Comparison

FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. vs PicklePlay

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

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About

FairPlay. Subs, Sorted.

Features
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You know the parent who waits by the car after the game to ask why their kid barely played. FairPlay helps you make sure that conversation never happens. It works out fair minutes for every child before kick-off, then tracks them live. FairPlay is a substitution manager for volunteer junior football coaches. It plans who plays how long, tells you who to bring on and take off at each sub, and gives you a tidy report to share with parents at full-time. What you get: - Fair minutes worked out before kick-off, so you walk onto the pitch knowing every kid gets a fair go, not doing sums in your head. - One-tap substitutions during the game. The app highlights who comes off and who goes on, so a sub is a couple of taps instead of a guess. - A running match clock, the score, and the bench all on one screen, so you run the whole game from your phone instead of a clipboard and a stopwatch. - Fairness that evens out across the whole season, not just one match, because spare minutes go to the kids who have had the least. - Automatic goalkeeper rotation, including the half-time swap, with time in goal counting toward each kid's fair share. - A match report you can share in one tap, so parents see their child's minutes without you retyping a thing. Who it is for: Volunteer coaches, most of them parents, running a squad of 8 to 14 kids with no coaching background and no time to spare. If you have been managing subs on paper, in the Notes app, or in your head, this is built for you. How it works: 1. Add your squad once, or paste the whole list in at once. 2. Before kick-off, mark who is available and pick your keepers. FairPlay shows you a fair-minutes plan for the match. 3. During the game, follow the sub prompts. At full-time, share the report. No account, no login, no signal needed. FairPlay works at any ground, and your season stays on your phone. Open it, load the sample team to see how it runs, then set up your own in a few minutes. Pricing: FairPlay includes four free match days. After those, your squad, roster and match history stay available at no cost, and running a live match needs one of the following: - FairPlay Annual: an auto-renewing subscription, billed once a year. - FairPlay Lifetime: a one-off purchase, not a subscription. Pricing is set separately for each App Store region, so what you pay depends on the country or region of your Apple Account rather than a conversion from another currency. The exact amount is shown on the App Store product page and again on the purchase screen in the app before you confirm anything. In Australia, the Annual subscription is AUD $7.99 per year and the Lifetime purchase is AUD $39.99. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The Annual subscription renews automatically for a further year at the price set for your region, unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://datashido.com/fairplay/privacy FairPlay Terms of Service: https://datashido.com/fairplay/terms

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PicklePlay

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PicklePlay makes organizing pickleball with your friends effortless. Create an event, share a six-character code, and let the app handle the rest. It builds every round automatically — balancing teams, rotating sit-outs fairly, and keeping partners fresh — so you spend your time playing instead of arranging. ORGANIZE IN SECONDS • Set the date, courts, and player limit • Share a join code — nobody has to hunt for accounts • Invite players by name, with an automatic waitlist when you fill up FAIR, BALANCED GAMES • Automatic doubles matchups across all your courts • Everyone plays about the same number of games • Avoids repeating the same partners and opponents • Teams balanced by skill so games stay competitive SCORES AND STANDINGS • Any player can enter a score, courtside, in seconds • Live standings update for everyone instantly • Final rankings and a personal summary when the event ends YOUR RATING, YOUR CHOICE Every player carries an internal 2.00–8.00 skill rating used to balance games. It lives only in this app and does not affect your official DUPR rating. Prefer to keep it private? Turn visibility off and other players simply see "Hidden." FREE, WITH NO ADS Joining events, playing, entering scores, and following standings are free — and there are no ads anywhere in PicklePlay, ever. Creating and running events is a one-time Organizer Unlock purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

FairPlay. Subs, Sorted.4 screens
PicklePlay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PicklePlay at daily against FairPlay. Subs, Sorted.'s monthly. FairPlay. Subs, Sorted.'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and PicklePlay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. ships an update monthly, PicklePlay daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. versus PicklePlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairPlay. Subs, Sorted.PicklePlay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDatashido Pty LtdXiayu Xu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FairPlay. Subs, Sorted.

Subscriptions1
  • FairPlay Annual$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • FairPlay Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

PicklePlay

One-time1
  • Organizer Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. free?
FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicklePlay free?
PicklePlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. or PicklePlay have ads?
Neither FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. nor PicklePlay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. or PicklePlay?
FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. ships an update monthly, and PicklePlay daily. Most recently, FairPlay. Subs, Sorted. was updated on October 16, 2026 and PicklePlay on October 7, 2026.

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