Comparison

RekPlay 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

RekPlay

Organize pickleball games, run tournaments, and connect with other players. Create or join games with various formats, track your stats, and communicate with your group through in-app messaging.

Highlights
  • Create and join pickleball games
  • Organize tournaments with automatic brackets
  • Track player stats and performance
  • In-app group chat and messaging
  • Interactive map for finding games
  • Support for multiple game formats
Features
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RekPlay is the all-in-one pickleball app for organizing games, running tournaments, and connecting with players. CREATE & JOIN GAMES - Set up pickup games in seconds — choose your format (Set Partners, Rotating Partners, King of the Court, MiLP-style, Mixed Gender), pick a location, and invite players. Find nearby games on the interactive map and join with one tap. TOURNAMENTS & BRACKETS - Run single or double elimination brackets for any group size. The app handles seeding, BYEs, and match progression automatically. Host multi-event tournament days with pools, brackets, and round-robin formats. STATS & TRACKING - Track wins, losses, and head-to-head records. View advanced stats, player ratings, and performance trends over time. Earn badges as you hit milestones. GROUP CHAT & MESSAGING - Chat with your game group, send private messages, create group chats, share polls, and react to messages. Threaded conversations keep everything organized. KEY FEATURES • Multiple game formats: Set Partners, Rotating Partners, KOTC, MiLP, Mixed Gender • Single & double elimination brackets with automatic seeding • Interactive map to find and create games near you • In-app messaging with polls, reactions, and threads • Player stats, ratings, badges, and head-to-head records • Tournament management with pools and bracket stages • Push notifications for game updates, chat messages, and invites • Dark mode support Whether you're running a weekly round-robin at your local courts or organizing a tournament for 64 teams, RekPlay has you covered

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

RekPlay4 screens
Pickle Points4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RekPlay at 15.1 against Pickle Points's 18.6. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RekPlay against 5.0 for Pickle Points. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RekPlay versus Pickle Points: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRekPlayPickle Points
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperREKPLAY LLCHAYDEN RILEY PAYNE

Customer experience

RekPlay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pickle Points

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RekPlay

No in-app purchases

None

Pickle Points

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RekPlay free?
RekPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickle Points free?
Pickle Points is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RekPlay or Pickle Points?
RekPlay and Pickle Points are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RekPlay or Pickle Points have ads?
Neither RekPlay nor Pickle Points shows ads.

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