SetScore vs ScoreZen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SetScore
This app provides a clean and fast scoreboard for volleyball matches. It offers intuitive scoring, match setup, and tracking features, with an optional timer and customizable themes. Designed to keep you focused on the game without distractions or subscriptions.
- Intuitive scoring (tap to score, long-press to undo)
- Customizable match setup (team names, set scores)
- Automatic set and match progression
- Full match history tracking
- Optional count up/down timer
- Multiple color themes and display options
- Keep Screen On mode
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SetScore is the scoreboard built for volleyball. Clean, fast, and distraction-free — exactly what you need on the sideline. Tap your team's side to score. Hold to take a point back. The scoreboard stays out of your way so you can stay focused on the game. **Scoring** - Tap either team's half to add a point - Long-press to subtract — no fumbling through menus - Large Digital-7 scoreboard font reads from across the court - Scores fill the screen in portrait and landscape **Match Setup** - Name your teams and pick a team color before every match - Configure Best Of (1, 3, or 5 sets), Set Score, and Final Set score - Auto-Advance automatically resets scores and advances the set when the win-by-2 rule is met - Tap the center button to manually advance at any time **Set & Match Tracking** - Tally marks track sets won for each team - SET WON overlay appears when a set is decided - MATCH WON overlay ends the match — tap New Match to start fresh - Full match history saved automatically with set-by-set scores **Timer** - Optional Count Up or Count Down timer displayed on screen - Auto-starts with each new match - Configurable countdown duration **Themes & Display** - 5 color themes: Classic, Midnight, Teal & Fire, Violet & Gold, Forest - Keep Screen On mode so the display never sleeps mid-match - Haptic feedback on every score - Landscape and portrait modes — works however you hold your phone **No clutter. No subscriptions. Just volleyball.**
ScoreZen
Transform your phone into a dynamic live scoreboard for any sport. Easily track scores, manage game details, and share live updates with a simple link. Offers features for referees, coaches, and clubs, including tournament management and team organization.
- Live score tracking for 34 sports
- Shareable live match links
- Tournament and standings management
- Club and team organization
- Printable match sheets and PDFs
- OBS streaming overlay
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Turn your phone into a live scoreboard for any sport, in seconds. Pick a sport, tap to score, and share one link. Whoever opens it — parents, players, the club, the other team — follows the score live, with no app to install and no account to create. Watching is free, always. SCORE IN ONE TAP • 34 sports, each with its real rules: sets, periods, timers, tie-breaks, shoot-outs, golden point. • Undo anything: a wrong tap is one tap away from being fixed. • Timers, periods and side changes handled for you. • Add your own sport when yours is not in the list. SHARE THE MATCH, NOT A SCREENSHOT • One link. It opens instantly in any browser, on any phone or computer. • Put the match video under the live score: your stream keeps playing while the score updates. • TV mode turns any screen into a scoreboard — free for everyone. • A printable match sheet and a PDF for the referee, the table, or the archives. • An overlay for OBS and streaming software, with your team colors. FOR REFEREES, COACHES AND CLUBS • Zen Ref: the real rules of your discipline, in plain words, right inside the app. • Tournaments and championships: fixtures, live standings, champion. • A club space to run your teams, your schedule and your season. • The Pulse: the live map of matches being scored around the world, right now. IN 25 LANGUAGES ScoreZen speaks your language, and so does the link you share: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Arabic, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Hindi, Bengali, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic and more. HONEST PRICING • Watching a match is free. Forever. No account, no install, no ad. • Scoring: your first 3 matches are free, and the app tells you which one you are on. • After that, ScoreZen Essential unlocks scoring for life — one payment, no subscription. • Tournaments, championships and club features have their own one-time packs or plans. Made by a sports parent who got tired of answering "what's the score?" by text message. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SetScore at none against ScoreZen's 9. ScoreZen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. ScoreZen sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SetScore asks for nothing beyond the download.
SetScore ships an update every 4 days, ScoreZen every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SetScore | ScoreZen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nate Swenson | Jacky DESIREE |
Customer experience
SetScore
ScoreZen
In-app purchases
SetScore
No in-app purchases
ScoreZen
- Score Zen Club$3.991 Month
- Score Zen Club Pro$8.991 Month
- Score Zen Organisation$24.991 Month
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- Score Zen Club (Annual)$44.991 Year
- Score Zen Club Pro (Annual)$89.991 Year
- Score Zen Organisation (Annual)$249.991 Year
- Essential (Lifetime)$1.99
- Tournament Pack$1.99
- Championship Pack$1.99









