Comparison

Pickle Duels vs Pickleball Groups

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

Head to head
About

Pickle Duels

This app enhances pickleball games by providing score tracking and progress monitoring. Easily start new matches, join existing ones via QR code, and compete on leaderboards. Improve your skills and see where you rank among players.

Highlights
  • Score tracking
  • Match creation
  • QR code game joining
  • Progress monitoring
  • Leaderboards
  • Competitive play
Features
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Pickle Duels turns your pickleball games into a fun, competitive experience. Easily start new matches, join games by scanning a QR code, and track your progress over time. Whether you’re playing casually with friends or aiming for the top of the leaderboard, Pickle Duels helps you improve your game and see how you stack up.

About

Pickleball Groups

This app helps pickleball groups organize and track their weekly games. It allows for easy scheduling, attendance tracking, automatic bracket generation, and live scorekeeping. All your crew's game history, rivalries, and standings are stored in one place.

Highlights
  • Schedule game sessions
  • Track player attendance
  • Auto-generate brackets
  • Live scorekeeping
  • Track rivalries and head-to-head records
  • Maintain season-long standings
  • Group game history
Features
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Run your pickleball crew without the group text. Schedule games, collect RSVPs, build brackets, keep score, and keep a running record of who's actually winning. The Crew is for the group you already play with every week. It's not a court finder or a way to meet new players. It's home base for your regulars. SCHEDULE GAMES AND COLLECT RSVPS Set the date, format, and courts. Any member can create a session. Players tap in, out, or maybe, and the roster updates live. Reminders go out before every game, and sessions sync to your calendar. WAITLISTS THAT RUN THEMSELVES When a session fills, players join the waitlist. If someone drops, the next player is promoted and notified automatically. BRACKETS BUILT FROM WHO SHOWED UP Round robin or king of the court for multi-court open play. Singles or doubles, rotating or fixed partners. Check players in at the courts and The Crew builds the bracket from who's actually there. LIVE SCORING AND STANDINGS Enter scores from any phone. Standings update as each game is recorded, so there's no debate about who's up. CREW CHAT Every crew gets its own chat, so game talk stays out of your texts. GROUP TEXTS FORGET. THE CREW REMEMBERS. With Crew Plus, every match adds up: head-to-head records against everyone you play, partner stats, streaks, and season and all-time standings. That friend who swears they never lose? The numbers tell a different story. One organizer subscription covers the whole crew. WHAT'S FREE Scheduling, RSVPs, waitlists, brackets, live scoring, standings, and chat are free for every crew. Organize 1 crew with up to 20 players, and join as many crews as you like. Crew Plus adds unlimited crews, unlimited roster size, and full history. Players never pay. No ads. Private by default. We don't sell your data. No location or birthdate required. Built by a pickleball player, for the groups that show up every week. Made for dinks, drives, and dynasties.

Screenshots

Pickle Duels4 screens
Pickleball Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pickle Duels at none against Pickleball Groups's 1. Pickleball Groups's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (33 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Pickleball Groups sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.00 per year. Pickle Duels asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pickle Duels against 5.0 for Pickleball Groups. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pickleball Groups has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pickle Duels ships an update every 4 weeks, Pickleball Groups every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pickle Duels versus Pickleball Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickle DuelsPickleball Groups
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings233 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCapsule KaibaShoreline Foundry LLC

Customer experience

Pickle Duels

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pickleball Groups

All ratings33 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pickle Duels

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pickleball Groups

Subscriptions1
  • Crew Plus$29.001 Year

Questions

Is Pickle Duels free?
Pickle Duels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickleball Groups free?
Pickleball Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pickle Duels or Pickleball Groups?
Pickle Duels and Pickleball Groups are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 33 ratings respectively.
Do Pickle Duels or Pickleball Groups have ads?
Neither Pickle Duels nor Pickleball Groups shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pickle Duels or Pickleball Groups?
Pickle Duels ships an update every 4 weeks, and Pickleball Groups every 5 days. Most recently, Pickle Duels was updated on October 28, 2026 and Pickleball Groups on October 24, 2026.

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