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Compare iPad and Android versions

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:53 am
by VipersBaseball
Does anybody have a complete list of feature functions of both the iPad and Android versions of iScore?

Deciding on a device and part of that descision includes the ability to run iScore, so would like to know how close these two versions are in feature functionality.

Any personal experience from users of the versions would be great too.

Thanks !

Re: Compare iPad and Android versions

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:32 pm
by OhioTex
for the phone versions, (aka smaller non tablet screens) +/- iOS and Android versions are pretty much the same feature wise. (same can not be said of hardware, larger variety in android world). but as to the iscore baseball program, the core features are the same in all choices. . there a few more 'bells and whistles" on iOS devices that have not yet made it to android yet. (eg. iOS can attach a photo to a player profile) but not many.... the iOS versions have been out longer than android, and as such historically, new features tended to come to iOS then android. (but not always first to iOS, there have been some features that first appeared on android just before introduced to iOS,) but generally speaking +/- same on both platforms.

both platforms get outstanding customer service and bug fixes if /when needed.

the biggest difference is in tablet versions, iOS has a separate iPad tablet version, android does not. (no announcement if and when they will). The tablet version user experience is generally considered outstanding by most all users. the core functionality is the same phone/tablet, just the tablet version makes use of the extra screen real estate, basically shows four key screens at once (scoring, both team line ups, line score by inning, pitch by pitch, and pitch location). phone version shows same information, just takes multiple screen pages to do the same thing.

iOS (for technical reasons) has separate 10$ phone version and 10$ tablet version (purchase through apple App store), (can run iPhone/iTouch version on iPad at 2X, but the extra ten dollars is worth it to buy the native iPad version). android is expected to be universal app for phone/tablets if/when it comes out. you must buy through android marketplace

iPad can do landscape or portrait mode, (phone can only do portrait mode). Tablet version has two skins, light an dark to help reduce glare. "light skin" for use in sunlight ( green text on white background) vs the traditional phone skin with white text on green background).

all platforms come with free admin web site and ability to view and email scorecards and individual, game and team stats (batting, fielding, pitching) .

response time seems to be hardware driven not software, check out separate thread in forum for user validation on specific hardware

both platforms offer the option to buy add ons .. MLB rosters and team web sites.
iOS devices can buy directly from the device (or the web) android devices must buy from the web

hope this helps.

Re: Compare iPad and Android versions

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:57 pm
by FTMSupport
fyi... there are a few things on the Android version that are not in the iOS as well (lineup showing positions that have already been assigned, "back" support while scoring plays from screen to screen, more progress bars during various operations that take time, etc).

We do not post about it because eventually these things will be outdated as new releases come out, and we don't want people reading old threads and thinking things have not changed. We still get people digging up threads from 2009 and responding to those as though whatever feature was missing back then is still something they want now even though it is already in the product.