Games Keeper vs ScorePal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Games Keeper
Easily track scores for any game, from board games and RPGs to outdoor sports. Features include unlimited players, score sheets with ranks and charts, and quick access to helpful tools like a timer and dice roller. Maintain a full game history with player and score details.
- Score tracking for any game
- Unlimited players
- Score sheets with ranks and charts
- Timer, dictionary, dice roll access
- Full game history
- CSV export (in-app purchase)
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“The only scoring app I’ll use” Games Keeper lets you track scores, no matter what game you play. From tabletop board games to role-playing games, and even outdoor sports. • Simple and easy to use • Unlimited number of players • Scores sheets, with ranks and chart • Quick access to timer, dictionary, dice roll • Full games history, with players and scores details, and export to CSV (requires in-app purchase) Also available on Apple Watch and Mac.
ScorePal
Easily track scores for any game with friends and family. Features a built-in calculator, turn order adjustment, and score editing. Save your game progress to continue later.
- Score tracking
- Built-in calculator
- Adjust turn order
- Edit player properties
- Save game progress
- Game timer
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ScorePal is a simple yet extremely functional app that will allow you to easily keep score when playing your favorite games with friends and family. Tips: 1) Touch a player's score to bring up a simple calculator. 2) Drag a player's name up or down to change turn order. 4) Tap a player's name in order to edit their properties. 3) Change the value of the text field labeled "+/-" to easily increment or decrement a player's score. 4) Touch the Timer button to create a new timer for your game. Navigate back to the main display and you can pause or reset the timer. 5) Don't have time to finish your game? Tap the Options button and save your Scoreboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Games Keeper at 76% against ScorePal's 36%. Games Keeper also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and device support (5 vs 2). ScorePal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Games Keeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScorePal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Games Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 450 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Games Keeper's written reviews are positive against 36% of ScorePal's.
Games Keeper ships an update every 4 months, ScorePal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Games Keeper | ScorePal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (450 ratings) — better | 4.3 (184 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 35.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 450 — better | 184 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Tourraine | Pace Apps Inc. |
Customer experience
Games Keeper
ScorePal
Bugs and requests
Games Keeper
Reported bugs
9 issues- App freezes when removing players
- App crashes when entering scores too quickly
- Scores drop or show incorrect previous scores
- Auto-advance arrow registers score to wrong player if tapped too quickly
- Timer restarts when viewing results
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- Ranking display shows all players as #1 in 'lowest score wins' mode
- Auto-advance setting resets on new game
- Score display carousel not smooth with 6+ players
- App loses data on crash with no recovery
Requested features
23 requests- Larger button/number pad option in settings
- Dark mode for reduced eye strain
- Ability to add players during active game
- Ability to remove players mid-game
- Ability to reorder players after game starts
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- Display all player scores on screen simultaneously
- Customizable scoring buttons
- Save and reuse player names from previous games
- Save and reuse game titles
- Edit game details after creation
- Add game history/statistics tracking
- Show last score change on player tile
- Customizable card colors per player
- Larger font for player names
- Better active player highlighting
- Half-point scoring option
- Higher increment buttons (e.g., +100)
- Disable timer feature completely
- Show scoring breakdown/math for verification
- Multiple simultaneous games with switching
- iPhone-Apple Watch sync functionality
- Disable auto-advance to next player option persistence
- Correct ranking display for 'lowest score wins' mode
ScorePal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Games Keeper
- Games Keeper History$5.99
ScorePal
No in-app purchases
