Squore Squash Ref Tool

Iddo Hoeve

About this app

Supports you in referee-ing a squash match.

Features:
• clearly displays the current score (allow showing it to the players through the glass)
• shows what side a player is supposed to be serving
• indicates if the last point was a hand-out
• has a simple undo button (we all make mistakes)
• option to see scoring history of each game in a graph
• possibility of using 'warm up' and 'between games' timers (with optional sound/vibration notifications)
• possibility of casting the score on to a TV using ChromeCast
• possibility of mirroring the score on another android device using Bluetooth
• possibility of showing 'injury' timers
• possibility to start with a 'handicap score'
• option to show 'official' match announcements (begin/end of game, end of match, tie-break)
• option to record appeals for a let as well as conducts, and your decision for them
• possibility to record Forehand/Backhand Winner/Error from the Front/Back/Volley and show summary
• list possible conducts warning/stroke possibilities
• has the possibility to recall the entire score sequences of all games of a match
• support for referee-ing doubles matches
• import/export functionality for previously reffed matches
• transfer 'in progress' match to another device using NFC (a.k.a. S-Beam)
• saves the score (and scoring history) on exit
• can be used in landscape and portrait orientation
• option to share the entire scoring history on e.g. Facebook
• option to share a summary of several related matches (e.g. club/team against club/team)
• option to send the result of a match by text message or email e.g. to a fellow club/team mate
• when sharing by means of email it is possible to include the complete scoring history
• tries to auto-complete player names from your contact list (or just one group of your contacts)
• remembers previous entered player names for auto completion for next matches
• remembers all matches you refereed (to recall later, e.g. to note down game scores on official papers)
• specify a color per player (e.g. of the shirt they play in)
• select matches listed on e.g. tournamentsoftware.com
• define matches up front for easy selection later
• option to use different tie-break formats
• customize colors of the app (e.g. to match your club colors)
• official WSF squash rules link in menu (configurable)
• specify feed URLs to allow selecting matches/players (in stead of typing in names)
• post a result to a configurable website (ask the web-master of your club)
You may check with your web-master if it is possible to have one or both of these last two options made available

The Wear OS version supports the more basic functionality only.

Permissions:
• Read Contacts: for auto-completing player names when setting up a match
• Read/Write storage:for backing up details of each match you refereed with the app
• Network Access: for reading matches/player names from a feed
• Pair with Bluetooth devices: for mirroring score
• Vibration Control: mainly to notify you that a timer has (or is nearly) finished

Online Help:
http://squore.double-yellow.be/help/

Ratings and reviews

Have had this for a number of years now (paid version) and absolutely love it. Highly recommended for any and all squash players. Great functionality. Even the basic version is very good for straightforward and simple score keeping. *Addendum: Apologies got mixed up with another review. As the developer has pointed out there is no paid version.

We recently installed 4 chromecast devices and 4 android tablets in a squash club to utelise the chromecast feature, App features seem to be what is required for squash scoring. However whilst the tablets will cast to the chromecasts behind the 4 screens, the cast connection seems to drop at exactly 10 minutes, we have tried YouTube cast from tablets to chromecasts and no drop in cast connection. Not sure if this is a bug in the app or the tablets.

Excellent app. Mirror mode is very useful. A slight improvement; in mirror mode the client display should not require any interaction at the end of interval. I found the score were updated on the client but were blocked by the start game pop up

What's new

Upgrade to target api 34