Comparison

Round Robin Assistant vs Dink in a Box

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

Dink in a Box

Features
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Dink in a Box is the session-management toolkit for pickleball, padel, and tennis hosts. If you run open play at a club, organize a weekly Americano, wrangle a 4-team MLP night, or just set up a quick doubles match, DIAB replaces the clipboard, the whiteboard, and the "who's up next?" chaos with one phone propped on a bench. Pick a format, set your courts, add your players, and the app handles the rest — who plays, who sits, who plays with (and against) whom, and what the score does to everyone's rating. SIX WAYS TO PLAY PICKLEBALL SMART Open Play — continuous rotation across multiple courts that balances partners, opponents, and bench time automatically. No more "I've sat out twice in a row." Americano RR — rotating partners, individual scoring, a leaderboard that sorts itself. King of the Court — winners climb, losers drop. Simple, ruthless, beloved. MLP Tourney — a full 4-team, 24-game rally-scoring tournament with team standings and a final. Singles Mingle — singles rotation with host-curated matchups. Ye Olde Pickleball — claim the Throne in a medieval ladder where courts are castles and the Pit is very real. NOW PLAYING: PADEL & TENNIS Run a full padel or tennis match from the 4-Player Session — real tennis scoring (0 · 15 · 30 · 40, deuce, advantage, games, sets, best-of-3). Tap a ball to choose who serves first; the app tracks the serving rotation, sides, and changeovers for you. Score it from your Apple Watch — hand off the match and keep the set-by-set scoreboard right on your wrist. Play on the surface you like — clay, grass, and hard-court themes included. BUILT FOR THE PERSON RUNNING THE SHOW Player check-in with one-tap "everyone's here." Add registered players in a tap — type a player code or scan their QR. Round timers, game timers, and big readable courts designed for a phone on a bench. Voice scoring — speak the score, keep your hands free. Apple Watch scoring for single-court pickleball, padel, and tennis. Court themes to match your venue (or your mood). Closed the app mid-session? Rejoin exactly where you left off — rounds, scores, and matchups intact. Session results export when it's over. RATINGS THAT TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES Players who create a free profile get a player code their host can add to any roster. Recorded games feed the DiNKR Dynamic Rating (DDR) — a 2.0–8.0 rating that updates from real results, accounting for opponent strength, score margins, and upsets. Self-rate to start; after your first recorded game, your rating earns itself. Casual players never need an account — unregistered players join any session by name, no strings attached. Dink in a Box is built by DiNKR for the hosts who make game day happen. Box up the chaos. Let them play.

Screenshots

Round Robin Assistant4 screens
Dink in a Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dink in a Box at none against Round Robin Assistant's 3. Dink in a Box also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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

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. Dink in a Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Round Robin Assistant ships an update fortnightly, Dink in a Box every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Round Robin Assistant versus Dink in a Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRound Robin AssistantDink in a Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (266 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings266 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerkodar ABDINK Productions LLC

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

Dink in a Box

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

Dink in a Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Round Robin Assistant free?
Round Robin Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dink in a Box free?
Dink in a Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Round Robin Assistant or Dink in a Box have ads?
Neither Round Robin Assistant nor Dink in a Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Round Robin Assistant or Dink in a Box?
Round Robin Assistant ships an update fortnightly, and Dink in a Box every 3 days. Most recently, Round Robin Assistant was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dink in a Box on October 24, 2026.

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