The baseball scoring app for parents who came to watch.
Score the game by talking through it. Narrate plays out loud and it captures every pitch, at-bat, and stat without menus. Voice-first scoring for youth baseball and softball, and the simpler GameChanger alternative.
- Free for parents, forever.
- iOS & Android.
- Built for the field, not a desk.
You said
“Ground ball to short, runner scores from third, out at first.”
- Result
- Ground out, SS to 1B
- Runners
- R3 scored · R1 held
- Stat impact
- +1 RBI · +1 R · AB
The game moves fast. So does the app.
From the bleachers to the scorebook in one sentence.
Three steps, every play: you say it, an AI that knows baseball turns your words into the play, then fixed scoring rules update the stats. No menus, no math in your head.
Narrate the play out loud.
Hold to record, speak the play the way you'd tell another parent in the stands. Compound calls work: "strike one, then a flyout to right, R3 tags."
Example
"Line drive single to right, runner on first to third."
An AI that knows baseball reads every play.
It knows the lingo. "K looking," "6-4-3," "passed ball," "runners on the corners." Ambiguous calls are flagged for one-tap confirmation, never silently guessed.
Becomes
Single, right fieldrunner on first → third
Stats and scorebook update on the next pitch.
RBIs, batting average, ERA, fielding decisions: all calculated by fixed baseball scoring rules, never guessed by AI. The AI understands what you said; the scorebook does the math. Coaches see insights between batters.
In your scorebook
PA 3 · 1B (RF) · RBI 1 Avg .312 · OBP .398
Stop tapping. Watch your kid.
The bleacher rule: if scoring takes your eyes off the field, you'll miss the at-bat you came for. Bleacher Notes runs in the background. You talk; it scores.
- Voice scoring, one hand on the phoneHold a button, narrate the play. Release to score it.
- Full season stats for your playerBatting average, OBP, OPS, hit chart. No coach tier required.
- Pitch counts without a clickerEvery pitcher's count, this inning and total, tallied as you score.
- Light on data, not videoEach play sends a few seconds of audio to score, so it sips data instead of streaming it.
- One-tap correction, no rescoringMis-parsed an at-bat? Tap the line, edit the field, move on.
Decisions, not dashboards.
Every other coach app gives you grids of numbers. Bleacher Notes gives you a sentence. Who to pinch hit. When to pull the pitcher. Which match-up just flipped. All between batters, sized for one glance.
- Pitcher fatigue, batter trends, and lineup advantage in plain English.
- Lineup exchange by QR or 4-digit bump. No emailed CSVs.
- Import a season from GameChanger, keep the parent scoring free.
Anderson is at 78 pitches. His K-rate dropped 31% after pitch 70 in his last 3 starts.
Consider Reyes warming up. River has two righties due in the 6th.
Reyes is 4-for-7 vs LHP in the last month. River just brought in Marquez (L).
Leave Reyes in. Drop the bunt sign for Chen.
Patel hits .420 on first-pitch fastballs. Marquez throws first-pitch FB 68% of the time.
Patel for Diaz at the bottom of the order.
Run the tournament. The bracket runs itself.
Organizers build the bracket and hand every team one link. Because parents score from the stands, the public bracket and standings stay live all weekend without a scorekeeper at any field.
- Cost
- Free to host
- Formats
- Bracket · pool · derby
- Scorekeepers
- Zero
GameChanger is great. If you have time to use it.
Parents tell us the same thing: they spend the at-bat tapping through menus, then look up to see their kid already rounding first. We rebuilt scoring around how you actually call the play out loud.
Score a single play
Between pitches, in the time it takes a kid to run to first.
GameChanger
Tap the batter, tap the result, tap the location, tap each runner, confirm.
Bleacher Notes
Hold one button. Say the play. Release.
Watch the at-bat
The reason you came.
GameChanger
Eyes on the phone, tapping through nested menus. Look up to see your kid already on second.
Bleacher Notes
Eyes on the field. The phone is in your peripheral vision; your thumb is on the record button.
