Comparison

Five Kings vs Multi Score Keeper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Five Kings

A challenging card game where players aim for the lowest score by melding sets and runs of cards. Features multiple difficulty levels and can be played solo or against others.

Highlights
  • Solitaire or multiplayer gameplay
  • 11 rounds with increasing hand size
  • Wild cards and scoring mechanics
  • Drag-and-drop melding interface
  • Five difficulty levels from Beginner to Expert
  • Inspired by Five Crowns card game
Features
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Five Kings is a challenging melding card game played solitaire or against your friends. In this game you play 11 rounds against the computer and/or against other humans. The winner is the player who has the lowest score at the end of the game. You start with the round of 3's where you have 3 cards and 3's are wild (in addition to Jokers). You end with the round of Kings where you have 13 cards and Kings are wild. In each turn, draw from the Draw or Discard pile to your hand, meld your cards (by dragging them to the meld area on the screen), and discard a card to the Discard pile. Melds are 3 or more of the same rank, or 3 or more in a sequence, including as many wild cards as you like. A player is "out" when they have melded all their cards, giving them a score of 0 for the round. All other players get one more turn to improve their hands, or also go out. At the end of the round, your score for the round is the sum of the unmelded cards you have left. Cards count their face value except that unmelded wild cards count 20, and unmelded Jokers count 50! Sound difficult? Fortunately Five Kings has five (of course) game difficulties from Beginner (where the game helps you play and gives you hints) to Challenging (where your on your own against the Expert). The Easy opponent may throw you wild cards half the time, but you'll need all your skills and strategy to beat the Expert consistently. Five Kings is inspired by the popular card game Five Crowns by Set Enterprises.

About

Multi Score Keeper

Easily track scores for a wide variety of board and card games with friends. Features shared scoring, player management, and detailed score sheets for specific games. Save game history and resume at any time.

Highlights
  • Shared scoring with friends
  • Add/modify unlimited players
  • Track current dealer
  • Game-specific scoring rules
  • Save and resume games
  • Detailed game history
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This app will help keep track of scores for many types of games. Share the game code with friends and keep score together. Games such as Phase 10, Five Crowns, Rage, Yahtzee, Qwixx, Sushi Go!, Dutch Blitz, and many other games. No need for pencil and paper or running out of score sheets. Features include: - Shared scoring - Add any number of players - Set order of players - Track current dealer - Modify user names - Remember users to be added or deleted from games - Show requirements for games, such as each phase in Phase 10 and locking rows in Qwixx - Special scoring, such as bids in Rage, and automatically adding points for making bid - Show wild card in Five Crowns - Add or delete points when tracking score - Save history of games - Resume games at any time - Search for specific game by name or players - Special detailed score sheets for each game Never run out of score sheets. Use the app to keep score. Save the game results to see how well you did against you friends and family. No more bragging without proof.

Screenshots

Five Kings1 screens
Multi Score Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Multi Score Keeper at Free against Five Kings's $0.99. Multi Score Keeper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 36 months). Five Kings's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Multi Score Keeper is free to download; Five Kings costs $0.99 up front. Multi Score Keeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Kings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Multi Score Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 53 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Five Kings's written reviews are positive against 40% of Multi Score Keeper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Kings ships an update every 36 months, Multi Score Keeper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Five Kings versus Multi Score Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive KingsMulti Score Keeper
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (12 ratings)4.8 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1253 — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey PughAusome LLC

Customer experience

Five Kings

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

Multi Score Keeper

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

Five Kings

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Multi Score Keeper

One-time1
  • Unlimited Games$2.99

Questions

Is Five Kings free?
Five Kings costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Multi Score Keeper free?
Multi Score Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Five Kings or Multi Score Keeper?
Multi Score Keeper is rated higher. Five Kings averages 3.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Multi Score Keeper averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do Five Kings or Multi Score Keeper have ads?
Neither Five Kings nor Multi Score Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Kings or Multi Score Keeper?
Five Kings ships an update every 36 months, and Multi Score Keeper every 3 months. Most recently, Five Kings was updated on September 18, 2026 and Multi Score Keeper on June 3, 2026.

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