Comparison

Phase X vs Talking Score Keeper

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

Head to head
About

Phase X

This app serves as a digital scorekeeper for the card game Phase 10. It tracks player progress through all ten phases, validates scores, and automatically calculates rankings. Games can be resumed, edited, or deleted, and rules are accessible within the app.

Highlights
  • Track all ten phases and player progress
  • Validated round scoring with penalty points
  • Automatic game history
  • Resume, edit, or delete games
  • In-app rules and onboarding
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Phase X is your digital score sheet for Phase 10 game nights. It keeps track of every player's phase, validates possible scores and calculates the current ranking automatically. Features: • All ten phases and every player's progress at a glance • Validated round scoring with correct penalty points • Automatic history for ongoing and completed games • Resume, edit or delete games later • Correct names, phases and points directly in the ranking • Rules and onboarding available at any time • German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese • For 2 to 6 players No account and no ads. Games are stored locally and synchronized between your devices through iCloud when available.

About

Talking Score Keeper

This app announces scores, player turns, and progress towards first place for tabletop games. It features customizable announcements and a tally function for complex scoring, eliminating the need to pass your phone around.

Highlights
  • Announces player turns and scores
  • Calculates distance to first place
  • Customizable announcements
  • Tally feature for multiple scores per turn
  • Score history per turn
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Getting frustrated with all the other score keeping apps out there? Tired of your phone circulating around the table just so every player can see their score? You don't know exactly what Uncle Jake has been through, but you certainly don't want any of it getting all over your phone! Well, say hello to Talking Score Keeper - or maybe it should say hello to you! It's the only app that announces who's turn it is, their score, how much they need to get to be in first place and much more. It's all customizable in an easy, intuitive interface. And with the Tally feature, Talking Score Keeper can even be used with games that allow multiple scores in a single turn. These points can either be added to the current player's total or surrendered, depending on the rules of the game. And speaking of points, you can always pull up a history of who scored what on each of the previous turns. So go ahead and download this great utility and be confident you will never have to read anyone's score to them ever again.

Screenshots

Phase X3 screens
Talking Score Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Talking Score Keeper at Free against Phase X's $0.99. Talking Score Keeper also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). Phase X's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Talking Score Keeper is free to download; Phase X costs $0.99 up front. Talking Score Keeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Phase X asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Talking Score Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Phase X's written reviews are positive against 50% of Talking Score Keeper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phase X ships an update every 2 months, Talking Score Keeper every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Phase X versus Talking Score Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhase XTalking Score Keeper
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)4.3 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings419 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 35 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel EbertLone Human, LLC

Customer experience

Phase X

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative28.6%

Talking Score Keeper

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Phase X

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Talking Score Keeper

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock History$0.99
  • More Voices$0.99

Questions

Is Phase X free?
Phase X costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talking Score Keeper free?
Talking Score Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phase X or Talking Score Keeper?
Talking Score Keeper is rated higher. Phase X averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Talking Score Keeper averages 4.3 from 19 ratings.
Do Phase X or Talking Score Keeper have ads?
Talking Score Keeper shows ads; Phase X does not.
Which is updated more often, Phase X or Talking Score Keeper?
Phase X ships an update every 2 months, and Talking Score Keeper every 35 months. Most recently, Phase X was updated on November 1, 2026 and Talking Score Keeper on October 24, 2026.

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