Runnit Back vs Hoopmap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Runnit Back
Easily find and host casual sports games in your local area without any fees or commitments. Connect with other players for basketball, soccer, pickleball, and volleyball, and coordinate directly through in-game chat.
- Find pickup games on map or list
- Host your own games easily
- Join games with one tap
- In-game chat for coordination
- Filter by sport and skill level
- View game history and stats
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Runnit is the easiest way to find and host pickup sports games in your area. No leagues. No fees. No commitments. Just real games with real people. We've all been there. You want to hoop, kick a ball around, or play pickleball, but you don't know who's playing or where. You text the group chat, half the people don't respond, and you end up on your couch. Runnit fixes that. FIND GAMES NEAR YOU Browse pickup games on a map or list. Filter by sport: basketball, soccer, pickleball, or volleyball. See what's happening today, this week, or whenever you're free. Every game shows the venue, time, skill level, and how many spots are left. HOST YOUR OWN Post a game in seconds. Pick the sport, set the venue, choose the time, and say how many players you need. Share a link to fill it fast. Add notes like "bring your own ball" or "winners stay on." JOIN UP One tap to join a game. The headcount is live, so when someone joins or drops, everyone knows. Know exactly how many spots are left before you lace up. GAME CHAT Every game has a built-in chat room tied to the run, not your main group thread from 2019. Coordinate with other players before you show up. Messages are real-time so you're always in the loop. SKILL LEVELS Games are tagged as beginner, intermediate, advanced, or all levels. Find runs that match your vibe, whether you're just learning or looking for serious competition. FOUR SPORTS Basketball. Soccer. Pickleball. Volleyball. Pick your sport. We'll handle the rest. YOUR PROFILE See your full game history: how many you've hosted, how many you've joined, and your stats across every sport. NOTIFICATIONS Get notified when someone joins or leaves your game, or when someone sends a message in your game chat. No algorithms deciding what you see. No social media noise. Just pickup games, organized simply. Run it back.
Hoopmap
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Hoopmap helps you find a basketball court wherever you are — no matter the city or country. Open the app, allow location access, and Hoopmap shows the courts around you, sorted by distance, as a scrollable list or as pins on a map. Tap a court to see its details: indoor or outdoor, number of hoops, exact coordinates, and a photo when one is available. A "Directions" button opens Maps for step-by-step navigation. NO LOCATION? STILL WORKS You can decline the location permission and use the app anyway: pick a city from a built-in list, or pan the map to any neighbourhood in the world and search what you are looking at. One tap brings you back to "near me" whenever you change your mind. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM Court locations come from OpenStreetMap, the open, community-maintained map of the world, queried live for the area you are viewing — so coverage is not limited to a handful of major cities. Some courts also include a photo from Wikimedia Commons, shown together with its author and licence, and only when that attribution is available. ADD THE COURTS THAT ARE MISSING If a court near you is not listed yet, add it yourself: name it, set the hoop count and whether it is indoor or outdoor, and place it on the map or use your current position. It is saved instantly and becomes visible to everyone searching that area. Every user-submitted court can be reported, and reports are reviewed by hand. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS There is no sign-up screen and no password to remember. Hoopmap creates an anonymous session for you, and that is the only thing it knows about you — no name, no email address, no advertising identifier, and no ads anywhere in the app. You can see exactly what that session holds, and delete it, in Settings › Your data: every court you submitted, every report you filed, and the anonymous identifier itself. Whether you are travelling, new in town, or just want a hoop for a pickup game tonight, Hoopmap points you to the nearest one.
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Verdict
Runnit Back and Hoopmap are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Runnit Back | Hoopmap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sahil Mehta | Rachou Corp |
In-app purchases
Runnit Back
No in-app purchases
Hoopmap
No in-app purchases









