Comparison

Balley vs ScoreCover

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

Head to head
About

Balley

Features
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Don’t waste time on booking instead of playing. Balley finds all the available playing times in your area with just one search. From tennis and padel to badminton and squash, we have everything you need to stay active and have fun. So grab your racket and get ready to play!

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ScoreCover

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ScoreCover shows hockey, basketball and American football highlight videos without giving away the score. Watch the recap first – the result shows only when you want it to. SPORTS AND LEAGUES • Hockey from the NHL, Finland's Liiga and Sweden's SHL, plus NBA basketball, every day • NFL football every week, with recaps in the app or on YouTube, depending on your country • Choose the sport in the top bar, and switch leagues with one tap • Pick the sports and leagues you follow • Last night's NHL, NBA and NFL games are waiting for you in the morning SCORES STAY HIDDEN • Scores stay covered until you reveal them • The game page gives no hint of the result until you decide to look RECAPS IN THE APP • Recaps play right in the app, plus condensed games for the NHL • Watched the recap to the end? The score is shown automatically • Videos open full screen and close by themselves at the end, so no next video or end screen spoils anything • Which recaps you can watch depends on the league and your country HOCKEY: NHL, LIIGA AND SHL • Goals and penalties stay covered too. Once revealed, they share one timeline: see which goals came on the power play, and after which penalty • Each NHL goal has its own video too: play it right from the timeline • Team cards show the standings before the game, player cards the stats through it • The team card's Schedule tab shows the team's whole season by month. Games before the card's game show their results, the rest stay covered until you reveal them, and every game opens its page • Team stats, players and the game's three stars STATS • A Stats tab with NHL, Liiga and SHL standings, points leaders, defenseman and goalie stats, plus player and team search • By default, stats run through the day of your latest revealed game, and you can change the day. Player and team cards opened from the stats cover the same day • Live shows up-to-date stats, which may reveal results. In Settings, choose whether stats open by revealed games or live • NBA and NFL standings too, calculated from game results FAVORITE TEAMS • Star your favorite teams, then list their games first or show only those • Get notified, if you like, when a favorite team's recap is out. The notification never shows the score • Quiet hours hold overnight notifications until morning SHARE A GAME • Send a game to a friend as a link: neither the message nor the link gives away the score • The link opens the game right in ScoreCover, score covered YOUR WAY • Home – away or away @ home • Your own time zone, with games by the league's game day or your own calendar • Dark and light themes • English, Finnish, German, French, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese No account or sign-up needed. ScoreCover is not an official app of the NHL, Liiga, SHL, NBA, NFL or any team, and is not affiliated with them. Videos play in the leagues' own players or in YouTube's player, and ScoreCover doesn't store them. Privacy policy: https://www.scorecover.fi/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Balley2 screens
ScoreCover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ScoreCover at none against Balley's shown. ScoreCover also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Balley's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Balley ships an update every 2 months, ScoreCover every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Balley versus ScoreCover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalleyScoreCover
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOy Akrel Innovations AbAnssi Kosunen

In-app purchases

None

Balley

No in-app purchases

None

ScoreCover

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balley free?
Balley is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScoreCover free?
ScoreCover is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Balley or ScoreCover have ads?
Balley shows ads; ScoreCover does not.
Which is updated more often, Balley or ScoreCover?
Balley ships an update every 2 months, and ScoreCover every 2 days. Most recently, Balley was updated on November 3, 2026 and ScoreCover on October 30, 2026.

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