Comparison

Serving It Up! vs NextGame Player

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

Head to head
About

Serving It Up!

Easily track scores for tennis and pickleball matches. Save completed workouts and court locations to enhance your game. View your match history and opponent statistics to see how you stack up.

Highlights
  • Track tennis and pickleball scores
  • Save match workouts
  • Store court locations
  • View match history
  • Track opponent statistics
  • Roster management
Features
Read full description

Serving It Up! is a one stop shop for tracking both tennis and pickleball matches.  Simply keep score of matches while playing to keep a fun, fair account against your opponents.  Workouts run actively during matches to save after completion.  All matches are saved and backed up for viewing at any time.  Opponents and how you stack up against them are viewable as your roster of challengers grows!  Along with exercises, court locations are also stored for enhancing your tennis and pickleball experience.  Have fun, workout, and enjoy being on the court!

About

NextGame Player

Organize and track your pickup sports games with ease. Join sessions, make payments, receive game notifications, and monitor your lifetime stats. Ensures fair competition and balanced teams for a better playing experience.

Highlights
  • Quick game check-ins via QR code
  • Secure in-app payments (Venmo)
  • Real-time game notifications
  • Lifetime player stats tracking
  • Balanced team creation
  • Supports multiple sports
Features
Read full description

You came to play, not to sort it out. NextGame ends the captain-picks standoff and the lopsided blowouts before they start. Scan the QR code when you arrive, and you're instantly checked in and dropped onto an evenly-matched team—named however your group plays it, East and West, colors, court sides, whatever you call it, you'll know exactly where to go. Then it gets fun: NextGame keeps your whole record, in any sport you play. — Last-50 record and win percentage — Average plus-minus—your real impact on the game — Last-5 form, hot streak or cold — Tap any past game to break down the whole matchup: the final score, how you play alongside each teammate, and your head-to-head history against everyone on the other side Stay in the loop, too. Messages from your organizer land in your inbox—lineups, time changes, who's in tonight—and you can reply with a tap. Show up, get matched, play, and watch your numbers climb week after week. Built for adults who still take the game seriously and want the receipts to prove it. Always free. Your organizer runs the session; you just bring your game.

Screenshots

NextGame Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NextGame Player at every 11 days against Serving It Up!'s every 11 months. NextGame Player also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). Serving It Up!'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads 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 — 5.0 for Serving It Up! against 5.0 for NextGame Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NextGame Player has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Serving It Up! ships an update every 11 months, NextGame Player every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Serving It Up! versus NextGame Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterServing It Up!NextGame Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew HarringtonWilliam Braman

Customer experience

Serving It Up!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NextGame Player

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Serving It Up!

No in-app purchases

None

NextGame Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Serving It Up! free?
Serving It Up! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextGame Player free?
NextGame Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Serving It Up! or NextGame Player?
Serving It Up! and NextGame Player are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Serving It Up! or NextGame Player have ads?
Neither Serving It Up! nor NextGame Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Serving It Up! or NextGame Player?
Serving It Up! ships an update every 11 months, and NextGame Player every 11 days. Most recently, Serving It Up! was updated on October 27, 2026 and NextGame Player on October 19, 2026.

Other comparisons