LemonScore vs Pingel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LemonScore
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LemonScore Remote turns your iPhone or iPad into a powerful remote control for the LemonScore scoreboard software. Connect wirelessly via your local network to the scoreboard. GAME CONTROL - Adjust the score for both teams – with a single tap - Start, stop, and manually correct the match clock - Timer mode for countdowns and custom time sequences - Enable and disable stoppage time - Full penalty shootout control – including Sudden Death MEDIA & ANIMATIONS - Trigger goal, offside, yellow/red card, and substitution animations - Select player and team for each animation - Play and control playlists with images and videos - Show and hide banners MUSIC - Browse and play music playlists - Control playback: Play, Pause, Next, Previous - Adjust volume, enable shuffle and loop CUSTOM SHORTCUTS - Create your own shortcut cards with colors and icons - Assign multiple actions to a single button - Customize the layout of your remote control CONNECTION & SECURITY - Automatic discovery of LemonScore on the network via Bonjour - Manual connection via IP address also available - Secure authentication with a 6-digit PIN - Real-time synchronization across multiple devices simultaneously ADDITIONAL FEATURES - Blackout mode - Haptic feedback (adjustable) - Coex display monitoring (brightness, temperature, status) - Optimized for iPhone and iPad Requirement: LemonScore Desktop App (v1.5.0 or later) on the same network. Available at lemon-score.ch.
Pingel
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Soccer scoreboard, game timer and playing time tracker for youth and amateur teams. Pingel is the app for the person on the sideline who runs the game: set up your roster once, start the clock, and tap goals, assists and cards as they happen. It works for 11v11 soccer and for futsal, from youth soccer to a rec league side. The clock, timeline and season stats stay with you on the phone. Lock the screen and the game keeps running on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, where you can stop and start the clock without opening anything. Ask Siri for the score with muddy hands. Share a link and parents, subs and friends watch the live score and timeline in a browser — no app, no account. Or invite them into Pingel by QR code: followers get a notification for every goal, and a second coach stays in sync and can take over. WHAT YOU GET • Team setup — paste your club's team page and Pingel fills in the name, colors and roster, or set them by hand • Soccer or futsal — per team, with its own half length and cards • Game timer — two halves, pause and resume, count up or down, halftime worked out for you • Live scoreboard — goals with scorer and assist, cards, opponent goals • Lineups and substitutions — who starts, who is on the bench, every sub logged, playing time counted • Timeline — kickoff, halftime and the final whistle, every event minute-stamped • Lock Screen — a Live Activity with the score, the clock and a pause button • Siri — ask the score, stop or start the clock without looking • Season stats — record, form, shutouts, top scorers, assists, cards, minutes and starts • Earlier in the season — add goals and assists from before you started, so a season joined halfway still ranks correctly • Live sharing — a public viewer link that updates as you tap • Notifications — kickoff, every goal with scorer and assist, and the final score • Invites by QR — followers to watch, coaches to score alongside you • Multiple teams — switch freely; each keeps its own history • iPad — a sidebar for your teams and a game console to prop up by the field • Your way — keep the screen awake, light or dark, English or Dutch Everything lives on your phone by default. The server only holds what you deliberately share.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pingel at every 2 days against LemonScore's every 4 months. LemonScore's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LemonScore ships an update every 4 months, Pingel every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LemonScore | Pingel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dario Tschannen | Han Swinkels |
In-app purchases
LemonScore
No in-app purchases
Pingel
No in-app purchases









