2 Account & Settings

2.1 Profile

Profile

Your Spectre Stats profile is the foundation of your account. It stores your personal bowling details, display information, and preferences that help the app give you the most relevant experience. You can update your profile at any time from the Account & Settings section.

👤 Viewing and Editing Your Profile

  1. Open Spectre Stats on your device or in your browser.
  2. Tap or click the Account icon — typically found in the bottom navigation bar on mobile or the top-right corner on web.
  3. Select Profile or Edit Profile.
  4. Update any of your details and tap or click Save when you're done.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the exact navigation path to the profile editor on both mobile and web, and the label used (e.g. "Profile", "My Profile", "Edit Profile").

📋 Your Profile Fields

Your profile holds both basic account information and bowling-specific details that are used throughout the app.

Field Description Required
Display Name Your name as it appears throughout the app ✅ Yes
Email Address Used for account login and notifications ✅ Yes
Profile Photo Optional photo or avatar for your account ❌ Optional
Dominant Hand Right-handed or left-handed ❌ Optional
Bowling Style e.g. stroker, tweener, cranker ❌ Optional
Home Bowling Center Your regular house for league or practice ❌ Optional

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the full list of profile fields available in the app, which are required vs. optional, and whether any additional fields exist (e.g. USBC member number, average, date of birth).

✉️ Changing Your Email Address

  1. Go to Account > Profile.
  2. Tap or click your current email address.
  3. Enter your new email address and confirm it.
  4. Tap or click Save.
  5. Check your new inbox for a verification email and click the confirmation link to complete the change.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm whether a re-verification step is required when changing email, and whether users need to enter their current password to make the change.

🔒 Changing Your Password

  1. Go to Account > Profile (or Account > Security).
  2. Tap or click Change Password.
  3. Enter your current password, then your new password twice to confirm.
  4. Tap or click Save.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the exact location of the password change option (Profile vs. a separate Security section) and any password strength requirements.

🖼️ Updating Your Profile Photo

  1. Go to Account > Profile.
  2. Tap or click your current photo or the photo placeholder.
  3. Choose to Take a Photo, Choose from Library (mobile), or Upload an Image (web).
  4. Crop or adjust if prompted, then confirm.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm whether profile photos are supported, accepted file formats, and any size or dimension limits.

☁️ Profile and Spectre Cloud

If your account is linked to Spectre Cloud through your pro shop, some profile information — such as your name and ball data — may be shared between the two systems. Changes made in Spectre Stats may or may not sync back to Spectre Cloud depending on your setup.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm exactly which profile fields sync between Spectre Stats and Spectre Cloud, and whether changes flow in one direction or both.

Tip: Filling in your dominant hand and bowling style helps give context to your performance data — even if these fields are optional, they're worth taking a moment to set up.

2.2 Subscription

Subscription

Spectre Stats offers a free account to get you started, with an optional Pro subscription that unlocks advanced performance tracking, full competition history, and deeper arsenal management tools. You can upgrade, manage, or cancel your subscription at any time.

💎 Free vs. Pro

Feature Free Pro
Competition logging ✅ ✅
Arsenal tracking ✅ ✅
Basic performance stats ✅ ✅
Advanced performance charts ❌ ✅
Full competition history ❌ ✅
Unlimited ball tracking ❌ ✅
Oil pattern performance matching ❌ ✅
Spectre Cloud integration ❌ ✅

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the full free vs. Pro feature breakdown with the Spectre team before publishing. The table above is based on the best available product information and may be incomplete.

💳 Pricing

Spectre Stats Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription. The annual plan offers the best value for bowlers who compete year-round.

Plan Price Best For
Monthly $X.XX USD / month Bowlers who want flexibility
Annual $XX.XX USD / year Year-round league and tournament competitors

⚠️ Verify: Confirm exact pricing for monthly and annual plans, whether a free trial period is offered, and whether Pro is available as part of a bundle with Spectre Cloud for existing pro shop customers.

✨ Upgrading to Pro

On iOS

  1. Open Spectre Stats and go to Account.
  2. Tap Subscription or Upgrade to Pro.
  3. Select your preferred plan — Monthly or Annual.
  4. Confirm your purchase through Apple In-App Purchase.

On Android

  1. Open Spectre Stats and go to Account.
  2. Tap Subscription or Upgrade to Pro.
  3. Select your preferred plan.
  4. Confirm your purchase through Google Play Billing.

On the Web

  1. Sign in at spectrebowling.com and go to Account.
  2. Click Subscription or Upgrade to Pro.
  3. Select your preferred plan and enter your payment details.
  4. Click Subscribe to confirm.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the exact navigation path to the subscription screen on each platform, and whether in-app purchases on iOS and Android are handled natively through Apple/Google or through a third-party payment provider.

❄️ Cancelling Your Subscription

You can cancel your Pro subscription at any time. After cancelling, your account reverts to the free tier at the end of your current billing period — you won't lose access to Pro features immediately.

Cancelled via iOS (App Store)

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Tap your name at the top, then tap Subscriptions.
  3. Find Spectre Stats and tap it.
  4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm.

Cancelled via Android (Google Play)

  1. Open the Google Play Store app.
  2. Tap your profile icon, then go to Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions.
  3. Find Spectre Stats and tap it.
  4. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts.

Cancelled via Web

  1. Sign in at spectrebowling.com and go to Account > Subscription.
  2. Click Cancel Subscription.
  3. Follow the prompts to confirm your cancellation.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the cancellation flow for web-based subscribers, and whether any data is affected or hidden (not deleted) when an account downgrades from Pro to free.

🔄 Reactivating a Cancelled Subscription

Changed your mind? You can reactivate your Pro subscription at any time by returning to Account > Subscription and selecting a plan. If you reactivate before your current billing period ends, your Pro access will continue uninterrupted.

