Talking Score Keeper vs Score
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Score
This app offers two distinct scoreboard layouts for various scoring needs. Choose between a tabled view for historical tracking or a paneled view for quick, single-increment scoring. It's currently in beta with ongoing improvements.
- Tabled scoreboard for score history
- Paneled scoreboard for quick increments
- Two board types
- Beta phase with active development
- Feature requests welcome
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Score gives you two board types to choose from! Tabled scoreboard are great for showing the history of the score or when they are multiple rounds of scoring. Set Quick Score buttons for quick entry of repetitive scoring. Paneled scoreboard are perfect for simple one increment scoring which doesn't require a number pad to enter scores with, and customized them the colors of your choice. Create your own board templates for quick and simple reusability! Feature requests are most welcome!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Score at 100% against Talking Score Keeper's 50%. Score also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Talking Score Keeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Score asks for nothing beyond the download.
Score holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Talking Score Keeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Score's.
Talking Score Keeper ships an update every 35 months, Score every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Talking Score Keeper | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lone Human, LLC | Alail Ayesh |
Customer experience
Talking Score Keeper
Score
In-app purchases
Talking Score Keeper
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Unlock History$0.99
- More Voices$0.99
Score
No in-app purchases
Questions
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