DropBall: Play Padel
Find Matches. Play. Compete.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
DropBall is the padel court booking app that brings players together, making it much easier and more organized to find matches, grow your community, create tournaments, and improve your game.
Play your way. Join open matches or create your own — rated or just for fun. Choose whether a game affects your rating or is simply a friendly match.
Hot court deals. Get discounted bookings from partner clubs. When clubs have last-minute court availability, DropBall users receive exclusive offers — so you can play more while spending less.
Real rating system. Track your progress with the DropBall in-app rating system (0–7 scale), designed to reflect your actual playing level.
Find your people. Search for players by skill level and interests. Add friends, chat privately or in groups, and build your own padel community. DropBall is where the Ukrainian padel community comes together.
Groups and community events. Create groups with friends or club members. Organize your own non-rated tournaments, coordinate training sessions, and stay connected between matches.
Never miss a match. Get notified when registration opens, when your next match is scheduled, and when your rating updates after each tournament.
DropBall is a free padel app available to download now. Play anywhere, compete at any level — from beginner to pro — and grow with a friendly community.
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more • Tournament and mix statuses now read the same everywhere: Signup open, Last chance, Signup closed, In play, Finished. The feed has a status filter.
• Organizers can add community members and waitlisted players straight to the roster, with no invitation.
• A training cancelled by the club stays visible in My Activities until its start.
3.2.4 8h ago
• My Activities on the home screen: your bookings, trainings and tournaments are now in one list, soonest first.
• Your tournament sign-ups now appear right on the home screen.
• Fixed the back arrow on the training screen after payment.
3.2.3 2d ago
• Add matches, tournaments and trainings to your phone calendar.
• Playoff bracket: organizers can rearrange places, drag pairs and hide a published bracket.
• Playoff stages in the schedule before pairs are known.
• Swap schedule matches with two taps.
• Chat admins can delete messages.
• A warning before leaving an official tournament if part of the money isn't refunded.
• Minor fixes.
3.2.2 2d ago
• The playoff bracket shows right after the draw; lower bracket round robin and a 5th-place match.
• Tie-break points in official match scores.
• Americano: choose the number of rounds and change it mid-tournament; King of the Court without a round limit.
• Organizers can change a mix's format after it started.
• Enter a score by tapping the pair's number.
• Tournament cards show the organizing community.
• Shared tournaments and matches show their current state.
• Minor fixes.
3.2.1 4d ago
• Share any match — with its date, club, level and free seats.
• Show a tournament on a TV — from your phone or by a link for a smart TV.
• King of the Court and Winner's Court: organizers can rearrange players before a round starts.
• Official tournaments: organizers can pair up players looking for a partner; see who invited you.
• The Meet deck refreshes every time; All players gets New, My level and People you may know filters.
• Birth date on wheels; weekdays next to tournament dates.
• Minor fixes.
3.2.0 5d ago
• Club matches as a grid: time, who is playing, free seats.
• Team mix: pay for yourself or for both; your partner confirms and can join later.
• Share a game result as a picture — for a story, a post or Photos.
• Organizers can return a started tournament to recruiting.
• Back now works on screens opened from links, QR codes and notifications.
• Minor fixes.
3.1.9 6d ago
• Ultra Mexicano — a new tournament format: fixed pairs, three groups, one rests each round.
• Organizers can move a waitlisted pair straight into the roster, or seat a waitlisted player into a pair.
• Payments to the organizer are now marked by the organizer only — the "I paid" button is gone.
• "My bookings" in the profile now shows upcoming games too.
• Signing in with an account created on the website leads to the profile step.
• Minor UI fixes.
3.1.8 Oct 27
• Home now shows your favourite clubs first, then DropBall partners, then the rest — nearest first.
• Organizers can replace or remove a player in a match and change the pairs.
• Up to five sets and a deciding super tie-break.
• Route to the club in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze.
• Tap an avatar to open the player's profile.
• Screens stay up to date without restarting the app.
• Fixed a blank club screen and other small issues.
3.1.7 Oct 27
• A QR code on every player profile — show it to be found in a second.
• Club search uses the same order as the catalogue.
• Booking durations follow the club's settings.
• The community feed refreshes when you come back to it.
