NBA live scores, widgets & Live Activities

Your NBA, on tap.

The free iPhone app for following the NBA in your team's colors, with widgets and Live Activities that keep updating after you close the app.

  • Free to download
  • No account needed
  • All 30 teams
  • iPhone & Apple Watch

Pick your team. The whole app turns their colors.

Hoopster is built around the team you follow, any of all 30. Your record, your next game and your star player sit at the top of Home, and every screen picks up your team's look. Switch teams any time.

Pick your team: every NBA team in Hoopster's onboarding

In the spotlight

Everything you check before, during and after the game.

Your team, without opening the app

Every widget keeps updating while the app is closed.

Hoopster widgets on an iPhone Home Screen: Next Game countdown, My Team and My Player

Home Screen

Next Game, Tonight, My Team, My Player and headlines, in every Home Screen size.

Live Activity

The score on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, from tip-off to the final buzzer.

Hoopster Lock Screen widgets: next tip-off, record and player

Lock Screen

The next tip-off and the latest news, without unlocking.

Game page with the final score, a rating and scoring by quarter

Every game, in full

Open any game for the whole story. Scores & schedule

  • Scoring by quarter, overtime included
  • Complete box scores with starters, bench and totals
  • Play-by-play you can filter down to scoring plays
  • Game leaders, an eleven-stat team comparison and score flow
  • Season series, recent games and the injury report
  • US national TV listings, and shareable result posters
The full playoff bracket, Play-In to the Finals, on one screen

The race, three ways

Follow the table the way you want to read it.

  • Conference, League and Division, with playoff and Play-In lines
  • Record columns, or Expanded splits for Home, Road, Conference and Division
  • Five seasons of history
  • The whole playoff bracket, Play-In to the Finals, on one screen
Fan card, journal and friends in the Hoopster fan section

Show off your fandom

Your fan section turns watching games into something to share. Predict with friends

  • Fan card: a shareable poster of your fandom
  • Predict: call each night's games, build a streak and go head to head with friends
  • Journal: rate the games you watched and mark the ones you saw in the arena
  • Friends: your crew as fan cards, invited with a single link
Hoopster's widget gallery: Next Game, Tonight, My Team and My Player in every size

Your team, at a glance

Widgets in your team's colors for every Home Screen size. All widgets

  • Next Game: a live countdown to tip-off. The small size is free, forever
  • Tonight: the whole night's slate as a live scoreboard
  • My Team, My Player and the day's headlines
  • Lock Screen widgets for the score at a glance
  • Hide scores keeps finals hidden until you open the game
Hoopster on Apple Watch with team logos: the Warriors at Lakers tip-off countdown and the game card

Tip-off, on your wrist

Your team's next game and countdown, a glance away. Included with Hoopster MVP. Apple Watch

  • Countdown and score on your watch face
  • Your fan card in Apple Wallet, surfacing near tip-off

And everything else

Hoopster Results screen: every final score, free

Free to follow. MVP to go all in.

Every score, box score, standings table and story is free, and stays free. Ads never interrupt a live game, or appear inside a box score or the standings.

Hoopster MVP

$2.99 a month or $19.99 a year US prices. Cancel any time in Settings.

  • No ads, anywhere
  • Eleven widgets: next game, news, your team, your player and the day's scores, plus every Lock Screen widget
  • Every game live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, start to finish. Everyone gets the first five minutes free
  • Hoopster on Apple Watch
  • Your fan card in Apple Wallet
  • A member badge and priority support

Hoopster at a glance

Hoopster is a free iPhone app for following the NBA. It covers all 30 teams with live scores, the full schedule, standings, box scores, play-by-play and news, and brings them to the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. The Apple Watch app comes with Hoopster MVP.

Price
Free. Optional Hoopster MVP: $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year (US)
Devices
iPhone with iOS 26 or later, including iPhone Duo, plus Apple Watch. Android coming soon
Languages
English and Spanish
Account
None needed. Sign in with Apple only for the fan section
Teams
All 30 NBA teams, with five seasons of standings
Made by
Digisaint Private Limited. Independent, not affiliated with the NBA

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Questions, answered

What is Hoopster?

Hoopster is a free iPhone app for following NBA basketball. It shows live scores, the schedule, standings, box scores and news in your team's colors, with widgets and Live Activities. Hoopster MVP, an optional membership, adds every widget, the full-game Live Activity and an Apple Watch app.

Is Hoopster free?

Yes. Every score, box score, standings table and story is free. Hoopster MVP is an optional membership, $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year in the US, that removes ads and unlocks all eleven widgets, the full-game Live Activity, the Apple Watch app and a fan card in Apple Wallet.

Does Hoopster have NBA Live Activities?

Yes. Follow a team and a Live Activity starts on its own just before tip-off, with the score on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. The score is free for the first five minutes, then continues with Hoopster MVP. See NBA Live Activity.

Which widgets does Hoopster have?

Next Game, Tonight, My Team, My Player and headlines for the Home Screen in every size, plus Lock Screen widgets. The small Next Game countdown is free, forever. See NBA widgets.

Does Hoopster work on Apple Watch?

Yes. The Apple Watch app shows your team's schedule, live scores and a tip-off countdown on your watch face. It is part of Hoopster MVP. See Apple Watch.

Can I hide scores to avoid spoilers?

Yes. Hide scores keeps finals hidden until you open the game, so you can catch up on your own time.

Do I need an account?

No. Open Hoopster and it works. Sign in with Apple is only needed for the fan section: Predict, Journal, fan card and friends.

Which devices and languages does Hoopster support?

Hoopster runs on iPhone with iOS 26 or later, including iPhone Duo folded and unfolded, with a companion Apple Watch app. It is available in English and Spanish. An Android version is coming soon.

Is Hoopster an official NBA app?

No. Hoopster is an independent app made by Digisaint Private Limited. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NBA or any team.

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