FidGrit5.4 - App Store

FidGrit is the most Comprehensive Sports Management platform for Athletes, Event Organizers and Sports Clubs. Our goal is to enable sports professionals with latest technology advancements that tend to benefit professionals only.
FidGrit offers wide range of products as mentioned below
### Challenger Ladder ###
Players can challenge opponents at higher rank that falls within challenge range, and if lower rank challenger wins then they replace opponent at that position and unlocks even higher rank players.
### League ###
FidGrit supports three types of league formats

* Round Robin League: League consists of seasons that follow the Round Robin match schedule i.e. each player plays against every other player in a any given season.

* Unbalanced League: In this format, not every player needs to play the same number of matches or with every other player in that season. Organizer may release a schedule when season starts and continue to add or remove matches as the season progresses.

* Flexi League With Divisions: Flexi League provides players the convenience of flexible match scheduling. In this format, players are responsible for scheduling their own matches for the time that works best for them. In Flexi League, we can create divisions and organize players into small groups based on their availability, skill or location. Each division can work as a separate league with its own schedule, standings and leaders board. This allows for more balanced competition and ensures that all teams have a chance to win.
### Tournament ###
FidGrit Tournament supports up to 10 events per Tournament, which together can have more than 1200 players.
FidGrit Tournament supports three types of events
1. Round Robin
2. Single Elimination
3. Expedition (Pool Play)
###Sports Team###
Unlike any other sports team management system, FidGrit team management is sports specific and provides professional quality stats and record keeping for the sports you chose without the hassle of setting up your website or installing a software.
Hosting effective practice sessions is crucial for the success of any sports team. Regular practice sessions allow members to refine their skills, develop teamwork, and prepare for upcoming competitions or performances.
By providing a structured and supportive environment, coaches and admins can facilitate productive practice sessions that maximize player development and team cohesion.

Version History Exciting News! Elo Rating System Now Available on FidGrit

We’re thrilled to announce that FidGrit now offers full support for the Elo Rating system in both Leagues and Ladders! Activating it is simple—just head to the administration panel on the FidGrit website to get started.

Once enabled, FidGrit will track player ratings in real time. You’ll see these ratings when scheduling matches, as well as in scheduled and completed match details. Plus, we’ve introduced a new feature that lets players monitor their rating progress with detailed rating history stats over time.

Our Elo Rating setup is highly customizable. You can adjust minimum and maximum ratings within a League or Ladder, and tweak the KFactor to control how quickly players can rank up. Whether you want fast-paced growth or more challenging progress, FidGrit gives you the flexibility to make it happen.

Admins can even collect player ratings during registration for new participants joining your League or Ladder, ensuring seamless integration right from the start.

Best of all, FidGrit will automatically update ratings based on match outcomes—no extra effort required from players.

Let’s go! 5.4 10/15/2024 New challenge ladder configuration if enabled will allow top seeds to challenge opponents in range below their rank.
Bug fixes and enhancements. 5.3 07/25/2024 Bug fixes and enhancements 5.2 06/28/2024 # Support for division based round robin and unbalanced leagues #
We are happy to announce that with release 5.1 all our league formats now support divisions based seasons. You can now group players into divisions based on their skill level, location or availability no matter what league format you chose. Player stats are collected on Division level and are aggregated to League level and player level

# Bug fixes and enhancements#
With every build we try to improve customer experience by fixing any crashes reported by the users and enriching our user interface. 5.1 06/04/2024 # League #
1. We are introducing two new league formats
* Round Robin league
* Unbalanced league
2. Leagues matches are now organized as part of League seasons and we can run multiple seasons simultaneously
3. New match schedule match that'll allow users to filter matches
# Challenger Ladder #
1. New configuration that'll allow admin to restrict players from receiving challenges after they reach open challenges limit. By default, players can continue to receive challenges even after they have reached their open challenge limit to post new matches. Now, we can restrict this behavior using the configuration.
2. Admins can now Forfeit, Delete or Cancel open challenge matches.
3. The accept challenge button is available on schedule match view making it easier for players to accept matches
4. Players now have the option to decline a challenge. Once declined, challenge is deleted and challenger team are notified.
5. Several other user experience enhancements

# Sports Team #
1. Sports teams are not completely free
2. Admins can schedule practice sessions in the sports teams and organize matches as part of the session
This release is packed with many more features and enhancements enriching user experience. 5.0 04/14/2024 * New Feature: Player Availability Status
We are introducing the user availability feature. Users can now set their availability status as "Away" if they are unavailable to play. When a challenger goes to the ladder to challenge an opponent, FidGrit will inform them if the opponent is not available. This will allow the challenger to challenge another opponent instead, saving time and reducing frustration.

