Skewered Fencing: Mobile App

Watch, record, control.

The Skewered Fencing app is the companion to your Skewered Fencing scoring box: a live repeater for every strip, a video recorder that captures your bouts for later review, a Bluetooth remote, and the companion for the Skewered Fencing video replay system. It is free, needs no account, and collects no data.

the home screen mirroring three scoring boxes, one each for épée, foil, and sabre — Every nearby strip at a glance, one bout full screen, and the remote control.

a full-screen view of one sabre bout, with buttons to flip the view, pick a strip color, pair, and record — Every nearby strip at a glance, one bout full screen, and the remote control.

Watch: a live repeater, no setup

The app listens over Bluetooth for nearby scoring boxes and mirrors them in real time. There is nothing to pair and no cable to run.

Live weapon lights: valid and non-valid touches for foil, épée, and sabre.
Score, match clock, period, and break timers.
Priority and passivity (P-card) timers.
Yellow, red, and penalty cards; short-circuit and fault indicators.
Watch several boxes at once, labeled by strip and color-coded.
Tap any box for a full-screen view of one bout, and flip its sides to match where you sit.
Sleeping boxes dim so active bouts stand out, and the screen stays awake.

Record: bout video with matching scoring box data

Film a bout with your phone and the app overlays the box's lights, score, and clock on the video, reconstructed from the box's own data.

Jump from touch to touch, watch touches on a loop, and slow them down.
Name and tag recordings so you can find each bout.
Your recordings are yours: each bout shows up in your phone's file manager as a folder with the video, the scoring timeline, and the raw data, ready to copy anywhere.

the recording screen: the camera pointed at a scoring box on a wall, with the box's lights, score, and clock overlaid at the top — Recording a bout, and reviewing it afterwards with every touch marked on the timeline.

reviewing a recorded bout: the video with the scoring overlay, a timeline marking every touch, and playback speed buttons — Recording a bout, and reviewing it afterwards with every touch marked on the timeline.

Control: a remote in your pocket

Pair the phone to a box and it works exactly like the physical remote: score, clock, cards, priority, and weapon. There are no secret remotes. Pairing needs the PIN that the box shows only on its own menu, and the box announces on its display whenever a remote is connected. See Bluetooth in the scoring box manual for how to pair.

Review: video replay systems

If your club runs Skewered Fencing video replay systems, the app is their companion too. Systems on your WiFi appear by themselves, and you can review touches with the scoring overlay, watch the live camera, browse and tag bouts, and manage the system, all from your seat. See the video replay system manual for details.

reviewing a touch captured by a video replay system, with the scoring overlay, timeline, and a list of the bout's touches — Touches and bouts from a video replay system.

the bouts recorded by a video replay system, listed by date with scores, durations, and tags — Touches and bouts from a video replay system.

Simple and private

Watching needs nothing: the app only listens to signals your box already broadcasts. Remote control is opt-in and requires pairing at the box itself. Recordings stay on your device. The app collects no data. See the privacy policy.

The app requires a Skewered Fencing scoring box and a phone or tablet with Bluetooth Low Energy. Replay features require a Skewered Fencing video replay system.