The work that disappears
Swap the names. Watch the rounds appear.
In Americano play, partners change every round and the ranking is individual. Doing that by hand is where the whole morning goes: someone plays twice with the same partner, someone sits out a round, and there's always an argument.
With 8 players that's 7 rounds and 14 matches, and the schedule guarantees three things at once:
- everyone partners with everyone else exactly once;
- faces everyone else exactly twice;
- nobody sits out a single round.
The app generates it the instant you confirm the list. No draw, no recalculating, no "let me check who's already played with whom".
Round 3 of 7
Court 1 · in play
Ana & Bruno
Carla & Diego
Standings so far
The part people like most
One link. The whole group follows on its own.
Saturday tournament
Camburi · Oct 12 · 8 players
Updates on its own as the organizer saves.
Every tournament gets its own address. You paste it into the WhatsApp group and your job of keeping people informed is done.
Whoever opens it sees the ranking and the matches updating as you save the scores. In the browser. No app to install, no account, no password. The mom who stayed home, the husband who's at work, the folks who played in the morning and left — everyone follows along.
And the page translates itself to the phone language of whoever opens it. You send a single link to a group with a Brazilian, an American and an Italian, and each one reads it in their own language — date format included.
When the tournament ends, the same page becomes the official result: champion card, podium and final standings. Same link, all day long.
The code is 10 characters and skips the letters that get confused — no I, no L, no O, no U, no 0, no 1. You can read it out over the phone to whoever missed the message.
Telling 8 people
You're not going to type eight messages.
Once the setup is done, the app shows the list with everyone on it. You tap Notify and the message goes out ready-made — tournament name, date, venue, entry fee, payment contact and the player's pair — straight into that person's WhatsApp. If they don't have WhatsApp, it falls back to Messages on its own, nothing to configure.
You can fire off the whole list in one go. And there's a deliberate decision here: when you come back from WhatsApp, the app stops and waits. It shows "Send to Fábio" and a big Stop button. You answer someone mid-way, take a phone call, come back and continue. The queue never drags you along.
The message language is separate from the app language. You keep the app in English and switch the flag before inviting your Italian student. Same screen, between one send and the next.
And there's the flyer: ready-made artwork with name, date, venue, tournament size, win rule and fee, to drop in the group or post to your story.
This is how it lands on WhatsApp
Sat, Oct 12 · 8:00 AM
Camburi — Vitória/ES
Your pair: Ana & Bruno
Entry fee: R$ 30 · Pix: (27) 9xxxx-xxxx
Follow live:
beachsuper8.com/t/K7M3PQR9XZ
The same message goes out in Portuguese, Spanish or Italian — you choose before sending.
Straight talk
The app isn't on the App Store yet.
Version 1.0 is in closed beta on TestFlight. There's no download button here because there's no link to give — and a broken link destroys more trust than a missing button.
While it's in beta, everyone who gets in uses it without paying anything. We don't ask for a card and there's no charge of any kind at this stage.
At launch there will be an organizer subscription, monthly or yearly, charged by Apple at your region's price. The one who pays is the one who organizes. Players never pay anything, and never need an account.
We don't sell anyone's data and there's no corporate plan hidden behind "talk to sales".
We email you when a spot opens in the beta. That's it — no newsletter.
Photos aren't in the app yet. This is what we're building.
Today Beach Super 8 keeps the score, the ranking and the podium. It keeps no photos — none. If you look for a camera button inside the app, you won't find one, and we'd rather say it here than have you discover it after installing.
What already exists is the hard part. The instant you save a score, the app already knows the exact result, the round, the four names, the venue and the date. What's missing is the photo on top.
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The stamped photo. In progress.
You photograph the match and get the same photo back with ANA & BRUNO 4×2 CARLA & DIEGO · ROUND 3 · CAMBURI · OCT 12 etched onto it. It's not a filter. It's the score only the app knows — and an image you couldn't put together on your own.
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A card for every player. Planned.
One card per person — position, games, wins, differential — generated when the tournament ends, ready to drop in the group. That's the card that goes to the story.
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The group pitching in. Being studied.
Letting whoever got the link upload photos through the tournament's own page, with nothing to install and no account.
What we will NOT build: a feed, likes, followers, "discover tournaments near you". Nobody is going to open this app to look at photos — they'll open Instagram. Our job is to manufacture the image you post there.
Why this isn't ready yet.
A beach tournament has kids on the court and adults with phones. Before photos open up to just anyone, three things have to exist: a way to report, a way for anyone to request the removal of their own image without having an account, and the guarantee that the location your phone embeds inside the photo is stripped before the image leaves your device. We're building that part first. That's why photos come later — not sooner.
One email when it's ready. That's all.
User manual
Written for someone who has never opened the app.
No jargon, with the exact name of every button as it appears on screen, and with the real error messages the app shows.
- How to create your first tournament, step by step
- Fixed Pairs or Americano: which one to choose
- How to enter the score (and why 5×3 is refused)
- How to read the ranking: Pts, V, SG and GP
Frequently asked questions
What people usually ask.
Do players need to install anything?
No. You send the tournament link and they open it in the browser, on any phone or computer, no account and no password.
How many people fit in a tournament?
In Fixed Pairs, 5 to 8 pairs. In Americano, 4, 8 or 12 players. Those are the numbers that exist today — the app won't accept others.
Do I need internet at the court?
Not to enter scores. The app stores them on the device and syncs when the signal comes back. What needs internet is the public page updating for whoever is following from afar.
Is there an Android version?
No. Today it's iPhone only. The tournament's public page opens on any device, Android included, but only to watch.
How does collecting the entry fee work?
The app doesn't charge anyone. You write the fee and your payment contact, and that shows up in the invite and the flyer. You collect, your way.
How much does the app cost?
While it's in closed beta, everyone who gets in uses it without paying anything and without a card. At launch there will be an organizer subscription, monthly or yearly, charged by Apple. Players never pay.