iShotClock vs BT Basketball Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iShotClock
This app provides a digital timer for controlling basketball game attack times. It's designed for timekeepers, referees, and coaches, offering customizable sound and vibration alerts. Users can choose between button or swipe controls and adjust the display of tenths of a second.
- Controls basketball attack time
- Landscape and portrait modes
- Vibration and sound alerts
- Button or swipe gestures
- Customizable themes
- Show/hide tenths of a second
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iShotClock is a digital timer that allows controling the attacking time of a basketball team. Originally created as a tool for timekeepers, it may also be useful for referees, coaches, or even street basket intervenients. Some of the included features are: Landscape and portrait modes. Vibration and sounds in the last few seconds. Use of buttons or swipe gestures. Show or hide tenths of second. Different themes to customize the appearence.
BT Basketball Controller
This app remotely controls basketball scoreboards and shot clocks via WiFi or Bluetooth. It synchronizes time and score across devices with an intuitive interface and customizable settings for various game modes and practice sessions.
- Remote control of scoreboards and shot clocks
- Synchronizes time and score
- Intuitive tap and swipe controls
- Customizable game settings
- Practice modes
- Audio buzzers and warning beeps
- Preset game modes
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The BT Controller is a complimentary app meant to remotely control supported BT basketball scoreboards, shotclocks, and score camera devices. The app synchronizes the time and score on all these supported devices. The interface is extremely clean and intuitive, everything is directly touch or swipe based. Clearly labeled controller buttons are also added for those that prefer a button interface. Thoroughly tested in our basketball leagues, the BT Controller app is easy to learn and new users can be running the time and score for a basketball game in no time. Tutorial video: https://vimeo.com/1136274939 For a full list of our other tutorials please visit: https://vimeo.com/channels/btstatsco BT Controller App Features: - Clean design, no ads - Intuitive direct tap and swipe controls - Remotely control scoreboards, shotclocks, and other devices with WiFi or Bluetooth - Convenient Presets (International, 3x3, US Pro, College, High School, and more...) - Convenient timers: pregame timer, period timer, rest timer, timeout timer, overtime, etc. - Fully customizable game in the settings - Practice modes configured in settings is great for running practices - Audio buzzers for shotclock violation, end of period, substitutions, etc. - Warning beep near end of pregame, timeout, or rest times (customizable) - Quick Start Documentation below The BT Controller app was created by The Basketball Temple Company. The Basketball Temple Company focuses on high quality basketball academies, basketball leagues, and technologies that are used to support those academies and leagues. We open our technology to the public so everyone in the basketball community can experience the same technologies that we use within our institutions. # Quick Start Documentation: All the actions below have corresponding controller buttons that may be used instead. Score Controls: - Tap directly on the score to increase quickly - Swipe up/down score to increase/decrease - Hold down on team names to adjust name and color of teams Time Controls: - Tap period timer to start/pause - Tap pregame, timeout, rest timers to early transition to next stage Shotclock Controls: - Tap shotclock to reset/go - Swipe shotclock up/down to reset/go to short shotclock Timeout Controls: - Tap timeout number to call timeout - Swipe up/down timeouts to adjust numbers - Red indicates violation when calling timeout with no timeouts left Fouls Controls - Swipe up/down fouls to adjust numbers - Red indicates bonus situation (customizable in settings) - Purple indicates double bonus situation (customizable in settings) Connect and Remote Control Settings: - Tap on top-left icon (or swipe left-to-right on the left edge) to open connect menu - Hit "Refresh" to find devices - Tap on WiFi or Bluetooth icon to connect, green icon indicates connected - If unable to connect or having connection errors try one of the following: 1) please ensure all devices are on the same WiFi network 2) please ensure bluetooth is turned ON on all devices 3) lastly, try to restart the app on all devices Time and Game Settings: - Tap on top-right icon (or swipe right-to-left on the right edge) to open settings menu - Edit and save the many settings available Exit Game and Reset Times and Scores: - Scroll down and hit "Exit Game" button Audio Buzzer: - There are two faint colored bell icons next to the period number - Tap to play buzzer or energy horn
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BT Basketball Controller at 4.7 against iShotClock's 3.8. BT Basketball Controller also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (152 vs 4). iShotClock's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BT Basketball Controller holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BT Basketball Controller has 152 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of iShotClock's written reviews are positive against 71% of BT Basketball Controller's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iShotClock ships an update every 6 months, BT Basketball Controller every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iShotClock | BT Basketball Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (152 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pedro Carvalho | The Basketball Temple LLC |
Customer experience
iShotClock
BT Basketball Controller
In-app purchases
iShotClock
No in-app purchases
BT Basketball Controller
No in-app purchases
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