Round Robin Assistant vs Pickleball Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic round generation
- Multiple tournament formats
- Intelligent court assignment
- Player list management
- Support for casual and club events
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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
Pickleball Groups
This app helps pickleball groups organize and track their weekly games. It allows for easy scheduling, attendance tracking, automatic bracket generation, and live scorekeeping. All your crew's game history, rivalries, and standings are stored in one place.
- Schedule game sessions
- Track player attendance
- Auto-generate brackets
- Live scorekeeping
- Track rivalries and head-to-head records
- Maintain season-long standings
- Group game history
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Run your pickleball crew without the group text. Schedule games, collect RSVPs, build brackets, keep score, and keep a running record of who's actually winning. The Crew is for the group you already play with every week. It's not a court finder or a way to meet new players. It's home base for your regulars. SCHEDULE GAMES AND COLLECT RSVPS Set the date, format, and courts. Any member can create a session. Players tap in, out, or maybe, and the roster updates live. Reminders go out before every game, and sessions sync to your calendar. WAITLISTS THAT RUN THEMSELVES When a session fills, players join the waitlist. If someone drops, the next player is promoted and notified automatically. BRACKETS BUILT FROM WHO SHOWED UP Round robin or king of the court for multi-court open play. Singles or doubles, rotating or fixed partners. Check players in at the courts and The Crew builds the bracket from who's actually there. LIVE SCORING AND STANDINGS Enter scores from any phone. Standings update as each game is recorded, so there's no debate about who's up. CREW CHAT Every crew gets its own chat, so game talk stays out of your texts. GROUP TEXTS FORGET. THE CREW REMEMBERS. With Crew Plus, every match adds up: head-to-head records against everyone you play, partner stats, streaks, and season and all-time standings. That friend who swears they never lose? The numbers tell a different story. One organizer subscription covers the whole crew. WHAT'S FREE Scheduling, RSVPs, waitlists, brackets, live scoring, standings, and chat are free for every crew. Organize 1 crew with up to 20 players, and join as many crews as you like. Crew Plus adds unlimited crews, unlimited roster size, and full history. Players never pay. No ads. Private by default. We don't sell your data. No location or birthdate required. Built by a pickleball player, for the groups that show up every week. Made for dinks, drives, and dynasties.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pickleball Groups at 100% against Round Robin Assistant's 47%. Pickleball Groups also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Round Robin Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (266 vs 33). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Round Robin Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pickleball Groups asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pickleball Groups holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Round Robin Assistant has 266 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Round Robin Assistant's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pickleball Groups's.
Round Robin Assistant ships an update fortnightly, Pickleball Groups every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Round Robin Assistant | Pickleball Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (266 ratings) | 5.0 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 266 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Perkodar AB | Shoreline Foundry LLC |
Customer experience
Round Robin Assistant
Pickleball Groups
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 Groups
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Round Robin Assistant
- Premium$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$22.991 Year
- Premium forever$99.99
Pickleball Groups
No in-app purchases
Questions
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