Comparison

PB Vision vs PBUp

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

Head to head
About

PB Vision

This app uses AI to analyze your pickleball game recordings, providing detailed skill ratings and insights. Identify your strengths and weaknesses to improve your game faster and with greater confidence.

Highlights
  • AI-driven game analysis
  • Actionable skill ratings
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses
  • Accelerated game improvement
  • Detailed player insights
Features
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Every pickleball game you record becomes a lesson. PB Vision uses AI to turn your match videos into shot-by-shot stats, automatic skill ratings, highlights, and personalized coaching insights. Discover what's working, uncover what needs attention, and take your game to the next level. YOUR PERSONAL AI PICKLEBALL COACH Go beyond the stats with AI Coach. Ask questions about your performance, explore specific shots, and get personalized answers based on your actual match data. Analyze a single game or ask questions across multiple games to identify trends, compare performances, and discover opportunities to improve. KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU RATE Get an overall PB Vision Skill Rating plus detailed ratings for Serve, Return, Offense, Defense, Consistency, and Agility. Track your progress over time and understand how you played—not just whether you won. EXPLORE EVERY SHOT Explore your matches shot by shot. Find drives, drops, dinks, lobs, Ernes, ATPs, errors, and more. Analyze shot quality, accuracy, speed, depth, placement, and 3D trajectories without searching through an entire match. BOOKMARK YOUR BEST MOMENTS Save important plays with Bookmarks. Add notes, draw directly on your video, and quickly revisit key moments to review your performance or share feedback with others. CLIP, EXPORT, AND SHARE Turn your favorite shots, rallies, and highlights into shareable videos. Export individual clips or multiple clips at once, choose your preferred aspect ratio, and share your favorite moments to social media. You can also share complete games with friends, partners, or coaches.

About

PBUp

Engage in friendly competition and monitor your achievements. This application allows you to play games with friends and keep track of your progress.

Highlights
  • Play with friends
  • Track progress
  • Sports game companion
  • Progress monitoring
Features
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This app provides you an opportunity to play with your friend and track your progress.

Screenshots

PB Vision4 screens
PBUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PBUp at 100% against PB Vision's 61%. PBUp also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). PB Vision's advantage is ratings volume (141 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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. PB Vision sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. PBUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PBUp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PB Vision has 141 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of PB Vision's written reviews are positive against 100% of PBUp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PB Vision ships an update every 9 days, PBUp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PB Vision versus PBUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPB VisionPBUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (141 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings141 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPickleball Vision AI Inc.Qun Li

Customer experience

PB Vision

All ratings141 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral21.4%
Negative17.9%

PBUp

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

PB Vision

Subscriptions4
  • Starter$19.991 Month
  • Premium$49.991 Month
  • Starter$99.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Premium$399.001 Year
One-time9
  • 200 AI Coaching Credits$9.99
  • 60 Minutes$9.99
  • 1 Credit$9.99
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  • 5 Credits$29.99
  • 1000 AI Coaching Credits$39.99
  • 300 Minutes$39.99
  • 5000 AI Coaching Credits$99.99
  • 1,200 Minutes$99.99
  • 30 Credits$99.99
None

PBUp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PB Vision free?
PB Vision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PBUp free?
PBUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PB Vision or PBUp?
PBUp is rated higher. PB Vision averages 4.7 out of 5 from 141 ratings, while PBUp averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PB Vision or PBUp have ads?
PB Vision shows ads; PBUp does not.
Which is updated more often, PB Vision or PBUp?
PB Vision ships an update every 9 days, and PBUp every 5 days. Most recently, PB Vision was updated on October 27, 2026 and PBUp on October 19, 2026.

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