Comparison

PickleMate vs Kitchen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PickleMate

This app simplifies pickleball scorekeeping with voice commands and automatic announcements. It can announce the score aloud and indicate who serves next, keeping games flowing smoothly. An optional upgrade unlocks advanced features like Apple Watch integration and player stat tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic scorekeeping
  • Voice command control
  • Audio score announcements
  • Next server indication
  • Bluetooth speaker support
  • Apple Watch app (Pro)
  • Player stat tracking (Pro)
Features
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Never lose track of the score again — now FREE to download! Just tap Point or Fault — on your iPhone or with a simple voice command. PickleMate handles everything else automatically: it announces the score out loud, tells you who serves next, and keeps the game moving. Connect a Bluetooth speaker and the whole court hears it. UPGRADE TO PICKLEMATE PRO Unlock the full experience with a one-time purchase: • Apple Watch app — score games right from your wrist • Leaderboard — track and compare player stats • Game delete/restore — manage your game history Free features include full scorekeeping, voice announcements, Bluetooth speaker support, and more.

About

Kitchen

Features
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Kitchen is the pickleball scoreboard you'll actually want to use. Two enormous colour blocks. One tap to score. Serve number and side handled for you. No ads, no accounts, no subscription — and now it does a lot more. ONE TAP, REAL RULES • Side-out or rally scoring (the 2026 rulebook's provisional format), games to 11, 15 or 21, win by 2. • Best of 3 or best of 5: Kitchen tracks games, alternates the first server and reminds you to change ends. • Rulebook presets and a coin flip for who serves first. • Switch-sides reminder at 6, 8 or 11 — tap Switched and the board flips with you. • Round-robin countdown with a buzz when time is up. • Shake or tap to undo. The screen never sleeps mid-match, and a locked phone or a force quit never loses a game — just tap Resume. SPOKEN SCORE Turn on Spoken score and Kitchen calls "6, 4, 2" after every rally, like a referee. It respects the silent switch. APPLE WATCH Score from your wrist with the same engine as the phone. Kitchen records the match as a pickleball workout — heart rate, calories and Activity rings — and stays awake for the whole game. Finished matches land in your iPhone history, with heart rate and calories on the match. COURT BOARD Open Court board on an iPad or a second iPhone on the same Wi-Fi and it mirrors the live score, big enough for the whole court. Scoring on the watch? Your iPhone shows it live too. No setup, no account. PLAYERS Type names at match start and Players keeps everyone's wins, losses, win streaks, recent form, doubles partners and head-to-head. Tap a name for their full record and matches. SHARE A clean match card with names, games and time for the group chat — or a text summary ready for your DUPR log. AND MORE • History with filters (singles, doubles, series, watch) and day sections. • Stats: court record, records, when you play, winners' circle. • Four court themes: Day, Dusk, Indoor, Neon. Great on iPad with a sidebar, landscape and keyboard shortcuts. • A hand-signals card and a 2026 rules cheat sheet. • 46 languages, switchable instantly inside the app. • Everything stays on your devices. Anonymous usage stats can be switched off in Settings. Open the app. Tap. Play. Own the kitchen, own the court.

Screenshots

PickleMate4 screens
Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitchen at none against PickleMate's 1. PickleMate's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PickleMate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kitchen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PickleMate ships an update weekly, Kitchen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
PickleMate versus Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickleMateKitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIDVI SHAJI SHEREEFAll Things AI, Inc

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PickleMate

One-time1
  • PickleMate Pro Support$1.99
None

Kitchen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PickleMate free?
PickleMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kitchen free?
Kitchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PickleMate or Kitchen have ads?
Neither PickleMate nor Kitchen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PickleMate or Kitchen?
PickleMate ships an update weekly, and Kitchen every 2 months. Most recently, PickleMate was updated on October 10, 2026 and Kitchen on October 7, 2026.

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