Comparison

ScorePal vs Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Score tracking
  • Built-in calculator
  • Adjust turn order
  • Edit player properties
  • Save game progress
  • Game timer
Features
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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.

About

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

Automate scoring for the board game Forest Shuffle™ by scanning your cards. This app handles multiple scans, allows for editing, and supports cross-device QR code sharing. It also includes a card glossary and saves past game sessions.

Highlights
  • Scan trees through the camera
  • Automatic score counting
  • Merge scans from multiple devices
  • Archive previous sessions
  • Card glossary access
  • Cross-device QR code sharing
Features
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This app allows you to speed up the scoring process of the printed version of the game Forest Shuffle™. By scanning the cards on your table after a just finished game you can automate the scoring of your laid out cards. The App can handle up to 5 scan results per scoring process. The scanning process is comfortable and you can also fastly edit your scan results. It is possible to exchange the scan results by QR Code between your devises. Sessions can be stored and edited. There is also a complete glossary of cards available. As this app is free you definitely need to give it a try... you will be surprised how easy the scoring can get. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter Features: - Scan trees through the camera - Count your score automatically - Merge scans from multiple devices - Share your results to social media - Archive your previous sessions - Quick access to the appendix - English, German, French and Italian interface - Scan is language independent - Supports exclusively the version Forest Shuffle™ - Supports all Forest Shuffle™ expansions/promos

Screenshots

ScorePal4 screens
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter at 76% against ScorePal's 36%. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3). ScorePal's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 186 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of ScorePal's written reviews are positive against 76% of Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScorePal ships an update every 3 weeks, Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ScorePal versus Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScorePalForest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (186 ratings)4.9 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews75.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186 — better65
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB504 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPace Apps Inc.DIGIDICED

Customer experience

ScorePal

All ratings184 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral21.4%
Negative42.9%

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

All ratings64 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral15.2%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

ScorePal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Cannot scan trees with more than 4 cards
  • QR code player scanning not working
  • Does not recognize cards 95% of the time
  • Does not consider multiple cards on the same side of a tree
  • Steinmarder (stone marten) scoring incorrect
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  • Siebenschläfer (dormouse) text/scoring incorrect
  • Silver Fir tagged Peacock butterfly not selectable
  • Deer scoring messed up
  • Holzbiene (wood bee) not recognized/implemented
  • Zitronenfalter (common brimstone butterfly) missing
  • Kröten (toads) and Rehe (deer) cannot be entered for multiple spots
  • App not in French as advertised
  • Scan function not working for some users
  • App takes longer than manual scoring for some
  • Does not correctly capture all card constellations
  • Ignores lower cards
  • Does not count cards from the cave

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add support for Dartmoor expansion
  • Add support for Mischwald Dartmoor
  • Add support for Exploration expansion
  • Add support for new caves
  • Automatic photo capture
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  • Add automa mode for solo play
  • Add summary of points breakdown
  • Add French language support
  • Add support for more languages

In-app purchases

None

ScorePal

No in-app purchases

None

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScorePal free?
ScorePal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter free?
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScorePal or Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter?
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter is rated higher. ScorePal averages 4.3 out of 5 from 186 ratings, while Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter averages 4.9 from 65 ratings.
Do ScorePal or Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter have ads?
Neither ScorePal nor Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScorePal or Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter?
ScorePal ships an update every 3 weeks, and Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter monthly. Most recently, ScorePal was updated on October 24, 2026 and Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter on October 30, 2026.

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