Comparison

Utility Radar vs CardScore

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

Head to head
About

Utility Radar

Access real-time electricity and natural gas prices from major European markets. Visualize price trends with customizable graphs and widgets, and add taxes for accurate local cost estimates. Supports Apple Watch and various widget types.

Highlights
  • Real-time EPEX electricity prices
  • Dutch TTF natural gas prices
  • Customizable price graphs
  • Homescreen and lockscreen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Manual tax and rate adjustments
Features
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With Utility Radar, you can view real-time day-ahead electricity prices on the EPEX SPOT market (quarterly & hourly) as well as natural gas prices on the Dutch TTF Natural Gas market (gas prices are available in The Netherlands only). Supported markets for electricity prices (EPEX): - Austria - Belgium - Denmark - Germany - Finland - France - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland Supported markets for gas prices: - The Netherlands (Dutch TTF) Electricity: - View today's rates - View tomorrow's rates (available around 13:00 CET) - A customisable graph with rates - Homescreen widgets - Lockscreen widgets (iOS 16) Natural Gas (The Netherlands only): - View the current rate - View the average rate of the last few months - An historic graph Taxes can be automatically included for prices in The Netherlands only. For other countries, you can manually add an amount and/or percentage to add to the market price. Settings: - Manually add an amount or percentage to the market price - Change the thresholds for the colours in the graph on the Electricity-tab - Show the tax / rate adjustments in the graph separately - Customisable tax rates (available in The Netherlands only) - Show the 'prijsplafond' in the graph (available in The Netherlands only) Apple Watch: - View the current electricity rates - View the current gas rates (available in The Netherlands only) - Multiple watch face complications Widgets: - Home Screen widgets in all sizes - Lock Screen widgets - Support for StandBy mode - Support for Control Center & Action Button

About

CardScore

Features
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CardScore is the score sheet you'll never lose again. No more receipts and blunt pencils: keep score for all your card games on a polished, dark-green card table. MADE FOR CARD PLAYERS โ€ข Presets for Manille, Whist, Hearts, Oh Hell, Rummy, President, Uno, Phase 10, Rummikub, Skip-Bo, Old Maid and more โ€ข Or create a custom game with your own rules EVERYTHING YOU NEED โ€ข Unlimited players or teams โ€ข Target score with automatic winner detection โ€” the crown appears by itself โ€ข Warning when a round doesn't add up โ€ข Lowest-score-wins mode for penalty-point games โ€ข Edit or delete rounds afterwards โ€ข Hide the games you never play in settings PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. All your scores stay on your device.

Screenshots

Utility Radar4 screens
CardScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CardScore at Free against Utility Radar's $2.99. Utility Radar's advantage is device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

CardScore is free to download; Utility Radar costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Utility Radar versus CardScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUtility RadarCardScore
Price$2.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRocketScience ITTim Reynaert

In-app purchases

None

Utility Radar

No in-app purchases

None

CardScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Utility Radar free?
Utility Radar costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardScore free?
CardScore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Utility Radar or CardScore have ads?
Neither Utility Radar nor CardScore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Utility Radar or CardScore?
Utility Radar ships an update every 2 weeks, and CardScore every 2 weeks. Most recently, Utility Radar was updated on September 29, 2026 and CardScore on September 10, 2026.

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