Pickle1 vs Pickleheart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pickle1
Book indoor pickleball courts at a New York City club. Reserve courts, invite friends, and enjoy features like instant replays and automated scoreboards. Participate in leagues, tournaments, and lessons.
- Court booking
- Friend invitations
- Automated scoreboards
- Instant replays
- DUPR integration
- Event programming (leagues, tournaments, lessons)
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Pickle1 is an indoor pickleball club located in the New York City Financial District. This spacious, light-filled facility features 3 professional indoor pickleball courts, 24-ft high ceilings, and a modern design. Join the lifestyle movement and come play with us. Simply book a court on the app, invite your friends, let yourselves in to play and enjoy. Features include instant replays, automated scoreboards, and DUPR integration. Programming will include hourly court reservations, OpenPlays, leagues, tournaments, pickleball clinics, and group and private lessons.
Pickleheart
See real-time park conditions and player activity before you go. Connect with local players, find games at your skill level, and join your community. Know if it's worth the trip and meet new people.
- Live court conditions
- See who's at the park
- Connect with players
- Find games at your level
- Join park communities
- Report park status
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Stop guessing what the park is like. Pickleheart tells you what's happening at your park right now, before you leave the house. Are your friends there? How’s the competition? See live court conditions, who's there, and how many courts are running, all reported by the players around you. Head out knowing if it's worth the trip, find your game and meet players at your level. Built for the park communities around NYC. Expanding to more parks and cities each month. What you can do: Check real-time court conditions before you leave See who's at the park and how many stacks are running Connect with players at your skill level Join your local park community and stay in the loop Report conditions and help your community know when to go Free to download. No subscription required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pickleheart at none against Pickle1's shown. Pickleheart also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Pickle1's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 3). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pickle1 against 5.0 for Pickleheart. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pickle1 has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pickle1 ships an update every 3 weeks, Pickleheart every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pickle1 | Pickleheart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PINGPOD INC | orangeKarma |
Customer experience
Pickle1
Pickleheart
In-app purchases
Pickle1
No in-app purchases
Pickleheart
No in-app purchases