* Bug Fixes and Improvements 4.4 03/10/2023 ** Common Updates **
# Admin can review member's registration info before approving their join request
# Admins can substitute match players from iOS app.
# Player's longest streak and top players streak are now available in iOS app

** League Updates **
# League stats are now available on iOS app for Flexi and Event based leagues

** Sports Group Updates **
# Open match owner can remove and replace other players in the match
# When posting Open match, the location is preselected to Group's club location

** Ladder **
# In Doubles Challenger Ladder, players can disband their doubles team and team up with other players if the feature is enabled by Admin. 
# In Doubles Challenger Ladder, Players can rename their doubles teams if the feature is enabled by Admin
** Various bug fixes and enhancements ** 4.3 11/05/2022 * Enhanced notifications
* Ability to delete account from within the app
* Bug fixes and performance enhancements 4.2 06/27/2022 Bug fixes and performance enhancements 4.1 03/31/2022 Completely redesigned iOS app with enhanced user experience.

This release offer many new futures including 
1. Sports League
2. Sports Groups
3. Support for Padel and Pickleball sports
4. Pickup matches
5. Enhanced security
6. Various bug fixes 4.0 03/21/2022 We are happy to announce the release of FidGrit 3.0 with tons of new features and updates

******** New Features ********
• New Ladder Formats
FidGrit now supports 3 Ladder formats including League, Box and Challenger Ladder

• Challenger Ladder
Challenger Ladder allows Players or Doubles Teams to challenge opponent at higher rank that falls within challenge range as set by the Admin. This Ladder format supports a maximum of 200 players per Ladder

• Box Ladder
Box Ladder is the most competitive FidGrit Ladder. In this format, players are divided in various Boxes or Divisions as setup by the Admin.
When session starts, each player will compete against every other participant in their Box and at the end of the session Box winners will move to higher level Box, and losers will be demoted to lower level Box and a new session will be created with new Box assignments.
Box Ladder can support up to 100 players per Ladder

• League Ladder
League Ladder organize and rank players who compete against one another on a regular basis. It organizes matches in continuously recurring Round Robin sessions, it’s a perfect format for small group of participants ranging between 6 to 16 players or doubles teams.

• FidGrit Tournament
Whether you are planning a 10-player skirmish or a 1000-player multi event pro-level tournament, FidGrit got you covered.
FidGrit Tournament supports three types of events and you can host multiple events per tournament. With FidGrit you can organize following types of events per Tournament
• Round Robin Event
• Single Elimination Event
• Expedition (Extended and highly competitive) Event

******** Updates********
• Update match date and time
Now players can update match date, time and location after its been scheduled

• New About Us
FidGrit now supports HTML format for About details with no character limit

• Enhanced Search
All new and enhanced search

• Round Robin and Single Elimination Draws
All events and Ladder sessions now support RR and SE draw format views for complete picture of event progress

• New Schedule Page
Now its easy to search for matches based on dates.

• New Statistics
We have added new statistics for Doubles Teams
- Doubles teams head-to-head
- Doubles teams ranking history
- Doubles team points comparison and ranking

• Share Update
Users can now share updates on Team, Tournament and Ladder pages

• Remove matches from upcoming
Now players can remove matches from upcoming. Matches will still appear in 'My Profile' page but they can be removed from upcoming page to focus on new matches

• Sign in with Apple
Now users can store credentials in apple iPhone and sign in with just one click or Face Id
********Bug Fixes********
Bug fixes and performance enhancements 3.0 06/22/2020 **** We are going global!
Now you can select your country, city, state and postal code for your ladder, team, event or user profile. We have added all the countries across the world to our platform and tweaked postal code and state to support format across all nations.

