I really like hudl, I enjoy it quite a bit actually. My biggest problem with it is the lack of ability to use with an iPad or mobile devices. I would like to begin creating playbooks with my iPad, but the mobile version doesn’t support it, and opening Hudl through the browser to create a playbook is difficult to say the least. I would just hope that more features are available through the mobile app so that I don’t feel like I am losing functionality while using my iPad. If all features are the same from mobile to browser, this would easily be a 5 start review. But I have run into a lot of frustration with it, so I will leave it at 3.

The app is good and allows you to project your athletic prowess into the world but it is lacking some existing functions that this company has already implemented. When reviewing film on the pc or website version you have many more controls and options such as slow forward and rewind, fast forward and rewind and the ability to zoom. I understand why these functions were removed as they are harder to apply in a smaller form factor like what is needed for a smart phone app, but it makes the app almost insignificant when all you use hudl for is reviewing film.

Uploading videos is spotty at best and doesn’t always finish. I’ve done several test uploads and the last video clip never finishes so on the desktop browser library, it shows the processing running circle. If I don’t have cell service on my iPad and am at a track meet and want to upload my videos once I have WiFi, what is the best way to do that? Also, when I try to replay the video I just took with my athlete for immediate correction before their next attempt, the playback feature is jumpy and I miss some frames during the frame by frame analysis. After trying to drag the scrubber several times, I’m finally able to get the video to the frame I want. If there is a way your developers can increase the frame rate or buffer rate for immediate playback without mobile upload, that would be great.