Beacon Bluetooth Check-In

Let nearby players find and join your tournament from the Scoreholio app.

Beacon lets players at your event find a nearby tournament and join from their own phone. Organizers turn on Broadcasting in Nearby Check-In, and players use Find Nearby on the Home screen.

Join as a player

1. On the Scoreholio Home screen, tap Find Nearby near the top left.

2. Tap Allow Nearby Access if this is your first time using it, and allow the phone permissions requested for Bluetooth.

3. Tap the nearby indicator to see broadcasting tournaments.

4. Tap Join beside your tournament and confirm Join in the prompt.

Scoreholio Home screen showing the Find Nearby button

Start with Find Nearby.

Allow Nearby Access explanation in Scoreholio

Allow nearby access if asked.

Nearby Tournaments sheet with a Join button

Choose the tournament from the nearby list.

Confirmation prompt to join the nearby tournament

Confirm Join.

If you don't see the tournament, make sure you're near the event, Bluetooth is on, and the organizer has turned on Broadcasting. On Android, allow location access if the phone requests it for Bluetooth scanning. Ask the organizer to check Nearby Check-In.

Before you turn on Beacon

Tournament must be public

Beacon can broadcast a Public tournament. If the event is Private, change its visibility to Public in the tournament settings, then return to Nearby Check-In and turn on Broadcasting.

Broadcasting message explaining that a Private tournament must be made Public

If you see this message, change the tournament to Public and try again.

What happens when a player joins?

Player before using Beacon	Auto Check-In ON	Auto Check-In OFF
Already in Pre-Registration	Checked in immediately.	Added to the Join Queue on the Checkin page. Tap the player to check them in.
Not in Pre-Registration	Checked in immediately.	Added to the Join Queue on the Checkin page. Tap the player to check them in.

When Auto Check-In is off, every player waits in the Join Queue, including players already in Pre-Registration. Beacon does not add players to Pre-Registration.

Join Queue showing one player waiting

Open Join Queue when a player appears.

Confirmation that the player's team was added

After you add the player, the team count updates.

Turn on Beacon as an organizer

1. Open Run a Tournament and select your tournament.

2. Tap Checkin. On the Scan screen, tap the broadcast icon above Manual Add.

3. In Nearby Check-In, turn on Broadcasting.

Tournament Scan screen with the Beacon icon lit green

The green Beacon icon shows that Broadcasting is on.

Nearby Check-In screen with Broadcasting enabled and Auto Check-In setting

Turn on Broadcasting to make the tournament visible nearby.

Using a Quick Tournament?

In the Players step of the Quick Tournament Wizard, turn on Broadcasting so nearby players can find and join. Allow the app to use Bluetooth if your phone asks.

Quick Tournament Wizard Players step showing the Broadcasting switch

Broadcasting is in the Players step.

iPhone Bluetooth permission prompt for Scoreholio

Allow Bluetooth when prompted.

Beacon is for joining a nearby event. You can still use pre-registration, QR scan, or manual player entry.