Comparison

BT Basketball Controller vs ScoreDock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

BT Basketball Controller

This app remotely controls basketball scoreboards and shot clocks via WiFi or Bluetooth. It synchronizes time and score across devices with an intuitive interface and customizable settings for various game modes and practice sessions.

Highlights
  • Remote control of scoreboards and shot clocks
  • Synchronizes time and score
  • Intuitive tap and swipe controls
  • Customizable game settings
  • Practice modes
  • Audio buzzers and warning beeps
  • Preset game modes
Features
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The BT Controller is a complimentary app meant to remotely control supported BT basketball scoreboards, shotclocks, and score camera devices. The app synchronizes the time and score on all these supported devices. The interface is extremely clean and intuitive, everything is directly touch or swipe based. Clearly labeled controller buttons are also added for those that prefer a button interface. Thoroughly tested in our basketball leagues, the BT Controller app is easy to learn and new users can be running the time and score for a basketball game in no time. Tutorial video: https://vimeo.com/1136274939 For a full list of our other tutorials please visit: https://vimeo.com/channels/btstatsco BT Controller App Features: - Clean design, no ads - Intuitive direct tap and swipe controls - Remotely control scoreboards, shotclocks, and other devices with WiFi or Bluetooth - Convenient Presets (International, 3x3, US Pro, College, High School, and more...) - Convenient timers: pregame timer, period timer, rest timer, timeout timer, overtime, etc. - Fully customizable game in the settings - Practice modes configured in settings is great for running practices - Audio buzzers for shotclock violation, end of period, substitutions, etc. - Warning beep near end of pregame, timeout, or rest times (customizable) - Quick Start Documentation below The BT Controller app was created by The Basketball Temple Company. The Basketball Temple Company focuses on high quality basketball academies, basketball leagues, and technologies that are used to support those academies and leagues. We open our technology to the public so everyone in the basketball community can experience the same technologies that we use within our institutions. # Quick Start Documentation: All the actions below have corresponding controller buttons that may be used instead. Score Controls: - Tap directly on the score to increase quickly - Swipe up/down score to increase/decrease - Hold down on team names to adjust name and color of teams Time Controls: - Tap period timer to start/pause - Tap pregame, timeout, rest timers to early transition to next stage Shotclock Controls: - Tap shotclock to reset/go - Swipe shotclock up/down to reset/go to short shotclock Timeout Controls: - Tap timeout number to call timeout - Swipe up/down timeouts to adjust numbers - Red indicates violation when calling timeout with no timeouts left Fouls Controls - Swipe up/down fouls to adjust numbers - Red indicates bonus situation (customizable in settings) - Purple indicates double bonus situation (customizable in settings) Connect and Remote Control Settings: - Tap on top-left icon (or swipe left-to-right on the left edge) to open connect menu - Hit "Refresh" to find devices - Tap on WiFi or Bluetooth icon to connect, green icon indicates connected - If unable to connect or having connection errors try one of the following: 1) please ensure all devices are on the same WiFi network 2) please ensure bluetooth is turned ON on all devices 3) lastly, try to restart the app on all devices Time and Game Settings: - Tap on top-right icon (or swipe right-to-left on the right edge) to open settings menu - Edit and save the many settings available Exit Game and Reset Times and Scores: - Scroll down and hit "Exit Game" button Audio Buzzer: - There are two faint colored bell icons next to the period number - Tap to play buzzer or energy horn

About

ScoreDock

Features
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ScoreDock is a scoreboard for the person actually running the game. Pick your sport, set the rules, and score. The board is big enough to read from across a hall, and it goes on a TV or a projector over AirPlay or a cable while the controls stay in your hand. 37 SPORTS, OUT OF THE BOX Basketball, football, netball, handball, water polo, hockey, futsal and a dozen more team scoreboards. Tennis, volleyball, badminton, squash, table tennis and darts. League tables, leaderboards, knockout brackets and score sheets. Chess clocks, race timers, American football, cricket and baseball, each on a board built for that sport rather than a generic one. Every rule is editable, and every match keeps the rules it was played under. A BOARD PEOPLE CAN READ Twelve themes, each checked to a 7:1 contrast minimum between the digits and the background. A real seven-segment display face, with the unlit segments showing behind the score the way a venue board does. Turn the phone to fill the screen, or send the board to a TV and keep the controls on the phone. A CLOCK THAT IS ACTUALLY RIGHT The clock is anchored to real time, not counted down by the app. Lock the phone, take a call, force-quit — the clock is still correct when you come back, and a match left running is offered again next time you open the app. EVERY GAME, SAVED Every action is recorded with both the time of day and the game clock, so a disputed call lines up against video afterwards. Unlimited undo, and undo is itself part of the record — the log shows what happened, including the corrections. SHARE IT FIVE WAYS A scorecard image for group chats. Plain text that reads inline in any message. A formatted PDF for a league. A CSV of every event for your own analysis. Or the whole match as a file, which a friend with the app opens as a full report. PLAYERS AND TEAMS Save a team once with its colours and crest. Credit points to individual players if you want to — it is off by default, so scoring stays one tap — and their records build up across every match you play. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION Nothing leaves your device except the files you explicitly share. No analytics, no telemetry, no upload, no account, and no network code of any kind. FREE Every feature in this version is free. There is no paywall, no locked feature and no in-app purchase. Hebrew and English, with full right-to-left support.

Screenshots

BT Basketball Controller4 screens
ScoreDock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BT Basketball Controller at every 11 days against ScoreDock's every 2 months. BT Basketball Controller also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BT Basketball Controller ships an update every 11 days, ScoreDock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BT Basketball Controller versus ScoreDock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBT Basketball ControllerScoreDock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (153 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings153 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Basketball Temple LLCoz soffy

In-app purchases

None

BT Basketball Controller

No in-app purchases

None

ScoreDock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BT Basketball Controller free?
BT Basketball Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScoreDock free?
ScoreDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BT Basketball Controller or ScoreDock have ads?
Neither BT Basketball Controller nor ScoreDock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BT Basketball Controller or ScoreDock?
BT Basketball Controller ships an update every 11 days, and ScoreDock every 2 months. Most recently, BT Basketball Controller was updated on November 3, 2026 and ScoreDock on October 31, 2026.

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