Comparison

Pickled vs Scrolly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pickled

Features
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Learn real pickleball by playing it. Pickled is a pickleball trainer disguised as a game. Whether you have never held a paddle or you want to sharpen your court sense, Pickled teaches the real rules and real skills of America's fastest-growing sport โ€” one rally at a time. LEARN THE GAME, ONE SKILL AT A TIME Five short guided lessons each teach exactly one thing: โ€ข Serve School โ€” land diagonal serves in the service box โ€ข Bounce & Return โ€” master the two-bounce rule with WAIT and HIT! cues right on the court โ€ข Soft Dinks โ€” drop touch shots into the kitchen โ€ข Kitchen Rule โ€” volley without stepping into the non-volley zone โ€ข Keep the Rally โ€” put it all together with a friendly partner A coach watches every rally. When a rule ends a point, it explains what happened in plain language โ€” so every mistake teaches you something. PLAY LIKE YOU'RE ON THE COURT See the game from behind your paddle: the ball arcs over a real net, bounces where you can see it, and every incoming shot shows you exactly where it will land. Move to the marker and your paddle swings automatically โ€” and only when it's legal. Swipe to aim: left and right for placement, gentle for dinks, hard for drives, long for lobs. REAL PICKLEBALL, FOR REAL โ€ข Official side-out scoring to 11, win by two, with referee-style score calls before every serve โ€ข Doubles with full two-server rotation โ€ข Serving with real risk: paint the corners and you might fault, exactly like on the court โ€ข Line calls measured in feet and inches โ€ข Four levels โ€” Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Pro โ€” that raise the pace and lower the assists as you improve PLAY WITH A FRIEND Local multiplayer over your Wi-Fi network: one phone hosts, one joins, no account needed. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Career stats, match history, best rallies, and drill completion โ€” watch yourself become a pickleball player. No ads. No account. Just pickleball.

About

Scrolly

Dive into a curated collection of original arcade, puzzle, and reaction games. Enjoy simple touch controls, track personal bests, and compete on global leaderboards. Play instantly or sign in to save progress.

Highlights
  • Handpicked collection of original games
  • Arcade, puzzle, reaction, racing, strategy, and memory challenges
  • Simple touch controls
  • Personal bests and global leaderboards
  • Save favorites
  • Optional sign-in for cross-device progress
Features
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Swipe through the feed, pick a game, and jump right in. Dodge, match, sort, solve puzzles, test your reflexes, and keep chasing your next personal best. What youโ€™ll find inside: โ€ข A handpicked collection of original Scrolly games โ€ข Arcade, puzzle, reaction, racing, strategy, and memory challenges โ€ข Simple touch controls made for iPhone โ€ข Personal bests and global leaderboards โ€ข Favorites for keeping the games you love close โ€ข Optional Sign in with Apple or Google to save favorites and scores โ€ข No ads and no in-app purchases You can start playing right away without an account. Sign in only when you want to save your favorites and scores across devices.

Screenshots

Pickled4 screens
Scrolly4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pickled versus Scrolly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickledScrolly
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”75.0% of reviews
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperubicompEldar Kotsev

In-app purchases

None

Pickled

No in-app purchases

None

Scrolly

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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