Comparison

Drilld vs Pickleball

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

Head to head
About

Drilld

Features
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Pickleball training that doesn't pretend. Drilld gives you the drills you actually need at your level. It builds a personalized session every day based on your weaknesses, your goals, and how much time you have. It tracks what you actually drilled — not just what you tapped. You earn your way up a 5-tier ladder, drill by drill. No gold stars for showing up. Built for serious recreational players who want to get measurably better. WHAT'S INSIDE • Adaptive daily session. Pick your time (15–240 minutes), your skill level, your partners. Drilld picks the drills. • 5-tier mastery ladder per drill. Clear Tier 1 through Tier 5 — then Master+. Each tier has a real benchmark you have to actually hit. Drilling you don't measure isn't drilling. • 134 drills and 20 concept lessons in the Library. Every drill tracked on its own mastery ladder. Every concept explained in plain English — the soft game, the third-shot drop, kitchen geometry, opponent types. No jargon. • A full Learn reference hub. The "study" half of getting better — rules and scoring, court geometry, plays and patterns, partner communication, opponent types, and the match-day mental game. • Real game log. After a match, log it honestly: what actually cost you points. The app routes that into your next session. • Reality Check. Every two weeks the app asks you to honestly rate your current level. If your self-rating drifts from your drilling data, it tells you. • Comeback mode. If you fall off for a few days, the app doesn't shame you — it routes you into a smart re-entry instead of pretending the streak never broke. • Form-honesty reminders. Drilld can't watch your technique. It reminds you to get planted in good form first, so you're not grooving bad habits. • Smart push reminders. Set when you want to drill. Drilld nudges, doesn't nag. You can mute everything in one tap. WHAT DRILLD IS NOT Drilld is not a coach. It can't watch your form. It can't tell you whether your grip is right. We recommend periodic check-ins with a real coach, especially in your first few months. Drilld is not a guarantee. Your progress depends on practice frequency, partner quality, recovery, and honesty. The app is the system; you do the work. FREE TIER IS PERMANENT The parts of Drilld that work without sign-in will never be paywalled. Drilld Pro (when launched) adds milestone audits, refresher mode, cloud sync, and adaptive coaching tweaks. You'll never need it to use the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Drilld doesn't sell your data and doesn't run ads. We measure which features get used so we can tell what's worth building — no screen recording, no tracking you across other apps. Your training data stays on your phone unless you sign in; signing in backs it up and syncs it across your devices. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://app.drilld.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://app.drilld.app/privacy.html Drilld Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation and renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Both documents are also in the app at Profile → Legal.

About

Pickleball

Track your pickleball matches and analyze your performance with live scoring on your Apple Watch. Log points and errors with a single tap to identify areas for improvement and reduce unforced errors. Your data remains private and stored locally.

Highlights
  • Live scoring on Apple Watch
  • One-tap stat logging
  • Unforced error tracking
  • Customizable stats
  • Edit past match data
  • Private by design
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Dink Data is a pickleball match & stat tracker built to be used while you play. The score lives on your Apple Watch — two big buttons, one tap per point — and when you dump an easy ball into the net, one tap logs the error and the game moves on. Nobody waits. I built it because playing more wasn't making me better. At rec level, games are decided by unforced errors — points you give away, not points anyone earns. Once you can see that number, practice stops being random. COUNTS AS A WORKOUT • Start a match and your watch records the whole session as a pickleball workout — heart rate, active calories, and Activity rings, rest between matches included. One Health prompt on your iPhone, no separate fitness app to juggle. TRACK WHILE YOU PLAY • Live scoring on Apple Watch: two big buttons sized for sweaty hands • Score and stats on separate screens, one swipe apart • One-tap stat logging with one-tap undo • Works without the phone; everything syncs when you're back THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER • Win rate, record, streaks, and point differential — always with a trend • Unforced errors per game, and whether it's falling • Any window: this month, 30 or 90 days, this year, all time • Custom stats with your own names and icons FIX ANYTHING LATER • Add or edit any stat on any finished match, game by game • Nothing locks when the match ends PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no Health or location access • Your data stays on your devices and in your iCloud Free for your first 14 days, then a subscription. No app teaches you a third-shot drop - but this one tells you whether it's working. Terms of Use: https://dinkdata.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://dinkdata.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Drilld4 screens
Pickleball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pickleball at every 2 days against Drilld's every 4 days. Drilld's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Drilld sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Pickleball sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drilld ships an update every 4 days, Pickleball every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Drilld versus Pickleball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrilldPickleball
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMICHAEL V MORANCIE JRCornel Borcean

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Drilld

Subscriptions2
  • Drilld Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Drilld Pro Annual$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Drilld Pro Lifetime$99.99
3 purchases

Pickleball

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription14 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Drilld free?
Drilld is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pickleball free?
Pickleball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drilld or Pickleball have ads?
Neither Drilld nor Pickleball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drilld or Pickleball?
Drilld ships an update every 4 days, and Pickleball every 2 days. Most recently, Drilld was updated on October 10, 2026 and Pickleball on October 11, 2026.

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