They watch the match,
not just the score
One phone films. You keep score on the same phone. Everyone else opens a single link and sees both, in their own language, with nothing to install.
Free for everyone. Spectators need no account.
See it in a short film
A group chat asks for the score; one link answers with the live score and the match video under it.
Watch the filmHow it works
You are the broadcaster. ScoreZen puts your stream and your score on the same page, and hosts none of the video.
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Start your stream
Go live on your own YouTube, Twitch or Facebook account — or, as a backup, Instagram or TikTok — from a phone, a camera or a laptop. Your account, your platform, your rules.
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Paste the link into the match
In the match, tap “Add live video” and paste the address of your stream. ScoreZen keeps only the provider and the id, and rebuilds the player address itself.
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Share the one link
The match link and its QR code do not change. Whoever opens it sees the live score, and taps once to load the video underneath — or, for Instagram and TikTok, to open the stream in the app.
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Stop when you want
Remove the video and the score carries on alone. End the stream and the picture stops; the score, the history and the Replay stay.
Which platform to stream on
All five work, but they do not look the same on the spectator's page. The difference comes from each platform's own rules, not from ScoreZen.
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YouTube or Twitch — the best result
The video plays inside the score page. In full screen, the score bar sits right on the picture, top left, like a TV broadcast. Film in landscape.
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Facebook — very good, a slightly smaller picture
The video also plays inside the score page, as long as your stream is public. Meta's rules forbid placing anything over their player: in full screen, the score bar stays at the top and the video is reduced just below it, so the bar never covers it.
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Instagram or TikTok — the backup
Neither lets its live streams be shown in another service. Spectators get the live score in ScoreZen and a button that opens the stream in Instagram or TikTok: picture and score are not on the same screen. Their lives are also filmed with the phone upright, in portrait — made for a phone held vertically, the frame is narrow, a whole court barely fits, and on a computer or a TV the picture stays a strip in the middle of the screen.
Why the score has to run late
A stream reaches its viewers several seconds after the action. Sent live, the score would announce a point before the picture shows it, and spoil every rally. ScoreZen therefore delays the score shown next to the video.
- A new stream starts at 20 seconds, which is the delay measured from a phone streaming to Twitch
- Adjustable from 0 to 300 seconds, at any moment, without interrupting the match
- It is a starting point, not a law: latency depends on the platform, the network and the encoder
- Only the spectator's view is delayed — you keep scoring in real time
- The end-of-match card follows the same delay, so the result never arrives before the picture
- Instagram and TikTok are the exception: their stream opens in the app, not next to the score, so there is no delay and the score stays in real time
Film in landscape, on a stand
The player on the spectator's page is 16:9. The orientation of a stream is fixed when it starts, so a phone held upright sends a tall picture that arrives small, between two black bars, and nothing can widen it afterwards.
- Turn the phone sideways before you go live
- Rest it on a stand, a bag or a railing: a whole match is long
- Frame the court rather than the players, and stop moving
- Check the first seconds on the spectator link before the whistle
What ScoreZen does not do
Said plainly, so that nobody discovers it on match day.
- ScoreZen hosts, records and re-broadcasts nothing. The video lives on your platform; when your stream ends, there is nothing left to watch.
- YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. No other platform, and no RTMP address.
- Instagram and TikTok streams do not play inside ScoreZen: those platforms do not allow it, so spectators open them in the app. A Facebook stream must be public to play.
- Twitch accepts a channel that is live; a Twitch recording address is refused. YouTube accepts a video or live address.
- ScoreZen supplies no camera and no encoder. You film, on your own account.
- The match page is not indexed by search engines: it exists for the people holding the link.
You already have a production setup?
Then you probably want the opposite: the score inside your stream, not your stream inside the score page. ScoreZen has a transparent overlay for OBS, vMix and Streamlabs, free and with no plan attached.
See the OBS overlayQuestions
- Does it cost anything?
- No. Live video is open to everyone at no cost, and it is not part of any paid plan. Spectators watch for free, with no account and nothing installed.
- Can I film and keep score on the same phone?
- Yes. The streaming app runs in the background while you tap the points in ScoreZen. That is how the feature was tested.
- Who can see the video?
- Whoever can see the match. On a personal match, shared publicly by default, that is anyone with the link. On a club match, it appears once public sharing is switched on for that match.
- What if someone streams something they should not?
- A Report this stream link sits under the player, open to anyone holding the link, with no account and no identity recorded. A person reviews every report and the stream can be taken off the page.
- Do I need permission to film?
- You are the broadcaster, so yes, it is on you: the people filmed, the parents of any minors, and the rules of your federation or venue. The terms say so, and they are worth reading before the first match.
- Does the video appear on the TV mode?
- No. TV mode shows the score alone, big and readable from across the hall. The video belongs to the spectator page, which people open on their own phone.
The people who could not come are waiting
Start a match, paste your stream, send one link. That is the whole setup.
Start a match