Dinkers vs PB Drills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinkers
Manage your indoor pickleball experience with this app. Book courts, join leagues, register for events, and track your game progress. Connect with fellow players and organize your play seamlessly within the facility's community.
- Court booking
- League registration
- Event sign-ups
- Match tracking
- Community connection
- Reservation management
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Dinkers Indoor Pickleball is your private hub for everything pickleball at our indoor facility. Easily book courts, join leagues, register for events, track your matches, and stay connected with the Dinkers community—all in one place. Designed exclusively for our members, the app makes it simple to organize play, manage reservations, and enjoy the game you love.
PB Drills
Enhance your pickleball game with over 200 drills, AI-powered coaching, and progress tracking. Get personalized workout suggestions and video demonstrations to improve every aspect of your play.
- 200+ pickleball drills
- AI Coach Chat for custom sessions
- Court Mode with audio cues
- Skill Progression Tracker
- Pre-Game Warmup generator
- On-device video form analysis
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dinkers at 14.0 against PB Drills's 17.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dinkers against 5.0 for PB Drills. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Dinkers | PB Drills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinkers LLC | Cory Brown |
In-app purchases
Dinkers
No in-app purchases
PB Drills
No in-app purchases
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