ScoreKeeper

Keep score. Play more. The scorekeeping app for the card games your family actually plays, including the ones you make up yourselves.

Built originally for Hand-Knee-Foot, house-rule rummy, and "wait, how does grandma score that again?" Now on the App Store for $2.99. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking.

Why ScoreKeeper

Define your own card games. Create a custom game type once (name, rules, deck count, scoring schema, target score, win condition) and reuse it forever. Family house rules deserve a first-class spot.
Everyone keeps score, together. Each player can have ScoreKeeper open on their own phone in the same game. Add a score on yours and everyone sees it instantly. The app remembers who added what, so undoing a mistake is precise.
Glanceable game state. Pull up the dashboard on any phone in the game and see exactly where things stand: totals, current round, the leader, recent activity.
Pay once. No ads, no subscriptions. $2.99, one time. No banner ads between rounds, no "upgrade to remove ads" prompt. The number-one complaint about every free scorekeeping app is ads. We just don't have any.
Privacy-first. Game data lives on your device. Optional collaboration uses our cloud (encrypted, no account, no email, no phone number). Optional nearby discovery uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi the same way AirDrop does. No analytics, no tracking, no location.

What's in the app

Custom game types with rules text, deck count, scoring schema, target score, and win condition
Built-in templates for the classics (Poker, Rummy 500, Hearts, Spades, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Euchre, Canasta), plus ready-made profiles for phase-based rummy, shedding, word-tile, five-dice, property-trading, number-stacking, and connect-in-a-row games, with a "Simple Game" generic for anything else
Multi-device collaboration with attribution, so undo and edit history stay reliable
Nearby player discovery over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, with AirDrop-style privacy controls
Round-by-round tally sheet that scrolls horizontally for big tables
Fast score entry: quick-add buttons, swipe-to-score, a floating undo button, and shake-to-undo
Game timer, player avatars, saved player groups, team scoring, and a winner announcement at game end
Full accessibility: VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and dark mode
Export your whole game library as JSON, or a CSV summary of your games

What it looks like

ScoreKeeper games list showing three games in progress: Speed Round poker with two players, Friday Night Poker with four players, and Hearts League Final with four players, each with its round and running score. — Every game, still open

ScoreKeeper new game screen with Hearts and Poker game types, a Create Your Own Game Type option, and saved player profiles for Alice, Bob, Carol and Dave. — Your own game types

ScoreKeeper live scoring for a poker game in round one, with a score comparison bar showing Bob leading Alice 140 to 135 and colour-coded quick-add buttons for plus 5, 10, 25 and 50 and minus 5 and 10. — Fast score entry

Get the app

ScoreKeeper is a one-time $2.99 purchase for iPhone, iOS 18 or later. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions. It is listed on the App Store as EMSERO ScoreKeeper.

Support

Questions, bug reports, or feature requests: support@emsero.com