Comparison

PPBRVA vs Game Maker

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

Head to head
About

PPBRVA

This app serves as a convenient booking system for a dedicated pickleball facility. Users can reserve courts, open play sessions, lessons, and clinics. It also allows for account management and sharing favorite replays.

Highlights
  • Book available courts
  • Reserve open play sessions
  • Filter events by skill level
  • Book lessons and clinics
  • Manage account information
  • Share favorite replays
Features
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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!

About

Game Maker

Organize pickleball games, find nearby courts, and connect with players. Create custom game formats, manage groups, and communicate with other players.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

PPBRVA3 screens
Game Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PPBRVA at 4.9 against Game Maker's 3.8. PPBRVA also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Game Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Game Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PPBRVA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PPBRVA holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPBRVA has 217 ratings behind it against 18, 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 64% of Game Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPBRVA ships an update every 3 weeks, Game Maker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PPBRVA versus Game Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPBRVAGame Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (217 ratings) — better3.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings217 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPINGPOD INCPickleball TopCo LLC

Customer experience

PPBRVA

All ratings217 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.5%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Game Maker

All ratings18 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative27.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

None

PPBRVA

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Game Maker

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Access$4.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Access$19.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$49.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual Access$199.991 Year

Questions

Is PPBRVA free?
PPBRVA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Game Maker free?
Game Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PPBRVA or Game Maker?
PPBRVA is rated higher. PPBRVA averages 4.9 out of 5 from 217 ratings, while Game Maker averages 3.8 from 18 ratings.
Do PPBRVA or Game Maker have ads?
Both PPBRVA and Game Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, PPBRVA or Game Maker?
PPBRVA ships an update every 3 weeks, and Game Maker every 8 days. Most recently, PPBRVA was updated on November 8, 2026 and Game Maker on October 30, 2026.

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