What's new

League organising: add your own teams directly, fix seasons, clickable schedule

Organising a team league is now much faster:

• Add your own teams to the season directly — no join code, no approving yourself. Select several teams at once and you're done. The league code remains for outside team captains.

• Seasons can now be edited and deleted while in preparation — a misconfigured season (e.g. wrong match format) no longer haunts your league forever. When creating one you get a clear format preview, and we warn you if another season is already in preparation.

• The schedule now lists every fixture individually — tap one to go straight to the match page with lineups, match start and live scoring. Previously matchdays were just counters with no way to the actual game.

• League name and description can be changed afterwards.

The club area got faster too: add players as a list (one name per line — paste entire rosters at once), the dialog clearly shows which club you're in, and clubs can finally be renamed and restyled instead of deleted and recreated. And if something fails to load you now get an error message with a retry button instead of an empty page.

Creating a tournament: preview before sign-up + clearer free options

When you put together a tournament without an account, we now show you a short summary of your finished setup first — name, format, game mode and (for a simple tournament) your player list — before asking you to sign up. You can see at a glance that everything is saved, and create a free account with one tap to start and share the code.

If you run into a format that isn't included in your plan, the free option is now clearer: you can try the format you want free for 24 hours instead of being sent to the pricing page first.

Small improvement: "Play & Practice" is placed a bit more prominently on the home screen and described more clearly.

Ranking series: fix a mixed-up player after the fact

In a ranking series, players are matched to the same entry across matchdays by their name. If someone spells their name differently one time (e.g. "Felix M." and "Felix Mil." the next) or two people use the same name, the standings could mix up the results.

New: "Edit player". You simply pick what applies — (1) just rename (same person, different spelling), (2) this is a different person → own entry, or (3) assign to an existing entry. If the target player already played that matchday, the two are swapped automatically. Points, averages and stats move along correctly.

You can reach it in two places: in the standings with a tap on the player, or in the matchday menu ("…"). To help you spot the right person, the dialog shows each player's result for that matchday and which other matchdays they played, warns about similar names, and shows a before→after preview before you confirm.

When renaming you can optionally tick "Also rename in the tournament" — the name then carries into the linked tournament results too, so standings and tournament show the same name.

There is also a new active hint in the Pool tab when two entries might be the same person (e.g. "Felix M." and "Felix Mil."). All corrections work comfortably on mobile too.

Quick Match & Training: a new, faster setup

Setting up Quick Match and Training is now noticeably faster and clearer.

In Quick Match you pick your opponent with a single tap as a card: a friend (pass & play on the same device), a bot (play solo against the AI across five strengths) or 3–6 players taking turns. For the bot you now see the opponent strength as a "ladder" with a short profile, and you can fine-tune it with ◀/▶. The format (501/301, best of/first to, legs) sits tidily behind "Adjust", and the "Start game" button is always active — no more hunting for the next step. Names are optional; leave them empty and it simply reads "Player 1/2".

In Training you switch between Checkout and 121 at the top and choose your session goal as a card (10 checkouts, 5 minutes or endless). A level ladder shows you how far it goes, and if you are logged in you can resume your last practice with a single tap.

Everything is optimised for phone, tablet and desktop — the start button stays within reach at the bottom.

Results page: "My stats" and a better share preview

The public results page now has a personal "My stats" block: if you are logged in and took part yourself, you see your own record, average, 180s, highest finish and placement at a glance, right at the top.

When you share the results link, the page now carries a fitting title with the tournament name and winner (e.g. "City Championship — Winner: Max | SmartDart") — making the tab title and preview more meaningful than before.

Admin comfort: delete a tournament, tab stays after refresh & a clearer empty player list

A few conveniences in the admin dashboard:

New: you can delete a tournament you created from its settings ("danger zone") — handy for test tournaments that never started.

The empty player list now actively helps: instead of just "no players" there is a clear hint and direct add buttons — so at your first tournament you immediately know what to do next.

Your last opened tab now stays after a page refresh — you no longer keep landing back on the overview.

And for quick tournaments without boards the public code is now clearly labelled "spectator code" (in neutral blue instead of alarm red) — making it clearer that it is safe to share.

PREMIUM trial running? You now get an in-app reminder before it ends

While your PREMIUM trial is active, SmartDart now shows a small notice at the top of the app with the remaining time — e.g. "Your PREMIUM trial ends in 5h". That way you no longer miss the end just because you didn't check your inbox.

One tap on "Keep PREMIUM" takes you straight to the overview to secure your benefits. You can dismiss the notice — but in the final hours before it expires it becomes a bit more prominent so you can decide in time.

Creating a tournament made easier: try any format, format recommendation & a clearer start

The home page now has a clear entry point: "Your tournament on the big screen in 2 minutes" plus a big "Start tournament" button that takes you straight into the quick wizard.

You can now pick any tournament format in the wizard and go through the whole setup at your own pace — including Group+KO, double elimination or Swiss system. The upgrade prompt only appears when you actually start the tournament, no longer on the first click on a format tile.

New while creating: as soon as you add your players, SmartDart suggests the format that fits (e.g. "round robin" for small groups). With "Compare formats" you get an overview of what sets the formats apart — no more create-and-delete just to find the right one.

Also fixed: if you activate a PREMIUM trial, you can now immediately use more players and boards in tournaments you already created (previously the old limit was wrongly still applied in that case). And when you fire a lot of actions in quick succession, you now get a friendly notice instead of a silent error — the action is retried automatically.

Quick Match: 1-tap rematch, "one level harder" vs the bot & share your result

After a Quick Match you no longer land back in setup: a big "Rematch" button starts the next match with the same opponent and format in one tap — and against the bot the difficulty is now kept (previously it silently fell back to "Amateur").

