App: Sporting Club Uphoria
Developer: Sporting Innovations
One of the first apps from Sporting Innovations, SportingClub Uphoria was designed to give fans unique and meaningful digital interactions once they enter the stadium. For now, it is unique to Sporting Park in Kansas City, but the application’s technology can be applied in the future to other stadiums. Inside the app, fans have the ability to:
– Watch real-time replays
– Live stats
– Updated MLS standings
– Facebook/Twitter Integration
– Games/Rewards
– Mobile Ticketing
App: Fancred
Developer: Fancred, Inc.
An app with a rankings-based system, Fancred provides a unique community experience for sports fans looking for something beyond the stats and information you might find on ESPN. The more active the user, the higher his or her score on a scale of 1-100. Inside the app, you can read the latest articles about your team, follow other users, and share content from around the web to your followers and community. Fans can also check-in at stadiums to let people know they’re at the game as well as participate in forum discussions with others.
App: V1 Golf
Developer: Interactive Frontiers, Inc.
If you’re serious about golf and getting better, this is the app for you. V1 Sports developed the Digital Coaching System for golfers to allow them to analyze their swings right from their phone. Compatible with the iPad and iPhone, the app allows golfers to take videos of their swing, draw swing plane lines, access to PGA pros for advice, and an online database of more than 50 professional golfers’ swings to compare yours to.
App: Justin.TV
Developer: Justin.TV
Though the Justin.TV platform was not originally designed exclusively for sports, it is still a must-have app for sports fans on the go. While most of the content is international focused, there is a ton of sports-related information for fans to take in.
App: Kyck
Developer: Kyck.com, Inc.
If you’re a fan of international soccer, then Kyck is for your. In a crowded sports content market, Kyck allows futbol fans to cut through the clutter and streamline information about their favorite clubs to their phone. Originally launched in July 2013, Kyck is still developing more unique experiences for futbol fans around the world.
App: Sports Bar Finder
Developer: DIRECTV, Inc.
Are you traveling on Gameday? Just moved to a new city? The Sports Bar Finder app is for you. Find the best sports bar closest to you in this DirectTV-sponsored app. The app uses your phone’s GPS ability and Foursquare’s location layer to recommend the best sports bars closest to you. With the DirecTV tie-in, users can also find out what programming the bars will have on television to ensure you can watch your team’s game.
App: FanCake
Developer: Kwarter Inc.
FanCake is a social-based game-style app that rewards sports fans for watching sports on television. Fans can also take part in live quizzes, competitions and more with other users of the app. You get points on the social-based app for correctly answering the questions, predicting the score and more.
App: FanGraphs Baseball
Developer: FanGraphs, Inc.
In the age of statistics, FanGraphs Baseball pairs together fans’ love of the game with the love of numbers. This app gives fans live statistics of any baseball game and also lifetime stats of any MLB player since 1974. Perhaps the coolest part of the app is the ability for fans to track their chances of winning with live probability-based graphs.
App: iBrackets 2013
Developer: CyberNet Consulting
Though it will be a while until the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, this app will make your life a lot easier next spring. The app allows you to create brackets with your Facebook friends, join in other pools, and collaborate with league members. Be sure to check out the 2014 edition this spring.
App: Golf Live Extra
Developer: Golf Channel
Can’t find enough golf on television? This app is for you if you’re a golf fanatic. With over 500 hours of additional live tournament coverage to supplement what is already on the Golf Channel’s cable station, you’ll never miss a beat in the golf scene.
