DugoutIQ has your league's rules built in. Tell it who showed up and it builds a fair, rule-compliant lineup in seconds, tracks every pitch, and catches a bad swap before the umpire does.
The Sunday night spreadsheet
Did Tyler sit last game or the game before? Did Mia throw 46 pitches on Saturday, or 48? One wrong cell means an ineligible pitcher, a forfeit in front of twelve families, or a kid who didn't get a fair shot.
The rules are good. They protect kids' arms and playing time. Keeping track of them just shouldn't fall on a volunteer at the kitchen table.
You coach because you love the game, not the spreadsheet.
| Player | Inn 1 | Inn 2 | Inn 3 | Inn 4 | Inn 5 | Inn 6 | Pitches Sat? | Rest OK? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mia R. | P | P | SS | SS | 1B | 1B | 46?? or 48 | ??? |
| Tyler W. | BN | BN | LF | LF | CF | CF | 0 | sat 2 in a row |
| J. Garcia | C | C | C | C | P | P | — | catcher then P? |
| A. Chen | 1B | 1B | P | P | BN | SS | 22 | ok i think |
See it work
It's Tuesday, game day. Tap a pitcher to see what DugoutIQ would tell you. It runs the Little League rest-day math for ages 11–12 from each arm's last outing.
What it does
Rules run as logic every time you build or change a lineup, not as a PDF you're supposed to have memorized.
Set your league's rules once. DugoutIQ builds the whole lineup with bench rotation, position requirements, minimum play and catcher-pitcher limits already handled. Swap anyone you like; if a swap breaks a rule, it tells you why.
Log pitches live. Age-based limits and required rest days are calculated for you, with a warning as an arm gets close to the next rest-day tier.
Innings and positions are tracked across the season, so you can answer a parent with real data.
Everything runs on your phone. No Wi-Fi, no signal, no problem. It syncs when you're back online.
A drill library organized by skill and age, with one-tap practice plans. No more Googling "drills for 8-year-olds" at 6 AM.
Fair, legal lineups without the Sunday night session.
The app knows the rules. You confirm and go.
Fewer playing-time disputes, and proof when one comes up.
Rulesets for more formats are on the way.
Where it stands
Why I built it
"I built the app I wish I'd had for the last fifteen years. Fifteen years of Sunday nights. It's time to give them back."
I've coached youth sports, travel ball and high school for more than fifteen years. The coaching was never the hard part. The compliance was.
Then came a tournament where another team ignored bench rotation and position rules, and it came back to bite us. I walked away sure there had to be a better way. I didn't want a better spreadsheet. I wanted something that knows the rules and won't let you break them, even by accident.
GameChanger records what happened. DugoutIQ makes sure what's about to happen is legal.
Join the beta
DugoutIQ is in beta on iPhone through TestFlight. Leave your email and we'll send you an invite.