Against the bot there is also "One level harder": beat "Pro" and immediately challenge "World-Class". A small bot ladder shows which levels you have already beaten and what comes next — each level with its average benchmark (e.g. "Pro · ~70 avg") so you know what you are in for.

The result screen now celebrates your highlights (new average record, 180s, high finish, bot beaten) and you can send your result via "Share". "Change setup" lets you adjust legs and bot level in a slim overlay — without a detour via the home page.

Don't want to lose your match without an account? The save prompt is now personal ("Save your 54.3 avg") and appears after bot matches too. Plus larger, thumb-friendly buttons on mobile.

Ranking table: medal instead of rank number for the top 3

In the ranking-series table on the public results page, the rank column now shows the medal (🥇 🥈 🥉) for the top three directly — instead of the number 1/2/3 plus a small extra medal next to the name.

This moves the medal away from the player name: long names no longer wrap onto two lines and get more room. The "Avg Pts" column header now also reliably stays on a single line.

Ranking series: new "avg points per matchday" column

A ranking series table now shows a new "Avg Pts" column right next to the total points — the average points per matchday played (total points divided by number of matchdays).

This makes it fairer to compare players who attended a different number of matchdays: someone who only played half the matchdays sits lower on raw total points, but might be the strongest on a per-matchday average.

The column is purely informational — it does not change the ranking or scoring of the table. It appears everywhere: in the management view, on the public results page (the shared link) and on the beamer projection.

Connecting a board: clearer codes, better error messages

Connecting a scoring device (tablet/phone at the board) is now far less error-prone.

— **Correct example in the input field:** The code field used to show "AB12X" as an example — but that's the format of a *tournament* code. Board codes use the format "D + 4 digits" (e.g. D1234). The field and hint text now state the correct format so nobody types the wrong code.

— **Understandable error messages:** Instead of a generic "not found", the app now clearly says what's wrong — either "code format doesn't match (expected D + 4 digits)" or "device code not found — check the code in the admin dashboard, or the tournament has already ended".

— **Faster player join:** Joining with a normal tournament code now goes straight into the join flow without an unnecessary detour.

Results page redesign: champion spotlight, highlights & share as image

The public results page (the link you share after a tournament) used to be mostly a stack of tables. Now it puts the moment that matters front and center: the win.

— **Champion spotlight:** A big winner banner now sits at the top with a trophy, the name and the champion's key numbers (win rate, average, high finish, 180s). A short burst of confetti greets you on open.

— **Tournament highlights:** A row of animated tiles shows the headline figures (matches played, legs, 180s, darts thrown) followed by the tournament records — high finish, most 180s, best average, fastest leg and more, each with the player behind it.

— **Match results with average bars:** Instead of a plain table, each match is a card with a small average comparison bar — see at a glance who threw better. Tapping still opens the detailed stats.

— **Share as image:** A new button generates a polished result graphic (podium + champion + top highlight) — perfect for the WhatsApp group or Instagram.

Bracket, standings and player statistics are still there — there's just a lot more around them now.

Board view: reset current leg via header icon

In the score pad (board / device view), a small orange reset icon now sits in the top-right header next to the connection indicator. It lets you reset the current leg back to its starting score (e.g. 501) mid-match — useful if you mis-typed a score and want to start over cleanly.

A tap opens a confirmation dialog with an explanation. Once confirmed:

— The current leg score jumps back to the starting score

— Darts already thrown in THIS leg no longer count toward the match average

— Won legs stay the same (the leg counter is not touched)

— 180s, 140s and bonus statistics are NOT reset — the player keeps them

The board tablet now has the same "clean up without losing a leg" tool that the admin screen got in the previous update. Reachable directly in the live game without anyone needing to step in from the admin tablet.

Ranking series: points distribution now visible to everyone

Until now only the owner of a ranking series could see how the points are configured (in the settings tab). Spectators on the public results link, or players checking the standings, only saw the table with the final totals — but not why one player has 28 points and another 22.

A compact "points distribution" card now sits above the standings table with two columns:

— **Base points** on the left: match win, match draw, leg win (draw shown only if greater than 0)

— **Bonus points** on the right (if active): 180 visit, 140+ visit, high finish from a threshold (e.g. ≥120), maximum finish (170 checkout)

Fields with value 0 are hidden — if no bonus points are configured, the entire right column disappears. The tiebreaker hint sits at the bottom: "On ties: 1) leg difference, 2) average".

Visible in three places: public results page of a series (/series/results/CODE), standings tab in the series detail view, and also in the empty state during the preparation phase — so the owner can double-check the rules while setting up.

Team-match tournament: assign team directly from the Players tab

Until now you could only assign players to a team via the Line-up tab in the classic team-match tournament format (Home vs Away, no club required). Sorting players quickly during prep meant switching tabs.

Now each player row on the Players tab has a 3-way toggle "Home | Pool | Away" showing the actual team names from the tournament. One tap assigns the player. The toggle sits on its own row beneath the name so nothing gets squeezed on desktop. The Line-up tab still handles slot placement.

Once the tournament starts the assignment is locked so nobody can shuffle teams mid-match.

Admin view: reset the current leg mid-match

When scoring goes wrong in a running leg — a visit typed incorrectly or a few darts thrown without a score — you can now cleanly restart the current leg straight from the admin match card.

On a running match, the button "Reset current leg to 501" (showing the actual starting score) appears as soon as something has been thrown in the leg. A click opens a confirmation dialog explaining what happens:

— The leg score jumps back to the starting score

— Already-won legs stay unchanged (it does not count as a lost leg)

— 180s and bonus statistics are kept for the player

— Only the darts thrown in the current leg stop counting toward the match average

This fixes a mistyped leg without having to set up the whole match again.

