1. Open in Safari
In Safari, go to tickrdash.com and sign in to your account.
Setup guide
Use an iPad as an always-on sports scoreboard
On iPhone and iPad, TickrDash is a web app: nothing to download from the App Store and nothing to keep updated. Add it to the home screen from Safari and it opens full-screen, exactly like an app.
What you need
- An iPad or iPhone with Safari. Any iPad that still runs a current version of Safari can show the board — there is no app to download and nothing to keep updated.
- A TickrDash account. Sign in with Google, Apple or Microsoft. Settings and subscription follow your email address, so use the same account on every screen.
- Two minutes. Adding a site to the home screen is four taps, and picking your teams takes longer than the install does.
Add TickrDash to your home screen
TickrDash runs as a web app on iOS — add it to your home screen and it opens full-screen, just like an app.
2. Tap Share
Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow pointing up) in Safari’s toolbar.
3. Add to Home Screen
Scroll down the share sheet, tap Add to Home Screen, then tap Add.
4. Launch from the Icon
Open TickrDash from your home screen. It runs full-screen without the browser bars and asks iOS to keep your screen awake while the ticker is showing.
Heads-up: Auto-Lock can still turn the display off. TickrDash asks iOS to keep the screen awake while the ticker is showing, but if Auto-Lock is enabled on your iPhone or iPad, iOS may still lock the screen. To keep the ticker on, open Settings → Display & Brightness → Auto-Lock and choose Never (you can switch it back when you’re done). Low Power Mode also forces a 30-second Auto-Lock, so turn it off for extended viewing.
With that done, open the control panel — on the iPad itself or from your phone — and choose what the board shows: leagues, the teams you follow, conference and division standings, weather for your ZIP codes, stock quotes and market indices, golf, tennis and F1. The screen updates as soon as you save, with no restart, and scores refresh while games are live, typically within a minute of the action.
Best spots for an always-on iPad
A tablet is a close-range screen. It works best where someone passes every few minutes, rather than across a room.
01
The kitchen counter
The classic. Propped beside the toaster it is close enough to read one full game card at a time, and small enough that nobody minds it being on all evening. Weather by ZIP code earns its place here more than anywhere else in the house.
02
Beside the monitor
An iPad on a stand next to your desk keeps scores, stock quotes and market indices off your main screen and out of your browser tabs, which is the point of a dedicated dash in the first place.
03
The workshop, garage or bar cart
Anywhere you want a glance rather than a session. Plug it in, leave it on the rotation, and it tells you when your team scores without you unlocking anything.
If the room calls for a screen you read from ten feet away, a TV is the better tool — the Android TV guide covers that setup, and the setup hub compares all of them side by side.
Use an old iPad as a dedicated scoreboard
The tablet in the drawer is the cheapest scoreboard in the house, and because TickrDash is a web app on iOS, an older one does not need to install anything to run it.
What matters
Only that it still runs a current version of Safari and can stay on Wi-Fi. There is no download, no storage to free up and no app version to keep current — the board that loads on an old iPad is the same one that loads on a new one.
Set it up for the long haul
Leave it on the charger, set Auto-Lock to Never and turn Low Power Mode off, then drop the brightness a little; an always-on screen at full brightness is harder on both the panel and the room than it needs to be.
If it will not add to the home screen
Open tickrdash.com in Safari and simply leave the tab open. You lose the full-screen launch, not the ticker — any device with a modern browser can run the board that way.
One account, every screen
Sign the old iPad in with the same account as everything else. Your teams, layouts and subscription follow your email address, so the board you set up on one screen is the board you get on the next.
League and competition names are used here only to describe what the app shows. TickrDash is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any league, team or governing body.
Look up. Stay ahead.
See it running before you sign up — the demo is the real product (with non-live data).