PickleMixer pricing

One free trial per plan, per account. If you come back to a plan you’ve tried before, you’re billed right away, and your groups, rosters, ratings and game history are all still there waiting for you. If you move up from a paid plan there is no second trial: the unused part of your current year carries over as time on the new plan, and your first charge is the day it runs out.

Pricing questions

Is PickleMixer free?

Yes. The mixer itself is free for 4–150 players, with no signup and no credit card, and it works offline. A free account adds saved rosters, manual ratings, and rating-balanced mixing for one group of up to 19 players. Recording game scores, ladder leagues, and higher limits are paid features; paid plans lift those limits. Score entry is also included free for every account's first month, for up to 19 saved players, so you can watch ratings build from real games before deciding.

What do Lite, Pro and Club cost?

Lite is $19/year (about $1.58/month, billed annually) and scales the mixer up to 100 saved players across 5 groups, keeping the ratings you enter and rating-balanced mixing. Pro is $39/year (about $3.25/month, billed annually) and adds score tracking, ladder leagues, and 3 sub-organizers, plus unlimited players and groups. Club is $59/year (about $4.92/month, billed annually) and adds unlimited sub-organizers; it is the required plan for commercial use (a facility, business, or paid program run for profit). Volunteer-run and non-profit clubs can use any plan, including the free one. All paid plans (Lite, Pro, and Club) start with a 10-day free trial the first time you take that plan, one per plan, per account. Coming back to a plan you have had before, you are billed the day you subscribe. Moving up from a paid plan is different: there is no second trial; the unused part of your current year carries over as time on the new plan, and your first charge is the day that time runs out.

What happens to my current plan when I move up?

Nothing is wasted. When you move up from Lite or Pro, the unused part of your current year is converted into days on the new plan at that plan's price. You are on the new plan right away, we cancel your old subscription in PayPal for you at that moment so it never bills again, and your first charge on the new plan is the day the carried-over time runs out. The date is shown before you confirm and in your confirmation email. Change your mind before that charge and nothing is charged: you keep the new plan until the carried-over time runs out, then your account moves to the free plan.

How do I cancel, and do I get a refund?

Open Profile → Plan & Billing and use Manage or cancel in PayPal, or cancel the subscription directly in your PayPal account. Cancelling stops the renewal; you keep your plan through the period you have paid for, then your account moves to the free plan with everything you created still there. You never need to delete your account to stop billing. Cancel during a free trial and nothing is charged. Paid time is not refunded when you cancel; if something has gone wrong with a charge, write to me@picklefriend.net and we will sort it out.

What's the difference between Lite and Pro?

Lite is the mixer at fuller scale for casual play: up to 100 saved players and 5 groups, keeping the ratings you enter and the rating-balanced mixing a free account already has, plus Nonstop Courts and server auto-mix. It does not record game scores, calculate ratings from games, or run ladder leagues. Pro adds score tracking (recording game results, remote score links, and ratings that update automatically from games), ladder leagues, and sub-organizers, with unlimited players and groups.

Which plan includes Nonstop Courts?

Nonstop Courts is part of Lite, Pro and Club. It replaces rounds: there is no timer, and no court waits for the round to end, because the server calls the next games as courts become free. Recording the scores of a Nonstop night is part of Pro and Club. Every new account can use both free during its first month, for nights of up to 19 saved players. Mixing in rounds is free.

Which plan includes Box League?

Box League is part of Pro and Club, because it only works with recorded scores: a box reports its sheet from a phone, a box-mate confirms, and the ratings those games move are what re-form the boxes between rounds. Every new account can run one free during its first month, with up to 19 saved players. The plan that counts is the group owner's; players never pay or sign up.

What counts as a sub-organizer?

A sub-organizer is another logged-in user you invite to help run your groups — they manage players, run mixers, enter scores, and manage events from their own account. Pro includes 3; Club includes unlimited.

What happens to my data if I cancel?

Nothing is deleted. If a paid plan lapses you keep everything you have created and return to the free limits: you cannot add beyond them until you renew, and launching from a saved group brings in up to 19 players at a time (the rest stay saved and can be added by hand). The one exception is cloud session backups, which are removed 30 days after a paid plan lapses.

Do players need to pay or sign up?

No. Players never need an account or a payment. They join sessions, RSVP to events, and enter their own scores from a link. Pricing applies only to the organizer running the group.