RekPlay vs Pickle Points
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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 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.
| Parameter | RekPlay | Pickle Points |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | REKPLAY LLC | HAYDEN RILEY PAYNE |
Customer experience
RekPlay
Pickle Points
In-app purchases
RekPlay
No in-app purchases
Pickle Points
No in-app purchases









