Is Pickleball Journal free to use?

Yes! Pickleball Journal offers a free tier with core features like game tracking, basic statistics, and partner management. Premium features are available through an optional subscription.

Can I track doubles partners and opponents?

Absolutely! You can add and track all your playing partners and opponents. See your win rates, game history, and performance stats with each player.

Does it work on Apple Watch?

Yes! Our Apple Watch app lets you track games directly from your wrist. Start/stop game timers, log scores, and sync everything back to your phone.

Can I export my data?

Premium users can export their game history and statistics in CSV format for further analysis or backup purposes.

Is my data backed up?

Your data is stored locally on your device and backed up through iCloud (if enabled). This ensures your privacy while keeping your data safe.

App Updates

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and enhancements to Pickleball Journal. We're constantly working to make your pickleball tracking experience better.

1.5

Aug 13, 2025

Version 1.5 - Major Analytics Update & Performance Improvements

Hello Pickleball Journal Users,

We're excited to announce our biggest update yet - Version 1.5 brings professional-level analytics capabilities to help you transform your pickleball game through data-driven insights and performance tracking.

Analytics & Performance Insights

Comprehensive new analytics dashboard provides professional-level insights to help you understand and improve every aspect of your game.

Advanced Win Rate Analytics: Monitor your performance across different time periods with new weekly, monthly, and yearly breakdowns that feature interactive charts and adaptive heat maps that visualize trends and recent form at a glance
Partner & Opponent Intelligence: Track win rates with each doubles partner to find optimal combinations and analyze your record against different opponents. Now you can dive even deeper by sorting your partners and opponents by win rate, games played, or last played date to identify key strategic advantages.
Equipment Performance Tracking: Monitor how different paddles affect your win rate, and now, you can also log the number of games played on your shoes to track their impact and durability. Make data-driven equipment decisions with powerful comparative analysis.
Game Type & Tag Analysis: Break down your performance by any format, including Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and even Skinny Singles. Track your stats across all types of play, from casual recreational games and focused drills to competitive tournament and league play.

User Experience Improvements

Enhanced journal entry experience with smoother data input and better form stability.

Auto-Save Protection: Never lose your journal entries with automatic saving that protects your notes and game data
Improved Tag Management: Recently used tags now appear in order of recency, making entry creation faster and more intuitive
Better Location Selection: Apple Journal-style dropdown with improved search functionality for easier court location tracking
Form Stability: Eliminated jumping and scrolling issues when editing entries for a smoother user experience

Apple Watch Integration

Improved synchronization and accuracy between iPhone and Apple Watch.

Accurate Game Counting: Fixed double-counting issues and implemented smart detection to prevent duplicate game entries
Seamless Sync: Enhanced data synchronization ensures your Apple Watch and iPhone stay perfectly aligned

Expense Management Enhancements

More control and flexibility over recurring expense tracking.

Flexible Deletion Options: Delete single occurrences, future payments, or entire series with new context-aware actions
"Delete This & Future Payments": New option provides better control over managing recurring pickleball expenses

Performance & Stability

Under-the-hood improvements for faster, more reliable app performance.

Speed Improvements: Faster loading of analytics data with improved memory management for large datasets
Bug Fixes: Resolved issues with custom tags persistence, location coordinates retention, and tag ordering
Smoother Experience: Enhanced scrolling and animations throughout the app

Questions or suggestions? Reach out to support@pickleballjournal.com

The Pickleball Journal Team

1.4

Jun 25, 2025

Version 1.4 - Flexible Session Tags & Organization

All-New Session Tags Update - Transform how you organize your pickleball activities! We've completely reimagined session tracking with our powerful new tags system:

• Flexible Tags - Replace static session types with custom tags
• Quick Access - Pin up to 8 favorite tags for instant selection during entry
• Smart Filtering - Filter entries by multiple tags using ANY or ALL logic
• Tag Management - Edit colors, merge duplicates, hide unused tags
• Easy Organization - Reorder tags with simple up/down controls

Your existing session types have been automatically converted to tags, so you're ready to go!

UI Improvements

• Refined Settings menu with clearer navigation
• Better dark mode support throughout the app
• Haptic feedback for menu interactions

Bug fixes & other performance enhancements