Comparison

Kitchen Counter vs Pikolbol

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

Pikolbol

Features
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Finished a rally and nobody agrees on the score? Pikolbol ends that. Open it courtside, tap to score, and just play. Think of it as your pocket referee: it keeps the count and tracks the serve, so the only thing left to settle is the next point. SCORING - One tap to score: tap a team to serve, tap again to add a point. That's the whole thing. - Singles and doubles. - Play to 11, 15, or 21, always win by 2. - Big, glance-able numbers you can read from across the court. - One-tap Undo, Restart, and End Match, whenever you like. DOUBLES & SERVE - Automatic serve tracking: 1st and 2nd server and the correct side-out order. - The full three-number score call in doubles, like 4-2-1, done for you. - On iPhone the serve reads as "1ST SERVE / 2ND SERVE"; on Apple Watch it shows as dots. - Green vs Red teams. Green serves first, and a tap on Red flips who starts. APPLE WATCH - Score from your wrist or your iPhone, and both stay in sync live, point for point. - No watch? No problem. The iPhone app is a full standalone scoreboard on its own. - A live match timer runs as you play; the winner screen shows the final score and how long it lasted. SIMPLE & PRIVATE - Clean, modern, true-black design built to stay readable at a glance, in bright sun or evening light. - Built-in "How to score" guide, so anyone can pick it up in seconds. - No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No tracking. Nothing collected, ever. - Works fully offline, so it runs the same whether you have signal or not. Pikolbol is how a lot of players across the Philippines and Southeast Asia say pickleball, and this app is built for exactly that crowd: friends who just want to play and keep an honest score. Grab a paddle, tap to start, and play. Pikolbol keeps score and tracks serve. It does not call faults or officiate the game.

Screenshots

Kitchen Counter4 screens
Pikolbol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pikolbol at daily against Kitchen Counter's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Counter ships an update every 9 days, Pikolbol daily. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Kitchen Counter versus Pikolbol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen CounterPikolbol
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaylor CascinoSymsey Cruz

In-app purchases

None

Kitchen Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Pikolbol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Counter free?
Kitchen Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pikolbol free?
Pikolbol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kitchen Counter or Pikolbol have ads?
Neither Kitchen Counter nor Pikolbol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Counter or Pikolbol?
Kitchen Counter ships an update every 9 days, and Pikolbol daily. Most recently, Kitchen Counter was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pikolbol on November 5, 2026.

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