Comparison

League Secretary vs SideBets App

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

Head to head
About

League Secretary

Access your bowling league's standings, bowler statistics, and upcoming matchups directly from your phone. Track your performance with weekly scores and averages, and view top bowler reports. Requires a LeagueSecretary account and administrator data uploads.

Highlights
  • Access saved leagues
  • View standings and team records
  • Track bowler statistics
  • Check lane assignments and matchups
  • Review weekly scores and averages
  • Browse top bowler reports
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Your bowling league, right at your fingertips. Stay connected to your leagues with the League Secretary app. Check the latest uploaded standings, explore your bowling statistics, and see who you’re facing next—all from your phone. Follow your leagues • Access your saved leagues in one place. • View standings, team records, and bowler statistics. • Check lane assignments and upcoming matchups. Track your performance • Review weekly scores, averages, and handicaps. • Explore bowler and team average graphs by week, month, game, and lane pair. • Compare results across available seasons. See who’s leading • Browse weekly and season top-bowler reports. • View high games, high series, high averages, and most improved averages. Sign in with your LeagueSecretary account to access your league information. League data availability Results reflect the latest data uploaded by your league administrator. Available reports and historical records depend on your league’s uploads. This app displays league information; it does not manage or score leagues. League administrators upload data to LeagueSecretary using CDE BLS software.

About

SideBets App

Features
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SideBets is the all-in-one app for running bowling league night — side bets, blind draws, brackets, full tournaments, live scoreboards, and your own personal scorekeeper, all from your phone. Built by bowlers, for bowlers. RUN THE POT WITHOUT THE PAPERWORK • Blind Draw Doubles — random partners, combined scores, drawn in one tap • Brackets — 8-bowler single elimination that advances automatically as scores come in • Full tournaments — scratch, handicap, or a traditional high game / high series split • Multiple entries per bowler, with the pot scaling automatically EVERYONE WATCHES LIVE • A real-time leaderboard the whole alley can follow • Anyone can follow along from any phone or browser with a 6-character code — no account needed • Podium standings, lane assignments, and side-bet pots update the moment scores go in SET IT UP IN MINUTES • Pull your roster and lane assignments straight from League Secretary or LeaguePals • USBC handicap built in (base and percentage configurable per event) • A guided step-by-step takes you from check-in to cash-out • Export final standings and payouts as a clean, printable results sheet GAMETRACKR — YOUR POCKET SCOREKEEPER • Frame-by-frame scoring with live pace and off-the-sheet projections • Track which ball is carrying with MyBag • Strike %, spare conversion, clean frames, and your best series — tracked automatically • A Lock Screen Live Activity while you bowl SideBets is a score-tracking and organizing tool. It calculates side-bet pots and payouts for reference only — all money changes hands between bowlers in person, and the app never processes payments. Free to download. Built by Bowlers, for Bowlers.

Screenshots

League Secretary4 screens
SideBets App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: League Secretary at 15.0 against SideBets App's 17.6. 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

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

League Secretary ships an update every 5 days, SideBets App every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
League Secretary versus SideBets App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeague SecretarySideBets App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB19 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNabso, LLCBrett Lyskowski

Bugs and requests

League Secretary

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Login page loops without allowing access
  • Password reset emails not received
  • Subscription status shows expired despite active payment
  • Sign in with Apple not functioning
  • App crashes and logs users out unexpectedly
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  • Email format validation rejects valid addresses
  • App won't load - infinite loading spinner
  • Ads in foreign languages without clear exit buttons
  • Red lines hiding information on screen
  • Pro/AS edition watermarks appearing despite paid subscription
  • Bowler names and averages only showing 51 entries
  • App version expiration without update option
  • Inconsistent glitching and missing league data
  • Recent update removed free access option entirely

Requested features

10 requests
  • Restore free ad-free upgrade option
  • One-time purchase instead of subscription
  • Increase bowler display limit beyond 51 names
  • Add advanced report generation features
  • Integrate website login with app account
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  • Improve data update frequency
  • Add sorting by highest series/game
  • Support for more leagues in one view
  • Dark mode option
  • Better ad-free experience for paid subscribers

SideBets App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

League Secretary

No in-app purchases

None

SideBets App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is League Secretary free?
League Secretary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SideBets App free?
SideBets App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do League Secretary or SideBets App have ads?
Neither League Secretary nor SideBets App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, League Secretary or SideBets App?
League Secretary ships an update every 5 days, and SideBets App every 8 days. Most recently, League Secretary was updated on October 30, 2026 and SideBets App on October 31, 2026.

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