Brooklyn Experience Half vs CityPickle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brooklyn Experience Half
Follow the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon with real-time runner tracking, live leaderboards, and an interactive course map. Stay updated with push notifications and share your progress on social media.
- Real-time runner tracking
- Live leaderboards
- Interactive course map
- Push notifications
- Social sharing
- Special offers
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The official mobile app of the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon on Sunday, April 26, 2026! Features include: • Real-time Runner Tracking: Track runners live on the course • Live leaderboards: See the race results as they come in • Interactive Course Map: Explore the epic course before and during the race • Push Notifications: Track the progress of runners on-course and stay in the know of race weekend events • Social Sharing: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok • Access special offers from Brooklyn businesses! • And much more!
CityPickle
Discover and join your local pickleball community. Find clubs, connect with players, and get started with the fastest-growing sport in the country. This app serves as your central hub for all things pickleball.
- Find local pickleball clubs
- Connect with players
- Get started with pickleball
- Discover fastest-growing sport
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At CityPickle, we take play seriously. CityPickle is your city's home for pickleball, our country’s fastest growing sport. We want to be your home away from home. Join us. Download our app today. Find your club and get started!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Brooklyn Experience Half at none against CityPickle's shown. Brooklyn Experience Half also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 80%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). CityPickle's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Brooklyn Experience Half against 4.9 for CityPickle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 334 and 476 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Brooklyn Experience Half's written reviews are positive against 80% of CityPickle's.
Brooklyn Experience Half ships an update every 12 months, CityPickle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brooklyn Experience Half | CityPickle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (334 ratings) | 4.9 (476 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 334 | 476 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dilltree Inc | PINGPOD INC |
Customer experience
Brooklyn Experience Half
CityPickle
Bugs and requests
Brooklyn Experience Half
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes halfway through race
- Tracking freezes near finish line
- Updates fail to load after certain mile markers
- Error page displays instead of race data
- Sign-in failures with username/password and QR code
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- Athletes unable to sign into app
Requested features
2 requests- Display user's location on map for better meeting points
- Barcode/QR code accessible in user profile for easier registration
CityPickle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brooklyn Experience Half
No in-app purchases
CityPickle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Brooklyn Experience Half free?
Is CityPickle free?
Which has better reviews, Brooklyn Experience Half or CityPickle?
Do Brooklyn Experience Half or CityPickle have ads?
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