Score Realms vs Light Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Score Realms
Effortlessly tally your points in Fantasy Realms with this scoring app. Simply point your device's camera at your cards, and it automatically calculates your total score. Supports the English and German versions, including the Cursed Hoard expansion.
- Automatic card scanning
- Point calculation
- Supports English and German versions
- Includes Cursed Hoard expansion
- Easy to use
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Score Realms helps you to count your total points at the end of a game of Fantasy Realms. Simply hold your cards in front of the camera and Score Realms is doing the rest. Score Realms only works for the English and German version of Fantasy Realms and the expansion Cursed Hoard. Thanks to Bruce Glassco and WizKids for such a beautiful game. Score Realms is not an official product by the game designer and/or publisher.
Light Speed
This companion app enhances a physical board game by visualizing and resolving battles through photos. It requires the physical game and an internet connection to function.
- Battle visualization
- Battle resolution
- Photo analysis
- Companion app functionality
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Snap a picture of your Light Speed: Arena game and let the app visualize and resolve the battle for you! Note that this is a companion app for a physical board game: You need a copy of Light Speed: Arena to use it for its main purpose. An internet connection is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light Speed at 5.0 against Score Realms's 4.1. Light Speed also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Score Realms's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Score Realms sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Light Speed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Light Speed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Score Realms's written reviews are positive against 100% of Light Speed's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Score Realms | Light Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Marcus Katscher | TABLESCOPE GmbH |
Customer experience
Score Realms
Light Speed
In-app purchases
Score Realms
- One cup of coffee$1.99
- Cursed Hoard$2.49
- Two cups of coffee$3.99
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- Three cups of coffee$5.99
Light Speed
No in-app purchases
Questions
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