Comparison

Like My Drill vs RacketBuddies

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Create matches quickly
  • Invite friends via text/email
  • Real-time player roster
  • Automatic waitlist management
  • Find and save courts
  • Weather forecast integration
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Like My Drill3 screens
RacketBuddies4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Like My Drill versus RacketBuddies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLike My DrillRacketBuddies
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.4 (40 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#12 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLAYMATE TennisCaribou LLC

Customer experience

Like My Drill

All ratings39 ratings
Positive28.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative64.1%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral14.8%
Negative59.3%

RacketBuddies

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Like My Drill

No in-app purchases

None

RacketBuddies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Like My Drill free?
Like My Drill costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RacketBuddies free?
RacketBuddies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Like My Drill or RacketBuddies?
RacketBuddies is rated higher. Like My Drill averages 2.4 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while RacketBuddies averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Like My Drill or RacketBuddies have ads?
Neither Like My Drill nor RacketBuddies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Like My Drill or RacketBuddies?
Like My Drill ships an update every 3 months, and RacketBuddies every 3 days. Most recently, Like My Drill was updated on October 21, 2026 and RacketBuddies on October 5, 2026.

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