Features Guide

Two phones, two jobs. One phone records on a tripod, the other phone scores from anywhere in the gym, the bleachers, or even from home over the internet.

1. On the camera phone, tap Connect Phones → Camera Phone.
2. On the controller phone, tap Connect Phones → Controller Phone → pick the camera from the discovered list.
3. The controller phone scores; every tap mirrors instantly to the camera and burns into the recorded video.
4. Out of Wi-Fi range? Pick Host Game Online on the camera and share the join code — the controller can join from anywhere.

Every person who interacts with a team has a role. The role decides what they can see, edit, post, and get notified about. You set your own role the first time you open the app (and can change it any time in Settings → APP MODE).

Plan the whole season once, then walk into every game prepped. Scheduled games auto-promote to live broadcasts, auto-trigger reminders to followers, and auto-attach video to the right schedule entry when the game ends.

• Regular games — opponent, date/time, location, notes (e.g. "wear away jerseys", "carpool at 4pm").
• Tournaments — a parent event with multiple child games underneath. Pool play, bracket play, mixed formats.
• Seasons — group games by season for season-long stats (W-L records, scoring leaders, etc.).
• Events — non-game things you want the team to know about (practices, team dinners, fundraisers).

• Reminders push out to followers 24 hours before kickoff (opt-in per follower).
• When you tap "Start Game" from a scheduled entry, the team names, opponent, location, and event label all pre-fill — no re-typing.
• If the game has an opponent that matches a saved team, both rosters load automatically.
• Pre-created YouTube broadcasts can be scheduled in advance — viewers see a countdown splash, then your stream takes over at kickoff.
• When the game ends, the final score posts to the schedule entry. The schedule turns into your past-games list as the season rolls forward.

Every notification is opt-in per follower and per team. ScoreFrame never spams — followers see exactly what they signed up for, with a one-tap mute per team and a global mute in Settings.

• 🔴
  Live stream started Fires when a followed team's stream goes live. Tap to open the watch page. → Followers of the team
• 🏁
  Game ended — final score Posted automatically when you tap End Game. Shows score, sport, opponent. → Followers of the team
• ⏰
  Upcoming game reminder 24 hours before a scheduled game. Opt-out per follower. → Followers of the team
• 📋
  Coach posted a note Push + email every time a manager or owner posts. Linked to the relevant game on tap. → Followers + subscribers
• 👋
  New follower request For invite-only / private teams. Owner gets an Approve / Block action right inside the notification. → Owner + managers
• ✅
  Your follow request was approved When the team owner accepts your invite-only request. → The requester
• 📨
  You've been invited as a manager Owner taps Invite Manager → invitee gets a push to accept / decline. → The invitee
• 📦
  Team was archived / revived So followers know the team is no longer active (or is back). → Followers

Every saved game gets its own permanent web page at scoreframe.app/game. Embedded YouTube player at the top so people can watch the recap any time, full scoreboard, per-player stats, coach notes for that game, and a "← Back to schedule" link if it was part of a tournament or season.

• Embedded video player (YouTube replay if you streamed; share link if you only recorded locally).
• Final score, both teams' colors and logos.
• Full box score: per-period scores, per-player stat lines, leaders.
• Coach notes posted on this game.
• Event label (Pro) — "Region Final", "Senior Night", "Tournament Game 3", whatever you set.
• Date, location, sport.
• "← Back to {team}" navigation to surface the team's whole history.

Use the phone as a standalone scoreboard — no recording, no battery drain from the camera. Toggle it on and the screen shows the giant scoreboard overlay; tap to score; tap the toggle again to go back to recording mode.

Push the game to YouTube Live straight from the phone — scoreboard burned in, family watching from anywhere, no extra hardware. One tap creates the broadcast, uploads a custom ScoreFrame thumbnail, and starts pushing video.

1. Open the drawer → Go Live.
2. Sign in to YouTube on the first run (one tap, uses your existing Google account).
3. Set the broadcast title (auto-suggested from team names + sport) and privacy: Unlisted, Public, or Private.
4. Tap Go Live. The pill at the top of the screen turns red with a running uptime.
5. Stop streaming any time from the same menu; the recording goes to your YouTube channel as a normal video.

• Standard — 720p 30fps, 4 Mbps. Works on any home Wi-Fi.
• High — 1080p 30fps, 6 Mbps. Best balance of quality + bandwidth.
• Ultra — 1080p 60fps, 9 Mbps. Sports with fast motion (basketball, hockey, lacrosse).

