Built for the crew you already play with

Pickleloonies is a semi-private pickleball pod manager — a web app that helps a recurring crew of 8 to 24 friends organize sessions, RSVP, invite guests, and settle peer-to-peer payments without spilling everything into a thousand-message group chat. Every pod is invite-only. There is no public discovery, no stranger matchmaking, and no "find players near you" directory.

Origin

The app started as a tool I (Vincent) built for my own Tuesday-night pod in Santa Ana. We were running a 16-person rotating crew across two courts. The group text was unworkable — RSVPs scrolled off the top before anyone read them, payments got lost, and the same three people kept doing the bookkeeping. I wanted a single screen that showed the roster, the waitlist, who paid, and who owed — for this Tuesday, not in general. Pickleloonies is that screen.

Build philosophy

• Web first. A web app you install to your home screen behaves like a native app, ships in hours instead of weeks, and doesn't make new players install anything. Native iOS and Android (via Expo) are on the roadmap, but the web app is the source of truth.
• Pod first. Every screen assumes you're in a pod with people you already know. No friend graph, no stranger messaging, no recommendation algorithm. Just your crew.
• Free. No tiers, no per-member fees, no ads. We may add optional paid features for larger groups later, but the core flow stays free.
• Your data is yours. Pod data is protected by Supabase row-level security so only members of your pod can see your RSVPs, payments, and chat. Export to CSV any time.

What's next

Active areas: native iOS + Android (Expo), better recurring-session templates, and an optional pod ledger that auto-charges attendees for court fees. Tracked openly in the Field Notes blog.

Contact

Questions or feedback: hello@pickleloonies.com. Privacy and data: privacy@pickleloonies.com. See also the Security page for how we handle your data.