Team match on the projector: same look as a regular tournament

The projector view of a team match used to look entirely different from other formats — a slim header, a giant home-vs-away score in the middle, a sub-match ticker at the bottom. Meanwhile KO, league, round-robin and double-elimination projections showed the full branded header (logo, club badge, live indicator, layout settings, spectator QR) plus the familiar broadcast layout with live-match card and stats ticker.

Team matches now use that same shell:

— Full branded header (logo, club, status, live indicator, font scale, layout editor, QR) — Compact team-scoreboard card at the top showing the aggregate home-vs-away score and fixture progress — Left column: live sub-matches in the usual PDC/Stadium/Broadcast/Classic card style, plus recent results — Right column: the full fixture list with singles/doubles positions, home and away line-ups, status chip, trophy icon on the winning side

Sections can be toggled exactly like in the other formats, auto-scroll handles long fixture lists, and the spectator QR can be blown up to full screen — all from the same layout editor.

Consistent branding: SmartDart logo on waiting and login screens

A few interstitial screens — like the public results page of a running tournament or the board login on a tablet — used to show a generic dart arrow as a hero icon. That felt off-brand between the logo header above and the rest of the content.

Those spots now carry the actual SmartDart logo:

— Public results page while a tournament is still running ("Tournament still in progress …") — Board login (enter code) — Board "waiting for next match" screen — the logo gently pulses there (fades light/dark and scales slightly), but does not rotate. Keeps the logo upright instead of spinning like the old arrow icon did.

No functional change, purely visual — but noticeably more consistent when you share a link to a live tournament.

Friendly match: assign team directly from the Players tab

On the Players tab of the friendly-match admin view, you could only add or remove players — assigning a side (home/away) required dragging into a slot in the Line-up tab. On mobile or when sorting many players in a row, that felt slow.

Each player row now has a 3-way toggle "Home | Pool | Away". One tap assigns the player to a team or moves them back to the pool. Drag & drop in the Line-up tab still works as an alternative for slot placement.

After the match has started, assignment is automatically locked so nobody can shuffle teams mid-game.

Friendly match line-up: drag & drop instead of three tabs

Player-to-match assignment in friendly matches was spread across three tabs — Players, Teams, and Line-up — and required five clicks plus a manual "save" per side for a single assignment.

The new line-up lives in a single tab with three columns: Home slots on the left, player pool in the middle (grouped into Home pool / Not yet assigned / Away pool), Away slots on the right. Players are dragged directly into a slot — side is set automatically. Every change is saved instantly, no extra click needed.

On mobile, long-press a player and drag. If you prefer: tap a slot and pick a player from the menu.

The "Teams" tab is gone — side assignment now happens in the line-up. The Players tab shows side only as a small badge (Home/Away/Pool) — changes happen in the line-up tab.

Ranking series statistics: visual season overview with podium, top lists and scoring volume

The statistics page of a ranking series used to be very plain — three simple lists, nothing else. There is now a visually richer season overview:

- **Hero cards** at the top: number of matchdays, finished matches, total maximums of the season and highest checkout (with player name).

- **Podium** with gold/silver/bronze for the current top 3, including points, match record, average and 180s count.

- **Scoring volume** as colored bar comparison: 180s, 140s, 100s, 60s summed across all players.

- **Eight top lists** in a grid: top 180s, 140s, 100s, highest checkouts, match wins, best average, best checkout %, best first-9 average. With mini progress bars per entry.

The stats overview is now also visible on the **public result link** of the series (`/series/results/CODE`) — players and fans can pull up the season stats at any time via the shared link, without logging in.

Smaller fixes on top: the "connect request pending" chip on the series list previously showed the placeholder `{{n}}` instead of the count. And the Reject button on a pending pool identity request was barely readable on the gold background (red on gold).

Player view: New info banner while you wait for your next round

When you are in a tournament but currently have no live match and no upcoming match (e.g. because you got knocked out in the KO bracket while the tournament continues, or because the admin has not started the next round yet), the player view used to be empty — no indication what was happening or whether the app was still working.

Now a clear info banner appears with the heading "It's not your turn yet". Content:

- If another match in the tournament is currently running, the banner shows which players are playing right now. - If nothing is running (e.g. break between rounds), it shows "Break — no match is running right now".

Under both variants there is an explanatory text: "Your next round will start as soon as the open matches of this round finish and the admin advances the bracket."

Ranking series: admin sees new pool requests live + join blocked once tournament is running

Two more improvements around pool identity requests:

**1) Live notifications for admins**

Previously the admin had to switch tabs or reload to see a new pool request. Now requests flow into the admin view in real time — as soon as a player submits an identity request, it shows up at the top of the players tab. A snackbar info message also appears: "New pool request — please approve or reject in the Players tab".

The series detail page (pool tab) also has a 15-second auto-refresh as a safety net.

**2) Joining blocked once tournament is running**

Until now a player could submit a pool identity claim even after the tournament had started. The admin could approve it — but the player would be registered without being slotted into the bracket → they would have no matches.

That is now properly handled: anyone trying to join a running tournament sees a clear hint on the join screen "This tournament is already running — you can't join as a player anymore. If you only want to watch, go back and pick Just watch". The backend API blocks submit + approve with 409.

If the tournament starts between request and admin decision: approve fails with "Tournament is already running — approval no longer possible. Please reject the request."

