WhatsTheScore? vs Scoreboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhatsTheScore?
Easily track sports scores and instantly share updates with friends and family via text message. Customize team names, colors, and messages for seamless communication during games.
- Score tracking
- Customizable team names and colors
- Instant text message score updates
- Score history
- Add/remove contacts for updates
- Editable text messages
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Are you missing the action texting your family and friends to keep them up to date on the score? "What's The Score?" helps you track the action and let everyone know the score with a couple of taps. Set up the team names and colors for the scoreboard, then choose any number of people from your contacts. Anytime you want to let them know the score, just tap the message button and a text message will be brought up, ready to send! Features - Many color options to choose from - Easily swap team names (when changing sides) - Reset the score for a new match - Tap or swipe to increase or decrease the score (or the game/set) - Go back to a previous game to see the score - Add people to receive texts (or clear the list for a new match) - Customize the text message before sending if you like! Notes - Volleyball is currently the pre-set for texting, more coming soon!
Scoreboard
Easily track scores for any game with a digital scoreboard. Customize team colors, set win limits, and manage game time for a more legitimate competitive experience on your mobile device.
- Digital scoreboard
- Customizable team colors
- Set win limits
- Game timer
- Adjustable score increments
- Reset score functionality
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Make your games more legitimate with Scoreboard! Scoreboard lets you keep score on the go with an actual scoreboard. Scoreboard is excellent for those looking to referee a game, keep track of scoring for a game that they are watching, or legitimize the competitive nature of a game that they are playing by using a real legitimate scoreboard on their phone, tablet, or other devices! The Scoreboard app is applicable to any points-based game like football, basketball, baseball, and many more (including board games and other indoor/outdoor games). Some of the features are: -change points/score increments -change team colors -set win limits -set a game timer -accurately manage and keep track of game time & more! Just tap the side that scored to increase their score on the scoreboard! Reset the score to start a new game. Terms & Conditions: https://lbulbapps.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lbulbapps.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WhatsTheScore? at 63% against Scoreboard's 0%. WhatsTheScore? also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Scoreboard's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 40 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scoreboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WhatsTheScore? asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scoreboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 100 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of WhatsTheScore?'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Scoreboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WhatsTheScore? ships an update every 40 months, Scoreboard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhatsTheScore? | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (26 ratings) | 4.4 (100 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Aaron Spencer | Dejan Atanasov |
Customer experience
WhatsTheScore?
Scoreboard
In-app purchases
WhatsTheScore?
No in-app purchases
Scoreboard
- Scoreboard Pro: Point Tracker$5.99
