Comparison

Kitchen Counter vs Pickle Me Happy

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Counter

Effortlessly score pickleball matches using your Apple Watch with intuitive crown gestures. Track game history, player statistics, and sync seamlessly with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Hands-free Apple Watch scoring
  • Digital Crown for scoring
  • Auto side-out and server tracking
  • Support for doubles and singles
  • Match history and statistics
  • Apple Health integration
  • Cloud data sync
Features
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Score and track your pickleball games without missing a point. Kitchen Counter turns your Apple Watch into a hands-free scorer. Twist the Digital Crown toward you when you score, away when your opponent scores. No tapping, no fumbling, just a quick flick between rallies. SCORE BY FEEL • Digital Crown scoring: toward you = your point, away = theirs • Tap zones as backup • Auto side-out and server tracking • First-server exception built in • Undo with a double-tap EVERY FORMAT • Doubles and singles • Side-out and rally scoring • Win-by-2 toggle YOUR iPHONE IS YOUR DASHBOARD • Win/loss record and win rate • Full match history with search • Stats by partner - see who you play best with • Streaks, achievements, and milestones • Performance trends over time WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Every game logs as a pickleball workout in Apple Health. It counts toward your Activity rings, no need to open Apple Fitness separately. SYNCED EVERYWHERE Score on your watch. Review everything on your phone. CloudKit keeps your data in sync across devices.

About

Pickle Me Happy

Features
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Pickle Me Happy is a pickleball scoring, session, forecast, and fitness tracker built for iPhone and Apple Watch. Keep your head in the rally. Start a session on Apple Watch, tap individual scores to add points, long press to correct mistakes, or speak a quick score phrase before the next serve. Your iPhone keeps the full record so you can review every game, session, and trend later. Built-in Forecast helps you know before you play. Add upcoming pickleball days, recurring sessions, ladders, open play, or tournaments, and Pickle Me Happy matches them with court weather so you can quickly see whether conditions look Ideal, Good, or worth watching. Pickle Me Happy also brings Apple Health workout data into your pickleball recap. See active calories, workout time, steps, average heart rate, max heart rate, Effort score, heart-rate intensity bands, and time spent at higher heart-rate levels alongside the games you played. Built for real play: - Score from Apple Watch with tap, press, or voice input - Track games, wins, losses, points for, and points against - Start and end pickleball workout sessions from the Watch app - Review Today, History, and Insights on iPhone - See Apple Health workout stats alongside your match history - View Effort score, heart-rate intensity, and session fitness stats - Check a 10-day court forecast with high/low temps and playable verdicts - Mark scheduled play days so weather lines up with when you actually play - See upcoming play with time, location, rain risk, temperature, and court-ready status - Add or edit games manually when you forgot to track a session - View monthly, year-to-date, and court forecast widgets - Track win rate, streaks, session time, court miles, heart rate, calories, steps, and more Voice scoring works best when your iPhone is nearby. Pickle Me Happy Pro unlocks cellular/cloud voice scoring, unlimited history, full insights, and advanced fitness history. Pickle Me Happy is designed for casual play, ladder games, club nights, tournaments, and anyone who wants a clean record of how they played without carrying a phone on court. Health and location permissions are optional and only used to power the workout, history, insight, forecast, and widget features you enable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscription Terms: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings.

Screenshots

Kitchen Counter4 screens
Pickle Me Happy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitchen Counter at none against Pickle Me Happy's 2. Kitchen Counter also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Pickle Me Happy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Kitchen Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Counter ships an update every 9 days, Pickle Me Happy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Kitchen Counter versus Pickle Me Happy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen CounterPickle Me Happy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaylor CascinoScott Yale

In-app purchases

None

Kitchen Counter

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pickle Me Happy

Subscriptions2
  • Pickle Me Happy Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pickle Me Happy Pro Yearly$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Kitchen Counter free?
Kitchen Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickle Me Happy free?
Pickle Me Happy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kitchen Counter or Pickle Me Happy have ads?
Neither Kitchen Counter nor Pickle Me Happy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Counter or Pickle Me Happy?
Kitchen Counter ships an update every 9 days, and Pickle Me Happy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kitchen Counter was updated on October 2, 2026 and Pickle Me Happy on October 7, 2026.

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