Comparison

Morels vs Talking Score Keeper

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

Head to head
About

Morels

This is a digital adaptation of a beloved card game where players forage for delicious mushrooms in a dappled forest. Compete against others or AI, cook your finds, and strategically collect varieties to win. Includes an expansion with new cards and gameplay elements.

Highlights
  • Digital adaptation of a strategy card game
  • Online asynchronous 2-player games
  • Local pass & play mode
  • Solo play against AI
  • Game modifiers for varied gameplay
  • Interactive tutorial
  • In-app rulebook
Features
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*** Foray is now available! Foray expands Morels with 13 new types of cards including new items, characters, weather, and a more dynamic forest. Last fall, crackling fires wreathed the mountains. This spring, light-wielding thunderstorms roiled the valleys. Now, with summer come early and a glowing moon overhead, the soil is moist and black and delicious mushrooms are peeking up all over the forest. The Foray is on! *** The official digital adaptation of the beloved card game Morels. The woods are old-growth, dappled with sunlight. Delicious mushrooms beckon from every grove and hollow with many tasty varieties awaiting the savvy collector. Forage, sautée with butter over the fire, and cook your way to victory! Highlights: -Elegant digital conversion of the card game by Brent Povis -Online asynchronous 2 player games -Local pass & play -Solo play against 3 AI difficulty levels -Game modifiers: try a new way to play! -Interactive tutorial -In-app rulebook -Translated into: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish -No ads or microtransactions. Awards & Honors: 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players Nominee 2014 Games Magazine Best New Card Game Winner 2014 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2012 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2012 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee

About

Talking Score Keeper

This app announces scores, player turns, and progress towards first place for tabletop games. It features customizable announcements and a tally function for complex scoring, eliminating the need to pass your phone around.

Highlights
  • Announces player turns and scores
  • Calculates distance to first place
  • Customizable announcements
  • Tally feature for multiple scores per turn
  • Score history per turn
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Getting frustrated with all the other score keeping apps out there? Tired of your phone circulating around the table just so every player can see their score? You don't know exactly what Uncle Jake has been through, but you certainly don't want any of it getting all over your phone! Well, say hello to Talking Score Keeper - or maybe it should say hello to you! It's the only app that announces who's turn it is, their score, how much they need to get to be in first place and much more. It's all customizable in an easy, intuitive interface. And with the Tally feature, Talking Score Keeper can even be used with games that allow multiple scores in a single turn. These points can either be added to the current player's total or surrendered, depending on the rules of the game. And speaking of points, you can always pull up a history of who scored what on each of the previous turns. So go ahead and download this great utility and be confident you will never have to read anyone's score to them ever again.

Screenshots

Morels3 screens
Talking Score Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Talking Score Keeper at Free against Morels's $4.99. Morels's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (90% vs 50%). On in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Talking Score Keeper is free to download; Morels costs $4.99 up front. Morels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Talking Score Keeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Morels holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Morels has 491 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Morels's written reviews are positive against 50% of Talking Score Keeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Morels ships an update fortnightly, Talking Score Keeper every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Morels versus Talking Score Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMorelsTalking Score Keeper
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (491 ratings) — better4.3 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings491 — better19
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 35 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOSSBARK GAMES LLCLone Human, LLC

Customer experience

Morels

All ratings485 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative4.4%

Talking Score Keeper

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Morels

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Foray cards not functioning properly
  • Destroying Angel card causing game to get stuck
  • Shiitake log not always creating bonus
  • Butter and cider extras not working together

Requested features

4 requests
  • Online synchronous 2-player mode
  • In-game messaging for online play
  • Faster end-game scoring
  • More player accounts and leaderboards

Talking Score Keeper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Morels

One-time1
  • Foray$2.99
3 purchases

Talking Score Keeper

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock History$0.99
  • More Voices$0.99

Questions

Is Morels free?
Morels costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Talking Score Keeper free?
Talking Score Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Morels or Talking Score Keeper?
Morels is rated higher. Morels averages 4.9 out of 5 from 491 ratings, while Talking Score Keeper averages 4.3 from 19 ratings.
Do Morels or Talking Score Keeper have ads?
Talking Score Keeper shows ads; Morels does not.
Which is updated more often, Morels or Talking Score Keeper?
Morels ships an update fortnightly, and Talking Score Keeper every 35 months. Most recently, Morels was updated on November 6, 2026 and Talking Score Keeper on November 2, 2026.

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