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 scoring with voice commands and automatic score announcements. It tracks who serves next and supports Bluetooth speakers for court-wide audio. An optional upgrade unlocks advanced features like Apple Watch integration and player statistics.

Highlights
  • Voice-controlled scoring
  • Automatic score announcements
  • Next server indication
  • Bluetooth speaker support
  • Apple Watch app
  • Player statistics tracking
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

This app provides an intuitive pickleball scoreboard with customizable scoring rules and a spoken score feature. It also offers Apple Watch integration for workout tracking and a court board for larger displays.

Highlights
  • Customizable scoring rules
  • Spoken score announcements
  • Apple Watch workout tracking
  • Court board mirroring
  • Player statistics and history
  • Match sharing for DUPR
Features
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Kitchen is the pickleball scoreboard you'll actually want to use. Two enormous color blocks. One tap to score. Serve number and side handled for you. No ads, no accounts, no subscription. 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. TROPHIES AND GAME CENTER Earn 15 trophies, from your first game to a shutout, a comeback from five down and five wins in a row. Sign in to Game Center to climb the weekly games leaderboard and the all-time wins and win-streak boards with your friends. Pick yourself in Players and your wins count. GAME-DAY REMINDERS Choose the days you usually play and Kitchen sends a nudge so the score is ready before you get to the court. Only what you choose, never ads. 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. 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. IPHONE DUO Prop iPhone Duo half-open on the bench: Bench mode shows a big scoreboard facing the court on the top half and both tap targets on the bottom. Open it like a book for a scoreboard page and a tapping page. PLAYERS Type names at match start and Players keeps everyone's wins, losses, streaks, recent form, doubles partners and head-to-head. 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 and day sections; stats with records and when you play. • 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. • Matches, players and workouts stay on your devices. Anonymous usage stats help us improve Kitchen and 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 (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PickleMate against 5.0 for Kitchen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PickleMate ships an update every 3 days, Kitchen every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PickleMate versus Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickleMateKitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIDSTECH LLCAll 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.
Which has better reviews, PickleMate or Kitchen?
PickleMate and Kitchen are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PickleMate or Kitchen have ads?
Neither PickleMate nor Kitchen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PickleMate or Kitchen?
PickleMate ships an update every 3 days, and Kitchen every 5 weeks. Most recently, PickleMate was updated on November 5, 2026 and Kitchen on November 5, 2026.

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