PickupHoop vs Play Plot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PickupHoop
Discover and organize local basketball games with this app. It features an interactive map to find courts, create or join games, and manage player check-ins for fair play. Connect with other players and enhance your pickup basketball experience.
- Interactive map of local courts
- Create or join pickup games
- GPS-based player check-in
- Choose game sizes
- Organize games with friends
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PickupHoop is a mobile app designed to help users find and organize local pickup basketball games while adding social and competitive elements. The app uses an interactive map that shows nearby basketball courts, allowing users to create or join games at specific parks. Players can choose game sizes, join solo or with friends, and check in using GPS to ensure fairness and safety.
Play Plot
This app connects players with local sports facilities for easy booking and payment. Find available pitches, secure your spot instantly, and manage payments digitally. Facility owners can grow their business with smart scheduling and guaranteed revenue.
- Discover local sports facilities
- Instant digital payments
- Real-time availability
- Seamless booking process
- Facility owner management tools
- Guaranteed revenue for owners
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Stop fighting for game time. Welcome to PlayPlot. PlayPlot is the sports booking platform built to connect players with local sports facilities around them. Whether you're organizing a weekend football match with your squad or looking for a regular training turf, PlayPlot makes the booking process seamless, transparent, and instant. No more endless phone calls to venue managers. No more showing up to the field only to find out you've been double-booked. FOR PLAYERS: Find Your Turf: Discover local pitches and sports facilities near you with high-quality photos and details. Instant Digital Payments: Pay securely using Mobile Money (MoMo) directly in the app. Real-Time Availability: See exactly what time slots are open right now and lock yours in instantly. Focus on the Game: Secure your pitch in under a minute so you can focus on assembling your squad. FOR FACILITY OWNERS: Grow Your Business: Add your sports facility to the PlayPlot network and get discovered by thousands of active local players. Smart Scheduling: Manage all your bookings from one real-time digital dashboard. Say goodbye to pen-and-paper mistakes. Guaranteed Revenue: Upfront digital payments mean zero no-shows and automated cash flow tracking. Book. Pay. Play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Play Plot at every 2 weeks against PickupHoop's every 2 months. PickupHoop's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 PickupHoop against 5.0 for Play Plot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
PickupHoop ships an update every 2 months, Play Plot every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | PickupHoop | Play Plot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hagen Bonnette | PLAY PLOT DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LTD |
Customer experience
PickupHoop
Play Plot
In-app purchases
PickupHoop
No in-app purchases
Play Plot
No in-app purchases
