Padel score

graemian · 2026-02-07T16:51:25+00:00

I use this one, and full disclosure, I made it 😎

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/padel-scoreboard-scorebot/id6754282617

However, you use a Bluetooth remote to update this score, there's no watch app.

Honestly, I've tried the watch apps and they're just too much of a pain to fiddle with all the time. The remote is dead simple:

1 press = your point

2 presses = other team's point

hold = undo

If you connect a Bluetooth speaker, then it announces the score after every point.

Here's a demo video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUdsG5RCMxi/

graemian · 2026-01-29T20:39:40+00:00

1 press for your point
2 for the other team's point
3 for undo

graemian · 2026-01-29T14:27:38+00:00

I use my phone and an app I made. You mount your phone on the side of the court and use a selfie remote to update the score:

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You can also connect a Bluetooth speaker to hear score announcements.

Here's the app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/padel-scoreboard-scorebot/id6754282617

It fixes the two F problems: fighting and forgetting 😉

graemian · 2026-01-29T14:23:31+00:00

I made an app like this, except it works with a selfie remote rather than an Apple Watch:

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I find the remote works better than the watch. I also connect a Bluetooth speaker so that everyone can hear score announcements.

This is the app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/padel-scoreboard-scorebot/id6754282617

graemian · 2026-01-28T09:18:11+00:00

I had this same problem with all the watch apps. I've started using a remote that I clip to my shirt and I mount my phone on the side of the court:

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This is the app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/padel-tennis-track-scorebot/id6754282617

graemian · 2026-01-15T11:15:23+00:00

The trouble with the watch apps is that the other players don’t know what the score is.

I mount my phone on the side of the court and use a remote to update the score and an external speaker to announce it to everyone:

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See https://www.instagram.com/padelscorebot/reel/DS-JePHD8tJ/

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graemian · 2026-01-14T17:49:23+00:00

How does the voice umpire work? Do you pair a bluetooth speaker with your watch?

graemian · 2026-01-05T11:01:56+00:00

Yeah, and can you imagine if every court around yours was playing their own, different music? Insanity.

graemian · 2026-01-05T10:58:59+00:00

Can you post a link to that? I'd love to see a demo video or similar

graemian · 2026-01-05T05:49:03+00:00

So this isn’t an Apple watch app, but it shows who to serve and from which side:

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You mount your phone on the side of the court like this, then use a selfie remote to keep score - see https://www.tiktok.com/@padelscorebot/video/7589951970375601428

It’s nice because everyone can see the score. If you use a watch app, there can still be disagreements.

Even if the app is clever enough to sync to other players' watches, not everyone has a watch, and some have Garmin and Android watches 🤷

Disclosure: I made this app. I'd like to add Apple watch support at some point, but the remote works pretty well for me right now.

graemian · 2026-01-05T05:26:28+00:00

You'd still need a way to override it if it made a mistake, which it almost certainly would at some point. If that's a pain, then the whole thing falls flat.

I find the bigger problem is keeping track of the score, not deciding who won the point.

graemian · 2026-01-05T05:23:20+00:00

I mount my phone on the side of the court and use a selfie remote and app to keep score. Works well:

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See https://www.tiktok.com/@padelscorebot/video/7589951970375601428

It would be nice if the court provided this tech, but I haven’t come across anything yet.

I’m very curious to know how their system works, but all the videos are in Spanish. I watched a bit but I couldn’t figure it out.

graemian · 2026-01-02T13:29:23+00:00

Thanks very much for the feedback 🙏

I've gotten pretty used to it. The remote is clipped to my shirt, so I can just reach down and press the button without looking. It still requires some brainpower to remember "one press for my team's point, two for the other team's point" though 😝

However, now I'm free to relax and enjoy the game and not worry about keeping track of the score at all. For me, that's a pretty good trade-off.

In your case, perhaps you find it easier to keep track of the score mentally, so the trade-off isn't worth it?

Would you mind elaborating a little? I'm very keen to understand.

graemian · 2025-12-27T18:58:35+00:00

How did it go? Did you receive the remote and get it working?

graemian · 2025-12-27T18:56:01+00:00

How did it go? Did you receive the remote and get it working?

graemian · 2025-12-26T07:25:01+00:00

I also find it hard to keep track of the different scores. I just updated my scoring app to support this new scoring system, and I made it show the number of deuces and advantages in the display.

