Round Robin vs Round Robin Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Round Robin
Easily create round robin tournament schedules for any number of participants. Track wins, losses, and draws, and email the results. Tournaments are automatically saved for later access and can be deleted with a simple swipe.
- Generate round robin tournament schedules
- Record wins, losses, and draws
- Email schedules and results
- Automatic tournament saving
- Swipe-to-delete tournaments
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Generate Round Robin Tournament Schedules based on the number of teams/players. Wins, losses, and draws can be recorded. The resulting schedule and results can be emailed. Tournaments are automatically saved and can be deleted with a swipe.
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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Round Robin Assistant at Free against Round Robin's $0.99. Round Robin Assistant also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). Round Robin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.5). On 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
Round Robin Assistant is free to download; Round Robin costs $0.99 up front. Round Robin Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Round Robin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Round Robin Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Round Robin Assistant has 256 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Round Robin's written reviews are positive against 47% of Round Robin Assistant's.
Round Robin ships an update every 7 months, Round Robin Assistant every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Round Robin | Round Robin Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (256 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 47.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 256 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | brian drye | Perkodar AB |
Customer experience
Round Robin
Round Robin Assistant
Bugs and requests
Round Robin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
Round Robin
No in-app purchases
Round Robin Assistant
- Premium$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$22.991 Year
- Premium forever$99.99
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