ScorePal vs Board Game Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScorePal
Easily track scores for any game with friends and family. Features a built-in calculator, turn order adjustment, and score editing. Save your game progress to continue later.
- Score tracking
- Built-in calculator
- Adjust turn order
- Edit player properties
- Save game progress
- Game timer
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ScorePal is a simple yet extremely functional app that will allow you to easily keep score when playing your favorite games with friends and family. Tips: 1) Touch a player's score to bring up a simple calculator. 2) Drag a player's name up or down to change turn order. 4) Tap a player's name in order to edit their properties. 3) Change the value of the text field labeled "+/-" to easily increment or decrement a player's score. 4) Touch the Timer button to create a new timer for your game. Navigate back to the main display and you can pause or reset the timer. 5) Don't have time to finish your game? Tap the Options button and save your Scoreboard.
Board Game Buddy
Simplify board game scoring and track your gameplays. Easily upload your game history to your favorite board game websites. Offers general scoring and custom score sheets for numerous games.
- Simplify board game scoring
- Track gameplays
- Upload game history
- Custom score sheets
- General scoring
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Spend more time playing your favourite table top board games and less time fiddling with complicated scoring. And when you are done, easily upload your game play to your favourite board game website! General scoring and custom scoresheets for many games - or you can create your own smart scoresheet! Have fun and keep gaming!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Board Game Buddy at 100% against ScorePal's 36%. Board Game Buddy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). ScorePal's advantage is ratings volume (186 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Board Game Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScorePal has 186 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of ScorePal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Board Game Buddy's.
ScorePal ships an update every 3 weeks, Board Game Buddy fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ScorePal | Board Game Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (186 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pace Apps Inc. | Andrew Morrison |
Customer experience
ScorePal
Board Game Buddy
In-app purchases
ScorePal
No in-app purchases
Board Game Buddy
No in-app purchases
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