PickleUp vs The WHAC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PickleUp
Find and organize pickleball gatherings in your preferred locations. Easily respond to invitations and manage conversations without cluttering your inbox. A portion of each purchase supports the Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation.
- Location-based gathering notifications
- Simple RSVP system (Yes, No, Maybe)
- Organized conversation management
- Supports multiple devices
- Charitable contributions with purchase
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Do you like to play pickleball but don't know where to go? Are you tired of receiving multiple emails and text messages not related to organizing a pickleball gathering? PickleUp was designed to solve these issues! Select the locations that you want to be notified when someone is trying to organize a pickleball gathering. Simply answer Yes, No, or Maybe as to whether you will be attending. Review comments and responses at your convenience without marking as Do Not Disturb, selecting to Leave Conversation, or filling your inbox. For every purchase of PickleUp, KeySys will contribute to the Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation to help cover expenses of vital programs and services that are not reimbursed through insurance. These gifts help Children’s of Alabama maintain the quality of the healthcare provided to our region’s most ill and critically injured children, and also provide support for pediatric research and education. PickleUp offers a premium version for a one-time payment of $1.99. The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This is a one-time purchase, after which your account will have permanent access to all features of PickleUp. This purchase is transferable between devices, so the user will have access to premium features regardless of which device the application is running on.
The WHAC
This app allows members of a health and fitness club to stay connected with club offerings. Users can view, register for, and pay for programs, check into facilities, and schedule activities directly to their calendar.
- View club programs
- Register for programs
- Pay for programs
- Facility check-in
- Schedule activities
- Add to calendar
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West Hills Athletic Club is Kalamazoo’s full-service health and fitness club owned by Western Michigan University. Our facility’s services include personal training, fitness center, group exer- cise, tennis programs, pickleball, pilates, massage, and on-site childcare. Our mission to help our members and guests achieve their health, fitness, and tennis goals in a welcoming atmosphere by providing the best personnel, programs, equipment, and facilities a health club in Midwest Michigan can provide. Download the app and stay connected to the latest West Hills has to offer. View, register and pay for programs, check-in to the facilities, schedule activities directly to your calendar, all with a click of your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The WHAC at none against PickleUp's 1. PickleUp's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PickleUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The WHAC asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for PickleUp against 1.0 for The WHAC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of PickleUp's written reviews are positive against 0% of The WHAC's.
PickleUp ships an update fortnightly, The WHAC every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PickleUp | The WHAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KeySys Consulting, Inc. | Western Michigan University |
Customer experience
PickleUp
The WHAC
In-app purchases
PickleUp
- PickleUp Premium$1.99
The WHAC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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