Comparison

Telescore vs Valuball

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

Head to head
About

Telescore

Relive the nostalgia of checking teletext for live football scores and scorers. This app delivers up-to-the-minute results in a classic teletext format, bringing the excitement of Saturday afternoons to your phone.

Highlights
  • Live football scores
  • Scorer information
  • Classic teletext format
  • Up-to-the-minute updates
  • Premier League results
Features
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Remember the thrill of checking Teletext for the latest football scores on a Saturday afternoon? Telescore brings that same buzz to your phone, delivering up-to-the-minute football scores and scorers in the same format as teletext how it was back when everything was better. Check it out today for that Ceefax fix and watch the Premier League results come in the way they should.

About

Valuball

Explore decades of football club finances, including revenue, wages, transfers, and debt. Compare clubs across leagues and time, or simulate your own transfer windows to see the financial impact. Built on official annual accounts for accurate insights.

Highlights
  • 30+ seasons of financial data
  • 250+ clubs across multiple leagues
  • Revenue, wages, transfers, and debt analysis
  • Interactive charts and rankings
  • Transfer window simulation
  • Official financial account data
Features
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Valuball turns three decades of football finance into something you can actually explore. England, Scotland, France and now Spain: revenue, wages, transfers, debt and squad cost for 250+ clubs, drawn from their official annual accounts and explained clearly. Whether you want to understand why your club spends what it spends, compare rivals across decades or across borders, or test your own transfer plans, Valuball gives you the full financial picture. WHAT YOU CAN EXPLORE • Premier League squads down to estimated player wages • Transfer fees and net spend, club by club • Revenue split by matchday, broadcast and commercial • Wages, wage-to-revenue ratios and squad cost control • Profit & loss, EBITDA, debt and owner funding • League totals, rankings and inflation-adjusted history • 30+ seasons and 250+ clubs in rich, interactive charts FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE TO LIGUE 1 TO LALIGA England and Scotland back to 1992/93. France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 back to 2002/03, from PSG's transformation to the TV-rights crisis. Spain's LaLiga and LaLiga 2 from 2016/17. All of it in pounds or euros at a single tap. SIMULATE A TRANSFER WINDOW Build your own window — buy, sell and reshape the squad — and watch the financial effects play out. See how a marquee signing hits wages, amortisation and squad cost before your club ever makes the call. BUILT ON REAL ACCOUNTS Every accounts figure comes from clubs' official filings: Companies House in the UK, the INPI in France and the clubs' audited annual accounts in Spain, with France corroborated by the DNCG's annual reports. Where a figure is an estimate, such as player wages, it is clearly labelled. FOR FANS AND ANALYSTS ALIKE Casual fans get clear headlines and plain-English explanations. Power users get the underlying data and the tools to run their own comparisons. MEMBERSHIP • Free — headline finances for every club • Premium — full historical data, every league, advanced charts and deeper breakdowns • Founder — the complete boardroom: SCR dashboards, valuation lab, the accounts library and raw data exports Follow the money behind European football — season by season, club by club. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Telescore2 screens
Valuball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Telescore at none against Valuball's 3. Telescore also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Valuball's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Valuball sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Telescore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Telescore against 5.0 for Valuball. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Telescore has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Telescore ships an update fortnightly, Valuball every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Telescore versus Valuball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTelescoreValuball
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews98.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael ReynoldsVALUSPORT GROUP PTY LTD

Customer experience

Telescore

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%

Valuball

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Telescore

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Valuball

Subscriptions3
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boardroom$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Telescore free?
Telescore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Valuball free?
Valuball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Telescore or Valuball?
Telescore and Valuball are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Telescore or Valuball have ads?
Neither Telescore nor Valuball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Telescore or Valuball?
Telescore ships an update fortnightly, and Valuball every 4 days. Most recently, Telescore was updated on November 12, 2026 and Valuball on November 10, 2026.

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