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I did try using this yesterday during a MS match. For the most part I liked it very much. I had a couple of problems that I believe were mostly operator error so I won't list them now unless I run across them again. I only used it as R2. I like the idea of it because I find that my writing is becoming worse and worse, and especially when I'm dealing with 3 or 4 subs and wanting to get them in the game as quickly as possible, I can't decipher my chicken scratch. I did have problems dealing quickly with multiple subs using this app also, but I hope to become more proficient with experience.
Yes, there is a lot of information. However, it isn't much more than I usually track while I'm doing a match anyway. I know most of you are always relying on your scorekeeper to keep things straight, but honestly I run across a lot of them who need the checks and balances that my card has provided. Just last week I had a freshman match where during a timeout I found the SK with the wrong score listed on the score sheet, and the wrong number of subs for one of the teams. Pretty much anything below a JV/Varsity match it's a crap shoot regarding the quality of the SK.
FWIW, the partner I had who used this was using it as R1 for a varsity tournament. He also had some PVC pipe that he had assembled as a stand to slide over the net post as a "podium" for his iPhone. I'm not sure how he attached the iPhone to the podium. During the one match we worked together (we were using two gyms and rotating partners for each of the 3 matches we worked) he was signaling to me (after I had already informed the coach of course) that we had reached 15 subs, so he was keeping track of subs up on the stand. I don't do that, but around here I am one of the few that doesn't keep a card as R1. The same two other officials last weekend that were marveling over his app were also marveling over me not keeping a card as R1.
I have a few more MS matches this season, and I will give an update as I use this more.
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