Tallystick: Scorekeeper

Nineteen card and dice games, each with its own scoring built in. Free to score tonight's game. No subscription, no ads.

The scorepad that knows what you're playing.

Most scorekeeping apps are a grid of empty boxes. Tallystick knows that Cribbage stops at 121, that Hearts ends on a high score but is won on a low one, and that in Phases you win by finishing the ladder rather than by the points. Pick a game and it already knows how it's scored.

NINETEEN GAMES, READY TO PLAY Cribbage, Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Rummy, Gin, Canasta, Hand & Foot, Golf, Pinochle, Pitch, Mexican Train and more — each with its own rules, its own round structure and its own way of ending. Search by the name on the box and you'll find it, whatever we had to call it.

FIX A SCORE FROM THREE ROUNDS AGO Every number you've entered stays on screen and stays tappable. Tap it, change it, and every total re-adds itself — including who's winning. Nothing is locked in and nothing is buried behind a menu.

A KEYPAD BUILT FOR A TABLE Big keys, one-tap values for the scores that come up constantly, and a plus key so you can enter 10+10+5 without doing it in your head. One button always does the next thing. The screen stays awake while you play, so the phone can sit on the table between rounds.

NOBODY FILLS IN A FORM FIRST Tap a game and start scoring. Names are editable at the table, and changing one carries every score with it. Rearrange who sits where, swap somebody in mid-game, or follow whose deal it is round the table.

WHEN THE GAME ENDS The final standings, and a few honest things worth saying about how it went — the margin, a standout round, a comeback. Nothing invented: a superlative that wasn't earned is left out. Share a picture of it with the table, free.

THINGS THAT ARE NEVER PAID FOR Every game in the catalogue. Any number of players. Correcting any round. Portrait and landscape. However many games you play. These aren't a trial.

WHAT PRO ADDS Pro keeps the history: several games on the go at once, finished games kept with win rates and head-to-head records, evenings gathered together, versions of games played your way, and colour throughout. One payment. It never expires, it isn't a subscription, and there are no adverts anywhere in the app.

YOUR RECORD IS YOURS Everything is stored on your device. No account, no sign-in, nothing sent anywhere. Export the whole record to a file whenever you like, and restore it on another phone.

Made by one person, for actual card tables.