How EvenTurn works

Quick help for coaches. Can't find what you need? Email us.

Getting started

Create a team and pick your sport. Positions, match length and players on are filled in for you; change them under Setup.
Add your squad under Squad. Paste a list of names separated by commas or new lines to add them all at once.
Create a match plan under Matches and start planning.

Want to see a finished example first? On an empty home screen tap Explore an example team, or go to Settings → Add the example team.

Planning a match

Add a turn: tap an empty part of a player's row. A block fills the free time in that half, then you pick a position.
Move it: drag the block left or right.
Change its length: drag the shaded ends of the block.
Change position, split or remove: tap the block. "Split in half" is handy for a sub halfway through a turn.
Someone's absent: tap their name in the chips at the top. Their blocks are removed (and Undo brings them back).
Undo is the curved arrow at the top; it goes back step by step.
Whole match / Zoomed: see the whole game on screen, or zoom in for fine dragging. Blocks snap to half-minutes (or whole minutes, set in Setup).
Print or save as PDF from the printer icon for a sheet to take to the game.

Checking the plan

The coloured bar under the plan shows every moment of the match. Tap it to see what's wrong at that point.

Green: the right number of players on, with any required positions (like one keeper) filled.
Amber: right number on, but a position is missing or doubled, or a block has no position yet.
Red: too many or too few players on.
Grey: nobody planned yet.

Live match clock

Tap ▶ Live at the top of a match plan on match day.

Kick off starts the clock. Pause for stoppages, and use −30s / +30s to match the referee's watch.
The next change card shows who's coming on for whom, and in which position. It turns orange with a countdown 30 seconds before, and green when it's time.
On the pitch and On the bench show when each player is next due off or on.
The clock stops at the end of each half (or quarter). Tap Start 2nd half when you're ready. Added time isn't counted.
The screen stays on while the clock runs, and the clock stays right if you lock the phone or switch apps.

The live clock follows your plan; it doesn't change the plan or the minutes.

Fair share and keepers

With equal playing time on, each player's minutes are coloured against their fair share: green is fair (within 10% or a minute), amber is a bit under, red well under, blue over. It's a guide, not a rule. Nobody wants two-minute stints just to make the numbers exact.

Choose how goalkeeping counts in Setup → GK and equal time:

Doesn't count: only outfield time is shared. Anyone who keeps gets no target in that match; their outfield time is taken off the pool first, and everyone else shares what's left. Works with one keeper or several.
Counts: time in goal is ordinary playing time, and everyone shares the total equally.

Keeper minutes are always tallied separately, so you can share keeping fairly over a season too.

Tap the fair share at the top of a plan to see exactly how it was worked out. A player who isn't playing but hasn't been marked absent still counts, which lowers everyone's share; the explanation lists anyone like that so you can mark them absent in one tap.

Tournaments

Choose Tournament when creating a match. Set the guaranteed games (e.g. 4 group games) and the most possible (e.g. 6 with a semi and final). Extra games are marked If through.
Every game shares one format. Change the length or positions on the tournament page and all games follow.
Who's coming on the tournament page applies to every game.
Mark knockout games you didn't reach as Didn't play so they're left out of the minutes.
Inside a game, switch the minutes between This game and Tournament to see who's owed time across the day.

Season minutes

The Minutes tab totals every player's time across your matches: outfield and keeper minutes, games played and absences. Filter by season, match type (league, cup, tournament, friendly) or a single competition, and sort by fewest minutes to see who's owed time. Add seasons under Setup → Seasons.

Minutes come from your match plans, so they assume the game went to plan. Use Share to send a tidy summary to parents, or download a spreadsheet.

Your data and backups

Everything stays on your phone. There's no account and nothing is uploaded (see the privacy policy). That also means:

Back up now and then: Settings → Download backup saves a file with all your teams and plans.
New phone? Download a backup on the old one, then Settings → Restore backup on the new one.
Clearing your browser's data or uninstalling the app deletes your plans, unless you've kept a backup.

Installing on your phone

iPhone: open www.eventurn.app in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
Android: open www.eventurn.app in Chrome, tap ⋮, then Install app.

Once installed it works offline, so it's fine with no signal at the pitch. Updates arrive by themselves: if something looks out of date, close the app fully and open it again.

Something not right?

My teams have disappeared. Plans are saved per web address and browser. Make sure you're opening the same installed app (or the same browser) you made them in. A backup file brings them back on any device.
Tapping a block doesn't open the position picker. Tap without dragging; a small wobble is fine. If it still doesn't work, close and reopen the app to make sure you've got the latest version, then let us know.
Anything else, or an idea? Send feedback. It all gets read.