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My initial reaction to Macworld's review was outrage at any negative comment about iScore!
But the review articulates my one quibble about the app: scoring a simple ground ball out is far more complex than using a paper scorepad, and takes attention from the game. If we could tap 6, then 3 (or the applicable scoring) that would be a huge improvement for the app.
I'll stay a fan in any event.

I agree, but then again, some of the more complex situations that may arise, iScore guides you right through it, but ifyou were using paper and pencil, would you know how to score it off the top of your head?

If you tap and swipe the out there is a menu for 6-3, 5-3 4-3 ground out etc. I am not sure how much simpler it can be made.

Swiping on the out button and selecting 6-3 ground out allows you to enter the play in three touches or four if you want to mark where the ball landed (an optional entry despite what the article said ).

I was in disagreement with the article. The more I read about how comprehensive the stats capabilities the more it convinced me to buy it!

I like that there are simple ways of scoring. My sister keeps scores for her boy's softball team, so she will really be the test if a real new scorekeeper (just learned this past fall ball) can use it easily.

The MacWorld article has a response section if anyone wants to post disagreement with the article. The author also has a way to send him feedback. We would not want to attack the author in any way as everyone has their opinion, and his seems to be that paper is better for him, but we do know that the iScore community is large and still growing fast, so there are many people that agree with the iScore method of scoring a game. Thank you for your feedback.

I am the first to admit that I am on old-school paper score-keeper. Only because I have invented my own style of shorthand and note system (as I'm sure anyone who has kept score has done.) However, I am also a new-school stat-monger, and anything that helps me compile the most stats the quickest has my vote.

It takes a handful of games to really get the hang of scoring with iScore (so that everything comes out the way you want.) You can get good practice any weekend, sit down with ESPN and score a couple of MLB games, scan the scorebook between innings and experiement with different plays to see how score book looks. Create fictitious games and score the weird plays just to see what they look like.

I have found there are several ways to record a play - the stats all work out the same, but the book can look different depending on how you enter it.

The help you will receive on this forum will fill in the blanks. When I purchased iScore, a couple of months ago, there were only 800+ users in the forum, now there are over 1000. There will not be a shortage of help.