App Of The Week, 9/23/13: Easy Scorecard

This week's app is an easy nod to one of my favorites. It has only been on my phone for about a month, and I love it. Easy Scorecard is an app you can use to track your games at different courses. Hybrid setup allows for using holes for disc golf or golf. It simply takes the data you enter for each hole (Hole #, Par #) and will track your scores which are entered by on-screen buttons. As of testing, scores can be entered up to 20 shots.

Features of the free app: Round timer (tracks the amount of time per round, useful for tracking how long it takes you to play each round), setup for tee styles (and an estimated rating for them).

(Per Google Play page:)

* 9/18/27/custom-holes scoring (36-hole support for disc golf)
* Scoring for more than 4 players
* Email scorecard in HTML/CSV
* Share scorecard via Facebook/Twitter
* USGA/EGA/CONGU Handicap tracking
* Primitive rangefinder using phone's GPS
* Scoring statistics
* Disc Golf friendly
* Handicap tracking for Disc golf (methods: discgolf.com and PDGA-like rating system)
* Stableford scoring
* Nassau side game

Note: No review of Pro features, as I've not dropped the change on that yet. A future review when I do have the Pro app is planned.

The main menu gives you access to starting a new round, looking at previous rounds, looking over courses you have played at, players and teams (which you can use to setup handicap calculations, and methods), Stats, and settings/help. Navigation of the whole app is dirt simple. I tried two other apps, and the interface wasn't as clean as this one. It's all simple text and buttons.

Setting up a course is as simple as naming it, setting the type (disc/golf), and adding the par for each hole. It will allow you to leave the par blank so you can fill in the info later. Also, from the screen during a round, par can be adjusted by tapping the par indicator on the top of the screen.

The screen during the round becomes the scorecard breakdown for each hole. It will show the hole number, timer, location settings (pro), notepad for each hole (can switch tab to note for course notes), distance, and tracking scores for each player, and buttons for scoring, previous hole, and next hole.

Overall, I've used this app to track scores for ten rounds of disc golf. Of all the rounds, I've never been disappointed. Like I said, the interface is simple. Easy to read in shadows (could be part of my screen protector). The only thing I would like would be for a light/dark switch so it could more easily be read in daytime shooting. The app is solid.

Now get out there and throw some discs or hit some balls!