Comparison

ERNE Pickleball vs PickleBear

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

Head to head
About

ERNE Pickleball

Control a pickleball machine to practice your game. Select different modes to enhance your skills and improve your technique on the court.

Highlights
  • Control pickleball machine
  • Select various serving modes
  • Improve pickleball techniques
  • Enhance on-court skills
Features
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ERNE Pickleball is a tool APP as controller for ERNE pickle ball machine. It sends orders to machine to serve balls. Use it, you can select various modes to improve your pickle ball techniques.

About

PickleBear

Features
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Did your pace hold up? Stop guessing. See what changed. Wear your Apple Watch on your paddle wrist and play. Come back to a report showing your swings, your late-game pace, and your soft backhands. After another outing, see what changed since last time. No filming or point-by-point scoring. Take a look first. Open an example report before signing in to see how the app works. Made-up numbers, clearly labeled. Your own report comes from your recordings. COME BACK TO YOUR PLAY Read your session by the numbers. After another outing, see what changed since last time and the badges you earned. Share your report. ONE OUTING, ONE SESSION Your recordings stay together in one session, even when you pause between games. Separate outings can appear on the same day. Check your session history, lifetime totals, paddle, and Watch sync from the app. READY FOR THE COURT A short guide covers which wrist to use, how to start, and how to finish your outing so the recordings can sync and become a report when there is enough play to analyze. iPhone and Apple Watch required. HealthKit access supports heart rate and workouts. Motion data is used to record swings and prepare session reports. Privacy controls, support, and account deletion are available in the app.

Screenshots

ERNE Pickleball4 screens
PickleBear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PickleBear at weekly against ERNE Pickleball's every 2 months. ERNE Pickleball's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ERNE Pickleball ships an update every 2 months, PickleBear weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ERNE Pickleball versus PickleBear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterERNE PickleballPickleBear
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictory Sports Technologies, LlcPepStar LLC

In-app purchases

None

ERNE Pickleball

No in-app purchases

None

PickleBear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ERNE Pickleball free?
ERNE Pickleball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PickleBear free?
PickleBear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ERNE Pickleball or PickleBear have ads?
Neither ERNE Pickleball nor PickleBear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ERNE Pickleball or PickleBear?
ERNE Pickleball ships an update every 2 months, and PickleBear weekly. Most recently, ERNE Pickleball was updated on October 24, 2026 and PickleBear on October 23, 2026.

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