Tier wall in admin dashboard now shows upgrade dialog instead of raw error

When you tried to add an 11th player to a tournament, start a 2nd active tournament or create a 3rd board as a BASIC user in the admin dashboard, you previously only saw a short red "Create failed" snackbar at the top of the screen. What was actually blocking (BASIC tier limit) and how to resolve it (activate trial / upgrade) was not visible.

Now the familiar upgrade dialog appears instead of the error — showing which specific limit was hit, with the option to activate the free 24h trial or upgrade to PRO/PREMIUM directly.

The same improvement was already live for tournament creation on the home page since session 182 — now the admin dashboard catches up. Bulk player adds benefit too.

Landing page: tidier first row — Create · Join · Connect device

The top tile row on the landing page is reshuffled and easier to scan:

• **Create Tournament** (red tile, plus icon) — opens the picker dialog (Classic, Quick Tournament, Team Match). • **Join Tournament** (cyan tile, login icon) — jumps straight to the code-entry step. One tap instead of two (previously you had to tap "Create or Join" and then dig into the dialog). • **Connect Device / Projector** (teal tile, TV icon) — was previously buried as a grey, unobtrusive card further down. Now it sits in the first row with a clear color.

The dialog behind "Create Tournament" only shows creation variants now — the join entry was removed there.

Live board more compact: size slider on the device view + full-screen match summary

On small phones (for example when scoring at the board with the phone in your hand) the device view was previously too tall — score header + tabs + numpad + bull buttons did not fit into the viewport without scrolling. The stats dialog after clicking a finished match (admin / player / results page) also had to be scrolled inside its own window.

**New — dedicated "Draw" tab on the live board:** The draw action (Session 171) is now a fully featured 4th tab in the device view instead of a hidden three-dot menu. The tab is called "Draw", has a handshake icon and only appears if the match is actually allowed to end as a draw (Round Robin or GK group stage with draws enabled). Content: large cyan handshake icon, "Draw" headline, both player names, an explanation "End the match as a draw? There is no winner; both players get 1 point." and a big cyan "End as draw" button. After clicking, the end-of-match overlay is shown immediately with the handshake banner.

**New — more compact device view by default:** The live-board view now starts automatically in a compact 70 % rendering. With that, both player score headers, all 20 number buttons, Bull / Bull's-Eye / Miss, the Single/Double/Triple selector and the help banner fit into a typical smartphone viewport (e.g. iPhone 13, 390x844) without scrolling. Additionally the orange "Anna vs Bob — Best of 3" match-info stripe is gone, since player name and format are already visible on the score cards.

**New — size slider on the live board:** In the top-right corner (next to the home button) there is a new slider icon. On first visit it pulses briefly and shows a tip "you can adjust the size here", so the feature is not overlooked. Clicking it opens a slider from 70 % to 120 %. The chosen size is stored in the browser and restored on the next visit. The slider affects the whole scoring area as well as the end-of-match trophy screen with the statistics.

**Improved — full-screen match summary on mobile:** The statistics dialog (opens after clicking a finished match) now uses the full screen on mobile instead of a small popup. All 14 comparison rows (avg, scoring, first-9, checkouts, darts thrown, 60+ / 80+ / 100+ / 140+ / 180s …) plus the "Close" button are visible without internal scrolling. On tablet and desktop the familiar centered dialog layout is preserved.

Draws now visible everywhere — projector, live board, results page

The new **Draws option** (see yesterday's update) was previously only visible in the admin dashboard. From now on the feature carries through consistently to all views:

**New entry points:** • **Live board (scoring device)** — via the three-dot menu in the top right you can now end a live match as a draw directly at the board (e.g. when a player has to leave early). Confirmation dialog before saving. • **Boards tab in the admin dashboard** — every board card with a live group-stage match shows the same three-dot menu.

**New display locations:** • **Player view** (`/player/{code}`) — match lists now show a blue "Draw" chip instead of a trophy. Standings tables get a "D" column (Round Robin, Champions League, GK groups). • **Projector view** — KO brackets show draw matches with a blue chip instead of winner-highlight. The standings table on the projector also gets the "D" column. • **Public results page** (`/results/{code}`) — match list has a draw chip, standings get a "D" column. Mobile + desktop. • **Match Replay page** (leg-by-leg breakdown) — for a draw match a clear "🤝 Draw" banner appears on top instead of winner trophies. • **Team-match sub-matches** — draw status (DSAB) is now also rendered correctly as a "Draw" chip on the public results page and on the team-match projector.

**Under the hood:** The Match DTO now carries the tournament format and `drawsAllowed` setting, so live views can decide whether to render the draw button without an extra data fetch.

English language is now detected automatically

If you visit smartdart.app with an **English-language browser**, you now see the English version straight away — no manual switching needed.

**What changes:** • English browser on `smartdart.app` → automatic redirect to `smartdart.app/en` • Works for every topic page too (`/dart-vereinsturnier` → `/en/dart-vereinsturnier`, `/pricing` → `/en/pricing`, etc.) • Works in tournament views (Admin, Player, Projection, Results page) — even without an `/en` URL the UI runs in English • `<html lang>` attribute is kept in sync — screen readers pronounce correctly, Google indexes cleanly

**What deliberately does NOT happen:** • Search engine crawlers (Google, Bing, Facebook preview, etc.) are NOT redirected — SEO stays unchanged • If you **manually** click "DE", you stay on German — even with an English browser, even after reload, even in new tabs • If you manually choose "EN", you stay on English — even when opening a German link/bookmark (a bookmark to `/pricing` then leads to `/en/pricing`)

**Additional fixes shipped alongside:** • Results page (`/results/...`): bracket headings "Quarter-Final / Semi-Final / Final" are now translated correctly (previously always German, even on the English page) • Projection view: "Live View" / "Results" toggle is now actually English on the English page

Try the tournament wizard without signing up — account only required to create

You can now **click through the entire tournament wizard without an account**. Pick a format, enter a tournament name, configure best-of / mode / bracket options — everything works without signing up.

