Comparison

PKL App vs Keep Score

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

Head to head
About

PKL App

This app serves as a comprehensive pickleball platform for both players and facilities. Players can book courts, join tournaments, track ratings, and connect with others. Facilities can manage courts, events, memberships, and communications.

Highlights
  • Book courts with live calendar
  • Join tournaments and leagues
  • Sync DUPR rating
  • Purchase memberships
  • In-app chat with players
  • Manage facility operations
  • Track schedules and standings
Features
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PKL is the all-in-one pickleball platform built for players and facilities. For Players Book courts at your home facility with a live calendar view Join TopGun tournaments, leagues, ELP divisions, or round-robin events Sync your DUPR rating for fair seeding and player matching Purchase memberships with perks like guest passes and open play Browse and buy from your facility's pro shop Chat with other players and teams in real time Track upcoming bookings, competition schedules, and standings from your personal dashboard For Facilities & Admins Manage courts, pricing, staff, and member roles Create and run leagues, tournaments, and round-robin events Configure membership tiers with custom pricing and perks Process payments securely via Stripe Send email campaigns to your facility members Whether you're a casual player or a competitive regular, PKL keeps your game organized and your community connected.

About

Keep Score

This app simplifies scorekeeping for various games and sports, allowing one device to manage scores while others view them live. It supports a wide range of card, board, and yard games, as well as team sports, with features for custom games and group synchronization.

Highlights
  • Live score syncing across multiple devices
  • Supports card, board, yard games, and sports
  • Custom game creation
  • Group management with rosters and history
  • Player-specific score columns
  • Public live boards for spectators
  • Built-in game timer and dice roller
Features
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Found 5 Dollars keeps score so nobody argues with the scorekeeper. One phone runs the scorecard. Everyone else watches the scores land on their own phone, live. No more "wait, what am I at?" — and no more creative math from your brother-in-law. QUICK GAME — FASTER THAN PEN AND PAPER Game already started? One tap gets you a live scorecard: four columns, zero questions. Name players whenever by tapping a column (or claim yours — it jumps first, in your color), add columns mid-game, and decide whether high or low wins at any time. When it's over, name what you were playing and it becomes a real listed game — tonight's scores, history, and stats included. CARD & TABLE GAMES Five Crowns, Hearts, Rummy, Gin Rummy, Uno, Farkle, Mexican Train, Cover Your Assets, Scrabble, Golf, Left Right Center, Thirty-One and more — smart scorecards that know each game's rounds, wilds, and winning direction. Yahtzee gets the real sheet: the how-to-score column built in, one-tap combo scoring, the 63+ bonus tracked automatically, extra Yahtzees included. A dealer chip walks down the turn order so "whose deal is it?" always has an answer, and Play Again restarts the same table in one tap. Or build your own custom game in seconds. BANK & LEFT RIGHT CENTER, RUN LIVE The dice game Bank gets its own live board: the pot front and center, whose roll it is, phase-aware buttons (7 = 70 in the safe rolls, BUST in the danger zone), one-tap banking, and sounds on every phone in the room when the pot doubles — or dies. Left Right Center runs the chips, the pot, and the winner; you just roll. SIDELINE — FOR THE SPORTS PARENTS Volleyball, beach volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball. Run the score from the bleachers with big tap-to-score sides — sets, deuce, and extra innings handled by the app — and a fullscreen board when you turn your phone sideways. Family group members watch live from anywhere. Season records too: "we're 3-1 against them." LIVE BOARDS ANYONE CAN WATCH Broadcast a volleyball court — or the Five Crowns table, or the cornhole board — to a public live page. Spectators just enter a code. No account, no install, no waiting for the group text. YARD & REC Cornhole, Kan Jam, pickleball, horseshoes, frisbee golf, pool, foosball, air hockey — big tap-to-score boards you can read from across the yard. DARTS 501, 301, Cricket, Around the Clock — countdown scoring included, so the app does the subtraction, not you. GROUPS THAT REMEMBER Make a group for your regular crew. Rosters, house rules, playlists, and every game's history sync to everyone automatically. New player at the table? They scan a QR code and they're in — nobody types an email. STATS & BRAGGING RIGHTS Wins, averages, and finishing places build themselves as you play. And on your own phone, your column comes first in your color — no more typing points into Mom's column. THE TABLE TOOLBOX Game timer with buzzer, dice roller, who-goes-first spinner, team shuffler, calculator — and Quick Score for anything else. AND THE PRACTICAL STUFF Free. No ads. No account required to play. Works offline — scores sync when you're back. - Made for iPhone and iPad — one game, every screen at the table. Why "Found 5 Dollars"? Because every good game night ends with a story nobody believes… and then I found five dollars. Game Night Pro subscription - $0.99 per month, or $9.99 per year - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.found5dollars.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

PKL App4 screens
Keep Score4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PKL App at none against Keep Score's 2. PKL App also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2). Keep Score's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Keep Score sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PKL App 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 PKL App against 5.0 for Keep Score. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PKL App ships an update weekly, Keep Score every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PKL App versus Keep Score: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPKL AppKeep Score
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPKL TechnologiesFound 5 Dollars

Customer experience

PKL App

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Keep Score

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PKL App

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Keep Score

Subscriptions2
  • Game Night Pro — Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Game Night Pro — Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is PKL App free?
PKL App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep Score free?
Keep Score is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PKL App or Keep Score?
PKL App and Keep Score are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do PKL App or Keep Score have ads?
Neither PKL App nor Keep Score shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PKL App or Keep Score?
PKL App ships an update weekly, and Keep Score every 2 days. Most recently, PKL App was updated on October 28, 2026 and Keep Score on October 29, 2026.

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