What's the Score, Bro? Reffing 4+

Inexpensive solution for tracking youth sport scores

Several of my relatives are involved in youth sports. I like going to the games but they are long and I inevitably lose track of the score.

I bought this specifically for the score tracking so I can’t speak to the game timing function. But the score tracking works great. Just open the app on your watch and go back to what you’re doing. Every time someone scores, just tap the screen. Worked really well for me.

App creator is very responsive and even added some features that I had requested. Definitely worth the $0.99 if you’re in a similar situation.

Finally an app that does everything a referee needs!

Highly recommend this app (as of Sep 2024, offered with great pricing) to my fellow referees. The only thing I don’t like about this app is its name. I wish it was a little bit more professional. That aside, it is a wonderful app and it does everything other apps fail to provide, even through expensive subscription. As long as the price of the app stay reasonable, I don’t see myself using anything else.

Update: today, on October 3, 2024, the new edition of the app was launched and it caused major issue/bugs in the app. The clock reset to 1minutes and one half only and it left me with no solution in the middle of the match. There is also no contact information to directly send this to the developer. Fix this. I have an annual subscription.

Update: thanks for replying. It wasn’t the reset of the app. I would set up the game configuration (time, jersey color, …) and once I start the match, it would all reset to 1’ match and one half and all the jersey colors would go back to the blue and red. This happened during the match. I reset everything again, and it happened again. But, I used the app yesterday again and there was no issue. Thank you!

Developer Response ,

Dear Shawn,

I’m really sorry to hear about what happened. If I understood correctly, the automatic app update occurred during your match, which caused a restart. That’s understandably very frustrating. I generally release updates at non-critical times to avoid such issues. Version 3.0 was released at 3 AM (EST). However, the distribution is controlled by Apple, and I have no influence over that. So it’s possible that the update reached you much later.

To prevent this from happening in future matches, there are a few things you can do: Disable automatic updates on your iPhone before the game (Settings > App Store > App Updates), and turn off cellular and Bluetooth on your Watch shortly before the game.

Thank you for letting me know about the changed default setting (1 minute game time / 1 half). I was working with that in development and forgot to reset it before the release. It’s fixed and will be corrected in the update tonight (October 5).

You can always reach me at support@whatsthescorebro.com if you have any other questions or concerns.

Thank you for using my app
Thilo