Only when you hit **"Create tournament"** at the end, we ask you to register or log in. After successful auth, your full setup is **automatically restored** and the tournament is created immediately — no need to re-enter anything.

**Why the change?** Until now, the first click on "Create tournament" redirected straight to the login screen, without you ever seeing what the app actually does. Now you see all the options (all 7 tournament formats, modes, best-of config) before you decide.

**Technical:** your setup is cached in your browser for 24 hours and submitted right after login. If a chosen format is outside your tier (e.g. Swiss on BASIC), you get the usual upgrade hint — but the rest of your setup remains intact.

Pricing page redesigned — Mobile-first, PREMIUM highlight, in-page FAQ

The **pricing page** has been rebuilt from scratch — easier to grasp and finally smartphone-ready:

**Yearly is now the default** — when you land on pricing, the yearly plan is pre-selected. Next to it a clear **"Save €19.89/year"** instead of just "Save 17%". If you prefer monthly, one tap switches it.

**PREMIUM as the main offer** — a big card at the top with everything unlocked (all 7 tournament formats, unlimited players/boards/clubs, beamer projection, full player stats, teams & league). Includes a **per-day price** ("from €0.27 per day"). PRO and BASIC sit below as compact alternatives.

**Comparison table on demand** — for the detail-oriented, "Compare all features" expands a compact table (player limit, boards, tournaments, stats, club features — Basic vs. PRO vs. PREMIUM at a glance).

**Frequently asked questions** — six of the most common questions right on the page as an accordion: what happens after the trial, can I cancel anytime, which payment methods, what happens to my data — no support email needed.

**Built mobile-first** — bigger buttons, more breathing room, full-width cards, collapsible FAQ. 74% of our visitors come from phones — now it actually feels that way.

Faster navigation: new footer & quick links on the homepage

The footer is now organised into three columns — **Product**, **Use cases** and **Legal** — with direct links to Quick Match, Dart Trainer, Dart Club, the use-case pages (pub tournament, club tournament, league) and our comparison pages.

On the homepage there is also a small **"Popular use cases"** section underneath the cross-link tiles that takes you to the dedicated use-case pages with one click.

No hidden features, just shorter paths through the app — handy whenever you want to point someone to the right page ("Here is the club tournament page", "Here is league management") without typing the URL manually.

Edit every tournament setting before the start

Until now the admin "Settings" tab only let you change game mode, legs and bracket/board mode. Format-specific things — matches per player (Champions League), number of groups, KO qualifiers, whether there's a 3rd/4th place match — were locked in at creation.

From now on **everything from the create dialog** is editable before the tournament starts:

- Tournament name, game mode, scoring type, legs/first-to - Matches per player (CL), KO qualifiers, group count, best runners-up - **New Yes/No switch "Play 3rd/4th Place Match"** — surfaced as a clear toggle instead of being hidden in a number - KO phase with its own settings, including per-round configuration (R16 Bo5, final Bo11, etc.) - Double Elimination mode

The format itself stays fixed.

**Use case:** connect all tablets in the morning, then adjust match count and group setup right before kickoff depending on actual turnout — no need to recreate the tournament. Comes straight from club feedback.

Small companion fix: the "KO Round Modes" dialog and the KO rounds row in the overview were still showing German strings in the English UI — now fully localized.

Projector results screen: QR code always visible, no scrolling needed

When a tournament finished, the projector showed the results screen with podium, stats and hall of fame — but the QR code to the results page sat at the bottom. Spectators had to wait for it to scroll into view (or got nothing at all if the projector machine was static).

New layout: podium with stats and hall of fame on the left, a dedicated card on the right with the QR code large and prominent, plus the link URL. Nothing scrolls anymore — the QR is visible from the start and can be scanned at any time.

SmartDart branding on projector view and shared result pages

When the projector runs at the club for hours or you share a result link via WhatsApp, there was no visible cue showing where this actually came from.

On the **projector view**, the SmartDart logo now sits in the top-left header next to the tournament name, with a subtle "smartdart.app" watermark in the bottom-left. Both clickable — in case the projector machine does have a mouse.

On the **public result page** (`/results/CODE`), there's now a clickable logo plus wordmark at the top (replacing the old "Back to SmartDart" button) and a prominent branding block at the bottom: logo, "Created with SmartDart", subtitle, and a big "Start your own tournament" button. Anyone receiving the link from a friend immediately sees what the app does and can start a tournament with one click.

Admin overview: player and boards tiles are now directly tappable

When a tournament has just been created and is still in preparation, it wasn't always obvious for first-time admins where to add players or boards.

From now on, the player tile and the boards tile in the admin overview *are* the button while in preparation mode: a small arrow in the top-right corner, "Add player" or "Add board" as a hint at the bottom of the tile, a tinted border, and hover/tap feedback. Tapping anywhere on the tile jumps straight to the matching tab.

Once the tournament is running the hint disappears and the tiles just show the numbers again. For quick tournaments without boards, the boards hint is hidden automatically.

Live score on projector and player phones: remaining score after every dart + dart progress indicator

On the scoring device, the player has always seen the remaining score update dart by dart — on the projector and on the player phones, however, the score only refreshed after all three darts were entered.

From now on the remaining score also ticks down on the projection and in the player view immediately after each individual dart. In addition, three small bars under the active thrower's name show how many darts have been thrown in the current turn — the first bar lights up after dart 1, the second after dart 2, all three after the full turn.

