Pickleball Open Play vs pick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pickleball Open Play
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PB Queue handles court rotation and matchmaking for pickleball open play all on one screen. Running open play shouldn't mean a whiteboard, a stack of paper, or arguing about who's next. PBQueue turns a single phone or tablet into the command center for your session. It decides who plays next, on which court, with whom, and keeps every rotation fair. Players don't download anything. They just glance at the host's screen. BUILT FOR THE PERSON RUNNING THE SESSION Whether you organize a weekly club night, a community center drop-in, or a casual mixer with friends, PBQueue handles the part nobody enjoys: the matchmaking. Add your players, tap a button, and get balanced matchups across every court automatically. WHAT IT DOES Two ways to match. Pick at setup, or switch any time during the session. Balanced (default). Players who've sat out longest play first, and no one gets stuck playing every round. Courts are grouped by skill so games stay competitive. Same partners and opponents are actively avoided. One tap stages the next round. Winners & Losers. After each game, winners are matched with other winners and losers with losers, on a fair rotation. Pure courts get a Winners or Losers tag so you can read the ladder at a glance. Or take full control. Build any matchup by hand. Tap a slot, pick a player. Swap anyone with a tap. Shuffle cycles through every team split without changing the players. The algorithm is there when you want it, out of the way when you don't. Live court view. Every court shows a mini-diagram of who's on it, a running timer, and the current score. See the whole session at a glance: which court is freeing up, who's waiting longest, who's resting. A match history at the bottom logs every completed game, plus a full recap when you end the session. Fast scoring. Tap a team to add a point, long-press to undo. End a match with a full score, a winner only, or skip scoring entirely. Player management. Add players one by one or paste a whole list. Rate them on the pickleball 2.5 to 5.0 scale, from Beginner through Expert (including a 4.0 High Intermediate). Link partners who always play together. Swipe to mark someone resting or away. Drop in latecomers without missing a beat. Flexible courts. Start with two, add a third when one opens up, remove one when it rains. Adjust on the fly. WORKS ANYWHERE, KEEPS NOTHING PBQueue is fully offline. No account, no login, no sign-up. Open it and go. Every session, player, and result lives only on your device. Nothing uploaded, tracked, or sold. Pickleball courts rarely have good signal. PBQueue doesn't care. FREE TO RUN A SESSION Organize sessions with up to two courts and sixteen players, with full auto and manual matchmaking included. No trial, no countdown. Free forever for small sessions. PBQUEUE PRO One-time $9.99 unlock, no subscription. Removes all limits: - Unlimited players - Up to ten courts - CSV export of any session - Last fifty sessions saved to history - Custom court names Pay once. Yours forever. Restore on any device with the same Apple ID. STOP REFEREEING THE ROTATION. START PLAYING. PBQueue keeps open play fair, fast, and drama-free, so you spend the night on the court, not the clipboard. Questions or feedback: lokaldev.team@gmail.com Web: pbqueue.com
pick
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pick-l takes the guesswork out of running a pickleball session. Enter how many players you have, how many courts, and how long each round should run — it generates fair, varied matchups every round and times them for you. FAIR MATCHUPS, AUTOMATICALLY No two players partner together twice, and no two players face each other twice — until every possible combination has been used, at which point the rotation starts a fresh cycle. Players sitting out (when there aren't enough courts for everyone) rotate evenly so nobody sits more than their fair share. SINGLES OR DOUBLES Switch between 1v1 and 2v2 matchups depending on the day — the same fairness rules apply to both. BUILT-IN COURT TIMER Start, stop, and skip rounds with a big, easy-to-read timer. An optional bell rings one minute before time's up, and a buzzer signals when a round ends — with the next round's matchups already generated and ready to go. CHOOSE YOUR SOUNDS Pick from several chime and buzzer sounds for round start and round end, with an instant preview so you know exactly what you're choosing. NO ACCOUNTS. NO ADS. NO DATA COLLECTED. pick-l works entirely offline — there's no login, no network connection, no tracking, and nothing about your session ever leaves your device. Your last-used settings are remembered locally so you don't have to re-enter them every time. Whether you're organizing a weekly rec league, a club night, or a backyard tournament, pick-l keeps every round fair and on schedule.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: pick at none against Pickleball Open Play's 1. Pickleball Open Play's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Pickleball Open Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. pick asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Pickleball Open Play | pick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dreamerson Garay | Matthias Frey |
In-app purchases
Pickleball Open Play
- PB Queue Pro$9.99
pick
No in-app purchases









