Madness Time vs Sideline Score
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Madness Time
Follow NCAA tournaments with live game updates and a complete bracket view. Explore the tournament structure with a zoomable and pannable layout. This app is not affiliated with the NCAA.
- Live game updates
- Complete tournament structure view
- Zoom and pan bracket layout
- Easy-to-read bracket design
- Track every game
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Track NCAA tournaments. View the complete tournament structure. Follow every game with live updates. Zoom and pan to explore clean, easy-to-read bracket layout. Disclaimer: This application is in no way affiliated with the NCAA. This application, nor it's developer, are responsible for any legalities that may arise in the use of this application.
Sideline Score
Easily track scores for youth sports games like football, baseball, basketball, and soccer. Customize rules, save game history, and personalize team colors. Works offline without ads or accounts.
- One-tap scoring
- Configurable scoring rules
- Save game history
- Personalized team colors
- Offline functionality
- Supports multiple sports
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Most youth sports tournaments don't have a scoreboard. Sideline Score is the one in your pocket. Built for parents on the sideline of football tournaments, baseball diamonds, basketball gyms, and soccer fields, Sideline Score is the fast, no-fuss way to keep score during your kid's game — so you stop doing math in your head and start watching them play. WHY PARENTS LOVE IT • One-tap scoring. The score is the biggest thing on screen, exactly the way it should be. • Configurable scoring rules per tournament — touchdown points, PATs, interception scoring, all dialed in once and then forgotten. • Save every game. Browse them later that night, or three months from now. • Personalized to your family. Your kids' names. Your team's colors. The app feels like it belongs to you. • Works offline. Sideline reception is unreliable; the app isn't. • No accounts to create. No ads. No tracking. SUPPORTED SPORTS • Football — Tackle, Flag, and 7-on-7 • Baseball, Softball, and Tee Ball • Basketball • Soccer • Lacrosse FREE TO TRY • 1 child, 1 team, 1 sport, up to 8 games • Curated team-color palette • Local-only storage on this device PREMIUM ($2.99, ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • Unlimited children, teams, and games • All sports unlocked, switchable any time • Full team color picker • iCloud sync across all your devices • Family Sharing supported YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Sideline Score is a single-purpose tool. Your family's data lives on your device and, if you upgrade to Premium, syncs through your private iCloud account. We never see it. The only thing the app sends us is anonymous, privacy-first usage statistics — never your names, teams, opponents, or scores, and never anything that can identify you. Built for parents, by a parent. Made for the moment your kid scores and you want to remember it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Madness Time at none against Sideline Score's 1. Madness Time also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). Sideline Score's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating and ratings volume 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. Sideline Score sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Madness Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Madness Time against 5.0 for Sideline Score. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Madness Time ships an update weekly, Sideline Score monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Madness Time | Sideline Score |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BigBlue Apps | DigitalSandbox |
Customer experience
Madness Time
Sideline Score
In-app purchases
Madness Time
No in-app purchases
Sideline Score
- Sideline Score Premium$2.99
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