The Score Keeping app is a good first attempt. My first criticism is there is no app for a Macintosh laptop, only the iPhone and iPad. My iPhone has a small screen and is the constant victim of my fat fingers; I do not see why I should spend several hundred dollars to purchase an iPad simply to accommodate the APA.Next, many of the players in my league are of a certain age where they are not comfortable with technology, the majority of whom have not acquired the app. That leave the few of us who have acquired the app to scramble in real time to get enough hands on deck to keep a true score for the matches.What is missing is practice, a safe environment where the uninitiated can become familiar with the app without the pressure of making an error that can have real-world effects in real matches. I suggest writing a simulator application that mimics a realistic match between two fictional players. The user can pause the simulator to compare his stats with what the simulation has actually produced. With increased confidence, the team members will be far more open to contributing to the scorekeeping efforts.Thank you.

Love not having to deal with printing out paper copies and trying to decipher handwriting! (LOL and scorekeepers/players are a lot more careful about spilling beverages when there’s a phone or tablet involved!) However, from a captain’s perspective, there’s an advantage to using scoresheets that has been lost since moving to the app. It would be extremely useful to be able to look back at matches and review individual/team performance data. If we’re tracking innings, defensive shots, time outs, and game outcome (scratch, snap on the break, early 8, etc) we should be able to review and use that data to help our players improve and inform our decision making in future competitions. Also, regarding game outcome…why do we not track ball count in 8-ball? IMO knowledge of how your players have performed when they’ve LOST a match is just as important, if not MORE, than when they’ve won! 😉

Our leage just started using this and overall it's pretty slick as far as scoring goes. One note is that if you forget to mark table size, the app doesn't warn you before submitting scores.However, the app leaves some to be desired as far as record keeping. The summary leaves a lot of things out, like the players' skill levels, exact points, and you can't see how the game progressed like you can on paper scoring. 8/9 on the snap or break-and-run is logged, but not shown in summary either.APA could take a few inspirations from the excellent scoring app Pool Scoreboard, which will show you some nice stats at the end of a match, including progression to goal, max number of points in an inning, shot percentage, etc.

I have to admit that the app is easy to use.But it does not allow you to review any data on the individual matches as the game is being played. And after you submit your scores you no longer have access to any information about the match. I want more data than who won a match, how many individual games each player won and how many points were earned. I want to see how many innings there were in each game. I want to see how many defense shots there were. Eights on the break. Early 8. Scratch on 8. I want to see all of that data for each match. And we cannot. With the sheet system I would share this information with the team and we could refer to them whenever we can. And based on the layout of the app you can’t even take screen shots of all the information. It’s easy to use but isn’t plater useful in my opinion.