# PicklePlay — Round robin games made easy

> Round robin games made easy (iPhone/iPad app by Xiayu Xu.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pickleplay/id6794522174 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Xiayu Xu](https://appshunter.io/developer/6772750205)
- Category: Sports, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pickleplay/id6794522174/reviews.md

## What is PicklePlay?

PicklePlay makes organizing pickleball with your friends effortless.

Create an event, share a six-character code, and let the app handle the rest. It
builds every round automatically — balancing teams, rotating sit-outs fairly, and
keeping partners fresh — so you spend your time playing instead of arranging.

ORGANIZE IN SECONDS
• Set the date, courts, and player limit
• Share a join code — nobody has to hunt for accounts
• Invite players by name, with an automatic waitlist when you fill up

FAIR, BALANCED GAMES
• Automatic doubles matchups across all your courts
• Everyone plays about the same number of games
• Avoids repeating the same partners and opponents
• Teams balanced by skill so games stay competitive

SCORES AND STANDINGS
• Any player can enter a score, courtside, in seconds
• Live standings update for everyone instantly
• Final rankings and a personal summary when the event ends

YOUR RATING, YOUR CHOICE
Every player carries an internal 2.00–8.00 skill rating used to balance games. It
lives only in this app and does not affect your official DUPR rating. Prefer to
keep it private? Turn visibility off and other players simply see "Hidden."

FREE, WITH NO ADS
Joining events, playing, entering scores, and following standings are free — and
there are no ads anywhere in PicklePlay, ever. Creating and running events is a
one-time Organizer Unlock purchase. No subscription.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Organizer Unlock | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### v2.0 — 2026-09-04

Medal rounds
Fixed-partner nights can now finish properly. Set the semi-finals from the
night's standings, then the finals — gold between the two winners, bronze
between the two who lost. Seeded from the games actually played.

Fairer gender-balanced games
The gender format now evens up team ratings as well as keeping the matchups
right, so fewer one-sided courts on nights with an uneven mix.

Better ratings early on
Your first few nights no longer swing your rating as sharply, and one bad
session can't drop you to the bottom of the scale. Ratings already recorded are
unchanged.

Latecomers
Organisers can add someone who turns up after the matchups are built. They go
straight in, and the session grows to fit.

Plus refinements to voided matches, live score updates, and the play console.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-03

No release notes.

## More apps by Xiayu Xu

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- [Defend The Last Tower](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/defend-the-last-tower/id6775344539)
- [GotYa Run](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gotya-run/id6777576728)
- [Aurora Harpoon](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aurora-harpoon/id6780296831)
- [Wonder Ragdoll](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wonder-ragdoll/id6787780871)

All apps by Xiayu Xu: https://appshunter.io/developer/6772750205

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*