Comparison

Racket Ready vs Hoopster

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

Head to head
About

Racket Ready

Features
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RacketReady connects racquet-sport players with trusted local stringers — so getting your rackets restrung is as easy as ordering anything else on your phone. Whether you play tennis, squash, badminton, or pickleball, a fresh string job changes your game. RacketReady takes the hassle out of finding a stringer, handing off your racket, and chasing down updates. FOR PLAYERS • Discover stringers near you on an interactive map • Browse stringer profiles, services, and pricing • Submit your rackets and choose your string and tension • Track every job from drop-off to ready-for-pickup • Message your stringer directly in the app • Pay securely — no cash, no awkward handoffs • Keep your racket history and billing in one place FOR STRINGERS • Receive and manage stringing jobs from one dashboard • Set your services, pricing, and availability • Update job status so players always know where things stand • Get paid quickly and securely with built-in payouts • Build your reputation with a professional profile WHY RACKETREADY • Real-time job tracking and notifications • In-app chat so nothing gets lost in scattered texts • Secure payments handled for you • Built for tennis, squash, badminton, and pickleball players alike Download RacketReady and spend less time managing your gear — and more time on the court.

About

Hoopster

Follow basketball with live scores, real-time updates, and team-specific information directly on your Home and Lock Screens. Track every game with detailed stats, schedules, and standings, all customizable in your favorite team's colors.

Highlights
  • Live scores on Home and Lock Screens
  • Real-time game updates
  • Team-specific widgets
  • Detailed box scores and play-by-play
  • Season schedules and standings
  • Predictive game challenges
  • Customizable team colors
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Basketball, followed the way real fans follow it. Live scores on your Lock Screen, your team on your Home Screen, and every game in full — all in your team's colors. Pick your team once and Hoopster builds itself around them. Their games come first, their countdown ticks on your Home Screen, and the score is already there before you open the app. LIVE, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK • Scores stream in real time on Home and every game page — no refreshing • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, from tip-off to the final buzzer • Tip-off reminders and final scores for your team • Hide scores: finals stay hidden until you open the game, so you can catch up on your own time WIDGETS IN YOUR TEAM'S COLORS • Next Game — a live countdown to tip-off. The small size is free, forever • Tonight — the whole night's slate as a live scoreboard • My Team, My Player and the day's headlines, in every Home Screen size • Lock Screen widgets for the score at a glance • Every widget keeps updating while the app is closed EVERY GAME, IN FULL • Scoring by quarter, overtime included • Complete box scores — starters and bench, with totals • The full play-by-play, filterable down to scoring plays • Game leaders, an eleven-stat team comparison and score flow • Season series, recent games and the injury report • US national TV listings on the game page • Share any final as a result poster SCHEDULE • Upcoming, Past or By Day — switch the whole feed from the title • Every game of the season, by team and by season • Tip-off in your own time zone, with both records and the arena STANDINGS, LEADERS AND THE BRACKET • Conference, League and Division, with the playoff and Play-In lines drawn in • Record columns or Expanded splits: Home, Road, Conference, Division • Five seasons of history • League leaders in points, rebounds and assists — the top fifty • The whole playoff bracket, Play-In to the Finals, on one screen YOUR FAN SECTION • Fan card — a shareable poster of your fandom • Predict — call each night's games, build a streak and go head to head in rooms with friends • Journal — rate the games you watched, mark the ones you saw in the arena, and relive your season • Friends — your crew as fan cards, invited with a single link NEWS, SEARCH AND MORE • A full-screen, swipeable news feed from leading basketball writers • Search every player in the league, and every team • Wallpapers in every team's colors • Ask Siri or search Spotlight for any team, player or game • Your teams and settings sync across devices with iCloud FREE, AND BUILT PROPERLY • No account needed — open it and it works. Sign in with Apple only for the fan section • Every score, box score, standings table and story is free, and stays free • Dynamic Type, full VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion throughout HOOPSTER MVP An optional membership for fans who want all of it: • No ads. Anywhere • The full widget suite — Tonight, My Team, My Player, headlines and every Lock Screen widget • Live Activities for every team you follow, not only your favorite • Hoopster on Apple Watch — the countdown and the score on your watch face • Your fan card in Apple Wallet: it surfaces near tip-off and keeps score to the buzzer • Your MVP card, a member badge and priority support Monthly and yearly plans. Payment is charged to your Apple Account and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Ads never interrupt a live game, and never appear inside a box score or the standings. TERMS Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://policies.digisaint.com/privacy-policy — Hoopster is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Basketball Association(NBA), its teams, or any of its affiliates. Team names and marks belong to their respective owners.

Screenshots

Racket Ready4 screens
Hoopster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Racket Ready at none against Hoopster's 2. Racket Ready also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price 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. Hoopster sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Racket Ready asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Racket Ready versus Hoopster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRacket ReadyHoopster
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB91 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAdvantage Platform Inc.DIGISAINT PRIVATE LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

Racket Ready

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Hoopster

Subscriptions2
  • MVP Monthly$2.991 Month
  • MVP Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Racket Ready free?
Racket Ready is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hoopster free?
Hoopster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Racket Ready or Hoopster have ads?
Hoopster shows ads; Racket Ready does not.

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