The best lawn bowls scorecard app is the one that makes end-by-end scoring quicker without taking attention away from the rink. Look for the formats you play, clear running totals, offline access, local history and an export you can share after the game.

1. Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours

A useful app should fit the match instead of forcing every game into one generic template. Check that player and team fields make sense for the formats your club actually plays.

2. Fast end-by-end entry

Scoring should take a few taps. The current end, shots scored and running total need to be readable outdoors, without tiny controls or a maze of setup screens.

3. Automatic running totals

Automatic arithmetic reduces avoidable mistakes. You should still agree the shots before entering them and compare the final record with any official card required by the event.

4. Offline reliability

Club Wi-Fi and mobile reception can be uneven. An offline-first scorecard keeps the match moving and avoids making a live connection part of the scoring routine.

5. Match history

A local history helps you revisit opponents, scores and formats. That is useful for remembering the game and for spotting patterns in practice, without turning a social roll-up into data entry.

6. Clear review and correction

Choose an app that lets you inspect previous ends and correct a genuine entry mistake before the record is final. The change should be obvious to both sides.

7. A shareable result

A clean PDF or summary is more useful than a screenshot with phone controls around it. WGTS can preview, save and share completed scorecards as A4 PDFs.

8. Useful tools beyond scoring

Keeping measurement and scoring together means one phone can support the two moments most likely to slow an end: deciding the shot and recording the result. Those tools should remain separate enough that neither complicates the other.

Keep the score without losing the game

WGTS includes scorecards for Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours, running totals, player profiles and local scorecard history. Scorecards and profile tools remain available without a measurement subscription. Try WGTS on iPhone or download it from Google Play.

Competition note: a digital scorecard does not override the official scoring procedure or record required by your controlling body.