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iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch · Live on the App Store

Shuttle Vision

Turn the iPhones and iPads you already own into a BWF badminton scoreboard, a multi-angle slow-motion replay system and a tournament desk — with an Apple Watch app to keep score from your wrist. Settle a contested call yourself in seconds with ¼× slow-motion loops and frame-by-frame stepping — 100% offline, with no subscription.

It does not make line calls for you. It gives players and umpires the footage to make the call themselves.

On court

Mount one phone at the side of the court and it is your scoreboard and replay camera. Wear an Apple Watch and you can score without walking to the phone between points.

iPhone · Official BWF scoring

Score with your thumb, review in slow-mo

Tap or swipe up on a side to award the rally, swipe down to take it back. Tap VAR Review and the last rally plays straight from the rolling buffer — no waiting for an export — in a continuous ¼× slow-motion loop you can step frame by frame. The server, service court, 11-point interval and change of ends are tracked for you in singles and doubles.

Shuttle Vision live scoreboard on iPhone, Net Ninjas vs Backcourt Bombers, with Let, Replay and VAR Review

Apple Watch

Keep score from your wrist

Start a match on your iPhone and the Apple Watch app shows the same team names — “Us” and “Them” unless you choose your own or pick a preset like “Smashers vs Retrievers” — with the live score, the server and the service court. Tap or swipe up on a side to give it the rally, swipe down to undo. It is a remote for the match on your phone, not a separate scorer.

Shuttle Vision on Apple Watch showing Us 14, Them 11

Tournament & multi-camera

Run entire club nights, school championships, and regional opens from a single master iPad. Umpires scan a QR code to connect their iPhones and stream live scores back to the central desk without a Wi-Fi router.

iPad · Shuttle Vision Pro

Master tournament desk & live BWF leaderboard

Follows every live court at once, across up to 7 connected devices. Calculates standings in real time based on official BWF tie-break rules (Matches Won > Game Difference > Head-to-Head > Point Difference > Points Ratio). Organizers hold master overrule authority, fixture generation (Round Robin, Single and Double Elimination, Open Court Queue), and CSV export capabilities.

Shuttle Vision Master Tournament Desk on iPad showing two live courts and the standings leaderboard

1 to 3 phones · No router

Scalable multi-camera mesh

Drift-compensated clock sync gives you up to three replay angles of every rally, with no router needed.

Solo
One phone mounted horizontally at the umpire chair or side of court for full-court lateral coverage — a standalone scoreboard, rolling video buffer, and VAR station.
Duo
Two phones at opposing net poles (~40cm high) facing across the court, with clock sync and two angles of every rally to review.
Pro
Two phones at net centre covering opposite halves plus a side-on camera at the umpire chair, for a third replay angle.
Shuttle Vision Pro lifetime unlock screen

Getting started

Set up in under 60 seconds with zero network configuration.

Mount the phone — don’t hold it. A replay is only as useful as the footage behind it. Held in your hand, the phone adds its own shake to every frame and rolling shutter bends fast movement, so a close call is harder to judge in slow motion — and Living Room Practice, which follows the shuttle frame to frame, loses it more often. Any steady mount works: a tripod, a clamp on the net post, or the phone propped against a bag.

  1. 01 Solo & casual match

    1. Mount your iPhone horizontally on a tripod at the umpire chair or side of court (~1.2–1.6m high) so it sees the full court.

    2. Tap Start match on Home. Sides start as “Us” and “Them”; to type your own names or tap Preset names, open Match setup first.

    3. Tap or swipe up (+1) to score. Tap VAR Review at any moment to watch a contested rally again in slow motion and make the call yourself.

  2. 02 Multi-phone court rig

    1. Host taps Tournament → Multi-Phone Mesh, picks Duo or Pro, then taps Pair with Other Phones to show the court QR code.

    2. On the second phone, tap the QR icon on Home and scan that code, or enter the code shown beneath it. Guests never need Pro.

    3. Place the phones at opposing net poles (~40cm high). Both cameras synchronize clocks automatically over direct P2P.

  3. 03 Master tournament desk

    1. Open Shuttle Vision on an iPad and tap Tournament → Tournament Desk & Standings → Create Tournament.

    2. Paste your player roster and generate Round Robin, Single Elimination or Open Court Queue fixtures.

    3. Open the Master Desk and tap Connect Court Phone. Umpires scan the code, choose their assigned court, and begin live scorekeeping.

  4. 04 Apple Watch

    1. The Watch app comes with Shuttle Vision. If it isn’t on your watch, open the Watch app on your iPhone and install it from there (watchOS 10 or later).

    2. Start a match on your iPhone, then open Shuttle Vision on your watch. It shows the same names, score, server and service court — the first-named side is yours.

    3. Tap or swipe up on a side to award the rally, swipe down to undo. Keep the phone nearby: the watch is a remote for the match on the phone.

Equipment

Shuttle Vision uses standard off-the-shelf tripods and devices you already own.

  • Tripod mounts

    1.5m – 1.8m lightweight aluminum tripods

    Umpire chair or side of court for solo; net poles (~40cm) for Duo and Pro rigs, angled to cover the full court.
  • Lighting

    Standard indoor sports hall lighting

    In VAR Crisp mode Shuttle Vision requests a fast shutter and the highest frame rate the device can hold (up to 120fps), stepping down to 60fps if the phone gets hot.
  • Supported devices

    iPhone and iPad on iOS 17 or later; Apple Watch on watchOS 10 or later

    Built on AVFoundation high-speed capture, the Apple Vision framework, and hardware video encoding.
  • Networking

    Zero equipment (no router or internet needed)

    Uses direct Apple Multipeer Connectivity (Bluetooth + Local Wi-Fi Direct) for 100% offline zero-latency mesh.

Questions

Questions or a bug on court? Email me.

Does Shuttle Vision require an internet connection or Wi-Fi router?
No. Shuttle Vision operates 100% offline using Apple Multipeer Connectivity (peer-to-peer Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct). You can take 3 iPhones and an iPad to an underground sports hall or park with zero cellular signal and run multi-camera replays and a full tournament desk.
What is the pricing model? Are there subscriptions?
No subscription, no monthly fees and no ads. Scoring, casual play, Living Room Practice, Grass Play, VAR slow-mo replay and the Apple Watch app are free. Shuttle Vision Pro is a one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks unlimited multi-phone rigs and the tournament desk, and it is shared with your family through Family Sharing.
Do my friends or umpires have to pay to connect as camera 2 or umpire?
Never. Only the person hosting the rig or the desk needs Pro. Guest cameras, secondary replay angles and court umpires join by scanning a QR code — no account, no purchase, no sign-in on any device.
Where is video footage stored? Does anything upload to the cloud?
Privacy is absolute: zero video footage is ever uploaded to any external cloud server. Video is processed in a temporary rolling dashcam buffer in device memory. Clips are saved to your local Apple Photos library only when you explicitly tap “Save to Photos”. Full detail in the Privacy Policy.
How does VAR Review work during a match?
When a player or umpire contests a call, tap VAR Review and the last rally plays immediately in looping ¼× slow motion. Step frame by frame to the moment of impact, decide, and award the point — the score updates on every connected device. The app never makes the call for you.
Can I just hold my phone instead of using a tripod?
You can, and scoring and recording still work — but we don’t recommend it for replays. A tripod is ideal, but anything that keeps the phone still — a net-post clamp, a bench, a propped-up bag — gets you most of the way there.