Bust throws roll the preview back, and at the end of the turn the confirmed score from the scoring device takes over as usual.

Scoring device: new match assignments appear automatically

Up to now you sometimes had to manually refresh the scoring device or reopen the tab when the tournament admin assigned a new match to the board.

From now on the scoring device automatically refreshes its match list whenever any of those matches changes — so a fresh assignment lands right away. Upcoming matches show up in the queue immediately, and when the admin starts the next match, the scoring view jumps to it without any extra step.

Double-elimination auto-rotate: speed now configurable

In auto mode, the double-elimination projection switches automatically between Winners and Losers Bracket. Up to now the wait time was hard-coded to 10 seconds — some found that too fast, others too slow.

The layout popover now has a seconds slider from 3 to 30 seconds. The choice is persisted and applies to every double-elimination tournament on this device.

Double-elimination projection: layout controls now apply here too

Up to now, the "Layout" button on the projection was crippled for double-elimination — only font size, score/legs, and QR mode worked.

From now on the same controls apply as for the other formats:

• Toggle sections — LIVE MATCHES, UP NEXT, RECENT RESULTS, and the stats ticker at the bottom • Live card style: PDC, Stadium, Broadcast, or Classic • Pick the stats shown under each player's name (average, 180s, 140s, ..., highest checkout) • Auto-scroll for long WB/LB brackets and long lists • QR code either as a fixed section in the live column or as a big overlay

The WB/LB/Both/List/Tiles toggle in the center of the screen stays untouched — it's DE-specific and the fastest way to switch between brackets.

Double-elimination projection: unified look-and-feel with the other formats

The big-screen projection for double-elimination tournaments now uses the same building blocks as the other formats (KO, Group-KO, Champions League, Round-Robin, League, Swiss).

The left column now has three clearly separated sections: LIVE MATCHES, UP NEXT and — new for double-elimination — RECENT RESULTS. So you can tell at a glance what is happening right now and what was just played, without needing to read the bracket tree.

Grand Final showcase, reset banner, auto-rotate WB↔LB and the final podium remain unchanged. Upcoming updates will bring the familiar layout controls (toggle sections, pick card style, density) to double-elimination as well.

Admin: leg entry unified — submits only on confirm

In the Matches tab and the Boards tab, leg entry now works with the same flow:

Tapping a player's name stages the leg locally on the card (highlighted as "unsaved"). Only when you hit "Confirm" does the change go to the server — until then, mis-taps can be dismissed via "Undo" without anything being saved.

The Matches tab now also features the large tap zones per player (previously just small "+Leg" buttons), exactly like the Boards tab. −1 Leg and "Set match winner" are reachable through the three-dot menu on each player tile — same as on the board.

When the confirmed score ends the match, it closes immediately with a winner hint — no tab switch needed.

Board view: "who starts?" as a clean dialog

On the board view (DeviceView) every queued match used to show a tiny "Starter: Player 1 / Player 2" toggle below it — visually busy, especially on tablets.

From now on you just hit "Start" and a clean dialog appears: "Who starts?" with two large buttons for the player names. One tap and the starter is set + the match begins. Cancel closes the dialog without changing anything.

Projection: bracket auto-scrolls vertically

The auto-scroll toggle in the projection layout settings now also applies to the tournament bracket. With large KO brackets or Champions League tournaments the tree gently scrolls top-to-bottom and back, so every round becomes visible on the projector without anyone touching the tablet.

Horizontal swiping remains manual (for very wide brackets). When the content fits the screen entirely, nothing animates — same as the match lists.

Projection: layout switch is now a proper button

The entry point to the layout settings (top-right in the projection) used to be styled as a small chip — which read more like a status label than a clickable control. We turned it into a clearly recognisable accent-coloured button so it's obvious at first glance that this is where you can tweak the layout.

Projection: live card stats now configurable

In the projection layout settings (Layout chip top-right) there's now a new "Live-Card Stats" section. You can pick freely which stats show below the player name — Avg, 180s, 140+, 100+, 60+, 26s, High Finish and/or current leg score.

Applies to the "Broadcast" and "Classic" card styles. PDC keeps the fixed LEGS/SCORE/AVG columns (stadium default) and Stadium stays drama-pure without stats. Selection is saved in your browser and applies across tournaments until you change it.

Default: Avg + 180s + High Finish (as before).

Fast entry: how many darts on checkout?

In fast score entry (total mode), a small dialog now appears on checkout: "How many darts to check out — 1, 2, or 3?". This keeps the average accurate even when someone finishes with just 1 or 2 darts. Default is 3 — one tap and you're done.

All Matches: Live score in match cards

The "All Matches" tab in the player dashboard now also shows the currently remaining points for both players in cards/rows of live matches. Player on throw is highlighted green.

KO Bracket: Live score in match cards

Match cards in the KO bracket now show the currently remaining points for both players during live matches — the score of the player on throw is highlighted green. Works in admin, player and projection views as well as the results page.

Live Match: current scores + who's up

In your live-match banner you now see not just the legs won, but the currently remaining points for both players — plus a hint "You're up" / "Opponent is up" so you always know whose turn it is.

Edit player name also during running tournaments

You can now also fix typos in player names after the tournament has started — the edit button stays visible in the admin dashboard at all times. Standings, bracket and projection update immediately.

Deleting players is still only allowed before tournament start, since it would damage the match history.

Join: Choose player or spectator + player list on typos

When joining a tournament, you're now first asked whether you want to participate or just watch. Spectators no longer need to enter a name — they're in within a second.

If you join as a player and your name doesn't exactly match, we show you the list of registered players — just tap your name and you're in as a player (instead of accidentally ending up as a spectator). You can still switch to "watch as spectator" from the list if needed.

