Set your table
Choose 2 to 8 players, enter their names and arrange the seating order.
Spades Scorepad / Help & support
A little guidance.
Then you're off.
Start here, find an answer below, or get in touch with the team.
Record each round
Enter bids, then tricks won. Let the app handle the arithmetic and bag penalties.
Follow the standings
Check the leaderboard and scoresheet as you play. Your current game is saved locally.
Good questions
A few useful answers.
Can I play cards inside the app?
No. Spades Scorepad is a scorekeeping companion for a game you play with your own cards. It does not deal cards or provide online opponents.
How many players can I track?
Set up 2 to 8 players. The app organises a game into 13 rounds.
Ace or king: which card wins?
Ace is the highest card within each suit, followed by king, queen, jack, then 10 down to 2. An ace beats a king of the same suit. The highest spade played wins the trick; if no spade is played, the highest card of the running suit wins. An off-suit ace does not beat a spade or a card of the running suit.
Why is a player name rejected?
Player names must be unique, ignoring capitalization. Blank names use Player 1, Player 2 and so on. Arrange players in physical seating order before starting; you can reorder them on setup.
Do I need an account or internet?
No account is needed for core scorekeeping, and it works offline. External links, sharing destinations and system backup services may use a network connection.
Will it remember my game?
The current game is saved on your device. Do not clear app data or uninstall the app if you need to keep that local game. Use More > Export Game to keep a backup before changing devices.
Can I use it on a tablet?
Yes. Use Spades Scorepad on an Android phone or tablet, iPhone or iPad. It is not a TV app.
Does it support every Spades house rule?
Use the scoring rules and presets supported by the app. Agree on the rules with your table before starting; do not assume every house-rule variation is supported.
What penalties can affect my score?
A missed bid scores -10 times the bid plus tricks won: bid 3 and win 2 scores -28. Extra tricks add 1 point and 1 bag each. Bags accumulate across rounds. Classic deducts 50 points every 5 bags; American deducts 100 every 10; Hard Sandbagging deducts 100 every 5. No Bag Penalty disables bag deductions, not missed-bid score losses.
Why is Won locked, even when my bid is zero?
Enter a bid for every player before Won unlocks. Select 0 explicitly; an untouched entry is not an entered zero. The app switches to Won when all bids are entered.
Why is a higher tricks-won value disabled?
Won entries cannot exceed the tricks available in the round. If another player has too many tricks recorded, reduce that incorrect entry first. A round completes only after every player has a Won entry, including zeros, and the total equals the round number.
Can I correct a completed round?
Completed rounds lock to prevent accidental edits. Navigate to the round and choose Edit in its banner or review dialog. Corrections recalculate scores and bags. Immediately after an entry, Undo is available for about 4 seconds; it only reverses the last entry.
Are over/under bid warnings extra penalties?
No. These compare total table bids with the available tricks; they are guidance, not extra deductions. Seeing a bag count also does not by itself mean a penalty has been applied. Scores follow each individual bid, tricks won and the selected bag preset.
What happens if I change scoring rules mid-game?
Settings asks you to Apply & Recalculate. The new preset recalculates bag deductions for the whole recorded game, not just future rounds. Agree on the change with your table before applying it.
How are tied final scores handled?
Equal final scores are still a tie. The app displays tied players in setup order; that order is not a score-based tie-break. Agree on any tie-break rule with your table before playing.
Does an exported game include my scoring preset?
JSON exports contain players, round entries and position, but not the scoring preset. A loaded game uses the receiving device's current preset. Record your agreed preset and select the same one when restoring, so the deductions match.
How do I keep a game before starting or loading another?
Use More > Export Game to save a JSON backup. Keep the exported file in a safe place. Confirming New Game clears the current autosave, and Import Game replaces the active game. Export first if you want to keep it. Use Import Game during play or Load on setup to restore a saved file.