Comparison

VBall vs Pickled

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

VBall

Experience the thrill of beach volleyball with cute characters and intuitive controls. Engage in 2-on-2 matches, master techniques, and compete in various game modes. Enjoy a premium arcade experience with no interruptions.

Highlights
  • Stylish graphics and responsive controls
  • 6 teams with unique stats
  • Custom Match, Tournament, and Practice modes
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • No ads or in-app purchases
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Dive into the fun of beach volleyball! Play exciting 2-on-2 matches with cute girls, smooth controls, and vibrant seaside vibes. Master the basics, rise through the ranks, and enjoy pure arcade action! Features: • Stylish graphics and easy, responsive controls • 6 teams with distinct stats • 3 game modes: Custom Match, Tournament, and Practice • Multiple difficulty levels for all skill types • 100% premium experience — no ads, no in-app purchases Serve, spike, and score your way to victory!

About

Pickled

Features
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Learn real pickleball by playing it. Pickled is a pickleball trainer disguised as a game. Whether you have never held a paddle or you want to sharpen your court sense, Pickled teaches the real rules and real skills of America's fastest-growing sport — one rally at a time. LEARN THE GAME, ONE SKILL AT A TIME Five short guided lessons each teach exactly one thing: • Serve School — land diagonal serves in the service box • Bounce & Return — master the two-bounce rule with WAIT and HIT! cues right on the court • Soft Dinks — drop touch shots into the kitchen • Kitchen Rule — volley without stepping into the non-volley zone • Keep the Rally — put it all together with a friendly partner A coach watches every rally. When a rule ends a point, it explains what happened in plain language — so every mistake teaches you something. PLAY LIKE YOU'RE ON THE COURT See the game from behind your paddle: the ball arcs over a real net, bounces where you can see it, and every incoming shot shows you exactly where it will land. Move to the marker and your paddle swings automatically — and only when it's legal. Swipe to aim: left and right for placement, gentle for dinks, hard for drives, long for lobs. REAL PICKLEBALL, FOR REAL • Official side-out scoring to 11, win by two, with referee-style score calls before every serve • Doubles with full two-server rotation • Serving with real risk: paint the corners and you might fault, exactly like on the court • Line calls measured in feet and inches • Four levels — Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Pro — that raise the pace and lower the assists as you improve PLAY WITH A FRIEND Local multiplayer over your Wi-Fi network: one phone hosts, one joins, no account needed. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Career stats, match history, best rallies, and drill completion — watch yourself become a pickleball player. No ads. No account. Just pickleball.

Screenshots

VBall4 screens
Pickled4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: VBall at 3 against Pickled's 1. VBall also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VBall versus Pickled: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVBallPickled
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (46 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 40 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGame Dev Teamubicomp

In-app purchases

None

VBall

No in-app purchases

None

Pickled

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VBall free?
VBall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickled free?
Pickled is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VBall or Pickled have ads?
Neither VBall nor Pickled shows ads.

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