• Organizers can add themselves to a pair.
• Minor fixes and improvements.
3.1.6 Oct 26
• Official tournaments: manage pairs right from Participants — replace, move, mark payment, remind.
• Add a single player now and the partner later.
• When adding a pair, organizers choose how it pays — including via DropBall.
• Tie-break to 15 points.
• Tap a player's photo to open their profile.
• Minor fixes and improvements.
3.1.5 Oct 25
• Pair invitations for official tournaments now arrive as push and in notifications.
• New "Share the invitation" button — send it to your partner in any messenger.
• Sharing sends one message with a link, showing the tournament's cover.
• An unfilled tournament no longer disappears: the organizer can shrink it and start.
• Past community tournaments are ordered by play date.
• Minor fixes and improvements.
3.1.4 Oct 25
• Official tournaments now appear in the community feed, next to mixes.
• Tournaments on the home screen and in communities are sorted from the soonest; full ones go last.
• Sharing an official tournament now sends a link to the tournament itself.
• Chats: Enter adds a new line, and links in messages open with a tap.
• Minor fixes and stability improvements.
3.1.3 Oct 24
• Team Mexicano: pair requests and invitations are easy to find — a card under the tournament tabs and a "Waiting for your reply" mark.
• Your pair comes first in the tournament roster.
• Profile statistics now live in a single card with a level ladder, so you can see how far the next level is.
• Mix organizers choose how the standings are ranked: just drag the criteria into order.
• A community can have several owners, all with the same rights.
• Team Americano: rounds are built around teams instead of individual players.
• New tie-break rule, "Higher rating": when the score is level, the higher-rated pair wins.
• "Meet players" on the home screen: cards of players worth getting to know.
• Tournaments without their own cover get a podium poster you can share with friends.
• Minor fixes and stability improvements.
3.1.2 Oct 23
• Player rankings: a leaderboard on the home screen with a Month / All time switch, a full list with name search, a ranking inside every community, and your place and points in your profile.
• Clearer tournament tables: Games, Points, W-D-L, +/− and PTS columns, with places decided by PTS, then wins, games won and difference.
• League points for every finished tournament, shown in the table, the results and on the podium.
• Team Americano and Mexicano: a partner joins your pair only once they agree. Invite a friend or find a partner via search, and the spot stays reserved for them until they answer.
• Organisers can hide the standings until the tournament ends, so players see only the final result.
• Minor fixes and performance improvements.
3.1.1 Oct 22
• Booking: pick doubles or singles first, then the date and time — you only see hours when that court type is free.
• Reschedule: move a paid booking to another time right in the app, without cancelling. Your original booking stays yours until the new one is paid.
• One feed for tournaments and mixes: the nearest events on top, finished ones at the bottom. Create a new one from «+».
• Filter tournaments and mixes by number of players.
• The home screen now shows the nearest tournaments and mixes, yours first.
• Team tournaments: players can pair up themselves, and organizers can invite a partner for a solo player.
• Community feed: what's coming up is shown first, and long-overdue tournaments no longer stay on top.
• Messages: start a conversation with any player, not just friends.
• Sharing a tournament now includes its cover photo.
• Players are shown by first name and surname initial.
3.1.0 Oct 22
• Booking dates: 25 October no longer appears twice, and 31 October can be picked again.
• Players without a photo now get an illustration of a player with a racket instead of a circle with an initial.
• Player photos no longer reload every time: in All players they are saved on your phone and appear instantly as you scroll.
• Photos instead of initials in matches and tournaments, for players and organisers alike.
• Distance to clubs on every iPhone: if the app didn't ask for location access after a reinstall, it now asks by itself.
• Padel passport and several swipeable photos in your profile.
• Match lineup shown as a court, so you can see the pairs at a glance.
• Tournaments: notifications when you're added to a tournament or it's cancelled, plus each player's place in the results.
• Community post notifications now always show proper text.
• Minor fixes and performance improvements.
3.0.8 Oct 19
• Community tournament templates: save a tournament as a template and start the next one in a minute — just a cover, name, date and time. Templates of all your communities are right under «+» in Tournaments.
• Organizers can edit a tournament on the fly: name, description, cover, place, courts and player count; replace or remove players, add guests and name the courts.