Group Tournament: Top X per group + flexible wildcards

When creating a tournament, you now only pick "Top N advance" and the number of groups — the app automatically calculates what that means:

• Top 16 + 4 groups → Top 4 per group • Top 8 + 5 groups → 1 per group + 3 best runners-up (wildcards) • Top 16 + 5 groups → 3 per group + 1 best 4th-place

Live preview shows immediately who advances and whether the bracket fits cleanly or requires byes. In the admin dashboard and projection view, direct qualifiers are highlighted green, wildcard slots in amber with a "WC" badge.

Wildcard Selection: Dynamic + Live Preview

The tournament wizard now only shows valid wildcard options — with 3 groups, options 4+ disappear because each group only has one runner-up.

New below: a live hint "5 group winners + 3 wildcards = 8 players in KO" plus bracket status (✓ fits perfectly / ⚠ will be padded with byes). You see instantly whether your selection results in a clean bracket.

Group Tournament: 5 Groups & Wildcard Qualification

When creating a group+KO tournament, you can now select 5 groups (this option was previously missing).

New: the "Best Runners-Up" wildcard option. Instead of a fixed number per group, you can set how many of the best second-placed teams advance as wildcards — e.g. group winners + 3 best runners-up.

Standings tiebreaker, KO settings in overview & better defaults

When two players are tied on points and leg difference, average is now used as the 4th tiebreaker (after head-to-head). Previously, equally ranked players were shown in an arbitrary order.

KO phase settings (separate game mode/legs for the knockout round) are now shown as a dedicated tile in the tournament overview in the admin dashboard — e.g. "501 · Best of 5".

When creating a tournament, board mode and bracket mode now default to "Fixed assignment".

Faster leg scoring in the Boards tab

In the admin Boards tab, recording leg results is now much faster and far more forgiving:

1. Tap on the player name / field = +1 leg, immediately. Large tap zones for thumb input on tablets.

2. "−1 Leg" button right under each player name — misclicks corrected in one tap, no dialog.

3. "Undo last leg" button at the bottom of the card — reverts the very last entry whenever at least 1 leg has been scored.

4. The match never ends automatically: when someone wins the deciding leg, an explicit "Confirm match — XX wins YY:ZZ" button appears. Accidental taps will never finish a match.

5. Three-dot menu per player for rare actions: set match winner directly, open the score dialog.

6. Leg progress as small dots per player — at a glance you see how many legs are left.

7. On first visit to the Boards tab a short tips box explains all four input paths (one-time, dismissable).

Operators who use external auto-counter systems and run SmartDart only for tournament management save several hundred taps per hour — and every misclick is visibly correctable in one tap.

Projection: four live-card styles, spectator QR, and full layout control

The projection view has grown a lot — everything is now bundled in the same Layout popover at the top right:

1. Four selectable live-card styles: "PDC" (sportscast scoreboard with columns LEGS/SCORE/Ø), "Stadium" (drama with huge score), "Broadcast" (slim TV lower-third bar), and "Classic" (two player rows with stats). Free to pick per format.

2. Spectator QR code in three modes: off / small as a section in the live column / full-screen overlay. Plus a "Show QR" chip in the header — one click opens the overlay for an announcement, one click anywhere closes it again. Anyone scanning lands in the tournament as a spectator with no sign-up.

3. Size is now a slider (50–150 % in 5 % steps) instead of click-through stages. Works from the header chip and inside the layout popover.

4. Table density (Compact / Normal / Comfortable) for every format with tables — adjusts row height and font size in one go. Tables also show each player's average (Ø), both in the standings and under finished match results.

5. Hero number switch (legs as the big number vs. running 501 score) as clear tile selection instead of a toggle.

6. League view expanded: spotlight cards show the top performers of the season (best average, most 180s, longest win streak, most wins). The matchday hero now has a season progress bar showing how far the season has come.

7. Match progress in the header is now an animated fill bar — flows smoothly to the current state and turns green at 100 %.

8. Auto-scroll toggle for long lists (table, results, upcoming, groups) — gentle up-and-down when the content doesn't fit the container.

9. Double-Elimination tournaments now also get the layout chip — with a reduced feature set (size, hero number, spectator QR), while DE's own bracket toggles (WB / LB / Auto) stay intact.

All settings are saved and come back automatically the next time you open the projection.

Projection view gets the sportscast treatment — with its own layout editor

The projection view (/projection) now looks like a real sportscast. Whichever format you are running — KO, group KO, Champions League, round robin, league or Swiss — the screen carries the same stadium-style look: dark background, clear section headers with coloured accent bars, pulsing "LIVE" markers, animated score updates and a scrolling stats ticker at the bottom with top values, 180 counts and form highlights.

New sections per format: "LIVE MATCHES" with big cards (the player currently throwing is highlighted), "UP NEXT" for the upcoming pairings, "RECENT RESULTS" with a trophy icon for the winner, plus format-specific "GROUPS", "STANDINGS", "BRACKET" or "MATCHDAY".

Brand new: the layout editor. There is now a "Layout" chip in the top-right — click it and you decide what to show and how big. Three modes (split, live only, bracket/table only), a slider for the column ratio (from 20/80 to 80/20), switches per section to show or hide them, and a reset button. Your settings are saved and come back automatically the next time you open the projection.

Tablet-mirroring tip: combine the layout editor with the size toggle (60 %, 70 %) so your tablet layout fits cleanly on a TV or beamer — no matter which format is running.

Projection view loads faster — new size steps for tablet mirroring

Two improvements to the projection view (/projection):

1. Faster loading — the page used to download the full tournament list on every open just to find the right tournament by its code. It now asks the server for that one tournament directly. Noticeably faster, especially on mobile networks or once a lot of tournaments live in the system.

