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Judging Software for Competitions

Run any judged competition without the paper and spreadsheets. Add your judges, set your scoring criteria, and share private links — everyone scores from their phone and the leaderboard updates live. Free to start, no judge logins required.

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No logins for judges

Each judge gets a personal link to their scorecard. One click and they're ready to score—no passwords to remember.

Scores tallied automatically

No more spreadsheets or manual calculations. Scores are summed or averaged instantly as judges submit.

Engage your audience

Display live results on big screens or streams. Spectators follow along in real-time as scores come in.

Five minutes to setup

Create, customize, and share your tracking solution in minutes. Start measuring what matters with minimal effort.

Budget-friendly pricing

High-quality scoring solutions that won't break the bank. Our flexible plans accommodate teams of any size.

Fully customizable

Personalize with team colors, logos, and backgrounds for a polished look that matches your brand or event.

Talent shows & performing arts

Score singers, dancers, and acts on a panel while the audience follows a live leaderboard. The #1 ScoreJudge use case.

Feature screenshot: Judges scoring a talent show performance with a live leaderboard

Dance competitions

Score routines on technique, performance, and choreography with per-criterion points, and drop the paper scoresheets for good.

Feature screenshot: Dance competition judging panel scoring routines on tablets

Pageants

Private judge links, per-category maximums, and an instant winner — no back-room tally between rounds.

Feature screenshot: Pageant judges scoring contestants across categories

Hackathons

Give each judge a link and each criterion its own points, and watch the leaderboard fill in during demos instead of wrestling a spreadsheet.

Feature screenshot: Hackathon judges scoring project demos on their phones

Car shows

Score every vehicle on paint, engine, and presentation from the field, and run a people's-choice vote alongside the judged classes.

Feature screenshot: Car show judges scoring a classic car with a live leaderboard

Cook-offs & food contests

Judge chili, BBQ, and bake-offs blind on aroma, taste, and texture — with a crowd vote for people's choice.

Feature screenshot: Judges scoring chili at a cook-off with a live leaderboard

Costume contests

Score costumes on creativity and craftsmanship, and let the whole room vote for a people's-choice winner from their phones.

Feature screenshot: Judges scoring a costume contest with a live leaderboard

Gymnastics & cheer

Score routines with difficulty and execution, custom per-apparatus criteria, and a live leaderboard for club and school meets.

Feature screenshot: Gymnastics judges scoring a routine on the balance beam

Science fairs

Assign judges to projects, score against a shared rubric at their own pace, and rank the results without a spreadsheet.

Feature screenshot: Science fair judges reviewing student project boards

Features

Multiple judges, one panel

Add as many judges as your competition needs. Each scores independently and the results combine automatically — no spreadsheet merge.

Custom criteria & points

Score on whatever your competition cares about, and give each criterion its own maximum so technique can outweigh presentation.

Private judge links — no login

Every judge gets a private link and scores on their own phone or tablet. No app install, no account creation.

Live public leaderboard

A shareable, full-screen leaderboard that updates in real time on a venue screen or the audience's phones.

Drop high & low scores

Cancel out an outlier judge automatically by dropping the highest and lowest score per entry — standard practice in many federations.

Panel, ranked & audience modes

Run a jury panel, a drag-to-rank vote, or an <a href="/audience-voting/">audience vote</a> — or combine a judged result with a people's-choice award.

Works on any device

Judges and audiences join from any phone, tablet, or laptop in any browser. Nothing to download.

Scales from a club night to a championship

The free plan covers small events with up to 25 voters; paid plans add more judges, more entries, and custom branding for larger competitions.

Judging software — FAQ

The best judging software depends on your event, but the essentials are the same: multiple judges scoring on shared, weighted criteria; private judge links with no login; a live leaderboard; and a real free plan so a small event isn't paying per-competition fees. ScoreJudge covers all of these and works for everything from talent shows to car shows.

Yes. ScoreJudge has a free plan that runs small competitions end-to-end — judges score from their phones, the leaderboard updates live, and there are no per-event fees. Larger events with more judges, entries, and custom branding can upgrade to a paid plan. See the pricing page for details.

Look for multi-judge scoring, custom criteria with per-criterion points, private judge links that need no account, a genuinely live public leaderboard, the option to drop the highest and lowest score per entry, and a per-judge breakdown you can review if a placement is contested.

Yes. Each judge opens a private link on their own device and starts scoring — no app install and no sign-up. That's what makes it practical to hand a panel of guest judges a link minutes before the event starts.

Yes. Alongside the judges' panel you can open an audience vote so spectators pick a people's-choice winner from their phones, and hand out both a judged award and a crowd award at the same event.

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4.7
Trusted by 2,419 organizers