ShellMate vs Faraway Score
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShellMate
A fast and playful scoring companion for card games. Easily track player scores, round progress, and manage end-of-round decisions. Supports various scoring elements for a smooth gameplay experience.
- Score tracking for 2-4 players
- Running totals and round progress
- Support for Stop and Last Chance endings
- Base game and expansion scoring
- Saved player names
- Privacy-friendly design
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Shellmate is a fast, playful scoring companion. Keep the table moving while Shellmate handles the maths. Add your players, score each hand, track totals across rounds, and let the app help with end-of-round choices such as Stop and Last Chance. Designed for quick use during a real game, Shellmate supports the base game plus Extra Salt and Extra Pepper scoring elements, including collections, duos, multipliers, mermaids, colour bonuses, events and instant-win checks. Features: - Score rounds for 2 to 4 players - Track running totals and current round progress - Support for Stop and Last Chance round endings - Largest colour series entry for Last Chance - Base game, Extra Salt and Extra Pepper scoring support - Saved player names for faster setup - English and Dutch language options - A subtle glitchy sea-inspired interface - Privacy-friendly: no account, no tracking and no automatic data sharing Shellmate is built to be a companion at the table, not a replacement for the cards. It keeps score, helps reduce mistakes, and leaves the game itself where it belongs: in your hands. Shellmate is an unofficial scoring companion. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Studio Bombyx.
Faraway Score
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At the end of a game of Faraway you score from right to left, card by card, and the Sanctuaries change the count for everything else. It is the longest part of the evening, and it is easy to get wrong. Faraway Score does it for you. Lay out one player's cards on the table, Sanctuaries on top and the eight Regions below, and take a photo. The app recognizes the cards and works out the score, Region by Region and Sanctuary by Sanctuary. For every card you see how many points it makes, and why. If a card is read wrong, tap it and pick the right one from the list: they are all there, including the cards from both expansions. And when a card makes you discard a Sanctuary, the app tries every option and keeps the one that suits you best. Add as many players as you like, and at the end you get the ranking for the evening. Your games stay saved. Recognition happens on your phone. Photos are not saved and never go to a server, and it works without internet. No account, no ads, no subscription: it is free, and it will stay free. You need the game. The app counts the points, it does not let you play. In English, Italian, French, Spanish and German. Faraway Score is not an official app: it is made with the permission of Catch Up Games, who allowed the use of the name, logo and illustrations. Faraway is a game by Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat, illustrated by Maxime Morin and published by Catch Up Games.
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The clearest difference is price: Faraway Score at Free against ShellMate's $3.99. Faraway Score also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Faraway Score is free to download; ShellMate costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShellMate ships an update every 3 months, Faraway Score every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | ShellMate | Faraway Score |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Janssen | Paolo Alberti |
In-app purchases
ShellMate
No in-app purchases
Faraway Score
No in-app purchases
Questions
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