• Finish a tournament early when time runs out: played results count, the podium and community points work as usual.
• Team Mexicano: players sit in pair slots. Join alone and the organizer pairs you up. Set the number of rounds when creating it.
• Team tournament rosters are shown as pair cards, so it's clear who plays with whom.
• The court count follows the number of players, and changing players or courts now asks for confirmation.
• Match results are shown as a court card with the score by sets and both pairs — and you can share the same card.
• The app asks for location again if you postponed it earlier, so club distances show up.
• The distance to the club appears straight away.** Previously, ‘Clubs nearby’ would often be displayed without the distance until you refreshed the page by swiping down. Now the distance is updated automatically as soon as your phone knows where you are. For the distance to be displayed, the app needs geolocation permission: Settings → DropBall → Geolocation → ‘Whilst using’.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.7 Oct 17
• Pick your starting level yourself — from 0.0 to 6.5, with the level letter clubs use and what it means. No more test.
• Pay for community tournaments with Apple Pay.
• A community's feed now shows its tournaments, with the podium once they finish.
• «My» community tiles show the whole cover.
• Players on the home screen come in a fresh order every visit.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.6 Oct 16
• Redesigned communities: a catalog with search and filters by city, size and access; join right from the list.
• A new community page: cover, friends among members, and Feed, Chat, Members and About tabs.
• Polls in the community feed: vote with a single tap.
• A club can now own a community.
• An organizer can hand a community tournament to a community admin, even one who isn't playing.
• A notification from a tournament chat opens that chat.
• A club's distance is no longer shown as "0 km".
• Pay for community tournaments right in the app — where the community accepts payment through DropBall. Your spot is held for 30 minutes while you pay, by card or Apple Pay.
• Tournament statistics in your profile, on the Statistics tab.
• A community's cover is shown in full, and its header collapses smoothly.
• Avatars no longer reload while you scroll.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.5 Oct 15
• Invite as many players to a match as you like — the seat goes to whoever accepts first. Invited players no longer hold a seat until they reply.
• Invitations still waiting for a reply are listed separately under the lineup, and the organizer can cancel any of them.
• A clearer “Share” button — the square with an arrow pointing up.
• The match lineup has more room and is easier to read.
• Settings now show the real app version.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.4 Oct 14
• Links to a match, player, tournament or community now open right in the app — even if you have just installed it from that link.
• Doubles matches always show a 2-vs-2 lineup — pick a free seat and join right there.
• Match chat now has its own button under the lineup.
• One "Invite players" button: friends first, and search finds anyone on DropBall.
• New date and time pickers when creating a match.
• Accepted into a match? Confirm your spot straight from the notification.
• Tournament scores can be typed in.
• Cancelled bookings and matches no longer clutter your profile history.
• Fixed: a profile photo taken with the iPhone camera did not upload.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.3 Oct 13
• Fixed the app closing when taking a photo with the camera
• Community banners are now shown in full
• Friends' and tournament organizers' photos now show correctly
• Minor fixes and improvements
3.0.2 Oct 11
> • Communities: moderation for owners and admins — warnings, chat mutes,
> temporary blocks and tournament bans.
> • Invite players to a community and share its link.
> • Admins are picked from the community's members and get their rights at once.
> • Your communities come first in the catalog, then the biggest ones.
> • Outside a match's rating range? Ask to join — the players decide.
> • An organizer leaving a match chooses to hand it over or cancel it.
> • Member and friend photos now show everywhere; friendship status updates
> as soon as a request is accepted.
> • Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.1 Oct 10
A brand-new DropBall, rebuilt from the ground up. New design, faster everywhere. Friendly, rated and mini matches with score entry and confirmation. Americano, Mexicano and other tournaments. Communities, group and direct chats. Court booking with split payments and Apple Pay. Friends, player feed and notifications.
3.0.0 Oct 9
We fixed some bugs and improved usability.
2.2.3 Aug 10
• Tournament and mix statuses now read the same everywhere: Signup open, Last chance, Signup closed, In play, Finished. The feed has a status filter.
• Organizers can add community members and waitlisted players straight to the roster, with no invitation.
• A training cancelled by the club stays visible in My Activities until its start.
more Version 3.2.4 8h ago
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