This guide was written by the team behind MyTriviaTeam — a free pub quiz score tracker. We built it because teams kept asking us: "What's the best app for tracking pub quiz scores?" and the honest answer is complicated, because it depends entirely on whether you're a team or a host. Most tools in this space serve one side really well and ignore the other entirely.
We reviewed seven options with that question at the center. We're naming ourselves and our competitors plainly. If another tool is a better fit for your situation, we'll say so.
The 7 Tools Compared
1. MyTriviaTeam (us)
Who it's for: Pub quiz teams — not hosts. If your team plays at bars or venues weekly and you want persistent history, you're the target user.
What it does: You log each game in about 30 seconds (venue, date, placement, field size, optional score). The app calculates win rate, streaks, podium rate, and venue-specific performance automatically. There's a public team page and a leaderboard showing how teams rank by venue and city. Player synergy tracking (which lineup wins most) is available on the Pro tier.
Cost: Free for core tracking. Pro is $5/month.
Strengths: Team-first design, persistent history, city/venue ranking, fast logging.
Weaknesses: Not built for hosts. No live scoreboard during a game — this is post-game logging, not real-time scoring.
Ideal user: A weekly pub quiz team that wants to know their real win rate, spot trends, and track improvement across multiple venues over time.
2. Scory
Who it's for: Primarily hosts and quiz organizers who need a live scoreboard displayed during game nights.
What it does: Scory provides a real-time digital scoreboard that hosts update as rounds progress. Participants can follow along on their phones. It's built for the host-facing use case — running a smooth, professional-looking game night in front of a crowd.
Cost: Free tier available; paid plans for organizers with more features and branding control.
Strengths: Clean live scoreboard UI, minimal setup for hosts, audience-facing display.
Weaknesses: No persistent team history. Once a game ends, the data doesn't follow your team anywhere. No team-side app or performance tracking over time.
Ideal user: A trivia host or quiz company that wants a polished live scoreboard for their events.
3. KeepTheScore
Who it's for: Anyone who needs a shareable, live-updating scoresheet — not exclusively trivia. KeepTheScore is general-purpose.
What it does: Create a scorecard for any competition, share a URL, and update scores in real time. Extremely flexible — used for trivia, board game nights, sports leagues, office competitions. According to Semrush data, KeepTheScore drew approximately 279,000 monthly visits in October 2024, making it one of the highest-traffic tools in this space.
Cost: Free for basic use; paid plans unlock private scoreboards and additional features.
Strengths: Zero setup friction, shareable URLs, works for any scoring scenario, strong existing audience.
Weaknesses: Completely ephemeral — each scoreboard is a standalone event. No team history, no win rate, no persistent identity for your team across games. It's a live counter, not a tracker.
Ideal user: Casual game nights where you want a shareable scoreboard right now, without caring about historical data.
4. Leaderboarded
Who it's for: Quiz businesses and venue operators who run recurring leagues or regular trivia programming.
What it does: Leaderboarded positions itself as a business platform for trivia operators — think recurring leagues at multiple venues, season standings, and host management tools. The product has moved toward a host/business model rather than a team-side experience.
Cost: Business/operator pricing; not primarily a consumer tool.
Strengths: Good fit for venues or trivia companies running structured leagues with standings across a season.
Weaknesses: Overkill for individual teams. The team-side experience is secondary to the operator tooling. Not a good match for teams who just want to track their own results independently.
Ideal user: A trivia hosting company managing leagues across several bars or venues who needs a CMS for their operations.
5. Trivnow
Who it's for: Teams playing in Trivnow-organized leagues, primarily in the United States. Trivnow operates pub quiz leagues in 30+ states and holds a 4.9-star rating from teams in their ecosystem (per their own published review data).
What it does: Trivnow runs the trivia operation — they provide hosts, questions, scoring, and a league structure. The app ties directly into their own league ecosystem. You can track standings within a Trivnow league.
Cost: Free to participate via venues that host Trivnow events.
Strengths: High-quality host network, polished in-league experience, strong regional presence.
Weaknesses: Only works if you play at a Trivnow venue. No utility for teams playing at non-Trivnow bars or running independent tracking across multiple trivia companies.
Ideal user: A team that regularly plays at Trivnow-run venues and wants to track standings within that league specifically.
6. Pub Quiz Scorer (iOS)
Who it's for: Hosts running small-to-medium pub quiz nights who need a quick scoring tool on their iPhone.
What it does: A legacy iOS app for hosts to input team scores and display results. It's a host-side tool — useful during an active game night for the person running the show.
Cost: Paid iOS app; low one-time price.
Strengths: Works offline, simple interface, purpose-built for in-game scoring by a host.
Weaknesses: No web access, no team-facing features, no persistent history, limited to the iOS ecosystem. Not updated frequently.
Ideal user: A pub quiz host who runs their own nights and wants a no-frills scoring tool that doesn't require an internet connection.
7. Spreadsheet (Excel / Google Sheets)
Who it's for: Teams willing to invest setup time in exchange for complete control and zero cost.
What it does: You build it yourself. A basic pub quiz tracking spreadsheet has columns for date, venue, placement, field size, and score. From those, you can calculate win rate, streaks, and venue averages manually. Google Sheets is free and shareable; Excel is more powerful but less real-time collaborative.
Cost: Free (Google Sheets) or included in Microsoft 365.
