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Introducing Scores for NCAA Sports

// Written by Jordan Morgan // Jan 28th, 2025 // Read it in about 4 minutes // RE: The Indie Dev Diaries

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All I wanted was Apple Sports for Division II and III sports.

It didn’t seem to exist, so I made it. Introducing Scores for NCAA, an extremely fast and easy way to view stats and scores for your favorite men’s and women’s NCAA teams — across Division I, II and III:

A screenshot of Scores for NCAA on iOS.

While it works great for Division I, where it really shines is for folks who follow Division II and III teams. Want to know how the Division 2 overtime thriller between the Huntsville Chargers and Valdosta St. Blazers went last night? Covered:

A screenshot of Scores for NCAA on iOS showing a D2 boxscore.

Or, how about your favorite D3 women’s hockey team? Who hit the game winner between the Trine Thunder against Lebanon Valley? It was Payton Hans (great shot, Payton!):

A screenshot of Scores for NCAA on iOS showing a D2 boxscore.

Personally, I live for an upset alert. I love when a D2, D3 or NAIA school beats a D1 team. Here, you can easily check when smaller schools are playing Division I universities (unfortunately, there was no trace of an upset on this one):

A screenshot of Scores for NCAA on iOS showing a D2 boxscore.

Finally, the app is very fast. Look at how quickly you can page between scores here:

A screenshot of Scores for NCAA on iOS showing a D2 boxscore.

So that’s Scores for NCAA. It has some other nifty features, but you can download it for free and check them out.

But wait Jordan, how does this compare to Apple Sports?!

Great question, and I’ll just copy and paste what I have in my press kit:

Apple Sports is wonderful and I use it daily, but it has a few things missing I really wanted:

  • The biggest one? It only covers Division 1 sports. It does not cover Division 2 or 3, which Scores for NCAA does. In fact, as far as I am aware, it is the only app on the App Store which does.
  • It also only shows scores/games for yesterday, today and “upcoming” — Scores for NCAA can you show games from any date. Three years ago. Today. Tomorrow. Whatever.
  • It doesn’t have light and dark mode, which is a small nitpick but still bothers me.
  • And it’s only on iPhone. Scores for NCAA will eventually be on iPad and Mac.

Go check it out

There is so much more to add. Obvious stuff, too. But I had to cut it here for version 1, otherwise I would’ve kept at it and the current winter sporting seasons would’ve come and gone. I think there’s enough value here today for college sports fans to enjoy it.

All of this is just twenty bucks a year, while viewing all of today’s action being free. Today, it shows the major winter NCAA sports (basketball and hockey), but I’ll certainly be adding other sports as they arrive in season. And yes, football being the primary one - I just couldn’t get it in for the initial release.

Until next time ✌️

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