CourtsApp vs Game Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CourtsApp
Easily find and book courts for various racquet and paddle sports like tennis, pickleball, and squash. Reserve your spot in seconds, manage all your bookings, and invite friends without any hassle.
- Search and discover courts
- Filter by sport, time, location
- Book courts in seconds
- Manage all bookings
- Invite friends to play
- Cancel bookings easily
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Booking a court should be simple. With CourtsApp, it is. CourtsApp is the fastest way to search and book available courts across every racquet and paddle sport. If it has a racquet or paddle—tennis, pickleball, padel, squash, table tennis, badminton, racquetball—you’ll find it here. Find the right court, right now. 1. Search & discover All your favorite racquet and paddle sports in one place. Filter by sport, time, location, and more to get exactly what you want. 2. Book in seconds Find a time, tap to reserve, and you’re set. No calls. No guesswork. No hassle. 3. Play & stay organized Track and manage all your bookings, invite friends, and cancel if plans change. Everything stays in one simple view. Easy Court Reservations. Zero Friction. CourtsApp makes the entire booking experience simple, fast, and frustration-free. 1,500+ Courts and Counting We’re growing with the game; live across the New York Tri-State area and expanding to new regions every week, with more courts and clubs joining our community all the time.
Game Maker
Organize pickleball games, find nearby courts, and connect with players. Create custom game formats, manage groups, and communicate with other players.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CourtsApp at 100% against Game Maker's 50%. CourtsApp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Game Maker's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CourtsApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CourtsApp's written reviews are positive against 50% of Game Maker's.
CourtsApp ships an update fortnightly, Game Maker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CourtsApp | Game Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | 3.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CourtsApp LLC | Pickleball TopCo LLC |
Customer experience
CourtsApp
Game Maker
In-app purchases
CourtsApp
No in-app purchases
Game Maker
No in-app purchases








