Pickleball Drills vs RekPlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pickleball Drills
Enhance your pickleball skills with daily drills and video instruction. Access a library of routines for all levels, including solo options for home or court practice. Improve your dinks, drops, volleys, and more with expert guidance.
- Daily pickleball drills
- Video instruction for each drill
- Drills for all skill levels
- Solo practice drills (wall/ball machine)
- Improve dinks, drops, and volleys
- Monthly new drill uploads
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The Pickleball Drills App by Pickleball Playbook is designed to help you improve your game every single day, no matter your level. With new drills uploaded monthly and videos for each drill, you’ll have the ability to work on what you want, when you want. No partner to drill with? No problem. We’ve got you covered with wall drills you can do at home, or ball machine drills you can do on the court. Gone are the days of wondering what drill to do to help you improve your dinks, drops, drives, volleys, and more. HOW TO JOIN & ACCESS THE PICKLEBALL DRILLS APP Download the App and subscribe to the Pro Membership or Basic Membership for unlimited access to all trainings and drills. PERKS Join the private Facebook group. Here you will get access to exclusive giveaways, trainings, and pickleball tips. DRILLS Each drill will take 30 to 60 minutes and will provide players with repetition & the mental skills needed for match play. Each drill includes video instruction and pro tips from some of the best players in the world! FEATURES "Drop" into trainings that help you improve your game every day, every day, every day, including the following: Beginner (1.0-3.49) Intermediate (3.5-4.49) Advanced (4.5+)
RekPlay
Organize pickleball games, run tournaments, and connect with other players. Create or join games with various formats, track your stats, and communicate with your group through in-app messaging.
- Create and join pickleball games
- Organize tournaments with automatic brackets
- Track player stats and performance
- In-app group chat and messaging
- Interactive map for finding games
- Support for multiple game formats
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RekPlay is the all-in-one pickleball app for organizing games, running tournaments, and connecting with players. CREATE & JOIN GAMES - Set up pickup games in seconds — choose your format (Set Partners, Rotating Partners, King of the Court, MiLP-style, Mixed Gender), pick a location, and invite players. Find nearby games on the interactive map and join with one tap. TOURNAMENTS & BRACKETS - Run single or double elimination brackets for any group size. The app handles seeding, BYEs, and match progression automatically. Host multi-event tournament days with pools, brackets, and round-robin formats. STATS & TRACKING - Track wins, losses, and head-to-head records. View advanced stats, player ratings, and performance trends over time. Earn badges as you hit milestones. GROUP CHAT & MESSAGING - Chat with your game group, send private messages, create group chats, share polls, and react to messages. Threaded conversations keep everything organized. KEY FEATURES • Multiple game formats: Set Partners, Rotating Partners, KOTC, MiLP, Mixed Gender • Single & double elimination brackets with automatic seeding • Interactive map to find and create games near you • In-app messaging with polls, reactions, and threads • Player stats, ratings, badges, and head-to-head records • Tournament management with pools and bracket stages • Push notifications for game updates, chat messages, and invites • Dark mode support Whether you're running a weekly round-robin at your local courts or organizing a tournament for 64 teams, RekPlay has you covered
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RekPlay at none against Pickleball Drills's 3. RekPlay also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Pickleball Drills's advantage is ratings volume (313 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Pickleball Drills sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. RekPlay asks for nothing beyond the download.
RekPlay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pickleball Drills has 313 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Pickleball Drills's written reviews are positive against 100% of RekPlay's.
Pickleball Drills ships an update every 6 days, RekPlay every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pickleball Drills | RekPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (313 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 313 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pickleball Playbook LLC | REKPLAY LLC |
Customer experience
Pickleball Drills
RekPlay
Bugs and requests
Pickleball Drills
Reported bugs
3 issues- Scheduler does not work
- Login issues and app not working
- Billing and cancellation problems
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- More strategy-focused content
RekPlay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pickleball Drills
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Biannual Subscription7 Days trial$89.996 Months
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$149.991 Year
RekPlay
No in-app purchases









