Comparison

PickleQue vs Pickleball Open Play

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

Head to head
About

PickleQue

This app allows users to check real-time court activity and contribute to the community by reporting courts in use and waiting players. It helps pickleball enthusiasts find open courts and manage queues efficiently.

Highlights
  • Check court activity
  • Report courts in use
  • Input number of waiting players
  • Community-driven updates
  • Find open courts
Features
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Washington Park Pickleheads - check the latest court activity and help the community by inputting courts in use and the number of people waiting in the queue.

About

Pickleball Open Play

Features
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PB Queue handles court rotation and matchmaking for pickleball open play all on one screen. Running open play shouldn't mean a whiteboard, a stack of paper, or arguing about who's next. PBQueue turns a single phone or tablet into the command center for your session. It decides who plays next, on which court, with whom, and keeps every rotation fair. Players don't download anything. They just glance at the host's screen. BUILT FOR THE PERSON RUNNING THE SESSION Whether you organize a weekly club night, a community center drop-in, or a casual mixer with friends, PBQueue handles the part nobody enjoys: the matchmaking. Add your players, tap a button, and get balanced matchups across every court automatically. WHAT IT DOES Two ways to match. Pick at setup, or switch any time during the session. Balanced (default). Players who've sat out longest play first, and no one gets stuck playing every round. Courts are grouped by skill so games stay competitive. Same partners and opponents are actively avoided. One tap stages the next round. Winners & Losers. After each game, winners are matched with other winners and losers with losers, on a fair rotation. Pure courts get a Winners or Losers tag so you can read the ladder at a glance. Or take full control. Build any matchup by hand. Tap a slot, pick a player. Swap anyone with a tap. Shuffle cycles through every team split without changing the players. The algorithm is there when you want it, out of the way when you don't. Live court view. Every court shows a mini-diagram of who's on it, a running timer, and the current score. See the whole session at a glance: which court is freeing up, who's waiting longest, who's resting. A match history at the bottom logs every completed game, plus a full recap when you end the session. Fast scoring. Tap a team to add a point, long-press to undo. End a match with a full score, a winner only, or skip scoring entirely. Player management. Add players one by one or paste a whole list. Rate them on the pickleball 2.5 to 5.0 scale, from Beginner through Expert (including a 4.0 High Intermediate). Link partners who always play together. Swipe to mark someone resting or away. Drop in latecomers without missing a beat. Flexible courts. Start with two, add a third when one opens up, remove one when it rains. Adjust on the fly. WORKS ANYWHERE, KEEPS NOTHING PBQueue is fully offline. No account, no login, no sign-up. Open it and go. Every session, player, and result lives only on your device. Nothing uploaded, tracked, or sold. Pickleball courts rarely have good signal. PBQueue doesn't care. FREE TO RUN A SESSION Organize sessions with up to two courts and sixteen players, with full auto and manual matchmaking included. No trial, no countdown. Free forever for small sessions. PBQUEUE PRO One-time $9.99 unlock, no subscription. Removes all limits: - Unlimited players - Up to ten courts - CSV export of any session - Last fifty sessions saved to history - Custom court names Pay once. Yours forever. Restore on any device with the same Apple ID. STOP REFEREEING THE ROTATION. START PLAYING. PBQueue keeps open play fair, fast, and drama-free, so you spend the night on the court, not the clipboard. Questions or feedback: lokaldev.team@gmail.com Web: pbqueue.com

Screenshots

PickleQue2 screens
Pickleball Open Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PickleQue at none against Pickleball Open Play's 1. Pickleball Open Play's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Pickleball Open Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PickleQue asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PickleQue ships an update every 5 weeks, Pickleball Open Play every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
PickleQue versus Pickleball Open Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickleQuePickleball Open Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLester LienDreamerson Garay

In-app purchases

None

PickleQue

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pickleball Open Play

One-time1
  • PB Queue Pro$9.99

Questions

Is PickleQue free?
PickleQue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickleball Open Play free?
Pickleball Open Play is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PickleQue or Pickleball Open Play have ads?
Neither PickleQue nor Pickleball Open Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PickleQue or Pickleball Open Play?
PickleQue ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pickleball Open Play every 2 days. Most recently, PickleQue was updated on August 29, 2026 and Pickleball Open Play on September 15, 2026.

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