Comparison

Round Robin Assistant vs PicklePlayces

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

Head to head
About

Round Robin Assistant

This app automates the creation of Round Robin tournaments for pickleball, handling player distribution, court assignments, and match generation. It supports various formats, from singles to complex doubles and team play, ensuring fair and balanced matches for casual and organized events.

Highlights
  • Automatic round generation
  • Multiple tournament formats
  • Intelligent court assignment
  • Player list management
  • Support for casual and club events
Features
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Organize fast and flexible Round Robin tournaments. This app handles player distribution, court assignments and match generation automatically, so you can focus on playing instead of planning. Enter the players, choose your format, select the number of courts and start the tournament. The app creates all rounds needed and ensures that everyone plays fair and balanced matches. Included Formats Round Robin Singles Every player meets all other players once. Perfect for single player rotation. Round Robin Doubles, Fixed Teams Set predefined teams and let every team face each other once. Round Robin Doubles, Random Teams (Americano) All players are paired with everyone else one time. Full coverage without repeats. Mixed Round Robin Teams are automatically formed with one woman and one man per team. Unlimited Doubles Players can join or leave at any time. Rounds are generated continuously and sit-outs are evenly distributed. Ideal for spontaneous or shifting groups. Mexicano Matches are generated based on the current leaderboard so that players meet opponents of similar level. Creates balanced rounds throughout the tournament. Mixicano The same matchmaking logic as Mexicano, but every team always contains one man and one woman. Super Mexicano Mexicano with an additional scoring system where players earn extra points depending on how close they are to the winning court. Team Mexicano Mexicano played with fixed teams instead of rotating partners. Club Team Round Robin Players are divided into two teams and face each other over multiple courts using balanced matchups. Beat the Box Players start on assigned courts, play three matches, then move to new courts based on performance. Supports 8, 12 or 16 players. Group Stages – Doubles Create multiple groups where each group plays its own doubles Round Robin. Every player partners with all others inside the group. Group Stages – Teams Organize team-based group play where every team meets all other teams in the group. Champions League Play a structured format with up to 36 teams split into groups and subsequent knockout-style play. Highlights • Automatic generation of balanced rounds • Support for many tournament structures and group sizes • Intelligent court assignment • Tools for managing player lists and bulk adding names • Designed for both casual play and organized club events Whether you run a weekly club session or arrange a larger event, this app gives you a complete and flexible toolkit for Round Robin-based formats. Terms of Use: https://perkodar.se/terms

About

PicklePlayces

Features
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PicklePlayces is an easy way to see how many people are playing down at your favorite pickleball court. You no longer need to take a drive down just to see if there are enough people to play. The PicklePlayces app can automatically add you to the number of players when you show up to a court, and take you back out when you leave. If you need more players you can also send out a notification to everyone that plays at a court to let them know more players are needed. Use PicklePlayces to get games started and keep them going.

Screenshots

Round Robin Assistant4 screens
PicklePlayces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PicklePlayces at none against Round Robin Assistant's 3. PicklePlayces also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Round Robin Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PicklePlayces asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Round Robin Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, PicklePlayces monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Round Robin Assistant versus PicklePlayces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRound Robin AssistantPicklePlayces
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (265 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings265 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerkodar ABSTEVE PESCHKA

Bugs and requests

Round Robin Assistant

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Doesn't know what mixed is
  • Unable to drag to move players
  • Front screen shows new tournament at the bottom
  • Odd numbers don't award points for sitting out
  • App continuously shuts down when adjusting no-shows
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  • Can't edit or delete a tournament
  • Doubles unlimited is truly random, not useful
  • Byes not spread evenly
  • Cannot see numbers to add scores on iOS (black boxes)
  • Round robin doesn't schedule matches against everyone
  • Sitting a player out didn't work, still included in rotation
  • Team repeated in rounds
  • Mistake or missed score entry leads to incorrect standings
  • Mixed round robin didn't have playoff feature (now added)
  • Accidentally bought, couldn't cancel
  • Did not keep males and females separate for games
  • Player sitting out twice before another sat out once
  • Cannot add additional players in iOS once tournament starts

Requested features

14 requests
  • Sort by time: Newest to Latest
  • Save player groups
  • Duplicate and edit drafts
  • Refresh matches to re-pair
  • Choose score number view
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  • More playoff options (customize teams, bronze match)
  • Double elimination tournament option
  • Ability to share access with committee members
  • Pre-set number of rounds
  • Track who is sitting out and for how long
  • Add court and break times
  • Login from another device
  • Automatic quarterfinals
  • Unlimited participants with subscription

PicklePlayces

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Round Robin Assistant

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium forever$99.99
None

PicklePlayces

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Round Robin Assistant free?
Round Robin Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicklePlayces free?
PicklePlayces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Round Robin Assistant or PicklePlayces have ads?
Neither Round Robin Assistant nor PicklePlayces shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Round Robin Assistant or PicklePlayces?
Round Robin Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, and PicklePlayces monthly. Most recently, Round Robin Assistant was updated on October 14, 2026 and PicklePlayces on September 30, 2026.

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