LYMB.IO vs SPF Pickleball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LYMB.IO
This platform combines physical activity with digital games through interactive hardware and an app. It offers a mixed reality experience, helps you find facilities, track personal results, and compete globally.
- Interactive sports & gaming platform
- Mixed reality experience
- Locate LYMB.iO facilities
- Start and manage sessions
- Select and switch games
- View personal results
- Compete in global rankings
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LYMB.iO is an interactive sports & gaming platform consisting of hardware components and applications. The system is built for the interaction between physical activity and digital games, designed to create fun and stimulate mind, body and soul. The LYMB.iO app gives you access to an innovative mixed reality experience and worldwide community. The app helps to locate LYMB.iO facilities around you, start sessions, select and switch games, view your personal results and compete with other players in global rankings. Get active, Keep Moving.
SPF Pickleball
This app allows users to book indoor pickleball courts, join leagues and open play sessions, and sign up for classes and events. It also provides access to amenities like bars, a cafe, and locker rooms.
- Court booking
- Open play sessions
- Pickleball leagues
- Skill-based classes
- Event sign-ups
- Instant replays
- Automated scoreboards
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• SPF was created to unite Chicago in the name of fitness, food, and friends. At 2121 N. Clybourn Ave in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, SPF is a 42,000-square-foot indoor space dedicated to pickleball, one of the nation's fastest-growing sports. In addition to its eight indoor pickleball courts, the facility contains ample parking for all visitors, an indoor turf field, bars, a cafe for coffee and light snacks, and state-of-the-art locker rooms with showers and saunas... and that's only the beginning! • Simply book a court on the app and show up to check in and play pickleball! Some of our most exciting features include instant replays and automated scoreboards on each of our courts. • In addition to using the app to reserve courts, here's a small peek at what else you can do: ◦ Join Open Plays or Leagues - weekly and monthly open play and league opportunities to meet people of similar skill levels. ◦ Attend a Class - Small group lessons for people of any skill level. From someone just starting to an advanced player, our partners at Toss & Spin will help you take your game to the next level. We have the Cucumber Club for kids after school, too! ◦ Hit up an Event - Everyone, including us, loves a party, so we'll host as many as possible. See what's going on, and sign up to attend! ◦ Become a Member - Joining Club SPF unlocks a new world of excellent additions to your time at SPF. Check out the link to see what you get by being one of our members.
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Verdict
LYMB.IO and SPF Pickleball both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SPF Pickleball's written reviews are positive against 0% of LYMB.IO's. SPF Pickleball also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (423 vs 1). LYMB.IO's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LYMB.IO against 4.9 for SPF Pickleball. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SPF Pickleball has 423 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of LYMB.IO's written reviews are positive against 100% of SPF Pickleball's.
LYMB.IO ships an update every 2 months, SPF Pickleball weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LYMB.IO | SPF Pickleball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (423 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 423 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FUN WITH BALLS GmbH | PINGPOD INC |
Customer experience
LYMB.IO
SPF Pickleball
In-app purchases
LYMB.IO
No in-app purchases
SPF Pickleball
No in-app purchases
Questions
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