WhatsTheScore? vs Basic Scorecard 2
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!
Basic Scorecard 2
A straightforward and adaptable scorecard for golf, disc golf, and mini golf. It supports up to four players and allows for pre-setting initial scores. Easily adjust scores hole by hole without any ads, subscriptions, or data collection.
- Scorecard for golf, disc golf, mini golf
- Supports 1-4 players
- Pre-load initial scores
- Adjust scores per hole
- No ads or subscriptions
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Basic, versatile, and easy to read scorecard for golf (Disc / Mini golf too) for 1 to 4 Players. Settings screen allows for pre-loading initial scores (set to par for example). Then adjust scores up or down as holes are completed. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, and no data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WhatsTheScore? at Free against Basic Scorecard 2's $2.99. WhatsTheScore? also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 1). Basic Scorecard 2's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (daily vs every 40 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
WhatsTheScore? is free to download; Basic Scorecard 2 costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic Scorecard 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WhatsTheScore? has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WhatsTheScore? ships an update every 40 months, Basic Scorecard 2 daily. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhatsTheScore? | Basic Scorecard 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Spencer | Gregory J Albin |
Customer experience
WhatsTheScore?
Basic Scorecard 2
In-app purchases
WhatsTheScore?
No in-app purchases
Basic Scorecard 2
No in-app purchases
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