Comparison

Tabletally vs Useless APP

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

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About

Tabletally

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The night itself finally has an app. Board game nights run on rituals that software never touched. First the shelf stare: a hundred boxes, four players, ninety minutes, and twenty of them lost deciding. Then the scoring - modern games count bonuses, per-item points, majorities, whole formulas - handled with a pen and a pad that ran out of sheets three games ago. And somewhere, a copy of Azul has been at a friend's place since March, remembered by no one. Tabletally is built for that night, not the archive after it. It lives on the phone, keeps a group's shelf, and runs the evening from the first "what should we play?" to the final tally. THE SHELF-TO-TABLE PICKER A host enters who's here and how long they have, and the picker returns a short list from their own collection - honest about time, because it learned the table's real pace from past plays instead of trusting the box. Every suggestion shows its reasoning: fits five players, about fifty-five minutes at this table's pace, dusty since spring. ONE SCORE PAD FOR EVERY GAME The heart of Tabletally is a score-pad builder: counters, number fields, checkboxes worth points, per-item scoring, tiered thresholds, penalties - assembled once for a game and reused every night. Live Table Mode turns it into big chunky buttons for the table, with running totals, deep undo, and a session that survives a phone passed around or a game paused for pizza. At the end, the winner banner resolves ties by the chain the group set - and shows why - then one tap turns the final grid into a logged play. Plays accrue as a side effect: players, scores, winner, real duration. Tasteful stats follow - win rates, the hobby-famous H-index, a shelf of shame, and a dust view. Loans get tracked too, so you can see who has each game and when it was lent. FREE, AND USEFUL FOREVER - Manual game entry until the shelf has 30 owned games, 3 personal score pads, and unlimited plays and Live Table sessions - The picker's player-count and time filters - Core stats, the shelf of shame, and the dust view - CSV export of your collection and plays - always free PRO ADDS THE DEPTH - Formula components and multi-level tie-breaker chains, each shown with its math. - A picker that learns your table's real pace and ranks tonight's shortlist with visible reasoning. - Unlimited games and score pads (free manual entry checks for 30 owned games and 3 personal pads). - Bulk collection import from a CSV file you select, processed on-device. Your own CSV export stays free. - H-index history over time and per-player deep stats. - Unlimited active loans (free tracks 2). - First-player spinner, turn-order shuffle, and a per-turn timer. - Night recap share cards, plus Home Screen widgets and Siri / Shortcuts actions. OWN IT No account. No ads. Records live on the device, in the owner's hands. Enter game details manually or, with Pro, import a collection CSV you select. This does not connect to an online collection. Existing saved game facts remain available. Tabletally ships no official score sheets, no game artwork, and no rules content; score pads are the user's own personal creations. Pro is one purchase group: - Lifetime: one-time purchase, no automatic renewal. - Yearly subscription, with an introductory free trial only when Apple confirms eligibility. The app shows the current price, offer and renewal terms. Existing monthly subscribers keep access while their verified subscription remains active. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store account settings. Prices in US dollars; other regions may vary. Privacy Policy: https://app-legal-pages.vercel.app/tabletally/privacy Terms of Service: https://app-legal-pages.vercel.app/tabletally/terms

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Useless APP

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Useless APP is a technology keynote you can actually play. This release introduces the Off-Work Accelerator, where repeated taps push progress infinitely closer to 100%, and the Holiday Conservation Engine, where every simulated day off creates a later simulated workday. Neither feature changes system time or represents an official holiday schedule. The museum also includes working local Pomodoro, todo, expense and notes mini apps; an AI subscription cost ledger; DAU One; App 38; the Ransom Alarm; and six classic useless exhibits. Completed interactions create locally stored collection certificates that can be turned into posters and shared through the user-initiated iOS share sheet. All user counts, revenue, rankings, IQ, luck, awards, calendar dates and acceleration values are fictional exhibit content. The app does not measure or change a person, device, system time or real work schedule and promises no real-world outcome. All exhibits are free. There are no in-app purchases, accounts, third-party ads, analytics or tracking. The app does not collect or upload personal data. The interface and exhibit content are in Simplified Chinese.

Screenshots

Tabletally4 screens
Useless APP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Useless APP at none against Tabletally's 3. Useless APP also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tabletally sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Useless APP asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabletally ships an update every 3 months, Useless APP every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Tabletally versus Useless APP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabletallyUseless APP
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.318.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ…งๆ…ง ้ซ˜Freedom Dimension (shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tabletally

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual1 Month trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifetimeFree
None

Useless APP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabletally free?
Tabletally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Useless APP free?
Useless APP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tabletally or Useless APP have ads?
Neither Tabletally nor Useless APP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabletally or Useless APP?
Tabletally ships an update every 3 months, and Useless APP every 11 days. Most recently, Tabletally was updated on November 5, 2026 and Useless APP on November 5, 2026.

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