What it does, how pubs run their nights with it, and what it looks like on the big screen.
Take the tourStraight to the oche. Pick your venue, pick your board, and throw.
Start scoringDale's Darts is a darts scoring app that runs in the web browser on any phone or tablet — there is nothing to download. One player keeps score at the oche, typing each throw into a big, simple number pad, and the scorer does the subtraction, suggests the checkout when a player is on a finish, and tracks legs, sets and averages as the game goes.
Put the match on the pub telly or a projector and the big-screen scoreboard follows every throw live, calls out the 180s and leg wins, and shows the cup draw between games. Landlords and darts captains can run a knockout cup with a plate for first-round losers, set fixture dates and times without double-booking a board, and play each tie straight from the draw.
For something that runs all season, there's a challenge ladder: challenge anyone up to three places above you, beat them and take their spot. Challenges arrive by email with three days to accept, and the two players agree a date and venue from the link — the ladder shows on the big screen with every live challenge and its countdown.
Every throw is saved, so the player stats are always right: 3-dart average, first-nine average, checkout percentage, best leg and head-to-head records, counted across every pub a player throws at. It suits 301, 501, 701 and 1001, double in or double out, and anything from a quick game of Killer or the random Checkout game to a full league night. New to the game? The rules of darts are on Wikipedia.
If you run darts at your pub, you can apply to become a venue and get your own boards, players and scoreboards set up.
