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Every match ends the same way: someone enters the score, the other side validates.

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Entering

The wizard asks for the score set by set, in the format of that sport — tennis does not score like volleyball, and Matchely already knows that. Besides a normal score, you can record:
  • Retired — someone stopped midway; say who won and the sets up to then
  • Walkover — one side did not show up (competition matches only)
A match already entered can be sent back to pending if the score is wrong.

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Validating

Your opponent gets an alert and validates it. Validation is what makes the match count.
A friendly not validated within 7 days is deleted. It does not become an eternal pending item and there is no administrator to settle it — if the window passes, the match simply stops existing and nobody scores.
Nothing counts before validation. Level, ranking, history, and head-to-head all wait for your opponent to confirm — which is why the match can be deleted at the end of the deadline without leaving anything behind. Once validated, a friendly is worth even more with your own photo or video attached (a YouTube link does not count).

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In a competition match

Players enter results while the round is open. The organizer can edit a result at any time while the round is open — there is no formal dispute flow: if the two sides disagree, the organizer is the one who adjusts it.
When a round closes, matches still pending become cancelled. It is not an automatic walkover, and nobody scores from them. Rescheduling is the organizer’s call.

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When the match starts to count: rate who played with you

Rating the people who played with you — your opponent and, in doubles, your partner too — opens one person at a time, on the same screen.
On a friendly it only opens after validation. While your opponent has not confirmed, the match can still be edited or deleted, so Matchely neither asks for a rating nor accepts a photo yet. In a competition match, which counts as soon as the score is final, the rating opens right away.

One star already counts as an answer. Highlights and what could improve only show up after it, and are optional.

  • One star is enough. Pick the overall level and tap Send; the Highlights and Could improve chips (up to 3 each) are a bonus.
  • It is anonymous. The person you rated never sees your score: it only moves their number once six ratings from different players have arrived.
  • Skip does not mean “never”: the request stays for 14 days. Meanwhile a card on the home screen reminds you — with Not now to postpone and Don’t rate this match to close it for good — and the match page shows a Rate who played button.

The card that stays on the home screen while there is someone left to rate.

If you don’t rate in the app, you get at most two reminder emails (one day and five days after the match), with a link that opens the rating directly. Every email carries the unsubscribe link — one click.

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And to finish, Matchely itself

After you rate someone, every now and then Matchely asks how using the app is going: 👍 or 👎, one tap.

The final question, separate from the score you gave the players.

Answer Could be better and a field opens for you to say what got in the way — the text goes straight to the team. This question never mixes with the player ratings, never shows up on your first rating, and does not come back for 90 days, even if you skip it.
Rating who played is what feeds your rating — in batches of six, anonymously. The question about the app goes into no number at all.

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Next: “Match registered!”

With the score saved, Matchely opens the Match registered! screen — after the rating, when that came first. Where the match already accepts media, this screen asks for the photo before the sharing, on purpose: that is the moment everyone is still around.

The screen that opens as soon as the score is saved: the photo comes before the sharing. On a phone there is also Take a photo.

Pick the photos and move on: they upload in the background, with a counter of how many were sent, and you can close the screen without stopping the upload. Below sit Share via WhatsApp, Copy link and — where the device has native sharing — Share. Done closes it without any of that.
The photo step only shows up once the match accepts media: played on court (a normal score or a retirement) and, if it is a friendly, already validated by your opponent. In a walkover or a still-pending friendly the screen goes straight to sharing, and the link points to the app rather than to a public page. On a friendly, then, the gallery opens when the validation arrives — the photos wait for it.

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Photos and videos

Every played match has its own gallery, in the Photos and videos section of the match page. With at least one item, the media moves to the top of the page, above the score — and the cover also shows on the card under My matches, on the Photos tab of every player who was in it, and in the match chat.

With no photo, the section invites whoever played to add theirs.

Under Add you choose:
  • Take a photo — opens the camera there and then. It only shows up on a phone; on a computer the option does not exist.
  • Choose from library — several at once, photos and videos mixed.
  • YouTube link — paste the video address and it joins the gallery.

On a computer the menu offers two options; on a phone, Take a photo as well.

The thumbnail shows immediately, with the progress of each upload, and the upload keeps going even if you leave the screen. Each match takes up to 25 items in total — photos, videos and links together.
Photos up to 10 MB. Videos up to 2 minutes — 5 minutes with PRO: Matchely compresses the video on your device before uploading, and if it’s longer you pick the clip that goes in. On an older browser, which cannot compress, the cap drops to 1 minute and 50 MB.
Tap a photo to open it full screen: swipe for the others, pinch to zoom, double-tap to zoom in at once. Videos and YouTube links play right there. Whoever uploaded an item can delete their own. If something there is inappropriate, write to socialmedia@matchely.com. Who can add: only the players of the match and the competition’s organizers — and only after the match was played on court: a walkover takes no media, and a friendly only takes it once validated. Anyone signed in can view.
Your own photo or video raises the ranking value of a validated friendly — it is the evidence that the match happened. A YouTube link does not count for this (anyone can paste somebody else’s video), and in a competition match media does not change the points.

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Sharing the result

On the match page, Share result builds a card with the score, the players and the cover photo and opens your device’s share sheet — you pick where it goes. The link points to the match’s page on matchely.com, with the score, the players, the sets and the photos. The button belongs to whoever played and to whoever runs the competition, on a match finished on court, and it shows up where the device has native sharing — in practice, on a phone.
The public page only exists if you want it to. The first time you share, Matchely asks in Make this match visible? — without that yes, nothing is shared and nobody outside sees the match. Once you say yes, the match is reachable by anyone with the link, with no account needed.
If the match belongs to a competition, the link from “Match registered!” goes to the competition’s page, not to the match’s. In the full-screen viewer, Share photo sends one specific photo.