Comparison

Sideline Score vs ScoreSource

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

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About

Sideline Score

Easily keep score for youth sports games and share live updates with family. Track individual player achievements and access game recaps and history. Supports 11 youth sports with customizable team colors.

Highlights
  • One-tap scoring
  • Live game sharing
  • Player stat tracking
  • Game recaps and history
  • Supports 11 youth sports
  • Lock Screen scoreboard
  • Customizable team colors
Features
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Most youth games don't have a scoreboard, and Grandma can't always make it. Sideline Score fixes both: keep score with one tap, and let family follow every play live from wherever they are. SHARE THE GAME LIVE • Send family a private link. Every score shows up on their Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, live. • No app needed to watch. Family tap the link and follow along, and watching is always free. • Your first live game is on us. YOUR KID'S BIG PLAYS • A lot of kids play positions that don't score points. Credit yours with one tap for a sack, a save, a steal, a big catch, or a touchdown. • Family watching live get a heads-up the moment it happens. • Every play adds up in your kid's game stats. THE SCOREBOARD IN YOUR POCKET • Tap to score. The score is the biggest thing on screen. • Start a game in seconds: pick the sport and go. • Built for 11 youth sports: tackle football, flag football, 7-on-7, baseball, softball, tee ball, basketball, soccer, hockey, lacrosse and volleyball, plus Other for everything else. • Periods, halves and innings tracked for you, with outs for baseball and softball. • Keep score from your Lock Screen, too. Your own Live Activity has score buttons. • The app is themed to match your team's colors. EVERY GAME, REMEMBERED • A recap after every game: the final, every scoring play, and your kid's stats. • History for every team, sorted by season, with the win-loss record. • Ask Siri to add a score or tell you the score, or put it on the Action button. FREE • Unlimited games • 2 kids, with 2 teams each • Every sport, team colors, recaps, history and stats • Your own Lock Screen scoreboard • Your first live game PREMIUM ($2.99 a month or $29.99 a year) • Launch offer: your first year for $19.99 when you subscribe yearly by December 31 • Sideline Live: share every game live with up to 50 family members • Big Play alerts for family watching • Unlimited kids and teams • iCloud sync across your devices Payment is charged to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://digitalsandbox.net/sideline-score/privacy.html YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No accounts and no ads. Your family's games live on your device, and in your private iCloud with Premium. When you share a game live, only that game's score and plays go to the people with your link, and the share ends when the game does. The app sends us anonymous usage statistics, never names, teams or scores. Built for parents, by a parent.

About

ScoreSource

Stay updated on Mississippi high school sports with scores, schedules, team records, and game details. Easily follow your favorite teams across various sports and access live broadcast links. This app provides a centralized hub for all your team's information.

Highlights
  • Scores and schedules for Mississippi high school teams
  • Favorite team tracking
  • Coverage for multiple sports
  • Detailed team and sport pages
  • GameCenter with box scores
  • Links to live game broadcasts
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ScoreSource keeps Mississippi high school sports fans connected to the teams they care about. Follow your favorite schools and quickly find scores, schedules, team records, game details, and more—all in one place. ScoreSource features: • Scores and schedules for featured Mississippi high school teams • Favorite teams for quick access to the games you care about • Football, baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball, and soccer coverage • Detailed team and sport pages • GameCenter with scores, game information, and sport-specific box scores when available • Links to available live game broadcasts • Easy week-by-week and sport filtering • School and team records Whether you're following one school or keeping up with teams across Mississippi, ScoreSource makes it easier to find the information you need on game day. Your Teams. Your Scores. Your Source.

Screenshots

Sideline Score4 screens
ScoreSource4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScoreSource at none against Sideline Score's 2. ScoreSource also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Sideline Score sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ScoreSource 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 Sideline Score against 5.0 for ScoreSource. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScoreSource has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sideline Score ships an update every 4 weeks, ScoreSource weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sideline Score versus ScoreSource: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSideline ScoreScoreSource
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.417.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigitalSandboxScoreSource LLC

Customer experience

Sideline Score

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ScoreSource

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sideline Score

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
None

ScoreSource

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sideline Score free?
Sideline Score is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScoreSource free?
ScoreSource is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sideline Score or ScoreSource?
Sideline Score and ScoreSource are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Sideline Score or ScoreSource have ads?
Neither Sideline Score nor ScoreSource shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sideline Score or ScoreSource?
Sideline Score ships an update every 4 weeks, and ScoreSource weekly. Most recently, Sideline Score was updated on November 13, 2026 and ScoreSource on October 31, 2026.

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