League Secretary vs SideBets App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
SideBets App
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | League Secretary | SideBets App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nabso, LLC | Brett 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
League Secretary
No in-app purchases
SideBets App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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