*** Reserved spot for Admins in Singles and Doubles ladder
We have increased ladder member limit for singles to 17 members (16 players + 1 admin) and doubles to 33 member (32 players + 1 admin). This sill give a reserved seat to Admins and allow them to optionally decide whether they want to play or not in the ladder

** Ladder Admin can opt not to participate in ladder matches
Now Admins can decide whether they want to play or not in the ladder matches. They can opt out while creating ladder or from ladder admin panel

*** Bug fixes and performance enhancements 2.8 07/08/2019 ##New Profile Design
To enhance user experience we have re-designed User, Team and Ladder profiles

##New FidGrit Logo
We gave new personality to our logo

##Bug fixes and performance enhancements 2.7 06/12/2019 Bug fixes and improvements 2.6 05/03/2019 We are introducing FidGrit facilities and clubs. Now you can search a nearby sports facility and club, look for details, add review, checkin and ask question from community. Every facility gets its own page and profile.
It also include some bug fixes and performance enhancements. 2.5 05/02/2019 Bug fixes and performance improvements 2.2 03/09/2019 Welcome FidGrit 2.1! Here's a summary of new features

Sports Team event now supports all racquetball sports
After the success of FidGrit team events for Tennis teams, we have extended event functionality for all racquetball sports. Now you can schedule Round Robin, Playoff (Knockout) and Custom sports events for Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis and Racquetball sports teams as well. These events can be scheduled as paid or free events.

Scheduled events now appears in the activity feed
When you schedule a team event they appear in the activity feed of team as well as members of the team.

Events Statistics
Team events are now packed with statistics so players and coaches can analyze their performance within events. FidGrit currently offers following statistics for each event
1. All player comparison within event
2. Leadership board sorted by number of games won by each player, win% and points accumulated by each player during the tournament.
Leadership board
We have added leadership board within FidGrit sports teams and FidGrit Ladders statistics. The leaders board can be sorted by number of games won by each player, win% and points accumulated by each player during the tournament.

Shortcut to create event
We have added a create event shortcut for Admins on list event page.

Menu options with Icons
Menu options have icons with them to enhance usability and experience

New search filter
We have added a new filter on search page that'll help you narrow down the results.
Bug Fixes and performance improvements
Along with new features, this build also include various bug fixes and performance enhancements. 2.1 01/17/2019 We are super excited to announce FidGrit v2.0!
The release is focused on Tennis Doubles and Tennis Singles, however, we are working on adding these features to other sports as well.
FIDGRIT TEAM EVENT
FidGrit Team Events are a great way to get everybody together and easily organize everything, so the whole team spends less time organizing and more time improving.
CREATE EVENT - Name your event what you choose, tag a location on the map, indicate whether singles or doubles will be played, and write a short entry describing your event in detail.
SET THE FORMAT - Events can be calibrated to play as round robin tournaments, straight playoffs, or double-elimination tournaments. You choose one at setup and the matchmaking system does the rest of the work for you!
PLAY SINGLES OR DOUBLES – Once game format is set, FidGrit algorithm will kick in and schedule matches accordingly.
SET EVENT SCHEDULE - Set your event to last for an afternoon, or a month, or whatever duration you wish. No matter what works best for you and your team, FidGrit is ready and able to accommodate.
MANAGE RSVP – Players have the opportunity to RSVP to the event and mark their attendance. The administrator can also update player RSVP from the event page. Closed RSVPs can be re-opened up to 24 hours prior to the tournament’s start, too, so you’ve got more options than ever.
SEED PLAYERS – When organizing playoff event, you will have an option to seed players. Once seeded, FidGrit algorithm will prepare event format as per player seed.
MANAGE SCHEDULE - Select date, time of each location. By default all players and team admin can update score, and you can also assign a volunteer scorekeeper to track and publish score as game progress.
COLLECT PAYMENT: Create Payment plan for event and collect dues from members to keep the event going. FidGrit allows you to collect payment from website and mobile app using Stripe.
PLAYER STATISTICS - You don't need to do any manual entry for statistics. Once you enter match score FidGrit algorithms will automatically kick in and update player's statistics within Event, Team as well as in his personal profile.

