Updates

What’s new

Every Sideline Hero update on Google Play and the App Store, newest first, with the date it reached each store.

Version 1.2.1

Google Play 28 Oct 2026
App Store 28 Oct 2026
  • See who's in the next sub on the sub strip. Turn it on in App settings.
  • Tap ON COURT or BENCH to sort players by total time, time on, name or number.
  • The screen stays on during a game. Turn it off in App settings.
  • Player names are capitalised, and Next moves from name to number.
  • Fixed: the Add player sheet vanishing as it opened.
  • Fixed: the green suggestion naming a stale sub. It's now Even up court time.
  • Fixed: planned minutes in a manual game with no plan.

Version 1.2.0

Google Play 23 Oct 2026
App Store 24 Oct 2026
  • Court tiles show each player's time on since their last sub.
  • Plan rows show who comes off, who goes on, and who's on court.
  • Edit the final score: tap it on Game Summary.
  • One Share and export menu on Game Summary.
  • Tips for setting up your first team and game.
  • Drag a sheet down to close it.
  • Fixed: team and player forms vanishing when the keyboard opens.
  • Fixed: leaving a game at half time restarted the period.
  • Player Stats shows the right game date.

Version 1.1.4

Google Play 20 Oct 2026
App Store 22 Oct 2026
  • Fixes the app closing as soon as it opened after the last update. Sorry about that!
  • Under-the-hood update to the latest app platform, ready for bigger screens coming soon.

Version 1.1.2

Google Play 20 Oct 2026
  • Share a team with another coach. Send a team file from the team screen, or a single game from its summary, and import it from the Teams tab. Free.
  • On Android, the back button now asks before you leave a live game.
  • Smaller fixes and tidy-ups.

Version 1.0

App Store 21 Oct 2026

The first release of Sideline Hero. Set up your team, plan fair rotations before tip-off, and let the app guide every substitution during the game. Live scoring, seasons, and game summaries you can share or export are all there if you want them.