Comparison

Fair Play vs Pickle Points

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

Head to head
About

Fair Play

Features
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Manage your team's substitutions with ease! Fair Play is the ultimate tool for coaches and team managers to optimize player rotation, ensure fair playtime, and maximize performance on the field or court. Key Features: Effortless Player Management: Quickly add your roster and customize player profiles. Intuitive Substitution Interface: Easily swap players in and out with a simple tap. Real-time Game Clock & Timer: Keep track of game time and individual player time on the field/court. Fair Playtime Tracking: Ensure every player gets their share of the action with built-in playtime logging. Customizable Settings: Adapt the app to various sports with configurable game durations, period breaks, and substitution rules. Benefits for Coaches & Teams: Optimize Performance: Make strategic substitutions to keep your team fresh and competitive. Ensure Fairness: Easily manage playtime to give every player a valuable experience. Reduce Stress: Eliminate the hassle of manual tracking and enjoy the game more. Improve Communication: Keep everyone on the same page regarding player rotations. Perfect for Any Sport: Ideal for soccer, basketball, football, hockey, volleyball, and more! Download Fair Play today and revolutionize the way you manage your team's substitutions!

About

Pickle Points

This app simplifies pickleball scoring for recreational players by adhering to official rules for singles and doubles. It offers an Apple Watch remote for easy scoring and a large, visible scoreboard on your iPhone. All game data is saved locally for review.

Highlights
  • USA Pickleball scoring rules
  • Apple Watch remote control
  • Large, visible iPhone scoreboard
  • Local game history and point-by-point timeline
  • Singles and doubles support
  • Customizable win scores and match formats
Features
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Pickle Points is a focused, beautifully designed scoring app for recreational pickleball players. It knows the rules so you don't have to. PLAYS BY THE BOOK Full USA Pickleball scoring for both singles and doubles. Serve rotation, side-outs, win-by-2, and the famously confusing start-of-game exception — Pickle Points gets them all right. YOUR WRIST IS THE REMOTE Use your Apple Watch as a courtside remote control. Tap your wrist to score; your iPhone (propped up on the bench) shows the full scoreboard to everyone on the court. No more walking back to your phone between points. STADIUM-SIZE SCORES The iPhone scoreboard is designed for visibility — oversized numbers, clear serve indicators, and the full three-number doubles score call. Glance from anywhere on the court and know exactly where you stand. REVIEW EVERY MATCH Every game is saved locally on your device. Browse your history, tap into any match to see a point-by-point timeline, durations, and final scores. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No cloud sync. No analytics. No ads. Your data stays on your device — full stop. ALSO • Singles and doubles • Both side-out and rally scoring • Custom win scores (7, 9, 11, 15, 21) • Win-by-1 or win-by-2 • Best-of-3 and best-of-5 match formats • Heart rate and calorie tracking during games (Apple Watch) • Quick music controls during play (Apple Watch) • Light and dark mode • Eight accent color presets, plus a custom color picker Made by a player, for players. Free forever.

Screenshots

Fair Play3 screens
Pickle Points4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pickle Points at 18.6 against Fair Play's 26.0. On price, ads, 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Fair Play versus Pickle Points: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFair PlayPickle Points
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven HoskingHAYDEN RILEY PAYNE

In-app purchases

None

Fair Play

No in-app purchases

None

Pickle Points

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fair Play free?
Fair Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickle Points free?
Pickle Points is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fair Play or Pickle Points have ads?
Neither Fair Play nor Pickle Points shows ads.

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