Pickleheads - Play Pickleball
69
Quality Score
Solid
Pickleheads - Play Pickleball
by Dink Technologies, Inc.
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Pickleheads - Play Pickleball is an iOS app from Dink Technologies, Inc. in the Sports category, currently rated 4.9★ across 9,420 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.
Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Sports app, that means established niche player. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$130K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $175K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (95 MB) | +$17K |
| ⚙ Sports complexity ×1.90 | +$61K |
Total estimate
$130K
👥 Estimated audience size
1.6M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
165K
Daily active
49K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Sports engagement | ~180 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Sports D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🎮
Unity
Medium confidence · 65%
Also possible
Hybrid (Cordova / Ionic / Capacitor)
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 95 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Sports |
| 📦 Mid-size game bundle | → Unity or HTML5 wrapper |
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peersRevenue Strength
3.7
Product Quality
8.8
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
2.7
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
3.5
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.87★ across 9,420 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Low install base (9,420 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Growing app (2y old)METRIC | +$200 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v3.0.4
Version 3.0.4
Spectator mode! Every round robin now has a spectator link in the invite panel, with a QR code option too. Anyone who opens it can follow the matchups, live standings, and bracket as they happen, without joining as a player.… Full release notes →
Spectator mode! Every round robin now has a spectator link in the invite panel, with a QR code option too. Anyone who opens it can follow the matchups, live standings, and bracket as they happen, without joining as a player.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Pickleheads - Play Pickleball
- Developer
- Dink Technologies, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.pickleheads.mobile
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Sports
- Content rating
- 17+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $287/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Sports
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth9,420 ratings+1465% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (4 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (35 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Dive into the world of pickleball with Pickleheads, the easiest way to find and organize games!
Discover Courts Near You: With over 16,000 locations in the US, Canada, and worldwide, you're never far from a court. Pickleheads has the most extensive and accurate directory of places to play pickleball. Our community-driven directory makes it easy to find a nearby court.
Find Nearby Games: Easily find games tailored to your skill level. We bring together play schedules from every city, so you're always in the loop.… View full description on the official store →
Discover Courts Near You: With over 16,000 locations in the US, Canada, and worldwide, you're never far from a court. Pickleheads has the most extensive and accurate directory of places to play pickleball. Our community-driven directory makes it easy to find a nearby court.
Find Nearby Games: Easily find games tailored to your skill level. We bring together play schedules from every city, so you're always in the loop.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 95 MB🔞 17+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v3.0.4🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Sports💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
5 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
📈
Crossed 10,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-07
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Shipped update — v3.0.0 → v3.0.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +354 high confidence
2026-06
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Bundle ↑ 75MB → 99MB — likely major code refresh
→ 30 days after: reviews +354 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
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Shipped update — v2.2.5 → v3.0.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +886 low · multiple changes
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +154 high confidence
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.86976★ | 10,235 | 4.86976★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.8★ | 110 | 4.8★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 5★ | 4 | 5★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 5★ | 13 | 5★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 5★ | 5 | 5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.76553★ | 1,770 | 4.76553★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.77142★ | 245 | 4.77142★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 5★ | 17 | 5★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.8★ | 10 | 4.8★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Pickleheads - Play Pickleball: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 9,420 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Pickleheads - Play Pickleball make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Pickleheads - Play Pickleball earns approximately $287/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like Pickleheads - Play Pickleball?▴
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Who makes Pickleheads - Play Pickleball?▴
Pickleheads - Play Pickleball is published by Dink Technologies, Inc. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Pickleheads - Play Pickleball's BU Score?▴
Pickleheads - Play Pickleball has a BU Score of 69/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.