Comparison

Swipe Scoreboard vs Ultimate Scoreboard

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

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About

Swipe Scoreboard

Easily manage game scores with intuitive swipe and tap controls. Supports various sports, allows score adjustments, time tracking, and team customization. Share results and enhance your coaching or recreational game experience.

Highlights
  • Swipe or tap to change scores
  • Start/stop time tracking
  • Record strikes, balls, fouls
  • Switch between sports
  • Customize team colors and backgrounds
  • Add team/player pictures
  • Share final scores
Features
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** The BEST scoreboard app....PERIOD!!! If you're looking for a good scoreboard app...look no further!!!! The ease of use with this app is phenomenal. Simply swipe or tap to change or correct scores, start/stop time, record strikes/balls/fouls, change quarters/innings, etc. BUY THE APP...it's definitely worth it!!!! ** The swipe scoreboard has worked out perfectly for my gym classes. I've used it for several units including softball, volleyball, lacrosse, basketball, soccer and even for the days it rained and we had indoor "fun" activities. ** I LOVE IT FOR COACHING!!! ** An excellent app for volleyball scoring. Easy to use and you can e-mail or text the final scores with a narrative. It's worth a $1.00. Great that you can make team colors... ** Simple, convenient, easy to use. I suggest to read the info will give you more options on how to keep score. To switch sides swipe across. ** It's was great and simple for recreational volleyball game. We loved it! Super easy to use! ** Works great. Love the color change ability. ** Great app for volleyball. Love the color change feature. Use it on my ipad so both teams can see the score. An easy to use scoreboard. Just tap or swipe to add or subtract points. Swipe to the side to switch sides. Share the results with family and friends via social media. Simple! Switch between Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Archery, Hockey, Lacrosse, Baseball, and Table Tennis. One default scoreboard of choice is free. An In-App purchase is available to disable Ads and give access to all scoreboards. TO SWITCH SIDES, SWIPE EITHER SCORE TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. Swipe or tap to change a team's score. Swipe up to add a point. Swipe down to subtract a point. Use 2 fingers to add/subtract 2 points. Tapping will do the same. Double tap will subtract a point or game. Your choice. Tapping the team's games won will add a game and reset the scores. It also increments the Total Game count as well. NOTE: For archery, if the target covers any arrow columns, simply swipe the target to the right. Add a picture of the team or player. Select existing photo or take one. The picture will slide in to the bottom half of the team's score. For Volleyball and Table Tennis, the games/sets history will be shown down the respective sides. The only difference between Table Tennis and Volleyball is that the Serve arrow will only change after 5 points for Table Tennis. Edit the team's names. Mute sound effects. Reset scores. Set sport specific defaults for Time Outs Left (TOL), clock, # of arrows, # of ends, and colors. Change colors for each team, as well as, the background. Plenty of clock options. Adjust the clock to the second during a game. Keep giving feedback and suggestions to swipescoreboard@spiralinnovations.com Enjoy!

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
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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

Swipe Scoreboard4 screens
Ultimate Scoreboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Scoreboard at 4.7 against Swipe Scoreboard's 4.1. Swipe Scoreboard's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Swipe Scoreboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ultimate Scoreboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Scoreboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 245 and 385 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Swipe Scoreboard's written reviews are positive against 73% of Ultimate Scoreboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swipe Scoreboard ships an update every 6 weeks, Ultimate Scoreboard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Swipe Scoreboard versus Ultimate Scoreboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipe ScoreboardUltimate Scoreboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (245 ratings)4.7 (385 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings245385 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid OleaAgiDev AB

Customer experience

Swipe Scoreboard

All ratings234 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative22.6%

Ultimate Scoreboard

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

User reviews

Swipe Scoreboard

From 245 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
  • 🎨 Highly customizable colors and team names
  • 📱 Works seamlessly across multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
  • ⚡ Quick swipe functionality for score changes
  • 💾 Saves game history and previous scores

Room to improve

  • 💸 Limited free version (only one sport)
  • 📊 Display bug showing dots instead of double-digit scores
  • 📡 Excessive data consumption (2-160 GB reported)
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes on some devices
  • ⌚ Apple Watch version is very basic

Ultimate Scoreboard

From 385 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🆓 Free with no ads
  • 🎨 Highly customizable
  • 🎵 Sound effects available
  • 🤩 Fun and enjoyable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🗑️ Data loss after crashes
  • ❌ Cannot change sport type
  • ⚠️ Clock disappears randomly
  • 🚫 Cannot change colors

Bugs and requests

Swipe Scoreboard

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Double-digit scores display as three dots on iPad
  • Excessive data usage without internet connection needed
  • App crashes on startup for some users
  • Score resets when phone times out or app backgrounded
  • Incorrect score sharing via text/email
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  • Apple Watch cannot reduce scores by swiping
  • Time clock stops counting when phone locks
  • Color selection doesn't display true colors
  • App loses score data after interruption
  • Lacrosse clock capped at 25 minutes
  • Hockey clock cannot be adjusted past 10 minutes

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add soccer sport option
  • Apple Watch remote control for scoreboard
  • Undo button for accidental score entries
  • Ability to reduce score by swiping opposite direction
  • Voice-activated score changes
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  • Bluetooth remote control functionality
  • Penalty minutes tracking for hockey
  • 1/10 second precision for hockey
  • Extended time limits for lacrosse (past 25 minutes)
  • Multiple point increments for football (6 points for TD)
  • Save and export scorecard functionality
  • Bowling sport option
  • Excel spreadsheet export capability
  • 11-point system for ping pong service arrow
  • Automatic baseball game logic (strikes, balls, outs, base runners)

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

1 purchases

Swipe Scoreboard

One-time1
  • Unlock All Sports$0.99
2 purchases

Ultimate Scoreboard

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

Questions

Is Swipe Scoreboard free?
Swipe Scoreboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultimate Scoreboard free?
Ultimate Scoreboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swipe Scoreboard or Ultimate Scoreboard?
Ultimate Scoreboard is rated higher. Swipe Scoreboard averages 4.1 out of 5 from 245 ratings, while Ultimate Scoreboard averages 4.7 from 385 ratings.
Do Swipe Scoreboard or Ultimate Scoreboard have ads?
Neither Swipe Scoreboard nor Ultimate Scoreboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swipe Scoreboard or Ultimate Scoreboard?
Swipe Scoreboard ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ultimate Scoreboard every 2 months. Most recently, Swipe Scoreboard was updated on October 21, 2026 and Ultimate Scoreboard on October 24, 2026.

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