Comparison

RivalBoard vs Jig Beat

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

Head to head
About

RivalBoard

Features
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RivalBoard is the arena-style score tracker built for face-to-face competition. Whether you play table tennis, foosball, card games, or any match that needs a scoreboard, RivalBoard turns your iPhone into a battle-ready tally board. Divide your rivals into two factions - Celestials and Infernals - then clash. LIVE SCOREBOARD A bold, split-screen board puts both scores front and center. Tap your half to add a point. Tap minus to subtract. Every action is logged with a timestamp so you can review the full match timeline afterward. RIVAL PROFILES Create profiles for each competitor. Choose their faction, pick an avatar, and track their lifetime win rate, points scored, and match history. HALL OF RECORDS Every finished battle is saved automatically. Browse past matches, filter by faction wins, and tap any record to replay the event-by-event timeline. STANDINGS See which faction is dominating the season at a glance. A comparative bar shows total wins and points. The full roster is ranked by win rate. MATCH FORMATS - First to 11 - First to 21 - Timed 5 minutes - Free play (manual end) No account required. No internet connection needed. All data stays on your device.

About

Jig Beat

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JigBeat is a calm winter tapping game with one rule: land your taps on the beat. A takes your jig at the bottom of the hole. Every tap that lands inside the green window is one pull, four pulls lift her a floor, and when she clears the top floor she is yours. Tap off the beat and the floor you were filling empties out. That is the whole game. Everything else is the water around it. • One finger, one tap, no menus in the way — a ring closes on the jig once per beat and you tap when it meets • The early holes are two floors deep at a gentle sixty beats a minute; later ones go three, four and five floors, and the beat quickens as you go • Three per hole, three slips per floor — a slip costs you the floor, not the whole climb • 36 holes across three chapters, three stars each: one for the quota, one for losing, one for landing 85% of your taps on the beat • A logbook of ten species, from a palm-sized perch to the Ridge Mother Pike who takes two extra pulls a floor • Endless Jig for the record chasers — every few the hole gets deeper and the beat gets faster • A daily rhythm and three daily tasks, with a streak that pays for coming back • Six branches of tackle: a wider beat window, a stronger line, a longer stove, a louder metronome • Weather that rules the whole day — Hard Frost makes heavy, Thaw slows the water, a Blizzard forgives one more slip • Plays in portrait, one thumb, no account, no internet, no ads, everything saved on your phone Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RivalBoard4 screens
Jig Beat4 screens

Verdict

The call

RivalBoard and Jig Beat are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RivalBoard ships an update every 9 days, Jig Beat weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RivalBoard versus Jig Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivalBoardJig Beat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJocelyn OwensGareth Vance

In-app purchases

None

RivalBoard

No in-app purchases

None

Jig Beat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RivalBoard free?
RivalBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jig Beat free?
Jig Beat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RivalBoard or Jig Beat have ads?
Neither RivalBoard nor Jig Beat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RivalBoard or Jig Beat?
RivalBoard ships an update every 9 days, and Jig Beat weekly. Most recently, RivalBoard was updated on September 15, 2026 and Jig Beat on September 23, 2026.

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