Comparison

PickleBall vs PB Drills

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

Head to head
About

PickleBall

Improve your pickleball game with a bodyweight and HIIT workout program designed for all skill levels. Enhance strength, speed, stamina, and flexibility without any equipment. Integrates with Apple HealthKit to track your progress.

Highlights
  • Bodyweight exercises
  • HIIT workouts
  • No equipment required
  • Increased strength
  • Increased speed
  • Increased stamina
  • Increased flexibility
  • Apple HealthKit integration
Features
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Pickleball is the fasting growing sport in America. No matter if you are just getting started or a seasoned player this workout program will help you improve your game and give you the strength and flexible to stay safe. Built around body weight exercises and HIIT (High Intensity Interval training) this workout can be done anywhere is requires no extra equipment and is perfect to up your Pickleball game! Benefits of this Workout Increased Strength Increased Speed Increased Stamina Increased Flexibility And it might even make you better looking ;-) Your milage may vary. No Equipment Needed - Get Started Today! Download Now. Integrates with Apple HealthKit to track your workouts.

About

PB Drills

Enhance your pickleball game with over 200 drills, AI-powered coaching, and progress tracking. Get personalized workout suggestions and video demonstrations to improve every aspect of your play.

Highlights
  • 200+ pickleball drills
  • AI Coach Chat for custom sessions
  • Court Mode with audio cues
  • Skill Progression Tracker
  • Pre-Game Warmup generator
  • On-device video form analysis
Features
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PBDrills is your personal pickleball coach in your pocket. 200+ drills for every skill level — from beginner dinking patterns to advanced speed-up counters — each with a video demo, step-by-step instructions, and rating-based recommendations tuned to where you are today. WHAT'S INSIDE • AI Coach Chat — type "30 min, no partner, work on my drop" and get a custom session • Court Mode — full-screen drill timer with audio cues that survives backgrounding • Skill Progression Tracker — rating curve, category heatmap, monthly check-ins • Pre-Game Warmup — countdown-based AI warmup before any match • Drill of the Day + Streak — daily reminder, flame counter, monthly grace day • Self-Video Form Library — 10-second front-camera clips per drill, on-device only • 200+ drill catalog — dinking, third shots, resets, speed-ups, volleys, footwork, and more WHO IT'S FOR • 2.0–3.0: beginner fundamentals, dinking and serve basics • 3.5–4.0: structure and progressions to break out of the intermediate plateau • 4.5+: advanced shot drills, game-format play, drilling like the pros PRIVACY-FIRST • No accounts required • No data collection • Your form videos stay on your device • Push notifications opt-in only Built by pickleball players, for pickleball players. Drill smarter, play sharper.

Screenshots

PickleBall4 screens
PB Drills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PB Drills at 5.0 against PickleBall's 4.3. PB Drills also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). PickleBall's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. PickleBall sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. PB Drills asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PB Drills holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PickleBall versus PB Drills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickleBallPB Drills
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYou 2.0, LLCCory Brown

Customer experience

PickleBall

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

PB Drills

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

PickleBall

One-time8
  • Tip$0.29
  • Breaking a sweat$0.39
  • Out of Breath$0.59
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  • I'm Sore!$0.79
  • Seeing Results$0.99
  • Loving It$1.49
  • Weight Lose Accelerated$1.99
  • Rocking It$1.99
None

PB Drills

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PickleBall free?
PickleBall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PB Drills free?
PB Drills is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PickleBall or PB Drills?
PB Drills is rated higher. PickleBall averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while PB Drills averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PickleBall or PB Drills have ads?
Neither PickleBall nor PB Drills shows ads.

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