Comparison

CityPickle vs Zuur

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

Head to head
About

CityPickle

Discover and join pickleball clubs in your city. This app connects you with the fastest-growing sport, making it easy to find your community and start playing.

Highlights
  • Find local pickleball clubs
  • Connect with the sport's community
  • Discover playing opportunities
  • Get started playing pickleball
Features
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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!

About

Zuur

Discover live pickleball courts and see who's playing in real-time on a satellite map. Automatically check in when you arrive and connect with other players through court-specific chat and direct messages. Build your player profile by simply showing up.

Highlights
  • Live satellite map of pickleball courts
  • See players on courts in real-time
  • Automatic court check-in
  • Court-specific community chat
  • Direct messaging with media
  • Player profiles and follow system
Features
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Zuur is your pickleball world, live. Open the map and see real courts on satellite imagery — with the players who are actually there right now. Know a court is worth the drive before you leave the house. SEE WHO'S PLAYING • A live satellite map of pickleball courts near you • Player avatars appear on the courts they're standing on, as it happens • See how full a court is before you go • Weather for every venue, at a glance AUTOMATIC CHECK-IN Walk onto the court and you're checked in — no buttons, no QR codes. Your avatar shows up for your friends and the court community, and it leaves when you do. Check-in works even when the app is closed; your location is used only to place you on a court, never sold or shared. EVERY COURT HAS A CHAT • A community feed for every court — organize open play, find a fourth, share highlights • Private groups for your regular crew • Direct messages with photos, videos, and voice notes FIND YOUR PEOPLE • Follow the players you meet and see when they're out playing • "On my way" — opt-in live sharing that lets mutuals watch you approach the court • Notifications you control, chat by chat YOUR COURT PASSPORT Your profile writes itself, just by playing: • The courts you've visited and the ones you call home • The players you've shared a court with • Sessions, show-up rate, and your self-reported DUPR rating No scores to grind. Everything on your profile is earned passively, by showing up. BUILT FOR PRIVACY • Live sharing is off by default and visible only to people you both follow • Block and report anyone, anywhere in the app • Delete your account any time in Settings Zuur uses background location solely to check you in and out of pickleball courts. Read more: https://zuur.app/privacy Questions or ideas? support@zuur.app

Screenshots

CityPickle4 screens
Zuur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Zuur at none against CityPickle's shown. Zuur also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). CityPickle's advantage is ratings volume (488 vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CityPickle against 5.0 for Zuur. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CityPickle has 488 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of CityPickle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zuur's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CityPickle ships an update weekly, Zuur every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CityPickle versus Zuur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCityPickleZuur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (488 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings488 — better9
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPINGPOD INCRalph Abekassis

Customer experience

CityPickle

All ratings486 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Zuur

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CityPickle

No in-app purchases

None

Zuur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CityPickle free?
CityPickle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zuur free?
Zuur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CityPickle or Zuur?
Zuur is rated higher. CityPickle averages 4.9 out of 5 from 488 ratings, while Zuur averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do CityPickle or Zuur have ads?
CityPickle shows ads; Zuur does not.
Which is updated more often, CityPickle or Zuur?
CityPickle ships an update weekly, and Zuur every 6 days. Most recently, CityPickle was updated on November 3, 2026 and Zuur on November 6, 2026.

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