Comparison

Save The Waves vs Score Anything

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

Head to head
About

Save The Waves

Report coastal threats like pollution and illegal development by snapping geotagged photos. This data is shared with environmental organizations and agencies to help protect surf ecosystems globally. Empower local communities to become active stewards of coastal environments.

Highlights
  • Report coastal threats
  • Geotagged photo submission
  • Data sharing with agencies
  • Community empowerment
  • Surf ecosystem protection
Features
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The Save The Waves Mobile App crowdsources data from coastal users who identify key coastal threats like illegal development, plastic pollution and poor water quality. Using smartphone technology, users snap a photo of the impacted site that is geotagged by the phone’s GPS. This data is shared with on-the-ground practitioners, coastal agencies, and protected area managers in our coalition. With our larger community, we can identify and reduce threats in surf ecosystems across the globe, empowering our local communities to be active stewards in the protection of surf ecosystems.

About

Score Anything

Easily track scores for any game, from board and card games to sports and RPGs. Features customizable player names, colors, and scoring increments. Supports up to 12 players and automatically saves multiple game scores.

Highlights
  • Single touch score counting
  • Undo mistakes
  • Customizable scoring increments
  • Rotate scores per player
  • Personalize player names and colors
  • Supports 1-12 players
  • Automatically saves multiple games
Features
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Track Game Scores Effortlessly with Score Anything - Free with Zero Ads! Say goodbye to hunting for pens, scribbling on scraps of paper, or struggling with clunky scorekeeping apps. With Score Anything, keeping track of scores is as easy as a single touch! Perfect for board games (Scrabble, Qwirkle, Boggle), card games (Phase 10, Rummy, Canastra), backyard games (Farkle, Pass the Pigs, Cornhole), RPGs (D&D, Magic the Gathering), sports (Golf, Darts), and anything else you need to count with a group of friends! Quick & Accurate Scoring • Count any score with a single natural gesture • View your game scoring history with the ability to undo mistakes • Customize scoring increments to suit your game Handy for Tabletop Use • Rotate scores to face their player, no matter the seating arrangement • Personalize player names and colors to match game pieces • Supports 1-12 players – ideal for solo scorekeeping or group play Keeps Track of Multiple Games • Automatically saves scores for multiple games • Name and configure scoreboards for different games and groups of players Supports up to 12 Players • Ideal for solo scorekeeping or designating a scorekeeper • Choose from 24 vibrant player colors Simple, Sleek, and Ad-Free • Enjoy a beautiful, distraction-free interface • Dark mode design saves battery life on OLED screen iPhones

Screenshots

Save The Waves4 screens
Score Anything4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Save The Waves at none against Score Anything's 1. Save The Waves also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). Score Anything's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 16). On price, rating, 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. Score Anything sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Save The Waves asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Save The Waves against 4.9 for Score Anything. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Score Anything has 1K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Save The Waves ships an update every 5 months, Score Anything every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Save The Waves versus Score Anything: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave The WavesScore Anything
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better4.9 (1K ratings)
Positive reviews—99.0% of reviews
Number of ratings161K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSave The Waves CoalitionIlya Panchenko

Customer experience

Save The Waves

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Score Anything

All ratings978 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.5%

Bugs and requests

Save The Waves

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Score Anything

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Undoing a score sometimes causes it to reappear later

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more player slots (e.g. up to 8 players)
  • Option to orient all scores the same way
  • Add a round/game counter
  • Ability to delete past game records

In-app purchases

None

Save The Waves

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Score Anything

One-time1
  • Score Anything Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Save The Waves free?
Save The Waves is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Score Anything free?
Score Anything is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Save The Waves or Score Anything?
Save The Waves is rated higher. Save The Waves averages 5.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Score Anything averages 4.9 from 1K ratings.
Do Save The Waves or Score Anything have ads?
Neither Save The Waves nor Score Anything shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Save The Waves or Score Anything?
Save The Waves ships an update every 5 months, and Score Anything every 4 months. Most recently, Save The Waves was updated on October 24, 2026 and Score Anything on October 29, 2026.

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