Pickleball Open Play

Paddle Up

Balanced matches, live scores, and a shared match queue for your pickleball group. Create a session, share the 6-character code, and you'll be playing in under a minute.

How it works

Three steps to get started

1

Create an open play

Tap Create Open Play, pick an edit password, and you'll get a 6-character code unique to your session.

2

Share the code

Your group opens the app, taps Join with code, and types the 6 characters. They join in view-only mode instantly.

3

Add players and play

Enter players with their skill levels, open the courts you'll use, generate matches, and score them as you go. End the session when everyone's done.

What it does

Built for casual open play

Smart rotation

Everyone gets equal court time, partners with new teammates every round, and sits out one game between matches so nobody plays back-to-back.

Mixed or skill-separated

Rotate everyone in one pool, or flip the skill-separation switch to split casual and competitive players into their own rotations.

Up to four courts

Run one to four courts at once. Players are never double-booked, and the upcoming queue always shows the next three matches across all courts.

Real-time scoring

Editors bump the score and every phone in the group sees it update instantly — no refresh, no reloads.

Server & announcer

Track which team is serving plus 1st / 2nd server, then tap the announcer to call the score or read the matchup out loud.

Rest, change, remove

Mark a player as resting to sit out a game, change a skill level from their profile, or remove them entirely — the queue re-shuffles automatically.

Viewers vs editors

Anyone with the session code can watch the rotation, scores, and upcoming queue live. Only people who enter the edit password can add players, generate matches, bump scores, or end the session. Join as a viewer first and tap the lock pill in the top right when you're ready to edit.