FIDGRIT LADDER
FidGrit is now proud to offer Ladders as part of our unparalleled platform for athletes. You’ve been playing in Ladders your entire life—you just didn’t realize it until now. Ladders are merely a way to organize and rank players who compete against one another on a regular basis.
1.EASY SETUP : Choose singles or doubles ladder, set age/gender restrictions, find a location, and name your ladder. Then, invite your friends to join and get started!
2.LADDER SESSION: Every time players meet is termed as session. Players or scorekeeper can track score as matches progress, when match completes FidGrit will update players ranking and statistics. Once session is over, FidGrit will automatically create a new session and you can manage schedule and player’s RSVP for upcoming session
3.LADDER STATS AND RANKING - Not only does FidGrit track your entire playing career, but your stats just from the ladder matches can be viewed on their own. After the final match of each session completes, the ladder rankings are recalculated and the next round begins.
4.FINANCIAL SIMPLICITY – The Ladder Admin can choose if he wants his ladder to be free to join, or require a financial commitment to support officials, scorekeepers, venue fees, etc. The admin can set up a one-time payment, or a recurring subscription model, allowing those financial costs to be shared equally by all ladder competitors

ENHANCEMENTS
1.Now you can Cancel, Delay or Forfeit a match. Notifications will be sent to players about change of schedule or match status
2.See something broken or missing, report it to support
3.Enhanced Notifications
4.Approve deny new member request from App
5.Subscribe to premium services
6.Connect stripe account to accept payment
7.Leave a team
8.Improved navigation
9.Various bug fixes and performance enhancements 2.0 10/29/2018 We are always working to improve user experience on FidGrit through new features and improvements. Apart from bug fixes and performance improvements, we have added following new features in this build:

1.FidGrit now supports Basketball. Players and teams can schedule, track, record and share a Basketball game. Our system allows players, referees or coaches to keep track of every match point with precision in milliseconds.
2.Want to ask your team members or community which shoes to buy or which sport equipment is better? Creating a poll can help. FidGrit is introducing new Poll feature for Teams and for Individuals with ability to provide 5 voting options with description and images
3.Your security is of utmost important to us and we are always working on making our app more secure. With this release, we are introducing self-expiring content URL's, which means, once you view an image on FidGrit app or Website, the address of that image will expire automatically in few minutes and people who are not on FidGrit or in your network won’t be able to see them.
4.Before finalizing a scoreboard, a confirmation dialog appears preventing post by mistake
5.In basketball 3-on-3, score keeper can see how many 1 pointers and 2 pointer a player has scored this far in the game
6.A less cumbersome new user registration form
7.New design for user messages screen
8.Enhanced user experience when you select player for a match
9.New informative widgets guiding user on how to begin with our app 1.5 12/31/2017 We are always working to improve user experience on FidGrit through new features and improvements. Apart from bug fixes and performance improvements, we have added following new features in this build:

1. We have added Basketball 3-on-3 to FidGrit i.e. now you can schedule, track, record and share a Basketball 3x3 game
2. Enhanced maps functionality to help you easily find and checkin locations
3. Added new help widgets which will guide you through our application
4. Date of birth is not required for new users to register on FidGrit
5. Users can update profile banner or profile image directly from app
6. Team admins can update profile banner or profile image from app as well
7. When you tap on a notifiation, it is deleted from notifications list
8. Reset the app notification count everytime user opens the app
9. Tons of bug fixes and performance enhancements
10. We have a new logo 1.4 11/18/2017 We are always working to improve user experience on FidGrit through new features and improvements. Apart from bug fixes and performance improvements, we have added following new features in this build:

1. User can share scorecard on twitter as well
2. A new look and feel to view scheduled volleyball scorecard to enhance user experience
3. More help widgets are added to help user with navigation
4. On clicking share activity button a loading icond is displayed until activity is ready to be shared
5. Notification texts were updated to be more detailed 1.2 09/19/2017 We are always working to improve user experience on FidGrit through new features and improvements. Apart from bug fixes and performance improvements, we have added following new features in this build:

1. User can login or register with Twitter
2. We have enhanced social media sharing of scoreboards. Now scoreboards are shared as news feed on Facebook and Twitter with a brief description of the match
3. An introduction widget is shown when new user log in or register to help him get started
4. Home page comes with a tab bar to help user navigate application
5. New user can register as a player, coach or both 1.1 09/02/2017 - Performance Enhancements
- Bug fixes 1.0.1 07/12/2017 1.0 07/06/2017