ride: Europa 1912 Expansion, and Ticket To Ride: Rails and Sails, The Great Lakes. More versions are planned for future updates. ### Is this app free to use? Yes, the app is 100% free with no ads. While it is free to use, users can choose to leave a tip via the app to support its development if they find it enjoyable. ### How accurate is the scoring? The app uses ARKit, CoreML, and custom machine learning for train recognition. For best results, stand squarely in front of the game board and hold your device at a 45-degree angle. You can manually confirm the score by checking the number of unused trains and manually verifying each connection listed on the score ticket. ### What if the app makes a mistake? If the app makes a scoring mistake, you can easily correct it. Simply tap on the player's score to access the score editing interface and make the necessary adjustments directly. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7 — 2020-07-27 A warm thank you to everyone who have reached out to help make the Pointsman even better! • In the last update we introduced a bug which prevents you from scanning multiple tickets in a row; this is now fixed. ### 1.6 — 2020-07-20 A warm thank you to everyone who have reached out to help make the Pointsman even better! • Fixed typo for "Phoenix" • Performance improvements while scanning gameboard and tickets ### 1.5 — 2019-09-09 A warm thank you to everyone who have reached out to help make the Pointsman even better! • Scanning a gameboard now display helpful guides around angles to help ensure better results • Fixed portions of the app were unusable on an iPhone SE ### 1.4 — 2019-04-16 A warm thank you to everyone who has reach out to help make the Pointsman even better! • The manual edit screen now has multiple tabs for routes, cities, and tickets • The manual edit screen now allows you to add any tickets to any player without needing to scan them first • Fresh from the gym, newly trained ticket models provide increased accuracy for ticket scanning ### 1.3 — 2019-04-08 A warm thank you to everyone who has reach out to help make the Pointsman even better! • Added support for Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails The Great Lakes! • Added support for the old design, small tickets for the original TTR: USA (the ones without a line connecting the cities) • The camera's flash will now automatically turn on if the room is too dim to provide good train detection • Fresh from the gym, newly trained models provide even better detection of tickets, trains, stations, warehouses, and harbors ## Apps similar to Pointsman | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Slay the Spire: TBG Companion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slay-the-spire-tbg-companion/id6498383481) | 4.2 (20) | Free | Utilities | | [Score Wonders](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/score-wonders/id1671023841) | 4.6 (31) | Free | Utilities | | [Wingscore: Wingspan Scoresheet](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wingscore-wingspan-scoresheet/id1493233219) | 4.8 (141) | Free | Utilities | | [Time To Count: Ticket To Ride](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-to-count-ticket-to-ride/id1584186845) | 4.8 (21) | Free | Utilities | | [My Board Game Collection](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-board-game-collection/id1453019253) | 4.2 (48) | Free | Utilities | | [Ticket to Ride® Companion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ticket-to-ride-companion/id6717596033) | 2.6 (70) | Free | Utilities | ## More apps by Chimera Software, LLC - [Peachtree City Cart Paths](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/peachtree-city-cart-paths/id348581444) - [Starbase Orion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/starbase-orion/id438375580) - [Naval Tactics](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/naval-tactics/id670669812) - [Mad King's Steward](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mad-kings-steward/id1461873703) All apps by Chimera Software, LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/347752625 ## Related topics [ticket to ride score](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ticket-to-ride-score) · [ticket to ride](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ticket-to-ride) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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