MeritBoard vs Piste IQ

MeritBoard is the easiest way for coaches to track team member merits, demerits, and attendance — all from your iPhone. BUILT FOR COACHES Whether you coach soccer, basketball, cheer, ROTC, or any team activity, MeritBoard gives you a fast, intuitive way to manage your roster and track member performance. No complicated setup. No mandatory login. Just open the app, import your team, and start tracking. MERITS & DEMERITS Create custom merit and demerit types tailored to your team. Tap a team member's name to quickly assign merits for positive behavior or demerits for infractions. Each record captures the date, the assigning coach, and optional notes — so there's always a clear history. ATTENDANCE TRACKING Log absences with configurable reasons (medical, family emergency, school, and more). Mark absences as excused or unexcused. See attendance patterns at a glance in the reports view. TEAM SHARING Invite assistant coaches to co-manage your team with a simple invite code or shareable link. All coaches see the same data in real time. Ownership controls ensure only the head coach can change team settings or invite others. USEFUL REPORTS Quickly export team reports that summarize merits, demerits, and attendance so you can add to other team records or discuss with team officials. Review entire team performance at a glance. WORKS OFFLINE Record merits, demerits, and absences even without an internet connection. MeritBoard syncs automatically when you're back online, so you never miss a beat at practice or on the road. SPREADSHEET IMPORT Get started quickly by importing your team roster, merit types, and demerit types from a Google Sheets link or an Excel file. No manual data entry required. DATA EXPORT Export your team's complete data — members, merits, demerits, and attendance — as CSV files for external analysis or record keeping. SEASON MANAGEMENT Archive a team year and start fresh for the next season. Optionally reuse your merit and demerit types. Access archived data anytime from Settings. KEY FEATURES • Scrollable team roster grouped by squad • Configurable merit and demerit types with point values • Absence tracking with excused/unexcused toggle • Activity feed showing all recent team actions • Merit, demerit, and attendance summary reports • Multi-coach team sharing via invite codes • Offline-first with automatic cloud sync • Google Sheets and Excel import • CSV data export • Season archival with new-year rollover • Sign in with Apple for secure team sharing • Privacy-first design — no ads, no trackers

Raise your Piste IQ. Win the bout with information. Scout the fencers you face, log every bout, and turn what you notice into a plan for next time. Free to download. BUILD YOUR OWN CARD You decide what a scouting report tracks. Pick the fields you actually use, drag them into the order you think in, and add your own: a line of text, multi-line notes, a 1 to 9 rating, a two-sided slider you label yourself, tappable choices, or a date. Set it up when you start, change it any time in Settings. SCOUTING REPORTS (Pro) - Build an in-depth report on every opponent you face - Rate traits and tendencies: habits, favorite actions, patterns - Attach video clips to any report - Share reports with teammates and coaches - See your win/loss record and score history against each one TOURNAMENTS (Pro) - Scan the paper pool sheet. Take a picture and Piste IQ reads the names and scores, matches each fencer to your cards, and creates a card for anyone new - See the bout order under every pool, with names. Tick bouts off as they happen and know when you're up next - Log direct elimination bouts, touch by touch if you like, period by period - Start typing an event name and pick it from fencingevents.org: date, location, and category fill in for you - Take notes on an opponent before and after each bout - Find what actually works for you with post-tournament reflections STATS & LEADERBOARD (Pro) - Your all-time record at a glance: victories, defeats, indicator, touches scored and received, and fencers scouted, built from every bout you've logged - Leaderboards by victories, indicator, touches, or fencers scouted, for this month, this season, or all time - Compete with your friends, or opt in to the public board and see where you stand across Piste IQ UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN FENCING - Create your own fencer profile - Compare yourself against any opponent, side by side, and build a strategy from the gaps - Set season goals with deadlines and break them into a step-by-step plan (Pro) SOCIAL - Add friends by username to share information quickly - Share a single scouting report or an entire database FOR COACHES (Pro) - Student profiles with lesson tracking and strip-coaching notes - Share what you see with the rest of your coaching staff MAKE IT YOUR OWN - Switch on PisteDex, an optional retro-handheld theme, any time in Settings PISTE IQ PRO $4.99/month, $29.99/year, or $129.99 lifetime. One purchase unlocks the full toolkit: scouting reports, tournaments with pool-sheet scanning, stats and leaderboards, student profiles with lesson tracking, and season goals. Anything you have already recorded stays yours to read, free, always. Bought Piste IQ when it was a paid app? You have lifetime Pro. Every feature, free forever. Just sign in. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, and Korean. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Piste-IQ-Privacy-Policy-34c1d297df6c8008be4edc817e9f6d08