❓ Billing Issues & Refunds

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the support contact method for web billing issues (e.g. email address, in-app support form, or help desk URL).

Tip: If you only bowl during a league season, the monthly plan gives you the flexibility to subscribe during your season and pause when you're done. If you bowl year-round or compete in tournaments regularly, the annual plan is the better value.

2.3 Notification Settings

Notification Settings

Spectre Stats can send you notifications to keep you on top of your competitions, reminders to log sessions, and updates about your account or subscription. You can customize which notifications you receive — and how you receive them — from the Settings section of the app.

🔔 Accessing Notification Settings

  1. Open Spectre Stats and go to Account.
  2. Tap or click Settings or Notification Preferences.
  3. Review the available notification options and toggle each one on or off according to your preference.
  4. Your changes save automatically.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the exact navigation path to notification settings on both mobile and web, and whether settings save automatically or require a manual save action.

📋 Available Notification Types

Notification What It Does Channel
Session Reminders Reminds you to log a session on your scheduled competition days Push / Email
Competition Updates Alerts when a competition record has been updated or synced Push
Performance Milestones Notifies you when you hit a new personal best or average milestone Push
Arsenal Reminders Reminds you to log ball maintenance based on your usage history Push / Email
Spectre Cloud Sync Alerts when new ball or arsenal data syncs in from Spectre Cloud Push
Account & Billing Subscription renewals, payment confirmations, and account changes Email

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the full list of available notification types, which are available as push vs. email vs. both, and whether any notifications are mandatory and cannot be turned off (e.g. billing emails).

📱 Enabling Push Notifications on Your Device

Push notifications are managed at the device level as well as within the app. If you've previously denied notification permissions, you'll need to re-enable them in your device settings.

On iOS

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Scroll down and tap Spectre Stats.
  3. Tap Notifications.
  4. Toggle Allow Notifications on.
  5. Choose your preferred alert style — Lock Screen, Notification Center, and/or Banners.

On Android

  1. Open the Settings app on your Android device.
  2. Go to Apps (or Application Manager) and find Spectre Stats.
  3. Tap Notifications.
  4. Toggle notifications on and adjust your preferences.

Note: If push notifications are disabled at the device level, in-app notification settings won't have any effect for push alerts. Make sure device-level permissions are enabled first.

✉️ Managing Email Notifications

Email notifications — such as session reminders and billing alerts — can be managed from within the app or directly from any notification email you receive.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm whether account and billing emails can be turned off, or whether they are sent regardless of notification preferences.

🔕 Turning Off All Notifications

If you'd prefer not to receive any notifications from Spectre Stats, you can either disable them individually in Account > Notification Preferences, or turn off all app notifications at the device level through your iOS or Android settings as described above.

Note: Turning off all notifications at the device level will also stop billing and account alerts from appearing as push notifications — though these will still be sent to your registered email address.

Tip: Session reminder notifications are one of the most useful features for league bowlers — setting a reminder for your regular league night means you're much less likely to forget to log a session before the details fade from memory.

2.4 Preferences

Preferences

The Preferences section of Spectre Stats lets you tailor the app to match the way you bowl and the way you like to work with data. From units of measurement to default views and display options, these settings make sure the app feels right for you from the moment you open it.

🛠️ Accessing Preferences

  1. Open Spectre Stats and go to Account.
  2. Tap or click Settings or Preferences.
  3. Adjust any settings as needed — changes save automatically.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the exact navigation path to the Preferences section on mobile and web, and whether it is a separate section from Notification Settings or part of the same Settings screen.

📋 Available Preferences

🎳 Bowling Preferences

Setting Options What It Affects
Dominant Hand Right / Left Shot entry defaults and performance context
Bowling Style Stroker / Tweener / Cranker Performance context and stat comparisons
Default Bowling Center Select from saved venues Pre-fills venue when logging a new session
Default Competition Type League / Tournament / Practice Pre-fills competition type when starting a new session

📊 Display Preferences

Setting Options What It Affects
Score Display Running total / Frame-by-frame How scores are shown in session summaries
Average Display Season average / Rolling average / All-time average Which average is shown on your dashboard
Default Chart Range Last 10 sessions / Last 30 days / Current season / All time Default time range shown on performance charts
App Theme System default / Light / Dark Overall app appearance

⚖️ Units & Formats

Setting Options What It Affects
Ball Weight Unit Pounds (lbs) / Kilograms (kg) How ball weight is displayed in your arsenal
Date Format MM/DD/YYYY / DD/MM/YYYY / YYYY-MM-DD How dates appear throughout the app
First Day of Week Sunday / Monday How weekly stats and calendars are displayed

⚠️ Verify: Confirm the full list of available preferences with the Spectre team. The settings above represent the most likely options based on the app's feature set — additional or different settings may exist in the actual app.

🌐 Language

Spectre Stats displays in the language set on your device by default. If multiple languages are supported, you may also be able to set a preferred language directly within the app.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm whether French and Spanish are supported (consistent with Spectre Cloud), and whether language can be set independently within the app or only follows the device language setting.

🔄 Resetting Preferences to Default

If you want to start fresh with the app's default settings, you can reset your preferences without affecting your competition data, arsenal, or account information.

  1. Go to Account > Settings > Preferences.
  2. Scroll to the bottom and tap or click Reset to Defaults.
  3. Confirm when prompted — your preferences will revert to the original app defaults.

⚠️ Verify: Confirm whether a "Reset to Defaults" option exists for preferences, and clarify that this action does not affect competition history, arsenal data, or account settings.

Tip: Setting your default bowling center and competition type saves time every time you start a new session — the fewer fields you have to fill in at the lanes, the faster you can get back to bowling.