Kitchen: Pickleball Rules
Referee Any Serve or Line Call
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Updated for the 2026 rulebook. See exactly which rules changed in January, and why half the court is still calling the old one.
Two players. One call. Nobody backing down.
Kitchen settles it. Tap the situation you're arguing about and get a plain-English ruling with the governing rule number attached — so the answer is the rulebook's, not yours.
WHY THE RULE NUMBER MATTERS
An uncited answer never ends an argument. The player who is losing just argues with the app instead. Every ruling in Kitchen names the rule that governs it and the rulebook's official short title, so there is something to point at.
BUILT FOR THE COURT, NOT THE COUCH
Works with no signal. The whole rulebook lives on your phone, so it still answers on a public court with one bar and four people waiting.
Readable at arm's length. Big type, hard contrast, no thin grey text — you are holding a paddle in direct sun, not reading in bed.
Flip to Show. One tap rotates the ruling 180 degrees so the player across the net can read it without taking your phone.
THE ARGUMENTS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
Kitchen faults and the non-volley zone. Serve legality and the drop serve. The double-bounce rule. Side out and the scoring sequence. Line calls. Let serves. Doubles positioning and service order. Forty-three of them, one tap each.
WHAT CHANGED IN 2026
USA Pickleball revises the rulebook every January, and half the court learned the old version. Kitchen shows you what changed and what it means, so you stop arguing about a rule that no longer exists.
BROWSE THE WHOLE RULEBOOK
Seventy rules, organized by section, searchable in plain language. Search "kitchen volley" and get the non-volley zone rules, not a keyword match on the word kitchen.
FREE, AND KITCHEN PRO
Three cited rulings a day, free, forever. Browsing and searching the rulebook is always unlimited.
Kitchen Pro unlocks unlimited rulings, the full 2026 rule-change list, and saved rulings you can pull up again next week. $2.99 a month or $9.99 a year.
Kitchen Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase.
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ABOUT THE RULES
Kitchen cites rule numbers and official short titles from the USA Pickleball Official Rulebook. The explanations are written by Kitchen in plain English and are not the official text — the official rulebook is linked from every ruling. Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by USA Pickleball.
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Information
- Provider
- Marek Sokol
- Size
- 16.8 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Kitchen Pro Annual USD 9.99
- Kitchen Pro Monthly USD 2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Marek Sokol