Comparison

Round Robin Assistant vs Pickleball Open Play

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

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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

Pickleball Open Play

Features
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PB Queue handles court rotation and matchmaking for pickleball open play all on one screen. Running open play shouldn't mean a whiteboard, a stack of paper, or arguing about who's next. PBQueue turns a single phone or tablet into the command center for your session. It decides who plays next, on which court, with whom, and keeps every rotation fair. Players don't download anything. They just glance at the host's screen. BUILT FOR THE PERSON RUNNING THE SESSION Whether you organize a weekly club night, a community center drop-in, or a casual mixer with friends, PBQueue handles the part nobody enjoys: the matchmaking. Add your players, tap a button, and get balanced matchups across every court automatically. WHAT IT DOES Two ways to match. Pick at setup, or switch any time during the session. Balanced (default). Players who've sat out longest play first, and no one gets stuck playing every round. Courts are grouped by skill so games stay competitive. Same partners and opponents are actively avoided. One tap stages the next round. Winners & Losers. After each game, winners are matched with other winners and losers with losers, on a fair rotation. Pure courts get a Winners or Losers tag so you can read the ladder at a glance. Or take full control. Build any matchup by hand. Tap a slot, pick a player. Swap anyone with a tap. Shuffle cycles through every team split without changing the players. The algorithm is there when you want it, out of the way when you don't. Live court view. Every court shows a mini-diagram of who's on it, a running timer, and the current score. See the whole session at a glance: which court is freeing up, who's waiting longest, who's resting. A match history at the bottom logs every completed game, plus a full recap when you end the session. Fast scoring. Tap a team to add a point, long-press to undo. End a match with a full score, a winner only, or skip scoring entirely. Player management. Add players one by one or paste a whole list. Rate them on the pickleball 2.5 to 5.0 scale, from Beginner through Expert (including a 4.0 High Intermediate). Link partners who always play together. Swipe to mark someone resting or away. Drop in latecomers without missing a beat. Flexible courts. Start with two, add a third when one opens up, remove one when it rains. Adjust on the fly. WORKS ANYWHERE, KEEPS NOTHING PBQueue is fully offline. No account, no login, no sign-up. Open it and go. Every session, player, and result lives only on your device. Nothing uploaded, tracked, or sold. Pickleball courts rarely have good signal. PBQueue doesn't care. FREE TO RUN A SESSION Organize sessions with up to two courts and sixteen players, with full auto and manual matchmaking included. No trial, no countdown. Free forever for small sessions. PBQUEUE PRO One-time $9.99 unlock, no subscription. Removes all limits: - Unlimited players - Up to ten courts - CSV export of any session - Last fifty sessions saved to history - Custom court names Pay once. Yours forever. Restore on any device with the same Apple ID. STOP REFEREEING THE ROTATION. START PLAYING. PBQueue keeps open play fair, fast, and drama-free, so you spend the night on the court, not the clipboard. Questions or feedback: lokaldev.team@gmail.com Web: pbqueue.com

Screenshots

Round Robin Assistant4 screens
Pickleball Open Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pickleball Open Play at every 2 days against Round Robin Assistant's fortnightly. Pickleball Open Play also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, ads, 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

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 and Pickleball Open Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Round Robin Assistant ships an update fortnightly, Pickleball Open Play every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Round Robin Assistant versus Pickleball Open Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRound Robin AssistantPickleball Open Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (266 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings266 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerkodar ABDreamerson Garay

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

Pickleball Open Play

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
1 purchases

Pickleball Open Play

One-time1
  • PB Queue Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Round Robin Assistant free?
Round Robin Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pickleball Open Play free?
Pickleball Open Play is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Round Robin Assistant or Pickleball Open Play have ads?
Neither Round Robin Assistant nor Pickleball Open Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Round Robin Assistant or Pickleball Open Play?
Round Robin Assistant ships an update fortnightly, and Pickleball Open Play every 2 days. Most recently, Round Robin Assistant was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pickleball Open Play on October 25, 2026.

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