Comparison

Pickled vs Pocket Dunk

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

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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.

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Pocket Dunk

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Pocket Dunk is not just an arcade game, it is an exercise in concentration and abstraction from reality; a virtual toy designed to transform you into the minimal expression of humanity. Descend through space, dodge dangers, and score to pave your way toward dissociation. DEEP PHYSICS: mapped to the millimeter. Nothing is a coincidence, every bounce counts, and a clean shot scores double. MINIMALIST GAMEPLAY: just you and your trajectory. Dodge moving traps, fly over danger, and wallow in an offensively cozy gameplay loop. GLOBAL COMPETITION: the journey is solitary, but the rankings are global. Improve your score and show others who you truly are. Defy infinity, and prepare for infinity to defeat you time and time again.

Screenshots

Pickled4 screens
Pocket Dunk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pickled at none against Pocket Dunk's shown. Pocket Dunk's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Pickled versus Pocket Dunk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickledPocket Dunk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperubicompAlejandro Terriza Algar

In-app purchases

None

Pickled

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket Dunk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pickled free?
Pickled is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Dunk free?
Pocket Dunk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pickled or Pocket Dunk have ads?
Pocket Dunk shows ads; Pickled does not.

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