Pickleball Drills vs PB Rotator
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+)
PB Rotator
This app streamlines pickleball open play by generating fair rotations for partners and opponents. It tracks game results, player stats, and session history, making it easy to manage court time and keep games moving smoothly. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Fair partner and opponent rotations
- Singles and doubles game support
- Court management
- One-tap round advancement
- Score and point tracking
- Player statistics and history
- Apple Watch controls
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PB Rotator helps pickleball groups run fair open play, track results, and keep games moving from iPhone or Apple Watch. Set up a session in seconds with recent players, saved groups, or a pasted roster. Choose singles or doubles, set your courts, and PB Rotator builds balanced rotations for partners, opponents, and sit-outs. During play, advance rounds with one tap, record winners or points, and see who plays next without managing spreadsheets or whiteboards. Apple Watch controls make it easy to run the session from the court. After the games, share results with players, verify stats, and keep a clean history of sessions, matchups, wins, losses, points, and trends. Play Pass unlocks full Cloud history, all-time stats, exports, and connected features across PB Rotator and Plan & Play. PB Rotator is built for casual open play, clubs, leagues, ladders, and anyone who wants pickleball rotations to feel organized, fair, and easy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PB Rotator at freemium against Pickleball Drills's subscription. PB Rotator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pickleball Drills's advantage is ratings volume (303 vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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 and PB Rotator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PB Rotator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pickleball Drills has 303 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pickleball Drills ships an update every 6 days, PB Rotator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pickleball Drills | PB Rotator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (303 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pickleball Playbook LLC | NaviVision LLC |
Customer experience
Pickleball Drills
PB Rotator
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
PB Rotator
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
PB Rotator
- Play Pass Monthly$3.991 Month
- Play Pass Annual$29.991 Year
- PB Rotator Local Unlock$9.99
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