The Sideline gives non-fans quick sports pop culture talking points before they walk into the room.
iPhone · Sports briefing · No account required
Download on the App StoreFast, finite, source-cited briefings for people who do not want a sports app.
A daily national briefing with broad, witty sports stories that can work in almost any room.
Every talking point includes a source headline and link, so you can check the original reporting in one tap.
The app keeps the last successful briefing on-device, so you are not stuck if the elevator has no signal.
Office Watercooler, Date Night, Sports Talk for Moms, Cocktail Party, and Local Team.
Morning, midday, and evening refreshes for when the sports world moves faster than your group chat.
Personalized conversation fuel for the teams people around you actually care about.
The Sideline does not need your email, contacts, comments, or follows. The app fetches cached briefings and uses RevenueCat only for Pro entitlement status.
Privacy Policy →What it is, what it is not, and how it works.
Sports can be a social language. The Sideline is for people who do not speak it fluently but still want to feel included at work, at dinner, with family, or at a party.
Open the app, read one short briefing, remember one line, and ask one good question. That is the whole product.
Not a scores app. No leaderboards, standings, box scores, or fantasy tools.
Not a news reader. The app frames conversation points and links to the original source. It does not reproduce full articles.
Not for die-hard fans. If you already have 4 sports podcasts, you probably do not need this. That is fine.
| Platform | iOS 17+ |
| Language | SwiftUI with Swift 6 settings |
| Backend | Supabase Edge Functions and Postgres |
| AI | Gemini server-side generation from curated RSS sources |
| Purchases | RevenueCat with local Pro gating |
| Privacy | No accounts, no social graph, no user-generated feed |
Finite by design. You are supposed to finish the briefing. If it becomes an endless feed, it missed the point.
Plain language first. The model writes for a person walking into a room, not for a sports desk.
Source-cited trust. Every bullet keeps a visible source link because confidence should be checkable.
Free Cocktail Party briefing. The Sideline Pro unlocks all contexts, 3 daily refreshes, and Local Team.
Download on the App Store