Two tools, two purposes
Scout52 gives you two separate note-taking tools that work alongside each other rather than duplicating. Both are reachable from home screen tiles or the My Notes icon in the bottom navigation bar.
My Notes
Structured, formatted write-ups you want to keep and organise long-term. Rich-text editor with headings, lists, and formatting. Best for detailed scouting observations, player assessments, and anything you'll refer back to.
Quick Notes
Rapid-fire capture for thoughts on the go. Text or voice. Best for pitchside observations, fleeting thoughts during a match, or anything you want to get down in seconds and clean up later.
My Notes
The notes list
Opening My Notes brings you to a list of every saved note, each shown as a card with its title, a text preview, and the date and time it was last updated. At the top, a search bar lets you filter by keyword across all your notes.
Two tabs sit below the search bar — Active Notes and Archived. Active Notes shows everything you're currently using. The Archived tab holds notes you've filed away for reference but no longer need in your main view.
Creating a note
Tap New Note in the top right to open a blank note. You'll see a Note Title field at the top and a full rich-text editor below it.
Rich-text formatting
The editor toolbar gives you everything you need to structure a proper scouting write-up:
The paragraph style dropdown defaults to Normal but lets you convert any line into Heading 1, 2, or 3 — so longer notes can be structured with proper sections, much like a lightweight document editor. The clear formatting button strips all styling back to plain text if you need a clean start.
For a detailed player assessment, use Heading 1 for the player name, Heading 2 for sections like "Technical Qualities", "Physical Profile", and "Character Assessment", and Normal text for your observations underneath each. This makes notes much easier to scan when you return to them weeks later.
Editing an existing note
Tap any note card in the list to open it in the same editor view. Make your changes and they save automatically as you type. Use the back arrow to return to the full notes list.
Quick Notes
Capturing a note
The Quick Notes page shows your saved entries at the top and a text box at the bottom labelled "Type a quick note...". Type your entry and tap Save Note to commit it. Each saved note appears as its own entry with a timestamp underneath.
Voice notes
Tap the Voice Note button (microphone icon) to dictate instead of type. The first time you use it, your device will prompt for microphone access. Voice notes are useful when your hands are busy — walking between pitches, in the car between fixtures, or when you need to capture something without breaking your focus.
Unlike text quick notes, voice recordings can only be deleted, not edited. If you need to amend what was said, delete the voice note and re-record, or copy the key points into a text note.
Note actions
Each quick note has a "..." menu that reveals three actions:
Modify the text of a saved note
Duplicate the note as a new entry
Remove the note permanently
Merging notes
Each quick note has a checkbox on the left. This isn't for marking a note done — it's a selection tool. Tick the boxes on two or more notes and a "Merge Selected Notes" bar appears, letting you combine them into a single entry. Notes merge in chronological order. The originals are replaced by the merged result.
During a match, fire off a series of quick notes as things happen — "good movement third man runs", "weak in the air at corners", "excellent composure under pressure at 1-0 down". After the game, select all of them and merge into one note, then copy that into My Notes as the starting point for your full write-up. Keeps the capture fast and the organisation clean.
Which tool to use when
| Situation | Use |
|---|---|
| Pitchside during a match | Quick Notes — text or voice for rapid capture |
| Writing up a player assessment after a game | My Notes — structured write-up with headings |
| Jotting a reminder about a follow-up call | Quick Notes — fast entry, timestamped |
| Documenting a player's development over a season | My Notes — long-form, organised, archived when done |
| Capturing multiple observations across a fixture | Quick Notes — then merge into one after the game |
| Drafting a scouting report to share | My Notes — rich text, headings, proper structure |
Start taking notes
Both tools are available from your home screen. My Notes for structured write-ups, Quick Notes for everything else.
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