Scorekeep: Simple Score Keeper
Names, one tap per point, a leader and an optional target score - for cards, board games, kids and trivia night.
How to use
- Step 1Type the names of the players. Tap Add player for a fourth, a fifth, up to ten; each one gets its own color.
- Step 2Tap a player's card to add a point and hold the card to take one back. The +5 and +10 chips are for bigger hands and bonus rounds; the board sorts itself and crowns whoever is in front.
- Step 3Set the score the game ends at under “Names, steps, target”, and tap “Share live” if everyone should watch the same score on their own phone.
When a score keeper beats a spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is the right tool when you care about the detail of every round: who took which trick, what each hole cost, which question a team missed. It is the wrong tool at the table, because it needs two hands, a keyboard and a cell to click before every number.
This page keeps one number per player and nothing else. A tap is a point, a hold takes one back, and the board is readable across a kitchen table. That is the whole trade: you lose the round-by-round record, you get a score anyone can keep with a thumb while holding cards in the other hand.
Use the score spreadsheet page instead when the round history matters — a rummy night where somebody will ask what the third hand cost, a golf card you want to print. Use this page when the only question is who is winning right now.
Targets and who wins, by game
Set the target under “Game ends at” and the board shows a winner banner the moment somebody reaches it. Games where the smallest score wins — Hearts, Golf, Uno penalties — still end on the target; switch “Winner” to “Fewest points wins” and the board sorts and crowns the other way round.
| Game | Set the target to | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Rummy 500 | 500 | Most points |
| Gin Rummy | 100 | Most points |
| Spades | 500 | Most points |
| Uno | 500 | Most points |
| Cribbage | 121 (61 for a short game) | Most points |
| Hearts | 100 | Fewest points |
| Golf (card game) | No target, count the deals | Fewest points |
| Cornhole, horseshoes | 21 | Most points |
| Trivia night, family game night | Whatever you announce | Most points |
What the board keeps
- Two to ten players, each with a name and a color. Add and remove players mid-game without losing the scores.
- Three score steps you choose: +1, +5 and +10 by default, or +2/+20/+50 for a game with bigger numbers.
- Negative scores, because plenty of games take points away. Holding a card subtracts the first step.
- A crown on the single player in front, and no crown at all while the top score is shared.
- A “last change” line under the board, so an argument about whether those five points were counted ends quickly.
- Undo for the last actions, and a score field per player in the settings for fixing a miscount from three hands ago.
- A live link: the view link shows the score on everyone else's phone, the edit link keeps scoring yours.
Scorekeep, score spreadsheet or custom scoreboard?
Three pages on this site keep a general score and they are not the same tool. This one is the fastest: names and one number each, built for a phone held in one hand.
The score spreadsheet is a grid of players by rounds. It adds the totals for you and keeps the whole game, which is what you want for a league night, a tournament or anything you will want to look back at.
The custom scoreboard is for a room, not a table: a title across the top, your own score buttons, a timer and a round counter, sized for a TV or a projector. If the score has to be readable from the back of a hall, that is the page.
Questions and answers
How many players can I keep score for?
Up to ten. The numbers shrink as you add players so a ten-player board still fills the screen in display mode, and you can add or remove somebody in the middle of a game without resetting the scores.
I gave points to the wrong player. How do I fix it?
Three ways: hold the player's card to subtract the step you just added, press Undo in the toolbar to reverse the last actions, or open the settings and type the correct score into the player's score field.
Does it work for games where the lowest score wins?
Yes. In the settings, set “Winner” to “Fewest points wins”. The standings sort the other way, the crown goes to the smallest score, and a target still ends the game when somebody reaches it — which is exactly how Hearts to 100 works.
Can everyone follow the score on their own phone?
Tap “Share live”. You get a view link that anyone can open — it updates as you score and nobody can change anything — and a separate edit link that keeps the scoring with you. No accounts and nothing to install.
Will I lose the score if I close the tab?
No. On this page the score is saved in your browser, so reopening the page brings it back. A board you shared lives on our server instead and comes back from the same links on any device.