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Score padel without touching your phone
PadelRef turns a Bluetooth Low Energy remote into a padel scoreboard control: one click for Team A, two for Team B, three to undo, and the phone on the bench updates the score and, with voice on, says it back.
Free to score, voice free to try. No accounts, no cloud.
Team A scores. Thirty - Fifteen Team A serves from the left.What the app says after a remote click for Team A, with "Announce who is serving" on.
- You score with a click, with the phone left on the bench where everyone can see it.
- One button is enough: single, double and triple clicks each do something different.
- The voice names the team that scored, so you know the click registered.
Grows with you
Start with one remote and the default layout: one click for Team A, two for Team B, three to undo. When your group plays every week, Premium lets each pair keep its own remote: a single click scores that pair's point, a double click undoes, and an extra press can never hand the other side a point.
Why score from a remote
Tapping the phone means walking to the bench after every point, or leaving it where a ball can find it. With a remote in your pocket or clipped to your shirt, the point goes on the board the moment the rally ends, and the phone stays where all four of you can see it.
One button, three actions
PadelRef reads single, double and triple clicks, so even a one-button remote covers the whole match. Out of the box, one click scores for Team A, two for Team B and three undo the last point. On a remote with two or three buttons you can give each action its own button instead, or mix both. The mapping wizard sets every combination, and there is room for a fourth action: show or hide the sets.
Set it up once, then trust it
Pair the remote from PadelRef’s remote screen, which shows signal strength so you pick the remote in your hand and not someone’s headphones. Then run the guided setup: about a minute, remote in hand, while the app listens to a few single, double and triple clicks and learns your timing. A live test follows, with the same rules as a match but nothing counting towards one. PadelRef remembers the remote and reconnects it when you open the scoreboard. Every setting is on Features.
Hear that the click landed
With voice announcements on, PadelRef names the team first, “Team A scores.”, then the score. After an undo it says “Undo applied.” and the score it went back to. That callout has its own switch, and the rest of what the voice says is on the scoreboard with a voice.
On an iPhone with an Apple Watch?
The Apple Watch app scores from the wrist the same way, and it counts towards the same free remote allowance.
Further reading
Frequently asked questions
Which Bluetooth remotes work with PadelRef?
PadelRef works with remotes that connect over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE): camera-shutter clickers, media buttons and smart buttons. Classic Bluetooth devices can show up in the scan, but controlling PadelRef with them is on the roadmap, not available yet.
Does the PadelRef remote work on iPhone?
Yes, PadelRef reads BLE remotes on iPhone and Android. One limit comes from iOS itself: it doesn't pass presses from Bluetooth volume or camera-shutter remotes to apps, and PadelRef's remote screen explains the options when a remote falls into that group. On Android those clickers work as they are.
Is the Bluetooth remote free in PadelRef?
The PadelRef remote is free to try: free users get a limited number of remote matches. Premium removes the limit and lets you connect several remotes at once, one per pair.
How do I set up the buttons in PadelRef?
In PadelRef you choose 1 to 3 buttons and up to three actions per button (single, double or triple click), each mapped to Team A, Team B, undo or show sets.