Comparison

LTP Pickleball vs PicklePlay

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

Head to head
About

LTP Pickleball

Features
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Our pickleball app is a comprehensive and user friendly platform designed for players of all levels to enhance their pickleball experience. The app includes a variety of features including renting courts, leagues, skill development, tournaments, drop ins and open play. Overall, our pickleball app is a one stop shop for all things pickleball.

About

PicklePlay

Features
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PicklePlay makes organizing pickleball with your friends effortless. Create an event, share a six-character code, and let the app handle the rest. It builds every round automatically — balancing teams, rotating sit-outs fairly, and keeping partners fresh — so you spend your time playing instead of arranging. ORGANIZE IN SECONDS • Set the date, courts, and player limit • Share a join code — nobody has to hunt for accounts • Invite players by name, with an automatic waitlist when you fill up FAIR, BALANCED GAMES • Automatic doubles matchups across all your courts • Everyone plays about the same number of games • Avoids repeating the same partners and opponents • Teams balanced by skill so games stay competitive SCORES AND STANDINGS • Any player can enter a score, courtside, in seconds • Live standings update for everyone instantly • Final rankings and a personal summary when the event ends YOUR RATING, YOUR CHOICE Every player carries an internal 2.00–8.00 skill rating used to balance games. It lives only in this app and does not affect your official DUPR rating. Prefer to keep it private? Turn visibility off and other players simply see "Hidden." FREE, WITH NO ADS Joining events, playing, entering scores, and following standings are free — and there are no ads anywhere in PicklePlay, ever. Creating and running events is a one-time Organizer Unlock purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

LTP Pickleball3 screens
PicklePlay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LTP Pickleball at none against PicklePlay's 1. LTP Pickleball also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PicklePlay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LTP Pickleball asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
LTP Pickleball versus PicklePlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLTP PickleballPicklePlay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCourtReserveXiayu Xu

In-app purchases

None

LTP Pickleball

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PicklePlay

One-time1
  • Organizer Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is LTP Pickleball free?
LTP Pickleball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PicklePlay free?
PicklePlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LTP Pickleball or PicklePlay have ads?
Neither LTP Pickleball nor PicklePlay shows ads.

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