PicklePairings › Compare › vs Pickleheads
Updated 8 September 2026
Pickleheads has the richer round robin tool: 12 formats, unlimited players and courts, players entering scores from their own phones, DUPR submission and payment collection, all inside its mobile app. The free plan includes 2 round robins a month; after that it is $5 per extra round robin, a Pro or Ultra tier, or free unlimited events when every player in your group has Pickleheads Plus at $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year. PicklePairings has fewer formats and no player app, and is free without limits or accounts. Pick Pickleheads if your whole group will use one app; pick PicklePairings if you want to run unlimited sessions from one device and ask nothing of your players.
| PicklePairings | Pickleheads | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for the organizer | Free, unlimited events, no in-app purchases | "The free plan includes 2 round robins per month"; extra round robins $5 each; Pro and Ultra tiers with larger allowances (prices not on the page checked) |
| Player subscription | None | Plus at $2.99/month or $19.99/year; when everyone in the group has Plus, the organizer runs unlimited round robins, leagues, ladders and tournaments |
| Platform | Any browser; iPhone app | iOS and Android app; the round robin tool is "available exclusively in our top rated mobile app" |
| Accounts | None | Required for organizer and players |
| Round robin formats | Fixed teams, Americano (rotating partners), Swiss, knockout, double elimination | 12 formats including rotating and fixed partner, popcorn, mini-tournaments with pool play and a championship bracket for up to 32 teams |
| Minimum players and courts | 4 players, 1 court | 4 players; "at least 1 court for every 6 players" recommended |
| Score entry | Organizer | Organizer or players from their phones |
| Late arrivals and leavers | Late add, withdraw, forfeit, manual swap | Mark players unavailable per round |
| DUPR, payments, chat, waitlists | No | Yes |
| Printable sheets | Yes, per round and standings | Not stated; results export to a spreadsheet |
| Offline | Yes | Not stated |
If your players already live in Pickleheads, use its round robin tool: two free events a month may be enough, and the player experience is far beyond anything PicklePairings offers. If you run sessions weekly, your players will not all install an app, or you want to work offline from a laptop, PicklePairings costs nothing and asks nothing of them.
Two per month on the free plan, per the Pickleheads round robin page checked on 8 September 2026. Extra round robins are $5 each, there are Pro and Ultra tiers, and the cap lifts if every player in the group subscribes to Pickleheads Plus.
$2.99 a month with monthly billing or $19.99 a year, which Pickleheads describes as $1.67 a month. It is a player subscription; when everyone in a group has it, the organizer can run unlimited events.
No. One organizer runs the event from a browser or the iPhone app and shares rounds and standings as printed sheets or text messages. Players do not need accounts or installs.
Round robin, Americano, Swiss, knockout and double elimination. Free, no account, works offline.
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