Last updated on January 15th, 2026 at 08:13 pm
RookSC – Utilities Game Review
RookSC is a Utilities/Card game from Kevin Bowes, first launched in 12th January 2009.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 5+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes RookSC Stand Out
This is not a Rook game. Rook Scorecard is a simple application that lets you keep track of your Rook game scores without paper. Always know who the next dealer is, what the bids and trump were, and who is winning.
This Utilities game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, RookSC is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 14th November 2022
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and Live Activities
Download & Availability
RookSC is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We used this app years ago, and it was great. The changes are terrible. We paid $.99, and it doesnt even work right.
Was excited to see an app that allows you to score rook correctly with the betting system. Was very excited to see it even accommodates the Baby bird and Red 1 versions of the game, but when we tried to use this feature we found it was broken. No matter what you assign the value to this option, it will be scored as 20. It literally has an input field for you to set the value of this card, then it ignores whatever you put in and uses a value of 20. Tried to get help via the developers wiki page but there is literally no way to contact the developer there, and the wiki is full of broken links. If the developers are reading these, we also find it very strange that you can set a call partner, but then when scoring it gives you the option to not score with your partner. Odd that you have to manually tell it each time to count your points together.
Would be good to have for iPad resolution as well Scoring options, this app scores differently than described in all the card sets.
Great addition to an already solid app. Thanks for adding the ability to play with called partners and 6 players. The interface is very intuitive and easy to learn. The only thing that would be nice to see yet is the ability to track what card was chosen as partner when playing called partners.
Our family plays Rook every time we get together, and this app is exactly what we need and it works just as expected. Thanks.
We have played rook since we were a kid and we always played with 2 rooks: the rook and black 1. The rook was worth 30 points and the black 1 was worth 20 points for a total of 150 points in a game. We do not see a way to set the scorecard for 150 points without making the black 1 worth 30 points. Can someone tell us what we are doing wrong? How many points do you play for in a hand.
We bought this application thinking it would be compatible with our 1st generation ipod touch because it says here it is compatible with the ipod touch and now we can't use it. We have tried reaching out to the support team to get a refund and have never heard back. So people with ipod touch please beware before spending money on this application. :-(.
Works fine. (Swipe on current game to start new game.).
Great app. If you are a Rook player, this is a must have. Just needs a few upgrades, but we can't figure out how to email the developer.. 1) needs a way to edit the dealer ( when things get out of sorts) 2) need to be able to review the score once the bidding has started, 3) rare but it does happen – scoring for a renigged hand, and 4) way to edit the bid during the bidding process and not after the bidding is complete (go back button). Don't get us wrong, it is a great app, just needs a little tweaking.
We may have missed something, but we can't find any way to open a new game. We've totaled the score to over 1000 and over 10 hands, but it still won't reset to where we can start a new game. If we could find a way to do that it wouldn't be a bad app.
Can't restart game and zero out score since update. Dealer box does not move after the hand is recorded. All of these things worked before the update. Please fix.
We always forget dealer and this app saves the day. Wonderful.
Just purchased and it won't open. Don't waste your money.
We cant set the score manually. Needed to catch up but then it got confused and would crash as soon as loaded.
Love this app cus we're too lazy to keep our own score. Love the option to add 1's as 15 because that's how we play. One request tho: sometimes we play to 200. The team with the most books gets 20 points so if there was a way to turn that off and on and then pick the team that gets the most books.. That would get 5 stars from us.
It is a good app. But if you could and in the option to set what the cards score for that would be great or you could change the biding screen up so we could just enter what the bid is. That would work too. Thanks for the app.
U need 2 develope the rook card game.
We like it with a couple of upgrades if you could. It needs to be able to undo, back up to previous point and to edit. It is geeky to enter names from the address book but direct entry would be nice also. Last would be playing the version where the 1 counts as 15 for 180 points with start min. Bid of 90. (right now any mistake and there is no way to fix it) oh, it doesn't cover penalties for misplay.
Please update to use different scoring methods. We play with a 100 total and minimum bid of 60. Please update.
Game we play scores total of 150. Rook worth 20 and Red One worth 30.. 10's and 14's worth 10 pts and 5's worth 5 pts, and removing all one's but the Red one which is high scoring card. That option not on this app, therefore will not keep our score correctly. If that option available will work great.
Would not have bought this if had known it was a ROOK Scorecard and not the game itself…what a scam.
This rook game is retarted. Dont even gwt to play all u do is bid then call trumps and pick how many points u caught. Stupid.
Developer refuses to add any updates.
Crap… Somebody make a good version of rook… Ours crashes before it even starts.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 7.3
- Size: 1.43 MB
- iOS: 16.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Kevin Bowes
Last updated: 14th November 2022 | Genre: Utilities, Card | Developer: Kevin Bowes