Comparison

Scorekeeper XL vs Ultimate Scoreboard

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

Head to head
About

Scorekeeper XL

Easily track scores for board games and party games with friends. Features include adding players, sorting scores, adjusting volume, and resetting. Players can be deleted, and scores are easily incremented or decremented with quick-hold functionality.

Highlights
  • Add players
  • Sort scores
  • Toggle volume
  • Reset scores
  • Delete players
  • Increment/decrement scores
Features
Read full description

Scorekeeper XL is a great app for keeping score when playing board games or party games with your friends. ---------------------------- How to use: Top left button: add player. Top right button: sort lowest-to-highest. Bottom right button: toggle volume. Bottom left button: reset scores to 0. When editing a player, you can use the skull and crossbones to delete that player. To increase a player's score, simply tap on the plus and minus buttons next to their score. If you hold the button it'll count up a lot quicker. That's about it, have fun!

About

Ultimate Scoreboard

This app provides a highly customizable scoreboard for tracking any game. It offers advanced features like penalty tracking, shot clocks, and customizable team setups. Results can be shared easily, and the app supports external screen mirroring and network connectivity for multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable game layouts
  • Team setup with logos and colors
  • Penalty and shot clock management
  • External screen mirroring (HDMI/AirPlay)
  • Network connectivity for multiple devices
  • Sound effects for game events
  • Social media and email sharing
Features
Read full description

Versatile and highly customizable scoreboard that lets you track any game and share standings and results with friends and family! Can also be used as a "real" scoreboard by connecting to an external screen by HDMI or AirPlay mirroring, or use up to 7 other iDevices as external screens by connecting them over the network. Features: - Choose between 6 different layouts when presented on an external screen. - Adjustable length- and number of periods. - Set up teams with optional logos and colors. - Penalties - shows up to three concurrent penalties per team, supports unlimited concurrent penalties. Penalties can be edited and removed. - Shot clock. - Timeouts. - Intermissions. - All clocks can be adjusted, even while still running. Long tap to enter edit mode. - Change clock direction. - Get a notification when the period or game ends if the app is running in the background (you need to accept push notifications for this to work). - Sound effects: select from a rich set of sound effects for events such as scoring, match clock start/stop, period end, game won, penalty or timeout expiration etc. - Customize the colors and fonts of clocks, scores and teams individually. - Select your own background for an even more personal touch. - Share results on social media, Email, messages etc. - Use the companion Apple Watch app to control the scoreboard from your wrist, maybe even as one of the participants? - Show a big scoreboard by connecting a TV by cable or AirPlay mirroring and select from a number of different layouts. - Connect up to 7 iPads or iPhones over the network and use them as external screens. Each connected scoreboard can use it's own separate layout and styling. - Supports most sports including Soccer, Ice hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Padel, Handball, Floorball, Lacrosse and many more. - Connect external buttons (Flic) to control the scoreboard as one of the participants or a referee. Wear the button on your wrist or on your cloths, stick it to the side of your table tennis table... you get the idea. - Use shortcuts through the Shortcuts app to trigger scores, control the game clock and more. Instructions:

Tap the score with one finger for one point, two fingers for two points and three fingers for three points. You can also swipe up or right to increase the score by one or swipe left or down to remove the last added point(s). Tap on the game clock (or any other clock for that matter) to start/pause it. Tap on the period to change to the next period, long press to edit. 

To give either team a penalty or a timeout, tap the whistle icon in the top left. 
Tap on the team names to go to the team editor, where you can create new teams with customized logos and colors and select teams for the current game. 

Adjust the length and number of periods, the length of penalties and so on from the settings menu. 

Tap the trashcan icon to reset the current game. Use the share icon to share results with MMS/Facebook/Twitter/Email etc or save it to your photo album as a dear memory of that big win. Watch app: - swipe left and right to switch between screens. - on the score screen, tap each team button to add a point and swipe down on the button to undo the latest point. - on the game time screen, tap the time to start/stop the game clock. - on the last screen you have the option to reset the current game.

Screenshots

Scorekeeper XL2 screens
Ultimate Scoreboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scorekeeper XL at none against Ultimate Scoreboard's 2. Scorekeeper XL also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). Ultimate Scoreboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Ultimate Scoreboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Scorekeeper XL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Scorekeeper XL against 4.7 for Ultimate Scoreboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 252 and 385 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Scorekeeper XL's written reviews are positive against 73% of Ultimate Scoreboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scorekeeper XL ships an update every 36 months, Ultimate Scoreboard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scorekeeper XL versus Ultimate Scoreboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScorekeeper XLUltimate Scoreboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (252 ratings)4.7 (385 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings252385 — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatt RixAgiDev AB

Customer experience

Scorekeeper XL

All ratings234 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews204 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative9.8%

Ultimate Scoreboard

All ratings377 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative13.6%

Bugs and requests

Scorekeeper XL

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ultimate Scoreboard

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes and loses data
  • Clock keeps disappearing
  • App is not working for some users
  • Cannot load images once in a while
  • App kept bugs badly
Show 9 more
  • Cannot reverse points after accidental click
  • Shot clock will not pause or reset when pausing
  • Changing times on one clock changes others
  • App crashes when resetting score on iOS 14.6
  • New update has screwed up the app
  • App crashes and shows a white screen after new update
  • App only works with Wi-Fi after update
  • Cannot rotate the scoreboard
  • Bugs on iPad mini

Requested features

21 requests
  • Add a countdown clock option
  • Allow changing font and appearance
  • Add a feature for seconds and milliseconds after 1 minute
  • Implement a shot clock
  • Allow choosing custom images
Show 16 more
  • Add color options for the scoreboard
  • Add tournament mode
  • Allow penalty clocks to stop independently of the game clock
  • Add a whistle sound for timer start/stop
  • Play a choice of sounds when score increases
  • Add team records
  • Allow live games
  • Add specialized sports spreadsheets for stats
  • Ability to save and archive multiple games
  • Timer configuration with minutes and seconds
  • Fix bug with clock resetting to zeroes in countdown mode when new game is selected
  • Add a 30-second penalty timer option
  • Ability to reset period counter
  • Add a 270 camera feature
  • Add timeouts (3-10)
  • Add yard marker team names and logos

In-app purchases

None

Scorekeeper XL

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ultimate Scoreboard

Subscriptions2
  • Stadium monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Stadium yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Scorekeeper XL free?
Scorekeeper XL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Scoreboard free?
Ultimate Scoreboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scorekeeper XL or Ultimate Scoreboard?
Ultimate Scoreboard is rated higher. Scorekeeper XL averages 4.6 out of 5 from 252 ratings, while Ultimate Scoreboard averages 4.7 from 385 ratings.
Do Scorekeeper XL or Ultimate Scoreboard have ads?
Neither Scorekeeper XL nor Ultimate Scoreboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scorekeeper XL or Ultimate Scoreboard?
Scorekeeper XL ships an update every 36 months, and Ultimate Scoreboard every 2 months. Most recently, Scorekeeper XL was updated on October 29, 2026 and Ultimate Scoreboard on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons