Blind judging

Run a fair round with the phone already in your pocket.

Jurycoach reveal screen showing a ranked list of barbecue entries with points

A barbecue round, shown here. Cake, chili, and photo contests use the same screen.

Whatever you’re judging (cakes, chili, camera club entries), Jurycoach seals every judge’s score the instant they confirm it. Nobody sees a number until the last seat at the table has one in.

  • One phone
  • No account
  • No server

How one round works

  1. 1.0

    Set up.

    Type the contest name, the entries, and who’s judging. A minute, start to finish: no account, nothing installed on a server.

    Jurycoach setup screen: event name and a list of entries with participants
  2. 2.0

    Score, alone.

    Each judge picks a score in private, on the same phone. The moment they confirm it, it’s sealed. Not even they can change it afterwards.

    Jurycoach score-confirmation screen reading 'You chose 9' with a Confirm and seal button
  3. 3.0

    Pass it on.

    A slider hands the phone to the next judge, not a tap, so a scoring screen never gets brushed by accident during the hand-over.

    Jurycoach hand-over screen: 'Pass the phone to Anna' with a slide-to-begin control
  4. 4.0

    Reveal, together.

    Once every judge has sealed a score for that entry, the ranking appears for the first time, for everyone, at once.

    Jurycoach reveal screen showing a ranked list of barbecue entries with points

Every entry gets its own result sheet afterwards: a PDF a participant can keep, showing exactly whose scores made up their total.

Any judged contest, not only food.

Jurycoach doesn’t know what’s on the table. It runs anything judged one number at a time, with your own scale and your own drop rule.

  • Barbecue (KCBS scale)
  • Bake-off
  • Photography club
  • Chili cook-off
  • School science fair
  • Talent show
  • Pie contest
  • Costume contest
  • Pitch competition
Jurycoach reveal screen for a camera club's autumn photography round
A camera club’s autumn round, judged the same way.

Nobody sees a score until everyone has entered one.

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Free. No account. Works before the venue’s wifi does.