Dink & Dash vs Game Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dink & Dash
Track your pickleball games, discover new courts, and connect with other players. Log matches, earn badges for playing at different locations, and get AI-powered tips to improve your game. Build your pickleball community and share your progress.
- Log match details and notes
- Find and connect with players
- Collect court stamps and earn badges
- AI-powered game insights
- Discover nearby courts on a map
- Social feed for community interaction
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Dink & Dash: Dash to New Courts and Dink with New Friends This isn’t another court finder. It’s where your pickleball story lives. Dink & Dash — Your Pickleball Companion Track your games, connect with players, and level up your pickleball journey. DINK DIARY Log your matches with details like location, date, score, and personal notes. Look back on your pickleball memories anytime. PICKLE PALS Find and connect with other players. Send pal requests, chat in real-time, and build your pickleball community. PICKLE PASSPORT Collect court stamps by playing at different locations. Earn badges like Court Hopper, Early Bird, Night Owl, Streaker, and more. Track your achievements in the Awards tab. BADGE CELEBRATIONS Unlock badges and get a confetti-filled celebration! Show off your earned badges on your profile. SOCIAL FEED Share updates, tag players with @mentions, and interact with your pickleball community through likes and comments. DASH ASSISTANT Get AI-powered insights and tips to improve your game. COURT EXPLORER Discover nearby pickleball courts on an interactive map. QR CODE SHARING Share your profile instantly with a scannable QR code. Whether you're a casual dinker or a tournament grinder, Dink & Dash keeps your pickleball life organized and fun. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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 rating: Dink & Dash at 5.0 against Game Maker's 3.8. Dink & Dash also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and ads (none vs shown). Game Maker's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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. Dink & Dash sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Game Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dink & Dash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dink & Dash's written reviews are positive against 64% of Game Maker's.
Dink & Dash ships an update every 2 months, Game Maker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dink & Dash | Game Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | 3.8 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GSST ENTERPRISES LLC | Pickleball TopCo LLC |
Customer experience
Dink & Dash
Game Maker
In-app purchases
Dink & Dash
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
Game Maker
- 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









