Comparison

CourtShuffle vs NextFour

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

Head to head
About

CourtShuffle

Features
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Court Shuffle: Your Smart Match Organizer Court Shuffle makes organizing tennis and badminton sessions effortless, fair, and fun. Why Court Shuffle? Whether you're hosting a weekly club session, running a tournament, or getting friends together for a casual game, Court Shuffle handles the matchmaking for you. No more awkward moments figuring out who plays with who. How It Works: Set Up Your Courts. Choose how many courts you have and select singles or doubles. Add Your Players. Enter everyone's name in just a few seconds. Generate Rounds. Tap once and Court Shuffle creates balanced match rotations. Play and Repeat. Keep generating rounds as you go so everyone plays with different partners. Key Features Smart Match Generation - A clever algorithm creates fair rotations. Players get a wide mix of partners and opponents, keeping things fresh and enjoyable. Singles and Doubles Support - Use any combination of singles and doubles courts. Court Shuffle adapts to your setup. Reusable Templates - Save templates for your regular sessions. Set up your courts and players once, then start new sessions instantly. Ideal for weekly club nights. Session Management - Manage multiple sessions at the same time. Each session keeps a history of rounds so you always know who has played together. Export to Templates - Turn any session setup into a template you can reuse or share with friends and teammates. Privacy Notice Your data stays on your device. There are no accounts, no cloud services, and no tracking. Your sessions belong to you.

About

NextFour

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NextFour (Next Four) turns your club's pegboard into an app. If your badminton, squash, padel, pickleball or table tennis club runs on a board of pegs on the wall, NextFour does the same job - fairer, faster, and visible to every player on their phone or a courtside tablet. FIND A GAME • Find badminton, squash, padel, pickleball and table tennis sessions and clubs near you. • See when and where they play, what level they are, and who's going. • Join a session, check in when you arrive, and get on court. THE DIGITAL PEGBOARD • Players peg on from their phone when they arrive - no crowding around the board. • The queue updates live, so everyone can see who's waiting and who's next. • Courts fill automatically in the right order as games finish. • Fair court rotation means no one gets stuck waiting while others jump the line. HOW YOU WANT TO RUN IT • Pegboard mode - the classic peg-on system, now digital. • Skill-based mode - balance matches by level so games stay competitive. • Manual mode - pick the players yourself when you want full control. COURTSIDE TABLET • Put NextFour on a tablet by the courts as your club board. • Players check themselves in with a code and peg on without needing the organiser. • See every court, the live queue and who's up next at a glance. QUICK SCORES • Tap the winning side and the score is filled in - just set the other side's. • Or record the winner only, if your club doesn't keep scores. FOR PLAYERS • See who's playing tonight and join the session. • Peg on, get matched into games, and pair up with a partner. • Build your profile and follow your stats over time. FOR CLUBS • Bring your members together under one club. • Members are added automatically when they play your sessions. • Run all your sessions and courts from one place. BUILT AROUND REAL CLUB NIGHTS NextFour was designed the way badminton and other racket clubs actually run their evenings - peg on, wait your turn, get on court. Less time managing the board, more time playing. Download NextFour and bring your club night's pegboard into the 21st century. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://nextfour.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://nextfour.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

CourtShuffle4 screens
NextFour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CourtShuffle at none against NextFour's shown. NextFour's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CourtShuffle ships an update every 2 months, NextFour every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
CourtShuffle versus NextFour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCourtShuffleNextFour
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRussell McInnesNextfour Ltd

In-app purchases

None

CourtShuffle

No in-app purchases

None

NextFour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CourtShuffle free?
CourtShuffle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextFour free?
NextFour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CourtShuffle or NextFour have ads?
NextFour shows ads; CourtShuffle does not.
Which is updated more often, CourtShuffle or NextFour?
CourtShuffle ships an update every 2 months, and NextFour every 5 days. Most recently, CourtShuffle was updated on October 30, 2026 and NextFour on November 10, 2026.

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