Pickleball open play

Fair open play
for every player.

On-Kyu runs the queue for your pickleball open play, so every player gets their fair share of games.

Start a session

Free. No sign-up.

On-Kyu on a laptop: courts in play with their clocks, the next four staged for a free court, and the queue.
On-Kyu on a phone: a live session with its running clock, games, players, waiting and free courts.

Sound familiar?

Keeping open play fair gets harder every round.

  1. 01

    Nobody can prove the order is fair.

  2. 02

    Who has played, and how often, gets lost after a few rounds.

  3. 03

    Walk-ins break the rotation.

On-Kyu keeps the queue for you. It picks the next four fairly, and shows you why, so you can say it out loud.

How it works

Three steps, then keep playing.

  1. 01

    Add your courts and players

    Type names one after another, or import them from a CSV file. Check players in as they arrive.

    Setting up a session: the session name, three courts, match rules, and the list of players.
  2. 02

    Send the next four

    On-Kyu picks who has waited longest and played least. One tap sends them to a free court.

    Courts in play with their clocks, and the next four players staged for a free court.
  3. 03

    Record the winner. See the standings.

    Record the winner, or the score. When you end the session, the recap shows the standings, court use and every match.

    The session recap on a phone: totals for the night and the standings.

What you get

Built for the organiser at the net.

  • A fair queue

    Ordered by who has waited longest and played least. Nobody gets skipped.

  • Walk-ins welcome

    Late arrivals join fairly. Not at the front, and not buried at the back.

  • Courts that change

    Add, close or reopen a court while the session runs.

  • Undo and adjust

    Swap a player, sit someone out, cancel a match, or fix a result later. Undo takes back your last step.

  • Live standings

    Wins and games for every player, as the session runs.

  • A recap of the night

    Standings, court use and the match log. Run it again next week with the same players.

Works anywhere

Phone, tablet or laptop.

On-Kyu runs in your browser. There's nothing to install, but you can add it to your home screen. Your sessions are saved on your device.

Free during early access

Every feature. Any number of courts and players.

Keep one session saved for later, and see the last 7 days of ended sessions. If we add paid plans, we'll announce them here first.

Your next open play, sorted.

Open On-Kyu, add your courts and players, and send the first four.

Start a session

Free. No sign-up.