Scorekeeper XL vs WhatsTheScore?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Add players
- Sort scores
- Toggle volume
- Reset scores
- Delete players
- Increment/decrement scores
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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!
WhatsTheScore?
Easily track sports scores and instantly share updates with friends and family via text message. Customize team names, colors, and messages for seamless communication during games.
- Score tracking
- Customizable team names and colors
- Instant text message score updates
- Score history
- Add/remove contacts for updates
- Editable text messages
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Are you missing the action texting your family and friends to keep them up to date on the score? "What's The Score?" helps you track the action and let everyone know the score with a couple of taps. Set up the team names and colors for the scoreboard, then choose any number of people from your contacts. Anytime you want to let them know the score, just tap the message button and a text message will be brought up, ready to send! Features - Many color options to choose from - Easily swap team names (when changing sides) - Reset the score for a new match - Tap or swipe to increase or decrease the score (or the game/set) - Go back to a previous game to see the score - Add people to receive texts (or clear the list for a new match) - Customize the text message before sending if you like! Notes - Volleyball is currently the pre-set for texting, more coming soon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scorekeeper XL at 4.6 against WhatsTheScore?'s 3.7. Scorekeeper XL also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 63%) and ratings volume (252 vs 27). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scorekeeper XL holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scorekeeper XL has 252 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Scorekeeper XL's written reviews are positive against 63% of WhatsTheScore?'s.
Scorekeeper XL ships an update every 36 months, WhatsTheScore? every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scorekeeper XL | WhatsTheScore? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (252 ratings) — better | 3.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matt Rix | Aaron Spencer |
Customer experience
Scorekeeper XL
WhatsTheScore?
In-app purchases
Scorekeeper XL
No in-app purchases
WhatsTheScore?
No in-app purchases
Questions
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