Scoreboard | Score keeper vs Match Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scoreboard | Score keeper
Easily track scores and game times for various sports and games. Customize team names, utilize game and shot clocks, and even broadcast your game live online. Enhance your game-day experience with a clear, shareable display.
- Customizable team names
- Secondary score tracking
- Game clock
- Shot clock
- Integrated buzzers
- Online game broadcasting
- Background customization
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Keep track of your sports and games with this easy to use Scoreboard. Features: - Change team names - Secondary scores - Game clock - Shot clock - Buzzers - Broadcast game to anywhere online - Change background Display the time remaining and score to everyone around with a projector or big screen using airplay
Match Keeper
This app simplifies soccer match management for coaches, referees, and parents. It offers a comprehensive timer, player tracking, custom format creation, and a penalty shootout tracker. Easily manage all aspects of a game from start to finish.
- Match timer with start, pause, rewind, and whistle
- Player and team management with stats
- Customizable match formats
- Penalty shootout tracker
- Birth year to age group calculator
- Score tracking and adjustments
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Match Keeper is the soccer timer and match manager for coaches, referees, parents, and players. Simplifying the beautiful game, it runs every part of a match — from the fixture list to the final whistle. SCHEDULE & MATCH DAY - Schedule matches ahead and see what's coming in one place - Match Day puts today's fixtures on one screen, ready to kick off - Save the venue, field, and an address that opens in Maps - Set an arrival time, and choose each team's kit - Mark who's in and who's out for each match, and call up guest players to cover - Share a fixture, or the whole match day, as an image TEAM SCHEDULE - Every team has its own schedule — past results and what's coming, in one list - Share it as a printable sheet for the fridge, or a card for the team chat - Choose the matches to include, or pick a range of dates - Styled with your team's logo, emblem, and colors MATCH TIMER - Start, pause, rewind, and skip periods with ease - Automatic whistle at the end of each interval - Track additional time APPLE WATCH APP - Start a match from your wrist, with no phone needed - Tap to score, hold to correct - See the live timer and score on your watch face - Included free with the app MATCH & PLAYER MANAGEMENT - Create teams with names, colors, logos, rosters, and a default format - Sort your teams by name, birth year, gender, date added, or which ones have players - Track goals, substitutions, cards, and playing time - Handle ties with extra time, golden goal, or penalty shootout - Archive and restore teams and players — history and stats kept whole TEAM LOGOS & COLORS - Give every team its own logo — a shape, a pattern, and a monogram or emblem - Choose from 100+ emblems: animals, birds, shields, stars, and more - Set your team's exact colors, shown on the scoreboard and in formations MATCH HISTORY & SHARING - Review match history and notes after the game - Share matches and match stats with a QR code or link TEAM & PLAYER STATISTICS - Team record, goals, and clean sheets across your saved matches - Leaderboards for top scorers, assists, and most minutes played - Per-player minutes, starts, and share of playing time CUSTOM FORMATS - Pick a format and set age group, period length, OT rules, and ball size - Apply restrictions like no heading, offside, goalie, or slide tackles - Customize field and goal dimensions, and share formats by QR code or link PENALTY SHOOTOUTS - Record every penalty as a goal, save or miss, with the shooter and the goalkeeper, through sudden death - See each player's penalty record in their stats - Or run a quick shootout of any length on its own, with a Decisive Shot indicator for the key moments BIRTH YEAR TO AGE GROUP CALCULATOR - Instantly convert birth years to age groups, from U4 to Over 60 Whether you're running a tournament or timing your child's weekend game, Match Keeper gives you the tools to manage the match with confidence. Terms of service: https://lucatoni-labs.com/products/keeper/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://lucatoni-labs.com/products/keeper/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Match Keeper at 100% against Scoreboard | Score keeper's 73%. Match Keeper also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Scoreboard | Score keeper's advantage is ratings volume (327 vs 15). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Scoreboard | Score keeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Match Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Match Keeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scoreboard | Score keeper has 327 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Scoreboard | Score keeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Match Keeper's.
Scoreboard | Score keeper ships an update every 3 weeks, Match Keeper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scoreboard | Score keeper | Match Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (327 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 327 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SportHub Technologies Ltd | Lucatoni, LLC |
Customer experience
Scoreboard | Score keeper
Match Keeper
Bugs and requests
Scoreboard | Score keeper
Reported bugs
8 issues- Settings and customizations don't save between sessions
- Timer runs slower than it should
- Swipe score feature not working properly
- App crashes on launch (first or second attempt)
- Broadcasting feature stopped working after update
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- Text color becomes invisible when team color is white
- Accidental app pause when touching title icon
- Shot clock doesn't restart automatically after reset
Requested features
17 requests- Add more sports (tennis, lacrosse, Gaelic sports)
- Save custom match settings and team preferences
- Add more color options (orange, white, secondary colors)
- Ability to subtract points more easily
- Clear/reset score button
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- Custom scoreboard designs and backgrounds
- Team logo upload capability
- More font options and customization
- Sport-specific features (baseball innings/strikes/balls/outs/bases)
- Period/quarter switching interface
- Custom sound options for siren/buzzer
- Save score history and statistics
- Better shot clock restart functionality
- Secondary timer customization (longer than 60 seconds)
- Audible alerts at end of period/shot clock
- League/competition management app integration
- Apple TV screen mirroring support
Match Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scoreboard | Score keeper
- Small Contribution$0.99
- Medium contribution$1.99
- Large contribution$2.99
Match Keeper
- Keeper Premium Monthly$1.001 Month
- Keeper Premium Annual$6.001 Year
Questions
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