Comparison

Courtside vs Game Point Live

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

Head to head
About

Courtside

Features
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Turn an iPad or iPhone into a real sports scoreboard, run it from your phone, and put it on the big screen. Courtside is built for school gyms, clubs, tournaments and pick-up games. It knows the rules of each sport, so you set up a game in seconds and the board does the rest. SPORTS AND RULES • Basketball FIBA, NBA and 3x3, handball, futsal and volleyball, plus a fully custom mode • Periods and period length, team fouls with a penalty indicator, timeouts per team, alternating possession arrow • Shot clock with 24 and 14 second resets, counting in tenths for the last five seconds • Overtime when the score is level, as many as your competition allows • Volleyball in sets: set points, sets won, and the deciding set to 15 • Save your own rule sets and start them again with one tap ON THE BOARD • Large clock and scores, readable from across the hall • The last ten seconds of every period run in tenths of a second • Tap to score, undo the last change, correct the clock, rename a team mid-game • Horn at the end of a period, and whenever you need it • Ended a period or the game by mistake? Correct the clock and play on, or reopen the game PHONE REMOTE, NOTHING TO INSTALL • Scan a QR code and control the board from any phone's browser on the same Wi-Fi • A second remote for a dedicated shot clock operator • You decide who controls the game: every link carries a key, new devices can require your approval, and you can lock the game once your crew is connected BIG SCREEN • Connect a TV or projector by cable or AirPlay to show a clean full-screen board while you keep the controls • Or open the board in the browser of any TV, laptop or tablet on the network • A separate full-screen shot clock display for a second tablet, for example above each basket AFTER THE GAME • Game summary with a period-by-period box score of points and fouls • Share the result as an image • Full game history MADE FOR THE HALL • Works without internet. The remote runs on your local network or a phone hotspot • No account, no ads, no tracking. Nothing leaves your network • iPhone and iPad layouts, and five languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Romanian

About

Game Point Live

Features
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Game Point turns your phone into a live scoreboard for the sports you actually play. Start a match in seconds, keep score with a tap, and share a live link so friends, family, and fans can follow every point in real time — no account needed to watch. ONE APP, EVERY SPORT Score volleyball, golf, baseball, football, basketball, rugby and more — each with rules that fit the game: sets and rotations, innings and outs, holes and pars, quarters and downs. KEEP SCORE THE EASY WAY • Tap to score, hold to undo — built for the sideline • Quick Match for a one-off game, or set up full matches • Live landscape scoreboard for a big, glanceable display • Player and team stats tracked as you go SHARE IT LIVE • Every match gets a short code and a live link • Spectators watch the score update in real time • Add a YouTube or Twitch stream so viewers get score and video together RUN TOURNAMENTS & EVENTS • Organize multiple matches under one event • Follow a whole day of games from a single screen • Add any match to your Watching list by code SIGN IN YOUR WAY Email, Google, Facebook, or Sign in with Apple. Your matches sync across phone and web at gamepointlive.com. Game Point is free to use. Create a match, share the link, and let everyone watch the game come to life.

Screenshots

Courtside4 screens
Game Point Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Game Point Live at every 4 days against Courtside's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Courtside ships an update every 2 weeks, Game Point Live every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Courtside versus Game Point Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCourtsideGame Point Live
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB46 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndrei WeintraubJimmie Kim

In-app purchases

None

Courtside

No in-app purchases

None

Game Point Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Courtside free?
Courtside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Game Point Live free?
Game Point Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Courtside or Game Point Live have ads?
Neither Courtside nor Game Point Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Courtside or Game Point Live?
Courtside ships an update every 2 weeks, and Game Point Live every 4 days. Most recently, Courtside was updated on October 30, 2026 and Game Point Live on November 5, 2026.

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