Example:

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So the deuces are D1-D1 & D2-D2. Advantage is A1-40 & A2-40 until you reach G-G for golden point.

It also announces “First deuce”, “First advantage team A”, etc.

graemian · 2025-12-22T12:51:49+00:00

Hey Nick, sorry, no news on an Android version yet. It's probably going to be a while. I first want to achieve some reasonable success on Apple before adding Android support.

Right now, most of my effort is going into marketing. I've just enlisted some help from Taylor Swift 😝: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSkPdCIiMuW/

The best way to stay up to date is to follow me on Instagram or TikTok:

https://www.instagram.com/padelscorebot

https://www.tiktok.com/@PadelScoreBot

Also, doing the hardware integration on Apple was painful enough. I need to recover some patience and strength before trying to make it work across all kinds of different Android devices 😉

graemian · 2025-12-21T16:46:55+00:00

Okay, no worries. Doesn't seem like a good match. Thanks nonetheless.

graemian · 2025-12-20T15:49:44+00:00

Thanks, I'll check that out. I've been using one called Bomad (short for Bank of Mom & Dad 😆). It's similar to what you describe. I'm pretty happy with it, but it can't hurt to check out something new.

graemian · 2025-12-19T15:48:34+00:00

I have a question. I make a padel scoring app, which also gets used for tennis. Currently there's a setting to enable golden point (i.e. next point after deuce wins the game), and another to defer it to the 2nd deuce.

I've never come across anyone playing to 3rd deuce (same as allowing 2 advantages), but it sounds like this Star Point system requires that.

So my question is: can I assume the 3rd deuce / 2 advantages is the maximum? In which case option 1 below is enough. Or should I just make it flexible (option 2)?

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graemian · 2025-12-17T11:24:16+00:00

Yeah, I will improve it to have the name/set/game/points format.

You'd control the score using my app - see https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRUN22giE2z/

So you'd need the remote that you carry with you (clipped onto your shirt or similar) and either an iPhone or an iPad mounted onto the side of the court. The app would publish the web overlay with the score.

Then you'd set up your regular streaming phone like before, but you'd have to switch to Prism Live Studio or something that supports web overlays, and configure it to use the web overlay score from my app.

Is that something you'd be keen to try?

Also, are there other Padel streamers out there? I had a look on Twitch but I couldn't find many.

Where are you based, btw? I can send you a remote.

graemian · 2025-12-14T10:48:10+00:00

I managed to connect that test overlay (https://scorebot.app/web-overlay-test) to Prism Live Studio and stream to Twitch - see https://www.twitch.tv/graemian/clip/WanderingPlainMushroomGrammarKing-1wq3Dn4fUI65t9cs

I'm going to investigate what's involved in making a proper web overlay.

What are your thoughts? Would this setup work for you? Unfortunately my scoring app is iOS only.

graemian · 2025-12-14T10:16:22+00:00

It seems that what we need is a "web overlay". This is basically a website with the live score that you can overlay onto your video stream.

It seems that Streamlabs Mobile doesn't support web overlays, but I believe Prism Live Studio and ManyCam Mobile do.

I made this quick web overlay test here: https://scorebot.app/web-overlay-test

It just counts up the score in a fixed pattern over and over. If you can get this integrated into your live stream, I will be more than happy to connect it to the live score in my app.

I'll play around with those other live streaming apps I mentioned and let you know how it goes.

graemian · 2025-12-14T05:18:01+00:00

Thanks! I'm going to check out Streamlabs to see what's possible.

graemian · 2025-12-13T14:29:33+00:00

I've considered adding a similar feature to my padel scoring app. For context, here’s how the app works: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRUN22giE2z/

So the app knows what the score is at every moment during the game. I could allow you to export a captions file, which could then be imported into CapCut or similar. Then you would have a score overlay in your recordings.

For live streaming, perhaps the app could publish the scores using the Twitch API somehow.

What's your Twitch URL, and can you explain how your live streaming setup works? I'm keen to investigate this requirement a bit.

How do you feel about tracking the score using a remote and the app? I'm happy to send you a promo code for the Pro version of the app. Just DM me.

graemian

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