Comparison

NativeScript Preview vs TableMate

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

Head to head
About

NativeScript Preview

Instantly preview your NativeScript projects directly on your mobile device. See your native UI elements, from buttons to complex 2D/3D canvas renderings, come to life as you develop.

Highlights
  • Live preview on device
  • Native UI element rendering
  • 2D canvas rendering
  • 3D canvas rendering
  • Cross-platform development tool
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Preview NativeScript projects on your device – from basic native user interface elements like buttons, switches and sliders, to 2d/3d canvas renderings.

About

TableMate

Features
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TableMate is the one box of tools your game nights were missing: a lightning-fast scorekeeper, live standings your friends can watch from their own phones, and a drawer full of little helpers (dice, timers, buzzers) so the games stay on the table and the phone stays out of the way. KEEP SCORE, FAST One number per player, one tap to confirm. The keyboard is already up, the next player already waiting. Mistyped a score? Tap it and fix it. Every round saves itself, so you can put the phone down mid-game and pick the sheet back up next week. • Target score, your way: play to a score where the first to reach it wins, or the reverse, where reaching it ends the game and the LOWEST total wins (for card games like Skyjo) • Round-by-round history and a score evolution chart • A winner card ready to share when the night has a champion FRIENDS WATCH LIVE Start sharing and a QR code appears. Anyone at the table scans it and follows the live standings in their own browser. No app to install, no account to create. The room survives "play again", so spectators roll into the next game automatically. YOUR GAME NIGHTS, REMEMBERED Every finished game lands in the Journal on its own: a heatmap of your year, most played, most won, and "The rivalry", the head-to-head between the two players who share your table most often. Log board-game nights by hand too, scores or no scores. YOUR SHELF, SORTED Keep your collection in the Games tab with covers, and find any board game in seconds. BGG SYNC Bring your BoardGameGeek side along: type your username and your whole collection walks in, covers included. Plays sync too: import your BGG history straight into the Journal, and publish new plays back to your account whenever you choose. A FULL TOOLBOX • First Player: everyone puts a finger on the screen, TableMate picks • Team Randomizer: same arena, deals fingers into teams • Dice Roller: d4 to d20 and a coin, shake to roll • Turn Timer: countdown or chess clock • Party Buzzer: phones become buzzers, straight from the browser • Banker: money without the paper money • Tally Counter, Spinner, Turn Order, and a Caller for bingo-style games HOMEY BY DESIGN Warm linen, parchment cards, chunky numbers. Like a well-loved score pad slipped inside the game box, not another glowing tech product. Free. No ads. No account. Ready for tonight.

Screenshots

NativeScript Preview4 screens
TableMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TableMate at weekly against NativeScript Preview's every 3 weeks. NativeScript Preview's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NativeScript Preview ships an update every 3 weeks, TableMate weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NativeScript Preview versus TableMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNativeScript PreviewTableMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopernStudio LLCSoftLink SAS

In-app purchases

None

NativeScript Preview

No in-app purchases

None

TableMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NativeScript Preview free?
NativeScript Preview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TableMate free?
TableMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NativeScript Preview or TableMate have ads?
Neither NativeScript Preview nor TableMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NativeScript Preview or TableMate?
NativeScript Preview ships an update every 3 weeks, and TableMate weekly. Most recently, NativeScript Preview was updated on October 2, 2026 and TableMate on October 1, 2026.

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