PPBRVA vs Game Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PPBRVA
This app provides a convenient way to book courts, open play sessions, and lessons at a dedicated pickleball facility. Manage your account, view event details, and connect with the community. Accessible courts are available.
- Book courts and open play
- Filter events by skill level
- Book lessons and clinics
- Manage account information
- View and share replays
- Connect on social media
Read full descriptionHide full description
Performance Pickleball or PPBRVA for short is an all-new state-of-the-art indoor/outdoor dedicated pickleball facility with our flagship location in Richmond, Virginia. Our goal, to create a Pickleball Paradise for players of all ages and levels to enjoy and to hopefully bring Pickleball Paradise to other localities in the future! The PPBRVA app is our quick and easy booking and reservation system available on your phone and everywhere you go in between your pickleball sessions. Use the app to: • View and Book Available Courts • View and Book Open Play Sessions and Other Public Events • Filter Events by Skill Level and Event Types • View and Book Lessons, Clinics and Ball Machines • Manage Your Account Info Including Email, Phone and Payment Info • View and Share Your Favorite Replays • Connect With Us on Social Media • Standard Courts and Sports Wheelchair Accessible Courts Available • Ping Pong Tables Coming Soon!
Game Maker
Organize pickleball games, find nearby courts, and connect with players. Create custom game formats, manage groups, and communicate with other players.
- Find nearby games and courts
- Connect with players by DUPR, age, gender
- Create private groups and chat
- Organize games with custom formats
- Scramble, Round Robin, King of the Court modes
- DUPR rating sessions
Read full descriptionHide full description
Game Maker is made for pickleball — the one app you open before, during, and after every session. Find courts and players near you, set up games in seconds, run brackets, track your DUPR rating, and stay connected with the people you play with. Whether you're organizing your regular doubles group or chasing your next rating bump, Game Maker keeps your whole pickleball life in one place. Meet Pickles AI Just ask. Say "set up a private game Saturday morning at 9am with my advanced players group" and Pickles AI — with voice dictation — turns it into a real, confirmable game inside the app. Organizing play has never been this fast. Your games, on your Calendar Every game you create syncs straight to your iPhone's Calendar, including recurring sessions — so your schedule lives where you already look. Find your game • Discover nearby courts and players on the map • Filter by distance to find games that fit • Host or join games and manage invites Play & compete • Build round-robin and tournament brackets • Record match scores • Head-to-head history and leaderboards Track your progress • Connect your DUPR rating • See 90-day performance trends and match insights • Follow your improvement over time Stay connected • Add friends and create groups • Message the players you play with • Game Maker player indicators so you know who's on the app Play anywhere — now in 24 languages Game Maker automatically matches your device language, or pick from 24 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Turkish, and more. Download Game Maker and play more pickleball. By using Game Maker, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy: https://pickleball.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://pickleball.com/terms-of-use
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PPBRVA at 4.9 against Game Maker's 3.7. PPBRVA also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and ratings volume (209 vs 11). Game Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PPBRVA holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPBRVA has 209 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PPBRVA's written reviews are positive against 60% of Game Maker's.
PPBRVA ships an update every 3 weeks, Game Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PPBRVA | Game Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (209 ratings) — better | 3.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 209 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PINGPOD INC | Pickleball TopCo LLC |
Customer experience
PPBRVA
Game Maker
In-app purchases
PPBRVA
No in-app purchases
Game Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PPBRVA free?
Is Game Maker free?
Which has better reviews, PPBRVA or Game Maker?
Do PPBRVA or Game Maker have ads?
Which is updated more often, PPBRVA or Game Maker?
Other comparisons















