Comparison

Pickle Points vs Kitchen

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

Head to head
About

Pickle Points

This app simplifies pickleball scoring for recreational players by adhering to official rules for singles and doubles. It offers an Apple Watch remote for easy scoring and a large, visible scoreboard on your iPhone. All game data is saved locally for review.

Highlights
  • USA Pickleball scoring rules
  • Apple Watch remote control
  • Large, visible iPhone scoreboard
  • Local game history and point-by-point timeline
  • Singles and doubles support
  • Customizable win scores and match formats
Features
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Pickle Points is a focused, beautifully designed scoring app for recreational pickleball players. It knows the rules so you don't have to. PLAYS BY THE BOOK Full USA Pickleball scoring for both singles and doubles. Serve rotation, side-outs, win-by-2, and the famously confusing start-of-game exception — Pickle Points gets them all right. YOUR WRIST IS THE REMOTE Use your Apple Watch as a courtside remote control. Tap your wrist to score; your iPhone (propped up on the bench) shows the full scoreboard to everyone on the court. No more walking back to your phone between points. STADIUM-SIZE SCORES The iPhone scoreboard is designed for visibility — oversized numbers, clear serve indicators, and the full three-number doubles score call. Glance from anywhere on the court and know exactly where you stand. REVIEW EVERY MATCH Every game is saved locally on your device. Browse your history, tap into any match to see a point-by-point timeline, durations, and final scores. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No cloud sync. No analytics. No ads. Your data stays on your device — full stop. ALSO • Singles and doubles • Both side-out and rally scoring • Custom win scores (7, 9, 11, 15, 21) • Win-by-1 or win-by-2 • Best-of-3 and best-of-5 match formats • Heart rate and calorie tracking during games (Apple Watch) • Quick music controls during play (Apple Watch) • Light and dark mode • Eight accent color presets, plus a custom color picker Made by a player, for players. Free forever.

About

Kitchen

Features
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Kitchen is the pickleball scoreboard you'll actually want to use. Two enormous colour blocks. One tap to score. Serve number and side handled for you. No ads, no accounts, no subscription — and now it does a lot more. 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. 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, with heart rate and calories on the match. 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. PLAYERS Type names at match start and Players keeps everyone's wins, losses, win streaks, recent form, doubles partners and head-to-head. Tap a name for their full record and matches. 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 (singles, doubles, series, watch) and day sections. • Stats: court record, records, when you play, winners' circle. • 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. • Everything stays on your devices. Anonymous usage stats can be switched off in Settings. Open the app. Tap. Play. Own the kitchen, own the court.

Screenshots

Pickle Points4 screens
Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pickle Points and Kitchen are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pickle Points versus Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickle PointsKitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHAYDEN RILEY PAYNEAll Things AI, Inc

In-app purchases

None

Pickle Points

No in-app purchases

None

Kitchen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pickle Points free?
Pickle Points is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen free?
Kitchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pickle Points or Kitchen have ads?
Neither Pickle Points nor Kitchen shows ads.

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