Ultimate Scoreboard vs Mini Scoreboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Scoreboard
This app provides a highly customizable scoreboard for tracking any game. It offers advanced features like penalty tracking, shot clocks, and customizable team setups. Results can be shared easily, and the app supports external screen mirroring and network connectivity for multiple devices.
- Customizable game layouts
- Team setup with logos and colors
- Penalty and shot clock management
- External screen mirroring (HDMI/AirPlay)
- Network connectivity for multiple devices
- Sound effects for game events
- Social media and email sharing
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Versatile and highly customizable scoreboard that lets you track any game and share standings and results with friends and family! Can also be used as a "real" scoreboard by connecting to an external screen by HDMI or AirPlay mirroring, or use up to 7 other iDevices as external screens by connecting them over the network. Features: - Choose between 6 different layouts when presented on an external screen. - Adjustable length- and number of periods. - Set up teams with optional logos and colors. - Penalties - shows up to three concurrent penalties per team, supports unlimited concurrent penalties. Penalties can be edited and removed. - Shot clock. - Timeouts. - Intermissions. - All clocks can be adjusted, even while still running. Long tap to enter edit mode. - Change clock direction. - Get a notification when the period or game ends if the app is running in the background (you need to accept push notifications for this to work). - Sound effects: select from a rich set of sound effects for events such as scoring, match clock start/stop, period end, game won, penalty or timeout expiration etc. - Customize the colors and fonts of clocks, scores and teams individually. - Select your own background for an even more personal touch. - Share results on social media, Email, messages etc. - Use the companion Apple Watch app to control the scoreboard from your wrist, maybe even as one of the participants? - Show a big scoreboard by connecting a TV by cable or AirPlay mirroring and select from a number of different layouts. - Connect up to 7 iPads or iPhones over the network and use them as external screens. Each connected scoreboard can use it's own separate layout and styling. - Supports most sports including Soccer, Ice hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Padel, Handball, Floorball, Lacrosse and many more. - Connect external buttons (Flic) to control the scoreboard as one of the participants or a referee. Wear the button on your wrist or on your cloths, stick it to the side of your table tennis table... you get the idea. - Use shortcuts through the Shortcuts app to trigger scores, control the game clock and more. Instructions: Tap the score with one finger for one point, two fingers for two points and three fingers for three points. You can also swipe up or right to increase the score by one or swipe left or down to remove the last added point(s). Tap on the game clock (or any other clock for that matter) to start/pause it. Tap on the period to change to the next period, long press to edit. To give either team a penalty or a timeout, tap the whistle icon in the top left. Tap on the team names to go to the team editor, where you can create new teams with customized logos and colors and select teams for the current game. Adjust the length and number of periods, the length of penalties and so on from the settings menu. Tap the trashcan icon to reset the current game. Use the share icon to share results with MMS/Facebook/Twitter/Email etc or save it to your photo album as a dear memory of that big win. Watch app: - swipe left and right to switch between screens. - on the score screen, tap each team button to add a point and swipe down on the button to undo the latest point. - on the game time screen, tap the time to start/stop the game clock. - on the last screen you have the option to reset the current game.
Mini Scoreboard
This app provides a digital scoreboard for mini-hockey games. It includes a timer for each period and intermission, with more features planned for future updates.
- Mini-hockey scoreboard
- Period timer
- Intermission timer
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Bring big-game energy to wherever you play. Mini Scoreboard turns your iPhone or iPad into a scoreboard for basement hockey, backyard games, pickup matches and more. Choose your sport, customize your teams and make every game feel like your home arena. 12 SPORTS. ONE SCOREBOARD. Hockey, basketball, American football, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, pickleball, lacrosse, wrestling, boxing and golf. CONTROLS THAT FIT YOUR GAME Use sport-specific scoring and timing controls, including hockey penalties and shots, basketball shot clocks, football downs, baseball innings and runners, soccer added time and shootouts. Pause the clock, correct the score or undo an action whenever your game needs an adjustment. Customize timing and rules to suit how you play. MAKE SOME NOISE Choose goal horns and celebrations, adjust sound levels, or import your own horn recording. Give your teams their own names, colors and sounds. YOUR ROOM. YOUR ARENA. Choose a scoreboard design and use the full-screen display to keep the action easy to follow. Mini Scoreboard supports both portrait and landscape layouts on iPhone and iPad. ONE GAME. MORE SCREENS. Mini Scoreboard Pro is an optional auto-renewing annual subscription. Prices are displayed in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation. Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://karalewich.com/mini-scoreboard-privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Scoreboard at 4.7 against Mini Scoreboard's 3.6. Ultimate Scoreboard also leads on ratings volume (387 vs 30) and review sentiment (73% vs 61%). Mini Scoreboard's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Ultimate Scoreboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Mini Scoreboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ultimate Scoreboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Scoreboard has 387 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Ultimate Scoreboard's written reviews are positive against 61% of Mini Scoreboard's.
Ultimate Scoreboard ships an update every 2 months, Mini Scoreboard every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Scoreboard | Mini Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (387 ratings) — better | 3.6 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 387 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AgiDev AB | Karalewich |
Customer experience
Ultimate Scoreboard
Mini Scoreboard
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Scoreboard
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes and loses data
- Clock keeps disappearing
- App is not working for some users
- Cannot load images once in a while
- App kept bugs badly
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- Cannot reverse points after accidental click
- Shot clock will not pause or reset when pausing
- Changing times on one clock changes others
- App crashes when resetting score on iOS 14.6
- New update has screwed up the app
- App crashes and shows a white screen after new update
- App only works with Wi-Fi after update
- Cannot rotate the scoreboard
- Bugs on iPad mini
Requested features
21 requests- Add a countdown clock option
- Allow changing font and appearance
- Add a feature for seconds and milliseconds after 1 minute
- Implement a shot clock
- Allow choosing custom images
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- Add color options for the scoreboard
- Add tournament mode
- Allow penalty clocks to stop independently of the game clock
- Add a whistle sound for timer start/stop
- Play a choice of sounds when score increases
- Add team records
- Allow live games
- Add specialized sports spreadsheets for stats
- Ability to save and archive multiple games
- Timer configuration with minutes and seconds
- Fix bug with clock resetting to zeroes in countdown mode when new game is selected
- Add a 30-second penalty timer option
- Ability to reset period counter
- Add a 270 camera feature
- Add timeouts (3-10)
- Add yard marker team names and logos
Mini Scoreboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Scoreboard
- Stadium monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Stadium yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Mini Scoreboard
- Mini Scoreboard Pro Annual$9.991 Year
Questions
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