Comparison

RECS Pickleball vs Game Maker

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

Head to head
About

RECS Pickleball

This app connects users to a network of sports clubs in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in pickleball and padel. Members can reserve courts, book lessons, and join group activities like clinics and round robins.

Highlights
  • Club membership
  • Court reservations
  • Lesson booking
  • Group session sign-ups
  • Pickleball and Padel focus
Features
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RECS is the app for our network of clubs in the Pacific Northwest that feature fun and social sports like pickleball and padel. Through the app, you can become a member, reserve a court, book a lesson, and join group sessions like a clinic or round robin.

About

Game Maker

Organize pickleball games, find nearby courts, and connect with players. Create custom game formats, manage groups, and communicate with other players.

Highlights
  • Find nearby games and courts
  • Connect with players by DUPR, age, gender
  • Create private groups and chat
  • Organize games with custom formats
  • Scramble, Round Robin, King of the Court modes
  • DUPR rating sessions
Features
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Game Maker is made for pickleball — the one app you open before, during, and after every session. Find courts and players near you, set up games in seconds, run brackets, track your DUPR rating, and stay connected with the people you play with. Whether you're organizing your regular doubles group or chasing your next rating bump, Game Maker keeps your whole pickleball life in one place. Meet Pickles AI Just ask. Say "set up a private game Saturday morning at 9am with my advanced players group" and Pickles AI — with voice dictation — turns it into a real, confirmable game inside the app. Organizing play has never been this fast. Your games, on your Calendar Every game you create syncs straight to your iPhone's Calendar, including recurring sessions — so your schedule lives where you already look. Find your game • Discover nearby courts and players on the map • Filter by distance to find games that fit • Host or join games and manage invites Play & compete • Build round-robin and tournament brackets • Record match scores • Head-to-head history and leaderboards Track your progress • Connect your DUPR rating • See 90-day performance trends and match insights • Follow your improvement over time Stay connected • Add friends and create groups • Message the players you play with • Game Maker player indicators so you know who's on the app Play anywhere — now in 24 languages Game Maker automatically matches your device language, or pick from 24 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Turkish, and more. Download Game Maker and play more pickleball. By using Game Maker, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy: https://pickleball.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://pickleball.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

RECS Pickleball3 screens
Game Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RECS Pickleball at 5.0 against Game Maker's 3.8. RECS Pickleball also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Game Maker's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. Game Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. RECS Pickleball asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RECS Pickleball holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Game Maker has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RECS Pickleball versus Game Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRECS PickleballGame Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews—63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCourtReservePickleball TopCo LLC

In-app purchases

None

RECS Pickleball

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Game Maker

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Access$4.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Access$19.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$49.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual Access$199.991 Year

Questions

Is RECS Pickleball free?
RECS Pickleball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Game Maker free?
Game Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RECS Pickleball or Game Maker?
RECS Pickleball is rated higher. RECS Pickleball averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Game Maker averages 3.8 from 18 ratings.
Do RECS Pickleball or Game Maker have ads?
Game Maker shows ads; RECS Pickleball does not.

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