A new era for ScoringLive

SL Ohana -

ScoringLive will be moving to a paid subscription model starting next season, via our official ScoringLive app, available now on the App Store (iOS) and launching on the Play Store (Android) in early June.

The app provides an ad-free experience, improved user interface, faster game updates, and allows you to customize your home tab to follow the teams you care about. It's everything you love about ScoringLive, without the ads, and with user preferences that were never available on the web version.

We are offering an Early Adopter annual subscription rate of $19.99 through the end of June. All early subscribers will be extended through the end of May 2027, so a purchase now will cover the entirety of next season.

Starting July 1, the annual rate will be $24.99. Two additional tiers will be available: $9.99 for 90 days and $4.99 for 30 days.

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Here are some answers to questions you might have:

Why only now?

Yes, we have survived 16 years doing this free of charge to users, thanks in large part to the support of our sponsors. But what was already a difficult situation coming out of the pandemic turned into a larger realization — sustaining what we do strictly off the generosity of a handful of companies just isn't viable going forward.

Truth be told, this past season was almost our last.

As the start of football loomed in July, I was definitely leaning toward making these last 10 months a kind of farewell tour. Instead, the decision was made to push forward with the idea of a mobile app and a subscription model — a calculated bet that what we do is something the Hawaii high school sports community values enough to support.

Can't I just get what I want off ScoringLive.com instead of the app?

Not really. We will be phasing out the main StatFeed and sport-specific scoreboards, and certain sections (stat leaders, player pages, etc.) will only be available on the app. Stories, game summaries, schedules, and standings will still be updated on the web, but on a time-delayed basis.

What happens if everyone decides $24.99 is too much to pay?

Then we'll have our answer. My hope is that what we do is worth spending eight cents a day over a ten-month season.

So what's next for SL?

A lot, actually. But new app features, additional sports on the coverage map, and content enhancements all depend on a sustainable subscriber base. So really, the ball is in the ScoringLive ohana's court.

I think it's safe to say we've improved measurably since spinning up our first server in 2007. What this next phase will allow us to do is not just maintain SL, but meaningfully improve and expand it.

Thank you,

Brien Ing
Founder/Lead Developer
ScoringLive