A new partner every game
Partners rotate so everyone plays with everyone before anyone repeats. With eight players on two courts, seven rounds pair every player with every other player exactly once.
Pickleball round robins
Everyone plays with everyone. Nobody keeps score on a napkin.
Pickle Along runs your group's open play from one phone. It picks fair partners, spreads sit-outs evenly, keeps every court busy, and shows live scores and standings on everyone's phone. No app to install.
Free during our pilot with groups in Charlotte, NC.
Fair games, without anyone running a clipboard
The scheduling is the whole point. Pickle Along keeps track of who has partnered, played against and sat out with whom, and deals the next game so it all evens out.
Even sit-outs
When there are more players than spots, whoever has waited longest goes in next. Sit-outs are spread across the group, not left to whoever speaks up.
Courts that never sit idle
With two or more courts, everyone is reshuffled when the round ends. If one court finishes early, one tap starts the next game there with whoever is free.
Scores from any phone
Share one link in your group chat. Players see who's up next, enter their own scores and follow the standings, without an app or an account.
Repeats flagged
If a game would repeat a partnership or an earlier matchup, the court says so. One tap re-deals the teams, and the host can swap players by hand.
Standings and history
Live standings, a full game log, and each matchup's record today and all time. Export any session as a spreadsheet or a PDF.
How it works
The host runs everything from one phone. Everyone else just plays.
Add your players
Tap names from your player list, or type someone new. Keep separate lists for each regular game.
Start the session
Choose how many courts you have. Pickle Along deals the first games and shows who serves first.
Play and enter scores
When a game ends, enter the score. The next game is dealt straight away, and everyone's phone updates.
Run a regular game?
Pickle Along is in a private pilot with groups in Charlotte, NC, and it's free while we're testing. Tell us about your group and we'll set you up.