DartCounter is a sports utility app for darts scoring, training, and online multiplayer, available on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Sports
Sentiment
4.8
53k reviews
Nemesis
DartVision - Darts scoreboard
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire DartCounter to digitize match-day scoring and track performance statistics, replacing manual scorekeeping with an immersive, audio-guided experience.
For Darts players ranging from casual hobbyists to competitive enthusiasts looking for digital scorekeeping and performance tracking.
Key features
Audio announcements of scores and player names by Ray Martin during x01 games.
Saves game history and statistics across multiple user accounts simultaneously.
Simulated opponent with adjustable skill levels for solo practice.
How much does it cost?
Subscription-based model anchored at $39.99/year, gating advanced statistics and early access to new gameplay features.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementscompetitive featuresShow more...
DartCounter is currently in a maintenance phase, shipping updates at a rate of approximately one release every 9 days based on the observed data. The development trend is stable, focusing on incremental improvements to existing features rather than major feature expansion. The latest release includes specific refinements for tablet layouts and online tournament functionality. There is no evidence of a high-frequency feature pipeline or a live-ops-driven service model.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate live online matches against global opponents provide a competitive and engaging experience for dart enthusiasts and diverse training modes and practice games help players track their statistical progress over time, but report frequent post-update instability and ui regressions disrupt the core scoring flow for regular users.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Live online matches against global opponents provide a competitive and engaging experience for dart enthusiasts
- Diverse training modes and practice games help players track their statistical progress over time
- Integration with specialized hardware creates an immersive scoring environment for dedicated home players
- Frequent post-update instability and UI regressions disrupt the core scoring flow for regular users
74 of 349 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for DartCounter
How's the Sports market?
DartCounter maintains a top-tier grossing position in the sports category across Europe, holding the #1 spot in GB and #3 in HU. This high-revenue performance despite a $39.99 annual price point indicates strong brand loyalty, though the gap between free-tier utility and paid-tier analytics remains the primary churn risk.
The rivals identified
By DartsKing
DartVision directly challenges DartCounter by focusing on advanced analytical features like performance heatmaps and visual input, targeting the same serious darts enthusiast demographic.
- Offers advanced performance heatmaps that visualize throw accuracy, a feature currently missing from DartCounter's core interface.
- Utilizes a visual input method for score tracking, providing a more intuitive experience for players who prefer graphical interaction.
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Key takeaways for DartCounter
Where is it heading?
Users report: The digital darts market is consolidating around high-fidelity scoring and league-management tools. DartCounter remains advantaged by its massive social scale, but the lack of stability in the latest release leaves it exposed to rivals that offer more reliable, data-driven practice environments.
- Frequent post-update instability (crashes, camera drops) erodes the daily scoring habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
- Strong grossing performance in major markets like GB indicates that the subscription model is successfully monetizing the core competitive enthusiast segment.
The SWOT
- MasterCaller audio branding creates an immersive match-day atmosphere that generic scorers lack
- Massive user base drives high-liquidity online multiplayer
- Multi-player account sync forces secondary user acquisition
- Implement a reputation-based reporting system to curb match abandonment
- Expand team-based game modes to capture local league demand
Next best moves
Ship a reputation-based penalty system for match leavers because abandonment is the top-cited tournament frustration → increase tournament retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's #1 grossing rank in GB is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Performance heatmaps (available in DartVision but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app is pivoting from feature growth to defensive stability, focusing on resolving post-update technical regressions and match-abandonment issues to maintain its market-leading grossing position.
Bottom line
DartCounter wins on social scale and audio branding, but post-update instability and unpenalized match abandonment threaten the core retention loop, so the PM must prioritize tournament integrity before expanding the feature set.
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Is DartCounter free to use?
Does DartCounter work for online play?
Is DartCounter better than DartVision?
Are there ads in DartCounter?
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