Board Game Sidekick vs Start2Play

Meet Board Game Sidekick - the fast, friendly companion for game nights. Scan a shelf photo to identify games, ask rulebook questions in plain English, and keep easy track of your scores. Less fiddling, more playing. Why you’ll love it: • Scan & recognise games: snap a photo of your shelf and get a tidy list of titles to add to your library. • Rulebook Q&A (AI-powered): ask “How many cards for 3 players?” Answers come from the attached rulebook. • Scorekeeping that’s actually nice: smart categories per game, quick entry, player summaries, and history. • Your library, organized: search, filter, sort; jump to rules Q&A or scoring from any game. • Import from BoardGameGeek: pull in your collection to get started fast. • Lots of fun and useful board game tools like a first player picker & dice roller to supercharge your game night. How it works 1. Scan: take a photo of your games to recognize titles and add them in a tap. 2. Ask: refer to the PDF rulebook in-app and ask natural-language questions. 3. Score: track per-player totals with clear categories and save results. Privacy • No ads. No account required. Free to use. • Your library and scores stay on your device. • When you use scanning or rules Q&A, the app sends the chosen photo/question to an LLM via our secure backend to generate the answer. Notes • Board Game Sidekick is not affiliated with BoardGameGeek or any game publishers. • Some features require an internet connection (game recognition and rulebook Q&A). • The app is currently in public beta - all features are free and we welcome feedback to shape future development.

Start2Play is the friend at the table who already knows the rules. Scan a board game box and start playing in minutes instead of reading the rulebook. SCAN ANY GAME Point your camera at the box and Start2Play finds the game, with player count and playtime. Can't scan it? Search by name. SETUP AND RULES IN SECONDS Get a clear guide for every game: how to set it up, how a turn works, how to score, and the mistakes new players make. ASK OUT LOUD Stuck mid-game? Ask your rules question out loud and hear the answer, without putting your cards down. HOST MODE Let Start2Play teach the game to the whole table, out loud, like a game show host. It keeps playing with the screen locked. SETTLE ARGUMENTS Describe the disagreement and get a ruling based on the rules, not on who argues loudest. WHO GOES FIRST Everyone puts a finger on the screen and Start2Play picks the first player. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Start2Play speaks 31 languages. The app, the guides, Host Mode and spoken answers all follow the language you choose. FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited scans and rules for 3 new games a month. Pro: unlimited rules and every feature.