# CourtsidePlay — CourtsidePlay > Tennis and padel match tracker with advanced swing analytics and health insights. (iPhone/iPad app by Jijomon Thottungalthara.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/courtsideplay/id6762270764 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Jijomon Thottungalthara](https://appshunter.io/developer/1893609735) - Category: Sports, Entertainment - Price: Free - Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 17 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish - Released: 2026-04-24 - Data updated: 2026-09-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/courtsideplay/id6762270764/reviews.md ## What is CourtsidePlay? CourtsidePlay
Advanced racket-sport scoring and analytics for Tennis, Padel, Beach Tennis, and Badminton — on iPhone and Apple Watch. No registration. Your data stays on your devices. Score from your wrist
Track live matches on Apple Watch. Choose Auto sync to stream every point to iPhone, or Manual sync to keep the match on your wrist and send score, status, heart rate, swing analytics, and full point history with one tap — even after the match ends. Advanced Match Analytics
After the final point, open Match Summary for a full dashboard powered by accelerometer, gyroscope, and HealthKit: • Swing Analysis — total shots, shots per point, average & peak intensity, peak G-force
• Shot Type Detection — serve, forehand, backhand, smash, slice, drop, lob; padel bandeja & vibora; badminton-aware serve/lob paths
• Intensity & Rally Length — who wins 1–3, 4–8, 9–15, and 15+ shot rallies
• Spin Distribution — topspin, flat, slice from wrist rotation
• Fatigue vs Performance — each point tagged Fresh, Normal, Tired, or Exhausted from live heart rate; win rate by fatigue level
• Match Readiness — 0–100 score from HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, and training load
• Shot Calibration — teach the app your strokes on Apple Watch for more accurate, sport- and hand-aware detection Weather & Court Wind
Local 3-hour forecast on Matches, plus Court & Wind oriented to your phone — sun position and how wind affects serves and groundstrokes (Apple WeatherKit). Meal Planner
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or pre/post-match meals — auto from your profile and today’s weather, or from a kitchen photo. Respects allergies and calorie targets. On-device. Warmup
Sport-specific guided warmup from height, weight, age, and BMI, with voice-guided timers on iPhone or Apple Watch. On-device. Equipment Logbook
Log racquets, strings, grips, overgrips, shoes, and outfits. Optional photo assist, match gear assignment, restring history, and a green–yellow–orange–red usage graph with wear alerts. On-device. Share & improve
Share match results on social networks. Play. Analyse. Improve — no subscription, no extra sensors. Just iPhone and Apple Watch. Privacy details: see our Privacy Policy in the app and at courtsideplay.com. ## Key features - Point-by-point match scoring - Apple Watch scoring companion - Swing analytics and shot classification - Estimated serve speed and power - Heart rate and health zone tracking - Daily Readiness Score - Tournament and training modes ## Recent user reviews (1 of 1) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/courtsideplay/id6762270764/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Finally a proper app for tennis & padel players *2026-04-26* This app is exactly what tennis/padel players needed. Super clean design, easy to set up matches, and love the score tracking feature. The match readiness feature is a really cool touch too. It actually makes you think about your performance before playing. Feels like a proper “all-in-one” app for playing, tracking, and improving. Excited to see how it evolves! **Developer response:** Thanks ## Frequently asked questions about CourtsidePlay ### What sports can I track with CourtsidePlay? CourtsidePlay is designed to track tennis and padel matches. It supports various scoring formats including best-of-3, best-of-5, no-ad scoring, and super-tiebreaks. ### Does CourtsidePlay have ads? No, CourtsidePlay does not contain advertisements. It is a completely ad-free experience for users. ### What devices is CourtsidePlay compatible with? CourtsidePlay is built natively for iOS and watchOS, making it compatible with iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad devices. ### How does CourtsidePlay analyze my swing? The app uses your Apple Watch's accelerometer and gyroscope to detect every swing. It classifies shots like forehand, backhand, serve, and smash, and can detect spin, intensity, and peak velocity. ### Can CourtsidePlay estimate my serve speed? Yes, CourtsidePlay can estimate your serve speed from wrist motion. It also provides estimated swing power, personalized using your height and weight from Apple Health. ### How does CourtsidePlay handle my health data? CourtsidePlay is privacy-first and only reads HealthKit data you grant access to. Your health data stays on your device and is never sold, shared, or transmitted off-device. You can revoke permissions at any time. ### What is the Daily Readiness Score in CourtsidePlay? The Daily Readiness Score combines HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, and training load to help you decide whether to train intensely or take it easy. This feature helps optimize your recovery and performance. ### Is CourtsidePlay suitable for tournament play? Yes, CourtsidePlay includes a tournament mode for managing multi-match competitions. It also offers training sessions for drills, sparring, and conditioning, all with included health tracking. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 5.5.2 — 2026-09-07 Change the server from Apple Watch You can now switch who is serving during a live match from your wrist. Tap Change on the Watch score screen, confirm, and the yellow serve indicator flips. Automatic rotation continues from the new server, and the change syncs to iPhone. ### 5.5.1 — 2026-09-02 CourtsidePlay
Advanced racket-sport scoring and analytics for Tennis, Padel, Beach Tennis, and Badminton — on iPhone and Apple Watch. No registration. Your data stays on your devices. ### 5.5.0 — 2026-08-18 CourtsidePlay 5.5.0 adds three big features: • Meals — On-device meal plans for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and match day, from your profile/weather or a kitchen photo • Warmup — Guided routines sized to you, with voice timers on iPhone and Apple Watch • Equipment — Log racquets, strings, grips & more, optional photo assist, match assignment, restring history, and a colour usage graph All processed on your device. ### 5.4.0 — 2026-06-19 Shot Calibration & Court Weather • Shot Calibration — Teach CourtsidePlay your own strokes. Play each shot a couple of times on your Apple Watch and the app learns your motion signature for more accurate shot detection. Calibrate per sport, it respects your dominant hand, and it's fully optional — uncalibrated sports use the default detector and you can delete any calibration anytime. • Weather & Court Wind — A local 3-hour forecast (30-minute steps: temperature, wind, cloud, chance of rain, humidity) now sits on your Matches screen, powered by Apple Weather. Tap it for Court & Wind: a court that orients to your compass, shows the sun's position, and demonstrates how wind drifts the ball on serves and groundstrokes — with a switch-ends view. Your location is used only to fetch the forecast and is never stored or uploaded. ### 5.3.1 — 2026-06-11 A focused update that makes Watch ↔ iPhone sync more dependable and swing analytics more useful on court — especially for tennis and padel. Fixes Manual sync brings your full match to iPhone. Heart rate, calories, swing counts, and shot-by-shot history now arrive together when you tap Sync to iPhone — so Match Summary looks complete even if you never opened the phone during play. Demo matches finish at the right score. Matches — especially quick demo games on Apple Watch — no longer stop one point before the target you set. Watch and iPhone stay aligned. Final scores match what you actually played, including when you use Auto sync or finish a match from your wrist. Swing analytics (Tennis & Padel) Volleys and drop shots are back. Net taps and soft drops at the front of the court are recognised again in your shot breakdown — important for padel, where most rallies happen at the net. Smarter serve counting in tennis. Only your actual serve at the start of a point is labelled Serve — not every overhead you hit later in the rally while you're still serving the game. More accurate padel serves. Bouncing the ball before you serve no longer shows up as a serve in your stats. Better topspin reads. Heavy topspin forehands and backhands are more likely to show as topspin instead of flat drives in your spin breakdown. Padel overheads. Bandeja and vibora shots are separated more reliably from plain smashes in your analytics. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*