Boardix compared with other board game scoring apps
There are three kinds of app for keeping score at a board game. A plain score counter adds up numbers for any game. A play logger such as BG Stats records who played what and keeps statistics across a whole collection. A ready-to-score sheet such as Boardix knows each game's scoring rules. Which is best depends on what you want from it, so here is what each one does, with the facts dated.
Side by side
| What is compared | Plain score counter | BG Stats (Board Game Stats) | Boardix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made for | Adding up numbers in any game. | Logging every play of every game you own, with statistics across the collection. | Scoring a game the way its rulebook does. |
| Games | Any game. The app knows nothing about it. | Any game: over 2,800 game-specific sheets made by its developer, and a generic sheet for the rest. | 56 games, each with its own sheet. No sheet for a game outside the list. |
| What you enter | Totals, or numbers you add up yourself. | Points per row. A sum can be typed into a field. | What each player collected: counts, ticks and values read off the board. The app turns them into points in 38 of the 56 games. |
| Rulebook conversions | None. | None. Its FAQ says a value per item and a calculation from another row are not supported: “For now the score sheets are ‘simple’”. | Built in: multipliers, tables, tiers and sets, and bonuses that compare the players in 5 games. |
| Tiebreakers | None. | None: “We do not currently support tie-breakers in Score Sheets”. The winner can be changed by hand. | Applied in the rulebook's order in 40 games; the 13 games whose rulebooks share the place are recorded as a tie. A row needed only for a tie is asked for only when one happens. |
| Winner | The highest number. | Set automatically, highest or lowest wins; changeable by hand. | Shown with the full point breakdown for every player. Instant-win conditions in 6 games. |
| History and statistics | Varies; often none. | Deep statistics across all plays and players, challenges, a collection synced with BoardGameGeek, plays imported from BoardGameGeek, Yucata and Board Game Arena. | Per game and per player: win rate, best scores, streaks, head-to-head. Free: the 3 most recent games per game. Premium: unlimited. |
| Account and sync | Varies. | No account needed. Sync between devices is a subscription. | No account. Nothing leaves the device; a backup file can be exported and imported. |
| Price | Free, often with ads, or a few euros. | US$5.99 on the App Store on 19 October 2026. Cloud sync and some statistics are extra in-app purchases. | Free to score every game, no ads. A one-time Premium purchase unlocks unlimited history and statistics. |
| Platforms | Dozens exist for iPhone and Android. | iPhone, iPad and Android. | iPhone and iPad. |
The facts about BG Stats were read from its App Store listing and its own score-sheet FAQ on 19 October 2026 and can change with any update; if you spot a change, write to et.app.project@gmail.com. Boardix is not affiliated with BG Stats or any other app named here.
Which one to choose
A plain counter
When every player ends with one number and nobody wants to keep the result. It is the quickest for a game where each round adds one number, and the slowest for anything with conversions, because every multiplication still happens in your head.
BG Stats
When you want to log every play of every game you own, keep your collection in step with BoardGameGeek and look at statistics across all of it. Its sheets are enough for games scored in plain points.
Boardix
When the score pad has several rows, conversions or a tiebreaker and you want the rulebook's result without the maths: Wingspan, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, Agricola. Also when you want no account and nothing to set up.
If you only play one publisher's games, that publisher's own app may be enough: Stonemaier Games has a free one for Wingspan, Scythe and its other titles, and several single-game apps cover one title each.
What Boardix does not do
- Score a game that is not on its list. There is no blank sheet: every sheet is built from the game's rulebook and checked against it. A missing game can be requested from inside the app, and new games are added every week.
- Sync between devices or with BoardGameGeek. You export a backup file and import it on the other device.
- Record the rest of a play: where it was played, how long it took, which expansions were in.
- Run on Android yet. An Android version is in preparation.
How quickly a game is scored
Open the game, add the players (names from earlier games are offered again), and fill in one field per row of the score pad for each player, reading the numbers off the board. The totals, the tiebreaker and the winner appear as soon as the last field is in. Nothing is set up beforehand: the rows, the conversions and the player count come with the game. For a game with a single number per player, a plain counter is just as quick; for one with conversions, the sheet saves the arithmetic and the mistakes.
Questions people ask
What is the best app for keeping score in board games?
It depends on the game. When every player ends with one number, any score counter does. To log every play of every game and see statistics across a whole collection, BG Stats is the most complete. For a game with a score pad of several rows, conversions and a tiebreaker, Boardix gives the rulebook's result from what each player collected, for 56 games, free and without an account.
What is the difference between Boardix and BG Stats?
BG Stats is a play logger: it records who played what, syncs the collection with BoardGameGeek and builds statistics across every play. Its score sheets add up points typed per row; its FAQ says they have no value per item and no tiebreakers (read 19 October 2026). Boardix is a score sheet: 56 games, each with the rows of its own score pad, counts turned into points with the rulebook's values, tiebreakers applied. BG Stats is a paid app; Boardix is free to score, with a one-time Premium purchase for unlimited history.
What is the quickest way to score a board game at the end?
A sheet that already has the game's rows and conversions, so you only read numbers off the board. In Boardix that is one field per row of the score pad for each player; the totals, the tiebreaker and the winner appear as soon as the last field is in, and nothing is set up beforehand. A plain counter is quicker only for a game with a single number per player, because every conversion still has to be done in your head.
Is there a free board game score sheet app with no account?
Yes. Boardix is free to score for every one of its 56 games, needs no account, shows no ads and works offline. A one-time Premium purchase unlocks unlimited history and statistics; the free version keeps the 3 most recent games per game.
Which scoring app applies tiebreakers automatically?
Boardix applies the rulebook's tiebreakers in 40 of its 56 games, in the rulebook's order, and asks for a tie-only row only when a tie happens; the other games are recorded as their rulebooks say, with the place shared. BG Stats says on its site that its score sheets do not support tie-breakers and that the winner can be changed by hand (read 19 October 2026).
Can an app replace the paper score pad in the box?
For the 56 games Boardix supports, yes. Each sheet has the rows of the game's own score pad, in the pad's order, with the conversion of each row built in, so the result is the one the pad would give, and every row explains what counts. Games outside the list are not covered.
Does Boardix work for a game that is not on its list?
No. There is no blank sheet: every sheet is built from the game's rulebook and checked against it. Use Request a Game inside the app or write to et.app.project@gmail.com. New games are added every week.
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