Comparison

Rivvi vs Pickleball Tournament Runner

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

Head to head
About

Rivvi

Features
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Rivvi is a simple way to organise pickleball games, drills and private hits. Create a session, manage join requests, run a waitlist and share your PayID details without chasing people through group chats. Features: • Create games, drills and private hits • Join sessions and manage upcoming games • Approve or decline join requests • Automatic waitlists • Share PayID details for payments • Player profiles • Push notifications for updates Built for pickleball organisers and players who want less admin and more time on court.

About

Pickleball Tournament Runner

Organize pickleball tournaments with ease, from round robin pools to playoff brackets. This app automatically generates matchups, tracks scores and standings, and handles partner rotations for scrambles. It works offline and allows for mid-tournament changes.

Highlights
  • Automatic round robin pool generation
  • Playoff bracket creation
  • Scramble partner rotation
  • Live score and standings tracking
  • Mid-tournament adjustments
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple tournament formats
Features
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Casual pickleball tournament builder, round robin generator, bracket maker, and scramble organizer that runs on your phone, with no accounts. Pickleball Tournament Runner makes the pools, the round robin matchups and the playoff bracket for you. Enter a score and the standings update automatically. Scramble Format: A pickleball partner mixer that rotates matchups every round. The app handles the hard part: nobody plays with the same partner twice, the same four players don't meet on court back to back, and sit-outs are shared evenly so everyone plays the same number of games. If someone has to leave, remove them and the rounds you haven't played yet are redrawn. Each round's matchup assignments appear on one screen. Multiple Tournament Formats: Singles, Men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, and four-person team tournaments with a dream breaker tiebreak. Round Robin Pool Play: Split your field into pools at random or by seed. The app generates every round robin matchup, tracks live standings, and settles ties by head to head and point differential. Playoff Brackets: When pool play finishes, choose how many teams advance and the playoff bracket is seeded and drawn automatically, through to gold, silver and bronze medal matches. Change Anything Mid-Tournament: Reopen a completed match and fix a score. Move a team into a different pool. Add or drop a player. Every standing and bracket downstream recalculates on its own. Works Anywhere: Everything runs on your device. Tournament data is saved locally. No internet connection is needed during your event. Made to help with what matters most in pickleball: Friendship, Community, and Competition. Have fun!

Screenshots

Rivvi4 screens
Pickleball Tournament Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

Rivvi and Pickleball Tournament Runner 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
Rivvi versus Pickleball Tournament Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivviPickleball Tournament Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua MilanesAccessible Ethical Apps llc

In-app purchases

None

Rivvi

No in-app purchases

None

Pickleball Tournament Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rivvi free?
Rivvi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickleball Tournament Runner free?
Pickleball Tournament Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rivvi or Pickleball Tournament Runner have ads?
Neither Rivvi nor Pickleball Tournament Runner shows ads.

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