Comparison

Kitchen Counter vs Pickleball

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

Pickleball

Track your pickleball matches and analyze your performance with live scoring on your Apple Watch. Log points and errors with a single tap to identify areas for improvement and reduce unforced errors. Your data remains private and stored locally.

Highlights
  • Live scoring on Apple Watch
  • One-tap stat logging
  • Unforced error tracking
  • Customizable stats
  • Edit past match data
  • Private by design
Features
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Dink Data is a pickleball match & stat tracker built to be used while you play. The score lives on your Apple Watch — two big buttons, one tap per point — and when you dump an easy ball into the net, one tap logs the error and the game moves on. Nobody waits. I built it because playing more wasn't making me better. At rec level, games are decided by unforced errors — points you give away, not points anyone earns. Once you can see that number, practice stops being random. COUNTS AS A WORKOUT • Start a match and your watch records the whole session as a pickleball workout — heart rate, active calories, and Activity rings, rest between matches included. One Health prompt on your iPhone, no separate fitness app to juggle. TRACK WHILE YOU PLAY • Live scoring on Apple Watch: two big buttons sized for sweaty hands • Score and stats on separate screens, one swipe apart • One-tap stat logging with one-tap undo • Works without the phone; everything syncs when you're back THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER • Win rate, record, streaks, and point differential — always with a trend • Unforced errors per game, and whether it's falling • Any window: this month, 30 or 90 days, this year, all time • Custom stats with your own names and icons FIX ANYTHING LATER • Add or edit any stat on any finished match, game by game • Nothing locks when the match ends PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no Health or location access • Your data stays on your devices and in your iCloud Free for your first 14 days, then a subscription. No app teaches you a third-shot drop - but this one tells you whether it's working. Terms of Use: https://dinkdata.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://dinkdata.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Kitchen Counter4 screens
Pickleball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitchen Counter at none against Pickleball's 3. Pickleball's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Pickleball sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Kitchen Counter 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 Kitchen Counter against 5.0 for Pickleball. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Counter ships an update every 9 days, Pickleball every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Kitchen Counter versus Pickleball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen CounterPickleball
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaylor CascinoCornel Borcean

Customer experience

Kitchen Counter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pickleball

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kitchen Counter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pickleball

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription14 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Kitchen Counter free?
Kitchen Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickleball free?
Pickleball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kitchen Counter or Pickleball?
Kitchen Counter and Pickleball are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Kitchen Counter or Pickleball have ads?
Neither Kitchen Counter nor Pickleball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Counter or Pickleball?
Kitchen Counter ships an update every 9 days, and Pickleball every 2 days. Most recently, Kitchen Counter was updated on October 2, 2026 and Pickleball on September 25, 2026.

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