Fairness & efficiency are not optional.
Ditch the paper, spreadsheets and laptops. LiveJudge™ turns your judges’ phones into scoring terminals and your fans’ phones into voting machines and real-time leader boards.
3X
Faster than paper/laptop judging
100%
Math & statistical accuracy
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Downloads required
This is the Judge’s Seat
JUDGING INTERFACE
Not a mock-up — the actual scoring screens your judges will use. Your custom rubric becomes an intuitive 10-point scale with exact element weighting, in increments of 1, 0.5, 0.25, or 0.1.
Slider Mode: Precise and deliberate scoring after each performance
Heads-Up Mode: Up to 4 large tap buttons to decrement the score while looking up. Never miss a moment!
Switch Modes: Judges can switch modes on the fly at any time
One Scale. No Confusion: You can add any number of evaluation criteria to a judged element so judges have a road map while scoring.
We handle most any individual or entry-based event
WORKS WITH
If it involves judging, fan voting, or both — LiveJudge runs it.
CUSTOM EXPERIENCE
A custom, branded experience for every event - no matter the type.
Your event gets its own dedicated landing screen and a unique QR code —making it effortless for fans, judges, and contestants to find everything from their phones the moment they arrive.
Spectators: View live scores, vote on ballots, browse competitors & entries
Contestants: Self-register for classes, manage entries, customize your profile
Judges: Sign in with your mobile phone and start scoring in seconds
Messaging: Admins can text message judges and contestants.
Entry Tags: Admins can print QR sheets for instant access for judges or voting fans
No Fancy Equipment: No networks. No cables. Judges, contestants and fans use their own devices!
CONTEST HOSTS
No matter the contest type, LiveJudge scores big.
Thanks for a great piece of software! Our IRCHA Cup series needed a standardized way to judge and score events — LiveJudge was the answer.
The LiveJudge platform was essential to ensuring a smooth and engaging experience for both our judges and participants.
LiveJudge was a game-changer for our live voting! Our fans and pilots loved the jet photos and specs.
Simple tools for complex —or simple—events
PRECISE. FLEXIBLE. FAST.
Whether it's a small local car show, a bodybuilding contest, or a multi-class regional dance championship, the dashboard puts everything in one place with no learning curve. In TWO MINUTES, you will go from sign-in to testing your first event.
Custom Everything: Complex or simple rubrics with custom classes, elements, standards and weighting.
Combine Judging & Fan Voting: Create custom “composite” classes that have any combination of subordinate classes and voting ballots, each with custom weighting.
Freestyle & K-Factors: Handle rulebook freestyle elements with ease. Built-in library with K-factors and descriptions. Contestants pick from a simple screen and everything just works.
Contestant Registration: Host invitational or self-registration events (or combinations)
Communication: Send text messages to judges and contestants in bulk or individually
White Label Option: Organizations that run events regionally or nationally can white label the entire platform for a fully bespoke feel.
Fairness is not optional.
LiveJudge honors your scoring methodology exactly. Choose how results are normalized and scaled for maximum fairness — regardless of how strict or lenient individual judges are. Try it →
- Normalize to kill bias — raw average, high/low drop, Z‑score and Olympic‑Z
- Scaling for uniformity — absolute (1–100) or top‑pinning (winner always gets 1,000)
- Multi-round scoring — sum or average across rounds
- Guaranteed advancement — top X contestants advance after round Y
- Round & judge assignments — multiple judges per round, head-judge designation
Every opinion counts equally. Fine when judges are calibrated — but Judge 4 grades everyone hard, and drags this contestant down with them.
Happy contestants are return contestants
CONTESTANTS
If competitors think your scoring is unfair, slow, or clunky, your event's reputation suffers. LiveJudge was designed for contestants of every type.
Entries: Contestants can easily add entries on the fly or you can enter them from your admin console. Once entered into the system, a contestant’s entries can be used in any event hosted on the system.
Easy Registration: Contestants can self-register for competition classes and voting ballots.
Invite-Only: You can close self-registration and either import or add contestants individually.
Individual Events: Individual events (no entries) are even simpler.
Handles Team Registration: Teams can register as individual athletes (and then combine to form a team) if they are to be scored individually. Or, teams can register as a single unit.
Print entry tags with optional QR codes
SCAN. VOTE. JUDGE.
Give judges and fans the fastest path to any entry. Print tags with QR codes that instantly open scoring or voting views for that specific entry — no searching required.
Judge Scan: Judges scan a tag and jump straight to the scoring screen for that competitor.
Spectators: Spectators (and fellow contestants if you allow) can scan the voting QR code to cast their ballots.
Automatic Numbering: LiveJudge will automatically number your contestants and let you print entire batches or single sheets.
Branded: Entry tags bear your event logo.
- Contestants print from their phone. One tap on their entry produces the official sheet — no lines at the admin table, no waiting for handouts.
- Admins print anything, anytime. Any contestant, any class, any round — printed on-site in seconds.
- Full scoring export. Admins download the complete scoring detail for the entire event: every judge, every element, every score.
30 years of creating software that solves real problems.
BEHIND THE SCREENS
I'm a serial software entrepreneur with a thirty-plus-year track record of starting companies, growing them, and seeing them through. My pattern is simple: I run into a problem the existing tools can't solve, so I build the platform that does — then turn it into a business other people can use.
I did not set out to create LiveJudge™ for public use. I created it to handle the complex judging at my nonprofit event — HeliStorm® — the world’s largest scale radio control helicopter event on the grounds of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. It worked so well, that my team spent the next year building in features that no other mobile platform of its kind has.
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Michael Kranitz, Founder & CEO of LiveJudge.com
When you understand the concept, you will appreciate the power.
THE BIG FLEX
- Unlimited events & contestants
- All judging & normalization methods
- Fan voting with sponsored ballots
- QR codes & printable entry tags
- SMS login (no passwords)
- Text messaging to judges & contestants
- White-label option available
- We'll convert your paper scoresheet free
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
The stuff swirling around your brain right now
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NO! LiveJudge is a web app optimized for mobile use. Spectators, contestants and judges simply scan a QR code (or a link you share) and they are in!
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Getting started is simple. Just click the “Open App” button at the top or bottom of the page.
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No problem. We don’t use passwords! Judges and contestants log in by entering their mobile phone number. We text them a code and they are in!
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Sure! Even though the system is easy to use, we will help you power up your current system (whether paper or on computer).
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Every feature is free for any event you set up in LiveJudge before September 1, 2026 — even if the event runs later. After that, pricing is a simple per-contestant, pay-as-you-go system. No subscriptions. No user admin fees. All features, all the time.
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You can add contestants one-by-one, import contestants in bulk, or publish a link and QR code for contestants to use to enter competition classes and voting ballots you are offering. Contestants can also just access LiveJudge.com from their mobile devices and find your event.
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Absolutely! Schedule a one-on-one conversation by visiting https://calendar.livejudge.com.
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LiveJudge™ is a lightweight mobile app that passes low volumes of data so your experience should be fine with normal 5G or WiFi connectivity at your venue. That said, if you are worried about connectivity, consider using Starlink to create WiFi hotspots virtually. At a low purchase price (usually under $250), Starlink gives you gig speed in remote locations almost anywhere in the world. Our clients have used Starlink in places like “the middle of nowhere Georgia” with great success. You can suspend your monthly subscription whenever and turn it back on just as quickly. If you are worried about connectivity, check it out.