Is it really DUPR-sanctioned?
Yes. DUPR is now the official rating system of USA Pickleball, and PlanMyPickle is a DUPR partner — run DUPR-sanctioned events and submit completed results so ratings stay current. Or keep it casual. Your call, per tournament.
I already have my sign-ups on a clipboard / in a spreadsheet. Do I have to retype them?
No. Take a photo of each page (or upload the .csv, .xlsx or Google Form export) and the app drafts the tournament for you — divisions, start times, rating bands, players and partners. You review the draft, fix anything the reader wasn’t sure about, and tap Create. Handwriting varies, so the review is the point: every row is yours to check before anything is saved. Included on every plan.
Can I run multiple skill brackets at once?
Yep. Create brackets like 3.0–3.5 and 3.5–4.0 — each is scheduled and ranked independently within the same event.
What formats are supported?
Round-robin, single-elimination, and round-robin pools that feed a single-elimination playoff bracket.
How do players check in?
They scan a QR code on game day. No clipboard, no line.
What’s it cost?
Running a tournament is free — every format, scheduling, registration, live scoring, and DUPR-sanctioned rated play. Premium ($15/mo or a $29 per-event pass) removes our branding, adds a broadcast overlay and SMS court calls, puts the crew — nine AI announcers — on your venue TV, and unlocks advanced draws + scoreboard styling. Club ($59/mo) covers a whole club rather than one organizer: Premium’s branding removed, sponsor logo, scoreboard styling, overlay and the crew on the TV for every event your club runs, co-owners’ events too (advanced draws and the crew’s league-night rotation calls follow the organizer’s own plan), plus coach seats, the full league season archive, 10 AI posters a month for the club, 500 texts a month to members who said yes to texts (a long text can count as 2–3). Email campaigns to members are coming soon. Club+ ($129/mo) is everything in Club plus court booking, memberships with tiers and a waitlist, open play with check-in and the front desk, a courts TV, a public booking page, a pro shop and multiple locations. Pay yearly and save 15%: Club is $601.80/yr ($50.15/mo), Club+ is $1,315.80/yr ($109.65/mo). Both start with 3 months free. Running a club stays free: the all-time leaderboard, standings and history, roster, schedule, attendance, announcements, dues, co-owners, your public club page, member invites, new-event pushes, DUPR club tools (Bring my club from DUPR too), the club dashboard and e-signed waivers cost nothing on any plan. And everything your club built during early access stays free, forever, whether you upgrade or not. See the pricing section.
What’s the difference between Club and Club+?
Club runs your club’s events and keeps members in the loop; Club+ runs your courts as well. Club ($59/mo) puts Premium on every event your club runs and adds coach seats, the full league season archive, 10 AI posters a month and 500 texts a month to members who said yes to texts (email campaigns are coming soon). Club+ ($129/mo) is everything in Club plus court booking (prices and prime-time bands, split pay, closures, standing bookings, packages, promo codes, receipts and the court-use report), memberships with tiers and a waitlist, open play with check-in and no-shows, the front desk, a courts TV, a public booking page and a booking link for your Google Business Profile, a pro shop and rentals, and multiple locations. Play on someone else’s courts? Club is enough. Run your own? Club+. Switch any time from your account.
How does the free trial work?
Club and Club+ both start with 3 months free, one trial per club. You add a card at checkout and pay $0 today. Cancel any time in the 3 months and you pay nothing; we email you 3 days before the trial ends so it never sneaks up on you. After that it’s the plan’s price, monthly or yearly (15% off yearly). Upgrade, downgrade or cancel any time from your account.
Do you support team (MLP) events?
Yes — Major-League-style team play with Women’s, Men’s and two Mixed lines, a DreamBreaker singles tiebreaker at 2–2, team standings, and a team playoff that crowns a champion on the live board.
Is there a live scoreboard for a venue TV?
Yes. A full-screen, read-only board shows the leaderboard, the match on each court, what’s up next, and the champion — and it refreshes on its own. Premium lets you brand it with your colors, font, and a sponsor watermark.
Can I collect entry fees online?
Yes — set a registration fee and players pay as they sign up. PlanMyPickle takes no fee right now — only the card processing fee is added at checkout.
Can I make a poster for my event?
Yes — the AI poster studio designs one in seconds. Pick a style or describe the look you want, and it uses your event’s title, date and venue, plus your club logo and any sponsor logos you upload. Attach it to the event so it shows on the public page, or download it to post anywhere. Generations are $2.99 for 5; Club and Club+ include 10 a month for the club, shared by its staff. Posters are kept for 30 days unless you attach one to an event.
We already use CourtReserve for bookings — do we have to switch?
No. Keep your booking system and run PlanMyPickle beside it for the event layer: tournaments, leagues, brackets, live scoring, and DUPR submission. Or, on Club+, book courts here too — prices, split pay, memberships, packages, open play and a front desk — and bring your bookings over from a CourtReserve export.
What does PlanMyPickle do for a club?
It replaces the spreadsheets, group texts and hand-typed DUPR results with one place. Invite members to an event in a tap (everyone, or people you pick); every member gets a push when you post a new club event; on Club, text members who said yes to texts (email campaigns are coming soon); Bring my club from DUPR and run DUPR events that count for your DUPR club; and on Club+, check people in to open play, mark no-shows, refund a membership from its receipt, let a full membership tier keep its own waitlist, put every court’s now and next on a TV, and take bookings from your Google Business Profile. See it all on the club dashboard on the web: members, revenue by source and CSVs (churn and court use come with Club+ memberships and courts). More for clubs
Who can see my club’s members?
Only your club’s staff and the organizers of your club’s recent events (up to 30 days after an event ends). A club’s contacts belong to that club — no other club can see, export or message them. Club texts go only to members who verified their phone and said yes to texts; booking alerts a club turns on (like a court reminder) go to that player’s own phone.