2. New size steps 60 % and 70 % in the “Size XX %” toggle at the top right. Handy when you mirror the projection view from a smaller tablet to a big screen (Cast / AirPlay / Miracast / HDMI). Just dial the content down on the tablet — the TV or beamer will scale your tablet picture back up to its own resolution without cutting things off the edges or squashing columns into each other. The projection now works cleanly no matter how large your tablet is.

English content moves to clean /en/* URLs

Until today the English version of pages lived behind a `?lang=en` query parameter (e.g. /pricing?lang=en). From now on it has its own clean URLs: /en/pricing, /en/dart-training, /en/dart-club. That makes English pages much easier to surface in Google search results and ensures each language gets its own listing instead of being treated as a duplicate.

Old `?lang=en` links keep working — they auto-redirect to the new path. The language toggle in the header behaves the same as before; only the URL in the address bar looks cleaner now.

Tier-limit dialog now offers your free trial directly

If you hit a feature on BASIC that requires an upgrade (e.g. a locked format, more players, more active tournaments), the upgrade dialog now offers your free 24-hour PREMIUM trial directly — as long as you have not used it yet. One click on "Try free for 24h" and you can use the feature immediately, without taking out a subscription.

Not logged in yet? The dialog now tells you that a free account gets you 24 hours of PREMIUM for free, and takes you straight to sign-up with one click.

Bug fix: In Checkout Training, the bust notification was shown to German users as a raw key ("training.bust") instead of the proper text. It now correctly reads "Bust! Muss auf Double auschecken" again.

Also: several English translations have been brought up to date — English users saw a few German originals in places ("Keine Matches.", "Niedrige Erkennungsqualitaet...").

Match history, best legs & resume button on the statistics page

The statistics page now shows a match history with your last 10 matches including leg score (e.g. "3:2"), opponent, date, match average and context (tournament / bot / quick match). Lost matches have a red badge, wins green.

For matches that are still in progress or that you abandoned, an orange "Continue" button now appears — one click and you jump back into the match without having to remember the match ID or navigate through other pages. Works for Quick Match and bot matches.

New with PREMIUM: a fourth tab "Best legs" in the performances section — shows your top 5 won legs sorted by darts thrown. The fewer darts to finish, the higher the rank.

Bug fix: In the "Leg won" dialog, very short legs occasionally showed "0 average / 0 darts" for one of the two players. The backend now stores a clean pre-reset snapshot of the leg stats — the display is now correct for both sides.

More live stats in the projection ticker — including legs-only

The live stats ticker at the bottom of the projection now shows five new items:

• Most total legs won • Best leg difference • Longest match of the tournament (with number of legs played) • Total 140+ and 100+ scores

The first three also work in pure legs-only tournaments (no score tracking) — where the ticker used to be sparse, you now always see what is currently happening even without throw data.

Live average visible during play

While a match is running, the player's current average is now shown right next to their name — on the projection, in your player view and on the scoring device.

Previously the Ø only appeared on finished matches. The value now updates live with every dart, consistently everywhere — groups, knockout, grand final, third-place match, league.

League projection: matchday moves into the header

The league projection layout used to have a separate banner right below the header — repeating the tournament name plus a "Matchday 3 / 10" indicator.

That banner is gone. The matchday number now lives as a small chip in the regular header next to status and phase. That frees roughly 70 pixels vertically — on a beamer that means one extra row of table and matches visible without scrolling.

Projection shows the key stats at a glance when a tournament ends

When a tournament finishes, the projection view now automatically switches to the results screen. The goal: see at a glance who won and who threw the highlights — without being overwhelmed by detail tables.

What you get: the podium (1st/2nd/3rd plus 4th), a few key numbers (matches, legs, players) and a "Hall of Fame" with three cards — best average, most 180s and highest checkout, each with player name and value.

Want the full picture? Scan the new QR code on the projection or open the results URL — you will get the complete bracket tree, group standings, every match result and full leaderboards.

Also new in the developer dashboard: next to "Open admin view" there is now a "Open projection view" button — one click, and you have the correct projection URL for the selected tournament.

Simulate now fills averages and darts

Simulating a match or full tournament previously produced a winner and leg count, but all stat fields stayed at 0 — averages, 180s, 140s, 100s, highest checkout, dart counts. That made stat tables and leaderboards look broken after a simulation.

Now the simulate button fills realistic aggregate values. Winners trend toward higher averages (58-72) than losers (46-58), 180/140/100 counts scale with the leg count, and the highest checkout is weighted (mostly 32-80, rarely 140+).

Applies to all three simulate paths: single-match simulate, "simulate all group matches", and "finish active matches". Performance is unchanged — no extra database writes are triggered.

Club affiliation now visible everywhere

A club tournament is now immediately recognizable as such — with club name, emoji and club color as a small badge.

Where you see the badge: in the admin header (clickable, takes you to the club page), in the player subheader, and in the projection header above the tournament name. Additionally, every club-member player gets a small badge under their name in the admin "Players" tab — so you can tell at a glance who is internal and who is an external guest. The tooltip shows the club role (owner / admin / member).

Also: the club leaderboard overlay on the projection view is gone — it overlapped the game and was more distracting than useful.

New SEO landing pages: darts league, club tournament, pub tournament

Three new landing pages for concrete use cases: /dart-liga-verwaltung (league management with home and away), /dart-vereinsturnier (groups+KO for clubs), /dart-kneipenturnier (quick setup for pub nights with QR code onboarding).

Each landing is bilingual (DE+EN), with FAQ, SEO metadata and a direct CTA to the matching format.