Game Maker vs PB Drills

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

PBDrills is your personal pickleball coach in your pocket. 200+ drills for every skill level — from beginner dinking patterns to advanced speed-up counters — each with a video demo, step-by-step instructions, and rating-based recommendations tuned to where you are today. WHAT'S INSIDE • AI Coach Chat — type "30 min, no partner, work on my drop" and get a custom session • Court Mode — full-screen drill timer with audio cues that survives backgrounding • Skill Progression Tracker — rating curve, category heatmap, monthly check-ins • Pre-Game Warmup — countdown-based AI warmup before any match • Drill of the Day + Streak — daily reminder, flame counter, monthly grace day • Self-Video Form Library — 10-second front-camera clips per drill, on-device only • 200+ drill catalog — dinking, third shots, resets, speed-ups, volleys, footwork, and more WHO IT'S FOR • 2.0–3.0: beginner fundamentals, dinking and serve basics • 3.5–4.0: structure and progressions to break out of the intermediate plateau • 4.5+: advanced shot drills, game-format play, drilling like the pros PRIVACY-FIRST • No accounts required • No data collection • Your form videos stay on your device • Push notifications opt-in only Built by pickleball players, for pickleball players. Drill smarter, play sharper.