Skull Keeper vs Score Skull King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skull Keeper
Simplify scoring for the Skull King board game. Track scores, manage players, and resume unfinished games. Enjoy the game without complex calculations, with options to disable animations or hide totals for a thrilling experience. Supports expansion features.
- Skull King score tracking
- Player name setup
- Resume unfinished games
- Disable scoring animations
- Hide total points option
- Supports expansion features
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Do you enjoy playing the Skull King board game, but not the way of keeping the score? This app is for you! Keep track of the score while fully enjoying the game and without worrying about all the scoring rules with Skull Keeper! Just start a new game, setup the players names and prepare to enjoy a 10 round session of Skull King without having to think too much about the scoring process, and even if you can't finish the game in one sitting, just close the app and the next time you are all gathered up you can continue your last unfinished session. If you feel the scoring is a little slow with all the animations, you can disable them from the settings, or even keep the total points hidden till the end of the game for a more thrilling experience! Even the Legendary Expansion and the 2021 updated version features are available in Skull Keeper, including Loot Alliances, Pirate Abilities and the mighty and ferocious Kraken and White Whale! Call up your friends and family to start a new game without worrying about the scoring and YO-HO-HO!
Score Skull King
Easily track scores for the Skull King card game. This utility simplifies round-by-round scoring, guiding you to a winner with its intuitive interface and comprehensive scoring systems.
- Skull King card game scoring
- Tracks round-by-round scores
- Simple and intuitive flow
- Supports all scoring systems
- Declares a winner
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App for scoring the popular Grandpa Beck card game, Skull King. This app contains all the different scoring systems and has a very simple flow to easily track the players scores round by round until a winner is declared!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Score Skull King at 5.0 against Skull Keeper's 4.0. Score Skull King also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Skull Keeper's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Score Skull King holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skull Keeper has 58 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Skull Keeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Score Skull King's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skull Keeper | Score Skull King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marck Apps | Travis Peters |
Customer experience
Skull Keeper
Score Skull King
Bugs and requests
Skull Keeper
Reported bugs
29 issues- Cannot go back to correct scores
- Bonus points incorrect/don't match rulebook
- Unable to see running score
- Cannot edit/correct prior hand bid, won, or bonus points
- Cannot enter bonus points for alliance treasure cards/loot
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- Cannot enter bonus points for 'Rascal the Pirate'
- No option to subtract points for 'Rascal the Pirate'
- Bonus scoring values incorrect
- Scoring differs from written scorekeeping
- Cannot deduct points
- Cannot fix score from previous round if bonus missed
- Cannot enter Loot bonus/alliance information
- No way to save game info/player info
- Cannot switch player list by seat position or score
- Points for capturing mermaid incorrect (50 vs 20)
- Points for capturing Skull King by mermaid incorrect (40 vs 50)
- Cannot enter Rascal's wager before logging tricks
- Loot card alliance bonus points not recordable
- No option for bonus points when mermaid kills pirate
- Cannot account for captures other than Skull King capturing Pirates
- Cannot account for alliance coins (loot)
- No way to edit and add bonus points manually
- Cannot edit 'special bonuses' if applied to wrong player
- No way to get into bonus scoring to record loot bonus if score is negative
- Cannot enter bonus points for loot cards
- Cannot enter wager in regard to Rascal of Roatan
- Cannot go back and make changes to submitted scores
- Cannot double check what everyone earned to ensure no mistake
- Cannot add extra points for bonus after clicking save
Requested features
24 requests- Add versatility of round order (backwards, even/odd)
- Add new expansion pack cards/options
- Add a back button to see/fix previous rounds
- Include loot in bonus calculator
- Auto-fill 'won bets' for zero wins
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- Add scoring for bidding with special pirate
- Record bonus points from loot
- Add alternative game modes
- Add bonus points for loot card
- Add bonus points for 'Rascal the Pirate'
- Option to subtract points for 'Rascal the Pirate'
- Add ability to edit/correct scores in previous rounds
- Add scoring for alliance treasure cards
- Add scoring for 'Rascal of Roatan'
- Add support for 12 players
- Display all players/scores on screen
- Allow changing number of cards/rounds
- Add ability to save game/player info
- Option to switch player list by seat or score
- Add Kraken scoring
- Add legendary expansion buttons edit/cancel
- Add option to deduct points
- Add undo button
- Add edit button
Score Skull King
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skull Keeper
No in-app purchases
Score Skull King
No in-app purchases
Questions
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