Score runners carry tablets instead of paper slips. Scores entered at the lanes appear at the operator desk as they happen, so the desk is not waiting on handwriting.
On a paper operation, a game finishes and then nothing happens for several minutes. A runner collects slips, walks them to the desk, and somebody transcribes them. Only then do the brackets advance, the pots re-rank and the alive lists become current — and in the meantime the desk cannot answer the only question bowlers are asking.
That gap is where side action gets slow, and it grows with every format on the card, because one set of scores drives all of them.
Each session generates its own QR code. A runner scans it, enters the operator PIN, and is on — there is no account to create and nothing to install. It works on an iPad or an Android tablet, so you can use whatever hardware is already in the building.
Scores sync through the cloud rather than requiring the tablets and the desk to sit on the same local network. Any Wi-Fi or cellular connection will do, which matters in centers where the guest network isolates devices from each other. An internet connection is required for auto-sync.
The operator desk remains the authority on scores. A game the desk has finished locks on the tablet, so a runner cannot overwrite a completed game, and lane assignments and bowler order are controlled from the desk.
The gap between a game finishing and the bracket updating closes. Brackets, side pots and payouts recalculate from scores as they arrive rather than after a runner walks a slip back.
It also removes the discipline problem behind one of the most common operator mistakes — batching score entry to the end of the night, so every transcription error is discovered at the worst possible moment. See nine bracket operator mistakes.
This runs inside the same session as your brackets and side pots. You are not exporting to a second tool or keeping a separate sheet — entries, scores, counts and payouts all live in one place, and the printed reports come out of the same program, so the drawer reconciles against one set of session totals rather than several.
The free demo is the complete program, not a limited trial — every feature unlocked, capped at 16 bowlers per session so you can see exactly how it works.
Download the free demo See pricingAn iPad or an Android tablet — whatever is already in the building. There is nothing to install and no account to create; a runner scans the session's QR code and enters the operator PIN.
No. Scores sync through the cloud rather than over the local network, so any Wi-Fi or cellular connection works. That matters in centers where the guest network isolates devices from each other.
Tablet auto-sync needs a connection, so it stops. The desktop program itself is Windows software and does not need the internet to run a session, so the session continues — you are back to entering scores at the desk.
No. A game the desk has finished locks on the tablet. Lane assignments and bowler order are controlled from the desk, which stays the single source of truth.
It is an add-on to the desktop program. Current packages and what each includes are listed in the pricing section on the home page.