Scoreboard Basket vs Simple Shot Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scoreboard Basket
Transform your phone or tablet into a professional basketball scoreboard. Track scores, fouls, timeouts, and periods with a game clock and 24-second shot clock. Supports official FIBA rules and can be customized for leagues and tournaments.
- Game clock and 24-second shot clock
- Score tracking with +1, +2, +3
- Fouls, timeouts, and periods management
- Based on official FIBA rules
- Customizable for leagues/tournaments
- Connect to external displays
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The scoreboard for people who live basketball courtside. At a game with no scoreboard? Open Scoreboard Basket and turn your phone or tablet into a professional scoreboard. Ready in one second. - Game clock & 24-second shot clock - Score with +1, +2, +3 - Fouls, timeouts & periods - Based on official FIBA rules - Customizable for your league or tournament Perfect for: - Parents keeping score at youth games - Coaches of junior teams - Referees at local tournaments - Anyone playing basketball who wants to keep track Connect to a monitor or TV for a full-size scoreboard. Available in 15 languages. Used in 50+ countries. No sign-up, no account needed. Open and play. Remove ads with a single purchase.
Simple Shot Clock
This app provides a customizable shot clock for various sports like basketball and water polo. Easily start, stop, and adjust the timer with simple swipe gestures. Personalize the look with color and sound settings to fit your needs.
- Start/Stop timer
- Switch timers
- Adjust time by second
- Customizable colors
- Customizable time settings
- Sound settings
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A dedicated shot clock app for basketball, water polo, billiards, etc. The simple operation makes it easy to use for anyone, and you can change the color and time as you like. ● Basic Operation 1. Start/Stop Tap the time to start the timer, and tap again to stop. 2. Switching the timer Swipe the time to the left or right to switch the timer. 3. Changing the time Swipe up to add 1 second to the time, swipe down to subtract 1 second. ● Setting items ・Color settings (background, text, buttons) ・Time settings ・Sound settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Shot Clock at 5.0 against Scoreboard Basket's 3.6. Simple Shot Clock also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Scoreboard Basket's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Basket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Shot Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Shot Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scoreboard Basket has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Scoreboard Basket's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Shot Clock's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scoreboard Basket | Simple Shot Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Molteni | NAOYA ONO |
Customer experience
Scoreboard Basket
Simple Shot Clock
In-app purchases
Scoreboard Basket
- Remove Ads$1.99
Simple Shot Clock
- Support Developer$0.99
- Remove ads$3.99
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