Rummy score keeper
Melds and going out, for two to six players.
Free · nothing to install · 2 to 6 players
What it works out for you
Each hand you enter hand score; it does the arithmetic and keeps the running totals. It runs to 500 — first there wins. You enter what happened; the arithmetic, the running totals and the standings are the app's problem, not yours.
- The deck — A standard 52 cards. Ten each at two players, seven at three or four, six above that.
- The goal — Form sets of the same rank and runs of the same suit, lay them down, and be first to get rid of your hand.
- Scoring — Two conventions, and tables genuinely differ. Either whoever goes out takes the value of everyone else's remaining cards, or every player counts their own melds and subtracts what is left in hand — which can put a score below zero.
- Card values — Face cards are worth ten, aces one or eleven by agreement, and everything else its number.
- Ending — Hands are dealt until somebody crosses the target — 500 by default. Highest score wins.
The bit that goes wrong on paper
Rummy scoring is simple and tedious in equal measure: at the end of every hand somebody counts up the pips left in three or four other people's hands, face cards at ten, aces at one, and adds them to a running total that will end up in the hundreds.
It is not difficult. It is just a small tax on every hand, paid by whoever is nearest the pen — and it is the reason a game of Rummy tends to stop when everybody has had enough of the counting rather than when somebody has actually won.
What you enter each hand
- Hand score — Enter what the hand was worth. Whoever went out takes the value of the cards still in everyone else's hands, and everybody else scores nothing — unless you are playing 500 Rum, where each player counts their own melds and subtracts what is left in hand.
In any order, from whichever phone is nearest. Nobody has to wait for anybody.
The ways your table plays it
Nobody plays a card game exactly as the book has it, so the settings are on the setup screen rather than assumed:
- How a hand is scored — Winner takes the hand, Everyone scores their melds
- Game ends at — 100 points, 250 points, 500 points
One phone, or a phone each
Score Keeper — one person keeps score for everybody, the way a pad of paper works. Nobody else needs a phone, or an account, or to do anything at all.
Group Scoring — everyone joins from their own phone with a four-character code, and each person enters their own. Every screen stays in step, so nobody is asking what the score is.
You can mix the two at one table: some people on their own phones, the rest entered by whoever is keeping score.
What it remembers
Every hand of every game, so you can look back at what happened rather than taking somebody's word for it. For Rummy that includes hands won, hands and best hand, alongside the scores themselves — and a leaderboard across everybody you have played with.
Questions people ask
Is this Rummy score keeper free?
Yes. It is free to use, there are no adverts, and there is nothing to pay for later. You do not need an account either — you can start a game of Rummy and keep score straight away.
Do I need to install an app?
No. It runs in the browser you already have, on a phone, a tablet or a laptop. Add it to your home screen if you like and it behaves like an app, but there is nothing to download and nothing to update.
Does everyone need a phone to play Rummy?
No. One person can keep score for the whole table, the way a pad of paper works — everybody else just plays. If you would rather each keep your own, everyone joins with a four-character code and every screen stays in step. You can mix the two at one table.
How many people can play Rummy?
2 to 6 players. The app deals the right number of cards for the count and rotates the deal for you.
Does it know how Rummy is scored?
Yes — that is the whole point of it. Each hand you enter hand score; it does the arithmetic and keeps the running totals. It runs to 500 — first there wins. It also handles the ways tables differ: how a hand is scored, game ends at.
Does it keep our scores after the game?
Yes. Every hand of every game is kept, so you can look back at what actually happened, and there is a leaderboard across everybody you have played with. Playing as a guest keeps the history on that device; making an account keeps it anywhere you sign in.
Does it work without a connection?
Not at the moment — it needs a connection to keep the scoreboard in step across devices and to save the game. Worth knowing if you are playing somewhere with no signal.
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