Comparison

Round Robin Assistant vs SimplPickl

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

SimplPickl

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SimplPickl builds the schedule so your group can just play. Tell it who showed up and how many courts you have. It works out the rotation - who partners with whom, who plays against whom, and who sits out - and keeps all three fair across the whole session rather than round by round. No clipboard, no arguing about who has sat twice. WHAT IT DOES - Builds round-robin rotations for open play, mixed doubles, and singles - Balances partners, opponents and sit-outs together, not one at the cost of the others - Spreads court assignments so nobody is stuck on the back court all morning - Records scores and keeps standings as the session runs - Group chat, so the conversation lives next to the schedule instead of in a text thread - RSVPs, so you know your numbers before you arrive WHO IT IS FOR Anyone who runs a regular pickleball group - the person at the rec center with a clipboard, the organizer of a Saturday morning game, a club running an evening session. FREE, AND NO ADS SimplPickl is free. There is no advertising in the app, no in-app purchase and no subscription. SimplPickl is in beta. Features are still changing, and there is a link in the app to tell us what is not working.

Screenshots

Round Robin Assistant4 screens
SimplPickl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimplPickl at none against Round Robin Assistant's 3. SimplPickl also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SimplPickl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Round Robin Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, SimplPickl every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Round Robin Assistant versus SimplPickl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRound Robin AssistantSimplPickl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (265 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings265 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB1 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPerkodar ABThe Maslin Group, 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

SimplPickl

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

SimplPickl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Round Robin Assistant free?
Round Robin Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SimplPickl free?
SimplPickl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Round Robin Assistant or SimplPickl have ads?
Neither Round Robin Assistant nor SimplPickl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Round Robin Assistant or SimplPickl?
Round Robin Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, and SimplPickl every 3 days. Most recently, Round Robin Assistant was updated on October 14, 2026 and SimplPickl on October 4, 2026.

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