Quest Phase vs Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quest Phase
This tool simplifies managing the quest phase for the Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. It helps players track progress and organize their game sessions.
- Quest phase management
- LotRLCG specific
- Progress tracking
- Session organization
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A simple tool for managing the quest phase of the LotRLCG by FFG.
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Automate scoring for the board game Forest Shuffle™ by scanning your cards. This app handles multiple scans, allows for editing, and supports cross-device QR code sharing. It also includes a card glossary and saves past game sessions.
- Scan trees through the camera
- Automatic score counting
- Merge scans from multiple devices
- Archive previous sessions
- Card glossary access
- Cross-device QR code sharing
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This app allows you to speed up the scoring process of the printed version of the game Forest Shuffle™. By scanning the cards on your table after a just finished game you can automate the scoring of your laid out cards. The App can handle up to 5 scan results per scoring process. The scanning process is comfortable and you can also fastly edit your scan results. It is possible to exchange the scan results by QR Code between your devises. Sessions can be stored and edited. There is also a complete glossary of cards available. As this app is free you definitely need to give it a try... you will be surprised how easy the scoring can get. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter Features: - Scan trees through the camera - Count your score automatically - Merge scans from multiple devices - Share your results to social media - Archive your previous sessions - Quick access to the appendix - English, German, French and Italian interface - Scan is language independent - Supports exclusively the version Forest Shuffle™ - Supports all Forest Shuffle™ expansions/promos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quest Phase at daily against Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter's every 10 days. Quest Phase also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quest Phase against 4.9 for Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter has 61 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Quest Phase's written reviews are positive against 74% of Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter's.
Quest Phase ships an update daily, Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quest Phase | Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 74.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 445 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Butler | DIGIDICED |
Customer experience
Quest Phase
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Bugs and requests
Quest Phase
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
Reported bugs
17 issues- Cannot scan trees with more than 4 cards
- QR code player scanning not working
- Does not recognize cards 95% of the time
- Does not consider multiple cards on the same side of a tree
- Steinmarder (stone marten) scoring incorrect
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- Siebenschläfer (dormouse) text/scoring incorrect
- Silver Fir tagged Peacock butterfly not selectable
- Deer scoring messed up
- Holzbiene (wood bee) not recognized/implemented
- Zitronenfalter (common brimstone butterfly) missing
- Kröten (toads) and Rehe (deer) cannot be entered for multiple spots
- App not in French as advertised
- Scan function not working for some users
- App takes longer than manual scoring for some
- Does not correctly capture all card constellations
- Ignores lower cards
- Does not count cards from the cave
Requested features
9 requests- Add support for Dartmoor expansion
- Add support for Mischwald Dartmoor
- Add support for Exploration expansion
- Add support for new caves
- Automatic photo capture
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- Add automa mode for solo play
- Add summary of points breakdown
- Add French language support
- Add support for more languages
In-app purchases
Quest Phase
No in-app purchases
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Quest Phase free?
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