DiNKR vs OpenPlayGrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DiNKR
This app simplifies organizing pickleball games with friends and finding new players. It offers integrated messaging and a sequential invite system to manage your game schedule efficiently and enjoyably.
- Schedule games with friends
- Find new playing partners
- Integrated messaging
- Sequential invite system
- Manage game details
- Cross-platform play
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At DINKR, our passion for pickleball has driven us to enhance the way you connect and play. We created DINKR to simplify game scheduling with friends and to make it effortless to find new playing partners, whether you're on your home courts or traveling. It’s a one-stop solution that eliminates endless chats threads across multiple platforms: in DINKR you can manage your every part of your games within in the app. Our sequential invite system allows you to control who you want play with - some days it may be your besties, at other times it might be a different group of friends. Whichever it is, DINKR makes it easy. And with messaging built right in, you’ll never need to worry about communicating with players you have a game scheduled with. It’s easy, it’s efficient, and it’s fun.
OpenPlayGrid
Discover active pickleball courts in your area and see real-time player activity. Avoid empty courts by checking in and contributing to community-powered updates, ensuring you spend more time playing and less time searching.
- Find nearby courts
- See live player activity
- One-tap check-in
- View player counts
- Community-powered updates
- Court details and status
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OpenPlayGrid helps you find active courts before you head out. Stop driving to empty courts and spend more time playing. OpenPlayGrid lets players see live court activity, check in when they arrive, and help keep local court information accurate in real time. Features: • Find nearby courts • See live player activity • Check in instantly with one tap • Let others know you're heading there • View player counts and court activity • Community-powered updates • View court details and status Whether you're looking for open play, games forming, or busy courts, OpenPlayGrid helps you quickly see what's happening before you leave home. Built for players. Powered by the community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OpenPlayGrid at 100% against DiNKR's 50%. OpenPlayGrid also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
OpenPlayGrid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of DiNKR's written reviews are positive against 100% of OpenPlayGrid's.
DiNKR ships an update every 3 weeks, OpenPlayGrid fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | DiNKR | OpenPlayGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DINK Productions LLC | OpenPlayGrid LLC |
Customer experience
DiNKR
OpenPlayGrid
In-app purchases
DiNKR
No in-app purchases
OpenPlayGrid
No in-app purchases
