Like My Drill vs RacketBuddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Like My Drill
Create and manage tennis drills with ease. This app allows you to remotely control a compatible ball machine via Bluetooth, track your performance, and share custom drills with friends. It comes preloaded with shots and drills for various skill levels.
- Create custom tennis drills
- Remote control ball machine via Bluetooth
- Start/stop drills with Apple Watch
- Track balls hit and duration
- Share drills with friends
- Preloaded drills and shots
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Note: This app is designed to be used together with the iPLAYMATE Tennis ball machine bluetooth communicator, available at www.iplaymatetennis.com. Drills are easy to create because the App is preloaded with shots at 3 different skill levels. It's also a great way to create drills for your PLAYMATE ball machine and then share those drills with your friends. Using bluetooth, you can remote control the ball machine without draining lots of battery power. Features - Start/Stop drills with Apple Watch - Track balls hit & duration with Apple Watch - Preloaded with shots - Preloaded with FREE Drills - Remote control your PLAYMATE ball machine - Create drills - Share drills with friends - Organize drills by type, skill, player names, or anything else - Create library of drills for the club - Designed with bluetooth for longer battery life - Supports device rotation
RacketBuddies
Effortlessly organize racket sports games like tennis, pickleball, padel, and squash. Create matches, invite friends, and manage rosters with real-time updates and an automatic waitlist. Find courts and check weather forecasts for outdoor play.
- Create matches quickly
- Invite friends via text/email
- Real-time player roster
- Automatic waitlist management
- Find and save courts
- Weather forecast integration
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Whether it's tennis, pickleball, padel, or squash, RacketBuddies takes the back-and-forth out of getting a game together. Create a match, invite your regular crew, and see at a glance who's in, who's out, and who's on the waitlist. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • Set up a game in seconds — pick a court, a time, and your players • Invite friends by text or email; they tap one link and they're in • Real-time roster so you always know if you have a full court • Automatic waitlist — when someone drops, the next player is up • Find courts near you and save your favorite spots • Built-in weather forecast with a rain-risk read for outdoor courts • Organize by group or club so your regular games stay together FOR CLUBS & ORGANIZERS • Keep your members and recurring games in one place • Manage courts, rosters, and sign-ups without spreadsheets or group texts No more "who's playing this week?" group chats. Just set the game, invite your buddies, and play. Download RacketBuddies and get your next match on the calendar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RacketBuddies at Free against Like My Drill's $0.99. RacketBuddies also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Like My Drill's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1) and chart position (#12 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
RacketBuddies is free to download; Like My Drill costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RacketBuddies holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Like My Drill has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Like My Drill ships an update every 3 months, RacketBuddies every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Like My Drill | RacketBuddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PLAYMATE Tennis | Caribou LLC |
Customer experience
Like My Drill
RacketBuddies
In-app purchases
Like My Drill
No in-app purchases
RacketBuddies
No in-app purchases
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