Comparison

Game Maker vs PickleBall Match Maker

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

Head to head
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

About

PickleBall Match Maker

Features
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Pickleball Match Maker builds fair, balanced doubles and singles rotations for open play, club nights and social sessions - in one tap. Free, no sign-up, works fully offline. Stop juggling names on a whiteboard. Enter the number of courts and players, and the app generates every round so that nobody sits out too often, partners keep changing, and you don't keep facing the same opponents. WHY ORGANIZERS LOVE IT • Equal rest for everyone - players who sat out last round always play next; no one rests twice in a row • New partner every round - the fairness engine avoids repeating pairs until everyone has played together • Fresh opponents - prioritizes matchups you haven't played yet and avoids putting the same four people on one court again • Rest with different people - the same group doesn't keep sitting out together • 150 candidate lineups are scored per round and the best one is chosen automatically BUILT FOR REAL SESSIONS • Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles modes • 1 to 8 courts, 4 to 40 players • Late arrivals & early leavers: add or remove members mid-session and choose whether to apply from the next round or regenerate the current one • Rename members: replace P1, P2... with real names, or keep the defaults • Fixed pairs: keep couples, friends or coach-student pairs together • Regenerate: don't like a lineup? Reshuffle with the same fairness rules • Round history: swipe back to check who played whom TRACK YOUR GROUP • Session history saved on your device • Per-player stats: matches played, rests, partners and opponents • Fairness overview for the whole session PRIVATE & OFFLINE • No account, no internet required - perfect for outdoor courts • All data stays on your phone Perfect for pickleball club organizers, community event hosts, PE teachers, and anyone who runs a weekly round robin. Also works for tennis, padel and badminton doubles. Set up a session in 10 seconds and get back to playing.

Screenshots

Game Maker4 screens
PickleBall Match Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PickleBall Match Maker at none against Game Maker's 4. Game Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). On price, ads, 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. PickleBall Match Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Game Maker ships an update every 8 days, PickleBall Match Maker monthly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Game Maker versus PickleBall Match Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGame MakerPickleBall Match Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPickleball TopCo LLCmere LLC (Apps)

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
None

PickleBall Match Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Game Maker free?
Game Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PickleBall Match Maker free?
PickleBall Match Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Game Maker or PickleBall Match Maker have ads?
Both Game Maker and PickleBall Match Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Game Maker or PickleBall Match Maker?
Game Maker ships an update every 8 days, and PickleBall Match Maker monthly. Most recently, Game Maker was updated on October 28, 2026 and PickleBall Match Maker on October 28, 2026.

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