Comparison

Badminton4U vs Badminton

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

Head to head
About

Badminton4U

Stay updated with the world of professional badminton. Follow your favorite players and tournaments in real-time, get the latest news, and access live scores and rankings. Personalize your experience to get the content you love.

Highlights
  • Real-time match centre data
  • Latest badminton news
  • Tournament updates
  • Follow favorite players
  • Player rankings
  • Live scores
  • Personalized content
Features
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Badminton4U app is the official app of the Badminton World Federation. Follow your favourite professional badminton players and tournaments in real-time throughout the season, including the HSBC BWF World Tour and Major Championships KEY FEATURES: • Access real-time match centre data • Receive all the latest badminton news in a flash • Get regular updates on tournaments • Follow your favourite players • Player rankings • Personalise the app to suit you and get the badminton content you love • Live scores. Be a badminton fan like never before! Don’t miss a shot. Download the brand new Badminton4U app today for free, to follow every point, every match, everywhere.

About

Badminton

Easily keep track of badminton scores with a simple tap for each point. Supports official rules, custom settings, singles, doubles, and even one against two scenarios. Features voice announcements and Apple Watch integration for seamless scoring.

Highlights
  • One-tap scoring
  • Customizable rules
  • Singles and doubles support
  • Voice score announcements
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Tournament management
  • Match history and rankings
Features
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Keep score of your badminton games with one tap per point, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Rally point to 21, with every player in the right position. One tap per point Tap the side that won the rally and the app does the rest: the score, the server and who stands where. Tapped the wrong side? Take the point back, or bring it back again. Official rules or your own Best of 3 games to 21, capped at 30. Or play a single game, or set your own rules. Rally or traditional scoring Choose rally point scoring, or traditional scoring where only the server scores. Singles, doubles or both The court shows who stands where, for singles, doubles and even one against two. Hear the score The score and match points are announced out loud, so everyone on court stays up to date. On your wrist Keep score on Apple Watch without looking for your phone. Set up a match on your iPhone and send it to your watch, and see your game in a widget on your watch face. Tournaments Run a tournament with its own roster and rankings, and share it so friends can add their matches. Rankings and history See who's on top and look back at every match you played. Follow live Follow the score of a match someone else is keeping, and swipe between all games going on. On all your devices Your players and matches follow you to your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch through iCloud, and your watch stays in step with your iPhone directly. Apple Health, if you like Save matches as workouts and see your statistics afterwards. It's entirely optional. Your data stays yours No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics, and your data never goes to a server of mine. Health data and your privacy If you turn it on, games are saved as workouts in Health. For this, the app asks for access to write workouts. It also asks to read workouts, to find matches recorded on your other devices, and a few statistics, like distance and average heart rate, to show them in the summary at the end of a game. These statistics aren't stored or synced outside Health.

Screenshots

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Badminton4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Badminton at 75% against Badminton4U's 27%. Badminton also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1). Badminton4U's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (33 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Badminton sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Badminton4U asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Badminton holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Badminton4U has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Badminton4U's written reviews are positive against 75% of Badminton's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Badminton4U ships an update monthly, Badminton every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Badminton4U versus Badminton: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBadminton4UBadminton
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (33 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.6% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBadminton World FederationJohan Kool

Customer experience

Badminton4U

All ratings33 ratings
Positive69.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive26.6%
Neutral16.4%
Negative57.0%

Badminton

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Badminton4U

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Badminton

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Badminton4U free?
Badminton4U is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Badminton free?
Badminton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Badminton4U or Badminton?
Badminton is rated higher. Badminton4U averages 4.1 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Badminton averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Badminton4U or Badminton have ads?
Neither Badminton4U nor Badminton shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Badminton4U or Badminton?
Badminton4U ships an update monthly, and Badminton every 3 months. Most recently, Badminton4U was updated on November 7, 2026 and Badminton on November 7, 2026.

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