If the network can't sustain the chosen rate, adaptive bitrate steps it down silently so the stream stays live instead of cutting out. You'll see a toast when the auto-adjust kicks in.

Tap the star during a regular recording to mark a great moment. When the game ends, ScoreFrame extracts the last 5/10/20 seconds (your pick in Settings) into its own clip — keeping the full game AND a separate set of share-ready highlights.

Highlights run on top of a normal full-game recording — you get both the full match AND the clipped highlights. Buffer mode skips the full match entirely and saves only the highlights.

Make the scoreboard look like your team's scoreboard. Pick from 16 preset colors free; Pro unlocks the full HSV color picker, secondary team colors, custom team names (free is locked to "Home"/"Away"), and per-team logos rendered over the recorded video.

1. Drawer → My Teams & Players.
2. Tap a team (or + to create one). Pick primary + secondary color from the palette or the wheel.
3. Add a logo: tap the logo card → pick from your photo library. Toggle "Show on video" to burn it into recordings.
4. Set the roster — players you create here track stats across every game they play in.

Give every player's family a single page that shows your schedule, roster, past games, career stats, coach notes, and live streams. Lives at scoreframe.app/team — no sign-up required to view, optional sign-up to follow.

1. Open a team in My Teams & Players → Share Team.
2. Get an 8-character team code + a sharable URL.
3. Pick visibility: Public (anyone), Invite-only (search but request approval), or Private (link only).
4. Followers tap "Follow" on the web page or in the app to get notifications when a game goes live, when a final score is posted, or when a coach drops a note.

Every tap during scoring attributes to a player. Career stats accumulate across every game that player appears in — same player across multiple teams, multiple seasons, multiple years. Player pages show career totals, per-game logs, leaderboards.

• Basketball — points by type (1/2/3), fouls, per-quarter breakdown, per-game and career averages.
• Volleyball — kills, aces, assists, errors, missed serves, per-set splits.
• Soccer — goals, assists, shots, saves, fouls, cards.
• Football — touchdowns, field goals, by-quarter, possession turnover.
• Bowling — game scores, series totals, high game, average, strikes, spares, splits, conversions.
• Baseball / Softball — full AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS slash line, 1B/2B/3B/HR, RBI, runs, walks, K, HBP, SAC, plus pitcher IP/H/R/ER/BB/K/HR/BF/PC.
• Hockey — goals, shots on goal, penalty minutes, by-period.
• Lacrosse — goals, shots, ground balls, faceoffs won, penalties, by-quarter.
• Tennis / Pickleball — match W-L records, per-set scores.

1. Add players to a team's roster in My Teams & Players.
2. When you score during a game, the tap is attributed to whoever's currently selected (or to the active batter / lineup position for baseball).
3. At End Game, stats roll up into the player's career profile, the team's season totals, and the per-game box score on the game page.
4. Career stats survive team changes — a player who switches clubs keeps their career line; you can see their full history across every team they've played for.

ScoreFrame uses the same camera APIs every pro video app uses — and exposes the controls. Free users get sensible defaults that work indoors and out; Pro unlocks the full set so you can dial in for tricky lighting, contrast, or motion.

• 720p up to 60fps (free) — small files, easy to share.
• 1080p up to 60fps (free) — the everyday default.
• 4K up to 60fps (Pro) — archival quality, recruiting tape, future-proofing.
• Frame rate auto-detected per device — 60fps if hardware supports it, 30fps otherwise. Pinned constant (min == max) so the rate doesn't drift under low light.

• Video stabilization (free, default on) — OIS + EIS where the phone supports it. Smooths out tripod wobble and handheld shake.
• Tap-to-focus (Pro) — tap the preview to lock focus + exposure at that point. Persistent dotted circle shows where you tapped.
• White balance (Pro) — Auto / Incandescent / Fluorescent / Daylight / Cloudy. Kills the yellow / blue tint indoor gyms add.
• Exposure compensation (Pro) — slider with EV display. Brighten dim arenas, hold back overexposed sunlit fields.
• Edge enhancement (sharpening) (Pro) — pulls back fine detail in the recorded video.
• HDR (Pro) — wider dynamic range. Useful for high-contrast scenes (sunlit field + shaded dugout). May reduce frame rate on some devices.
• AE/AWB lock (Pro) — once recording starts, exposure and white balance lock. Stops the picture from "breathing" mid-play as the camera re-meters.

Save only the good plays. Buffer mode keeps the last minute of footage rolling in memory — when something amazing happens, tap the star and the previous 5/10/20/30/60 seconds get saved as a highlight clip. No giant game-length video, no post-editing.