Stream the game to family
Grandparents, the parent stuck at work.
GameChanger
Fans buy a pass to watch, and season stats sit behind the subscription too.
Bleacher Notes
Going live is free for everyone, and your first two live watches are free too. A $19.99/year Bleacher Pass adds unlimited watching, replays, and clips. Your kid's stats are always free.
Get coach intelligence
Decisions you can make between batters.
GameChanger
A grid of stats. You're the one interpreting it.
Bleacher Notes
One sentence with a confidence score. "Bring in Reyes for the next two righties."
Bring your season with you
Years of history matter.
GameChanger
Locked in.
Bleacher Notes
One-way CSV import from GameChanger. Start where you left off.
A scoring app made by parents who actually wanted to watch the game.
Parser correctness over UI polish.
A wrong at-bat is unrecoverable trust damage. We'd rather flag an ambiguous call for one-tap confirmation than silently guess.
Stat integrity is non-negotiable.
Every stat is computed by fixed baseball scoring rules, never by an AI model. The AI understands narration. The scorebook does the math.
Free tier is genuinely useful.
Parents are the heart of the app. Full voice scoring, season stats, and at-bat history stay free, forever. Coach analytics is the upgrade.
Questions parents and coaches ask.
Don't see yours? Email hello@bleachernotes.com and a real person on our team will write you back.
What is Bleacher Notes?
Bleacher Notes is a voice-first scorekeeping app for youth baseball and softball. Instead of tapping through menus like in GameChanger, volunteer scorekeepers narrate plays out loud ("line drive single to right, R1 to third") and the app captures every pitch, at-bat, and season stat. It's built for parents who want to actually watch the game.
How is Bleacher Notes different from GameChanger?
Bleacher Notes is voice-first scorekeeping; GameChanger is tap-first. With Bleacher Notes, the volunteer scorekeeper says the play out loud ("ground ball to short, runner scores from third") and the app handles the menus, math, and scorebook. The result: less time staring at a phone, more time watching the actual at-bat.
Is voice scorekeeping actually accurate?
Yes. Bleacher Notes uses a streaming speech-to-text model paired with a baseball-specific parser that understands lingo like "K looking," "6-4-3," "passed ball," and "runner stretches into a double." Ambiguous calls are flagged for one-tap confirmation, not silently guessed. All stat math runs on fixed baseball scoring rules, never on an AI model, so the scorebook itself is guaranteed accurate.
Does it work for softball?
Yes. Bleacher Notes supports youth baseball and youth softball, including travel ball, rec league, and middle and high school. The parser handles softball-specific play patterns (slap hits, illegal pitches, age-specific dropped-third-strike rules), and rulesets switch automatically by league.
Do I need cell service at the field?
A basic connection, yes. Each play sends just a few seconds of audio to transcribe and score, so it works on a modest signal and stays light on data, with no video to upload. Recording fully offline and syncing once you're back in range is on our roadmap, not in the app yet.
Is it really free for parents?
Yes. Voice scoring, season stats, and full at-bat history are free forever, for every parent, and the free tier isn't a stripped-down trial. Dugout insights are an optional paid add-on: $59/year surfaces live reads for your own player, and $99/year covers a coach's whole roster.
Can I bring my GameChanger history?
Yes. Bleacher Notes supports one-way CSV import from GameChanger, so your player's career batting average doesn't reset when you switch. Export from GameChanger, import in Bleacher Notes, and pick up exactly where you left off.
Can I run a tournament on Bleacher Notes?
Yes, and hosting is free. Organizers build the bracket (single or double elimination, round robin, pool play, or home run derby), assign games to fields and times, and hand every team one link. Because parents are already voice-scoring the games from the stands, the public bracket and standings update live without a scorekeeper at any field. Games can still advance on a final you enter by hand if no one is scoring. See the tournaments page for details.
Be at your kid's game. Not in another app.
The beta is open now. Drop your email and we'll send your invite.