BoulesDay — tournament leader's app for jeu de boules

Who it's for

For anyone running a tournament — at a club, an allotment with jeu de boules lanes, a holiday park or campsite, a community hall, a company outing, a family day, an anniversary. Or just with the neighbours on a Saturday.

BoulesDay is built for one-day tournaments — no multi-day competitions, no federation licence required.

iPad best experience, especially in landscape (iPadOS 17+)
iPhone for on the go and quick score corrections (iOS 17+)
Mac runs as an iPad app on Apple Silicon Macs (not built for macOS)

What it does

Set up the tournament Name, date, lanes, teams and rounds — in a short wizard.
Player names and times Two players per team, or three for triplette. Start times and breaks as you like.
Generate the schedule Random draw, lanes spread evenly, no repeat pairings.
Enter scores Up to 13, no draws. Standings update straight away.
Final standings Podium, full standings and all match results — as soon as the last score is in.
Print or share Schedule, scorecards, standings and final results — as A4 or PDF.

What it solves

No spreadsheets to build before the tournament starts. No paper schedule getting lost on the table. No manual draw and crossed fingers that no one plays the same opponent twice. No calculator for the final results.

One device, the whole tournament.

About the schedule

The app draws each round randomly, spreads the lanes evenly and keeps a few rules in mind.

Two teams never meet twice in the same tournament.
Different lane types (indoor, outdoor, covered) — teams are spread evenly across the types.
With an odd number of teams, one team has a free round each round. It counts as a won match with the score 13–6 — per NJBB art. 31.6.
If lanes are tight, some teams wait a round. That waiting doesn't count in the standings and is shared evenly.
Every draw is different — regenerate to get a new layout.

What it costs

Free
No account
No ads
No data collected

iCloud syncs your tournaments between your own Apple devices. Nothing goes to third parties. Apple confirms this on the App Store page. Works offline during the tournament — only syncing needs the internet.

What version 1 doesn't (yet) do

Mêlée tournaments
Swiss system
Multi-day tournaments
Member administration
Android version

Version 1 does fixed teams and a randomly drawn schedule. The rest may follow, depending on what tournament leaders need.

Who makes it

I'm René Geerlings. In my spare time tournament leader at ATV Loolaan in The Hague, an allotment complex with jeu de boules lanes.

I built BoulesDay because I couldn't find a good fit for the tournament days I run myself. No team behind it, no business model. An app I use every season myself.

— René

Contact and feedback

Feedback is welcome — what works, what doesn't, what's missing.

geerlings.apps@icloud.com

Want to stay in the loop? Email me with "keep me posted" as the subject. No form, no list unless you ask for it.

A calm tournament day, run from your iPad.