Pickleball Ref
Scorer, Drills & 2026 Rules
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Rebuilt from scratch: a scorer that shows who serves from where, Apple Watch scoring, 90 animated drills, 35 tactics, fair open play rotations and the 2026 rules. No ads.
Pickleball Ref brings a court-side scorer, practice plans, open play organizing and the 2026 rules together in one app.
SCORER (FREE)
• Never argue about who serves
Who serves from where, and who receives, is worked out from each team's score exactly as in the USA Pickleball 2026 Official Rulebook, and shown on a live court diagram. Undo never leaves players in the wrong place.
• Side-out and 2026 rally scoring
Doubles and singles, games to 11, 15 or 21, best of 1, 3 or 5. End changes, timeouts and spoken score calls.
• Score on Apple Watch alone
Keep your phone in your bag and score point by point on your wrist. Finished matches land in your iPhone history.
• Resume after a crash
Every rally is saved, so a closed match picks up where it left off.
PRACTICE
• 90 drills you can watch
Players and ball move on a top-down court. 13 categories: dinks, third-shot drops, drives, serve and return, volleys, resets, lobs and overheads, footwork, transition, speed-ups, doubles teamwork, warm-ups, and solo and wall drills. Each has steps, key cues, common mistakes and a clear goal.
• 35 tactics
Third shots, kitchen battles, stacking, poaching and more, with the situation, the idea and what to avoid, played out on the court.
• 30 shot guides
Form checkpoints and common mistakes.
OPEN PLAY
Paste your player list to get rotations with no repeated partners and even sit-outs, with the fairness shown as numbers. Fixed-pair round robins, score entry and standings too, and share the standings as a result card.
RULES
78 plain-language notes on the 2026 Official Rulebook with rule numbers. Filter to what changed in 2026 or search by keyword.
PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE)
Unlock all 90 drills, all 35 tactics, open play without player or court limits, and stats with win rates and points by player and doubles pair. Not a subscription.
Free users keep the scorer and Apple Watch, all rule notes, all shot guides, 21 drills, 9 tactics and open play up to 8 players on 2 courts.
No ads. No account. Your records stay on your device.
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Pickleball Ref 2.0 is rebuilt from scratch.
• A scorer that shows serve order and positions, with 2026 rally scoring
• Scoring on Apple Watch
• 90 animated drills, 35 tactics and 30 shot guides
• Open play rotations, standings and a shareable result card
• Stats by player and doubles pair
• 78 notes on the 2026 rules
• No more ads — all drills, all tactics and unlimited open play come with the one-time Pro unlock
The developer, SANWA Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- SANWA Inc.
- Size
- 7.4 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pickleball Ref Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Sanwa