Strengths: Total flexibility, no vendor dependency, works forever.
Weaknesses: High setup friction, no mobile-native experience, all analysis is manual. Teams consistently underinvest in the formula work and end up with raw data they never analyze. The lack of structure means data quality degrades over time as formatting becomes inconsistent.
Ideal user: A technically inclined team member who genuinely enjoys building spreadsheets — or a team that wants to try tracking before committing to any app.
Comparison Table
| Tool | Who it's for | Persistent history | Leaderboard | Venue / city ranking | Shareable URL | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyTriviaTeam | Teams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (team page) | Free / $5 mo Pro | Multi-venue team tracking |
| Scory | Hosts | No | Live only | No | Yes (per game) | Free / Paid | Live game scoreboards |
| KeepTheScore | Anyone | No | Live only | No | Yes | Free / Paid | Shareable one-off scorecards |
| Leaderboarded | Operators | Yes (league) | Yes (league) | No | Yes | Business pricing | Trivia companies and venues |
| Trivnow | Teams (Trivnow venues) | Yes (in-league) | Yes (in-league) | No | No | Free | Teams in Trivnow leagues |
| Pub Quiz Scorer | Hosts | No | No | No | No | Paid (one-time) | Hosts scoring offline |
| Spreadsheet | Anyone | Yes (manual) | No | No | Yes (shared link) | Free | DIY tracking with full control |
How to Choose
If you're a host running game nights: Scory is probably your starting point. It solves the immediate problem — a clean live scoreboard your participants can see — with minimal setup. If you run structured leagues across multiple venues and need a full business tool, look at Leaderboarded. If you operate within Trivnow's network, their in-built scoring works seamlessly for your context.
If you're a team that always plays at the same venue: KeepTheScore handles the in-game moment well, and if your venue or host already uses it, that may be enough. For lightweight history-keeping without any app commitment, a simple Google Sheet with four columns (date, placement, field size, score) costs nothing and works fine as long as someone maintains it consistently. Pub Quiz Scorer can work for you if your host provides scores quickly and you're tracking things manually on iOS.
If you're a team that plays at multiple venues — or any team that wants to understand its actual performance over time: MyTriviaTeam is the only tool built specifically for this. Scory and KeepTheScore don't carry data forward between games. Leaderboarded and Trivnow are tied to specific operator ecosystems. A spreadsheet can approximate it, but demands manual discipline that most teams don't sustain. MyTriviaTeam gives you persistent win rate, streak tracking, and venue-specific performance without any setup — and the free tier covers everything casual teams need.
The 12-Year Spreadsheet Evidence
A 2014 blog post titled "Table Quiz Helper" offered a free downloadable spreadsheet for tracking pub quiz results. As of 2026, that post still ranks on Google — more than a decade after it was published, teams are actively searching for and downloading a spreadsheet built for pub quiz tracking.
That's not an accident. Teams have wanted a dedicated tracking tool for a long time. The search demand for "pub quiz score tracker" and "trivia team tracker" has been persistent and unfulfilled by general-purpose apps. The market for team-side pub quiz tracking isn't new — the dedicated software to serve it is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between a trivia score tracker and a trivia hosting app?
A trivia hosting app (like Scory or Pub Quiz Scorer) helps hosts manage a game night in real time — updating scores as rounds happen, displaying results to participants, and keeping the event running smoothly. A trivia score tracker (like MyTriviaTeam) is used by teams after a game to record their result and build a historical performance record. They solve different problems for different people.
How do trivia teams typically track their wins?
Most teams rely on memory or informal notes in a group chat. Teams that track more formally usually use a shared Google Sheet with columns for date, venue, placement, and field size. A smaller number use dedicated apps like MyTriviaTeam that automate the stat calculation. Teams with structured tracking consistently have a clearer picture of where they perform best and how they've improved over time.
Is MyTriviaTeam free?
Yes. The core features — game logging, win rate, streak tracking, venue performance, and a public team page — are free with no credit card required. The Pro tier ($5/month) adds player synergy analysis, optimal conditions tracking, full game history export, and advanced filters for teams that want deeper data.
What's the best trivia score tracker for teams that play at multiple venues?
MyTriviaTeam is the only tool built for this specifically. It tracks results across any venue, calculates venue-specific win rates, and shows how your team ranks by location. KeepTheScore and Scory don't carry data between events, and Trivnow and Leaderboarded are tied to their own operator networks rather than being venue-agnostic.
Can I track trivia scores without an app?
Yes — a Google Sheet works. Set up four columns: date, venue, placement (your finishing position), and total teams competing. From those four data points you can calculate your win rate, podium rate, and average placement manually. The limitation is that the analysis is manual, and data quality tends to drift as team members format entries inconsistently over time.
What does Scory do and who is it for?
Scory is a live scoreboard tool designed for quiz hosts and event organizers. During a trivia night, the host updates scores in real time and participants can follow along on their phones. Scory is not designed for teams tracking their performance over time — each game is a standalone event with no persistent history carried forward.
Is there an app that shows how my trivia team ranks against other local teams?
MyTriviaTeam has a venue leaderboard and a city-level ranking that shows how teams compare at specific locations and across a city. Teams that log their games to MyTriviaTeam appear in the venue and city rankings, creating a persistent public leaderboard that updates as teams play.