Score Block vs Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Score Block
Easily track scores for card and board games. The app automatically tallies points each round, shows who's leading, and records individual round scores. Save games to resume later or use them as templates for new ones.
- Automatic point tallying
- Leader indication
- Round score tracking
- Custom range dice
- Game saving and templating
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Keep score in seconds — for card games, board games, and game nights. Score Block is a fast and reliable scorekeeper for games like Rummy, Skat, Doppelkopf, and many more. Enter points round by round, and the app automatically calculates totals so you always know who is leading. You can review each round in detail, continue unfinished games anytime, and use old games as templates to start new matches faster. Also included: a flexible dice tool. Roll classic 1–6 or choose any custom range from 0 to 999,999,999. Features: - Quick and simple score tracking - Automatic total calculation after every round - Leader and start-player indication - Round-by-round score overview - Save and continue games anytime - Reuse old games as templates - Flexible dice with custom ranges (0–999,999,999)
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Automate scoring for the board game Forest Shuffle™ by scanning your cards. This app handles multiple scans, allows for editing, and supports cross-device QR code sharing. It also includes a card glossary and saves past game sessions.
- Scan trees through the camera
- Automatic score counting
- Merge scans from multiple devices
- Archive previous sessions
- Card glossary access
- Cross-device QR code sharing
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This app allows you to speed up the scoring process of the printed version of the game Forest Shuffle™. By scanning the cards on your table after a just finished game you can automate the scoring of your laid out cards. The App can handle up to 5 scan results per scoring process. The scanning process is comfortable and you can also fastly edit your scan results. It is possible to exchange the scan results by QR Code between your devises. Sessions can be stored and edited. There is also a complete glossary of cards available. As this app is free you definitely need to give it a try... you will be surprised how easy the scoring can get. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter Features: - Scan trees through the camera - Count your score automatically - Merge scans from multiple devices - Share your results to social media - Archive your previous sessions - Quick access to the appendix - English, German, French and Italian interface - Scan is language independent - Supports exclusively the version Forest Shuffle™ - Supports all Forest Shuffle™ expansions/promos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter at monthly against Score Block's every 3 months. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Score Block's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 76%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Score Block against 4.9 for Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 65 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Score Block's written reviews are positive against 76% of Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter's.
Score Block ships an update every 3 months, Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Score Block | Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (60 ratings) | 4.9 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 75.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 504 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nils-Ole Bickel | DIGIDICED |
Customer experience
Score Block
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Bugs and requests
Score Block
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Reported bugs
17 issues- Cannot scan trees with more than 4 cards
- QR code player scanning not working
- Does not recognize cards 95% of the time
- Does not consider multiple cards on the same side of a tree
- Steinmarder (stone marten) scoring incorrect
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- Siebenschläfer (dormouse) text/scoring incorrect
- Silver Fir tagged Peacock butterfly not selectable
- Deer scoring messed up
- Holzbiene (wood bee) not recognized/implemented
- Zitronenfalter (common brimstone butterfly) missing
- Kröten (toads) and Rehe (deer) cannot be entered for multiple spots
- App not in French as advertised
- Scan function not working for some users
- App takes longer than manual scoring for some
- Does not correctly capture all card constellations
- Ignores lower cards
- Does not count cards from the cave
Requested features
9 requests- Add support for Dartmoor expansion
- Add support for Mischwald Dartmoor
- Add support for Exploration expansion
- Add support for new caves
- Automatic photo capture
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- Add automa mode for solo play
- Add summary of points breakdown
- Add French language support
- Add support for more languages
In-app purchases
Score Block
No in-app purchases
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Score Block free?
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