Comparison

PickleBuddy vs Ton80

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

Head to head
About

PickleBuddy

Organize pickleball sessions, manage player RSVPs, and communicate with your group seamlessly. Features include automated waitlists, threaded chat, and recurring session setup to simplify group play.

Highlights
  • Group and session management
  • Automated waitlists
  • One-tap RSVPs
  • Threaded chat with notifications
  • Recurring session setup
  • Player announcements
Features
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PickleBuddy is a group and session management app built for pickleball. Create your group, organize sessions, and keep your players in the loop without the group chat chaos. Share a join code and your players sign up with just a phone number. Sessions, RSVPs, waitlists, announcements, and chat, all in one place. Create sessions with date, time, location, format, skill level, and player limits. Players RSVP with one tap. Yes or no, no maybes. You always know your headcount. When a session fills, the waitlist takes over. Someone drops out, the next player gets notified and has a window to claim the spot. No more chasing replacements. Announcements are separate from chat. Cancellations and court changes always push. They never get buried. Chat is threaded. Players control their own notifications. Organizers can mute or remove members. Recurring sessions create themselves on schedule. Set it once. Built for Pickleball. Nothing else.

About

Ton80

This app accurately scores various dart games, including X01, Cricket, and Around the Clock. It features a large, readable display, robust game saving, and detailed player statistics. Pro version offers advanced analytics and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Accurate dart scoring engine
  • Multiple game modes (X01, Cricket, etc.)
  • Readable display from throw line
  • Automatic game saving and undo
  • Player statistics tracking
  • Checkout suggestions
  • Apple Watch scoring
Features
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Ton80 keeps score so you can keep throwing. Every game mode included. Five-second setup. No ads, no account, works entirely offline. SCORES IT CORRECTLY Darts apps are famous for getting the rules wrong. Ton80's scoring engine is built and tested against the cases other apps fail: busts under double-out, double-in gating, and cricket's closed-number rules — including the triple-on-a-closing-number case. Doubles, triples, 3-in-bed marks and the bull all work the way the chalkboard says they should. READABLE FROM THE OCHE Giant chalk numerals and high contrast, sized to be read from the throw line without squinting. The screen stays awake until the last dart. NEVER LOSES A GAME Every dart is saved the moment you enter it. Phone rings mid-leg? App closed? Battery swap? Reopen Ton80 and you're exactly where you left off. Undo any throw. Tap any past turn to correct it — the whole game recalculates. EVERY MODE INCLUDED - X01: 301, 501, 701 or custom, with straight, double or master in and out - Legs and sets, with "first to" and "best of" spelled out so there are no surprise rules - Cricket: standard and cut-throat, with proper marks - Around the Clock - Checkout suggestions from 170 down, automatically KNOW YOUR NUMBERS No sign-up, ever. Two saved player profiles and unlimited guests in any game. Ton80 tracks 3-dart average, first-9 average, checkout percentage, doubles rate, cricket MPR, 180s, best leg and win rate for every saved player. Your last 10 games are analysed in full on the standard plan — and every game you ever play is stored permanently. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN A Live Activity keeps the match score on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you play. The score is one glance away even with the phone locked. TON80 PRO Pro is the full toolkit: statistics across your entire history, trend charts on every stat, CSV export of every dart, the doubles practice drill (D1 to D20 and Bull, with hit rate), scoring from your Apple Watch, Display Mode that turns the phone into a wall scoreboard, saved profiles past two, and private iCloud sync between your devices. Yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a single lifetime purchase. Nothing is ever deleted from the standard plan, and nothing you can do today is taken away. BUILT FOR THE PUB AND THE LIVING ROOM Big targets you can hit with one hand. Dark chalkboard design that doesn't blind the room. Light mode if you want it. Works on iPhone and iPad — stand the iPad up and it's a tabletop scoreboard. No ads. No account. No tracking beyond anonymous usage counts. Everything stays on your device — and with Pro, your games sync privately through your own iCloud. Questions or requests: https://scalingwebapps.com/support.php ——— This app offers an auto-renewable subscription ($19.99/year). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Prices may vary by region. A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. Privacy Policy: https://scalingwebapps.com/policies/ton80-privacy-policy.php Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PickleBuddy4 screens
Ton804 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PickleBuddy at none against Ton80's 2. PickleBuddy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Ton80 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. PickleBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PickleBuddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PickleBuddy ships an update every 9 days, Ton80 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PickleBuddy versus Ton80: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickleBuddyTon80
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better4.6 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1011 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSudoWorks LLCSCALINGWEB TECHNOLOGIES

Customer experience

PickleBuddy

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ton80

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PickleBuddy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ton80

Subscriptions1
  • Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro — Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is PickleBuddy free?
PickleBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ton80 free?
Ton80 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PickleBuddy or Ton80?
PickleBuddy is rated higher. PickleBuddy averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Ton80 averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do PickleBuddy or Ton80 have ads?
Neither PickleBuddy nor Ton80 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PickleBuddy or Ton80?
PickleBuddy ships an update every 9 days, and Ton80 weekly. Most recently, PickleBuddy was updated on November 4, 2026 and Ton80 on October 31, 2026.

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