Regular recording saves the whole game (often 1–2 GB per quarter). Buffer mode saves only the moments you mark. Pick a 30-second window after the play happens — perfect for posting individual highlights without the bloat.

1. From the camera screen, tap the ⭐ Buffer button (next to the red Record button).
2. The phone starts recording silently into a rolling 60-second buffer. The on-screen indicator turns orange.
3. When something great happens, tap the big ⭐ button. Pick how far back to capture (5, 10, 20, 30, or 60 seconds).
4. The clip saves to your Photos library and shows up on the game card in the app. Buffer keeps rolling — capture as many highlights as you want.
5. Tap the stop button when you're done. The 60-second working buffer is discarded; only your captured highlights stick around.

Hide the scoring panel behind a pull-tab and let the video fill the whole screen. The scoring drawer slides out from the right when you need it; recording controls float at the bottom on demand.

1. Tap the diagonal-arrow icon in the bottom-right corner of the video preview.
2. The scoring panel slides away. The video now fills the screen.
3. Tap the right-side pull-tab (or swipe in from the right) to slide the scoring panel back when you need to score.
4. Tap the collapse arrow to return to the split view.

Post a note from the game card and every follower and approved subscriber gets a push notification AND an email. Use it for "great game everyone, see you at practice Tuesday", "MVP was Sarah for the diving save", or "lineup for Saturday is on the team page".

1. Open any game in your team's history (or open the Coach Notes section on a team page).
2. Tap + Post Coach Note.
3. Write your message. There's no character cap — write a paragraph if you want.
4. Tap Post. Followers + subscribers get a push and an email instantly. The note renders on the game's public page and on the team's coach-notes card.
5. Revoke any time. Revoked notes show as "[Note removed by owner]" so the conversation thread stays coherent.

A real digital scorebook for baseball and softball — at-bat by at-bat tracking with pitch counts, fielding plays, base advancements, defensive positions, and a multi-page PDF export at the end that looks like a hand-kept book.

• 15 result types (1B, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, K, HBP, IBB, IFR, CI, K-WP, SAC fly/bunt, error, fielder's choice)
• Pitch-by-pitch count, pitcher pitch totals
• Fielding play notation (6-3, 4-6-3, F-7, etc.) via a 3×3 position grid
• Base runner identity tracking through advancements (so the right player gets credit for the run)
• Defensive substitutions + pitcher changes, with running pitch counts per pitcher
• Earned vs unearned run toggle, pitcher line (IP/H/R/ER/BB/K/HR/BF/PC)

Any Bluetooth device with buttons — a $10 selfie remote, a presentation clicker, a media remote, a Bluetooth keyboard — can drive recording and zoom without touching the phone. Set it up once and the buttons just work.

• Record button — single press toggles start / pause / resume. Double-press (within 400ms) captures a highlight using your chosen highlight duration.
• Zoom In button — hold to zoom in smoothly. Release to stop.
• Zoom Out button — hold to zoom out smoothly. Release to stop.
• Stop recording is still on-screen only — protects against accidental stops mid-game.

1. Pair your Bluetooth device with iPhone / Android the normal way (Settings → Bluetooth).
2. In ScoreFrame, open Settings → External Buttons.
3. Tap Record Button → "Press the button now" → press whichever button you want to use. The app records the device name + key code.
4. Tap Zoom Buttons → press zoom-in, then zoom-out, in that order.
5. Flip the on-screen Ext toggle in the recording bar to enable the buttons.

Pro removes the small "ScoreFrame.app" watermark from the bottom-left of recorded videos AND removes all interstitial / banner ads inside the app. The recording you share looks like yours, not ours.

Tap a score, see a celebration burned right into the video. Confetti on a three-pointer, fireworks on a touchdown, pins exploding on a bowling strike, a star burst on an ace. Optional, off by default, all toggleable per sport per event in Settings → Experimental.

• Generic — confetti on any score
• Basketball — confetti on a 3-pointer
• Football — fireworks on a touchdown
• Bowling — pins exploding on a strike
• Soccer / Hockey / Lacrosse — expanding rings on a goal
• Volleyball — confetti on a point, ace burst on an ace, persistent 🔥 fire emoji on a 5+ point scoring streak
• Tennis — star burst on an ace
• Pickleball — confetti on game point

1. Open Settings → Experimental.
2. Toggle the per-sport per-event row you want (e.g. "Football → Touchdown fireworks").
3. Score during a game. The animation burns into the recorded video and into the live stream, so viewers see it too.