Score Realms vs Photo Start
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.
Photo Start
Effortlessly select a starting player for board game nights. Simply scan the room and let the app randomly choose from 2 to 20 participants without dice or manual input.
- Random player selection
- Supports 2-20 players
- Room scanning technology
- No dice or manual input needed
- Fair and unambiguous selection
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The easiest way to pick a start player for Board Game Night! Works with any number of players, from 2 to 20. Simply scan the room and set the phone down. You don't have to assign numbers, throw dice, or touch the screen. Everyone else can just sit there and do nothing! The app will — fairly and unambiguously — pick a random player from everyone present.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Photo Start at 5.0 against Score Realms's 4.1. Photo Start also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Score Realms's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). 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. Photo Start asks for nothing beyond the download.
Photo Start holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Score Realms has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Score Realms's written reviews are positive against 100% of Photo Start's.
Score Realms ships an update every 3 weeks, Photo Start every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Score Realms | Photo Start |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcus Katscher | Michael Meckler |
Customer experience
Score Realms
Photo Start
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
Photo Start
No in-app purchases
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