The latest articles on DEV Community by Gilad Tal (@giladtal). https://dev.to/giladtal https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4183105%2Fd6976f0d-e2ea-4469-a4dd-4b84780a81fc.jpg https://dev.to/giladtal en Gilad Tal Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:05:59 +0000 https://dev.to/giladtal/i-built-a-voice-controlled-snooker-scorekeeper-for-iphone-2eh2 https://dev.to/giladtal/i-built-a-voice-controlled-snooker-scorekeeper-for-iphone-2eh2 <p>I've played snooker for decades, and for just as long I've been annoyed by the same thing: breaking my focus after every shot to tap a scorekeeping app.</p> <p>So I built <strong>SnookScore</strong>, an iPhone app that keeps score by voice.</p> <p>Say the ball ("red", "pink", "black"), "another" for a repeat, or "miss" and it tracks the frame for you. Fouls, free balls, the endgame color sequence - the full rule set is handled.</p> <p><strong>The hardest parts</strong></p> <ul> <li>The game logic. Snooker scoring has more edge cases than you'd think (foul and a miss, free ball after a snooker, the endgame colors...). Modeling the frame state correctly took the most time.</li> <li>Interpreting voice commands against the current frame state. "Blue" means something different when only the colors remain.</li> </ul> <p>It runs fully offline using Apple's on-device speech recognition, so it works even in a basement club with no signal.</p> <p>I'm an indie maker - I wrote the app myself, with a bit of AI help (and AI helped me polish this post too).</p> <p>Free to download and play, with paid advanced features. Would love feedback from anyone who plays!</p> <p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snookscore-voice-scorekeeper/id6813533974" rel="noopener noreferrer">SnookScore on the App Store</a></p> ios swift showdev