Swipe Scoreboard vs WhatsTheScore?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
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 in-app purchases: WhatsTheScore? at none against Swipe Scoreboard's 1. Swipe Scoreboard's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 40 months). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Swipe Scoreboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WhatsTheScore? asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swipe Scoreboard holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swipe Scoreboard has 245 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Swipe Scoreboard's written reviews are positive against 63% of WhatsTheScore?'s.
Swipe Scoreboard ships an update every 6 weeks, WhatsTheScore? every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swipe Scoreboard | WhatsTheScore? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (245 ratings) — better | 3.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Olea | Aaron Spencer |
Customer experience
Swipe Scoreboard
WhatsTheScore?
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)
WhatsTheScore?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Swipe Scoreboard
- Unlock All Sports$0.99
WhatsTheScore?
No in-app purchases
Questions
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