Best Padel Booking Platforms in 2026: 8 Systems Compared

Choosing a padel booking platform is one of the biggest decisions a club makes. It decides how players find you, what every booking costs, who owns your customer data and how much time your staff spend fixing the schedule. For players, it decides which app is on their phone and what they pay on top of the court. This guide compares eight of the most used padel booking systems in the world: Playtomic, MATCHi, Matchpoint, Nettla, Padel Mates, Court22, Bookaball and Playbypoint.

We looked at features, pricing, the type of club each one suits and what players actually say in app store reviews. Prices, ratings and figures are as published by each company or shown in the stores in November 2026, and they change often, so check the latest before you sign anything.

The short answer

• Playtomic: the biggest player marketplace. Best if you need the app itself to bring you new players, and you accept fees for both club and players.
• MATCHi: the established Swedish multi-sport network, used by venues across Europe and now part of Eversports. Best for racket venues with tennis, badminton or squash next to padel.
• Matchpoint: Spanish club software with a branded app for every club, part of the MATCHi group. Best for clubs and academies that want deep admin, coaching and access control under their own brand.
• Nettla: the newest platform here, built in the UK. A clean player app and club software at a flat monthly price with no booking commission. Best for independent clubs and growing groups that want modern tools without a marketplace in the middle.
• Padel Mates: community and matchmaking first. Best for padel-only clubs that want to fill courts through open matches.
• Court22: a Swedish player app and venue platform with strong leagues. Best for venues that run a lot of league play.
• Bookaball: Dutch club software that runs under your own brand. Best for clubs and chains that want their own app instead of a shared one.
• Playbypoint: US all-in-one software for multi-sport facilities. Best for clubs mixing padel with pickleball and tennis, especially in the US.

Marketplace or your own platform?

Before comparing features, it helps to know that padel booking platforms follow two different models.

Marketplace platforms list many clubs in one consumer app. Players search for a court anywhere, join open matches and carry one profile and level between clubs. The upside for a club is discovery: players who have never heard of you can find you. The downside is that the app, not your club, owns the relationship. Players see other clubs next to yours, and marketplaces usually take a fee on each booking from the club, the player or both.

Club-first platforms give each club its own booking system, often with its own branding, and charge a software fee instead. You keep the brand, the data and the margin, but you have to bring the players yourself.

Most platforms now sit somewhere in between. Playtomic is the clearest marketplace. Bookaball, Matchpoint and Playbypoint are the clearest club-first systems. MATCHi, Padel Mates and Court22 combine a shared player app with club software. Nettla does the same, but presents clubs inside its app under their own brand, and its pricing has no booking commission. Nettla describes this as having no marketplace in the middle.

Padel booking platforms compared

Playtomic

Founded in Madrid in 2017, Playtomic is the largest padel booking app in the world. The company says it works with more than 6,700 clubs in over 60 countries and has 1.7 million monthly active players. For players, it is the default app in much of Europe: you can book a court in almost any city, join open matches at your level and split the cost in the app.

What it does well. Reach is the big one. Open matches help clubs fill off-peak hours, and the 0–7 level system gives players one rating across every club. The club software, Playtomic Manager, covers bookings, payments, classes, tournaments, leagues and a point of sale on the higher tiers. Players rate the app highly: 4.8 from around 39,000 ratings on the UK App Store.

Where it falls short. Most complaints are about money and support. Players pay a service fee on most online payments, including 20% on UK open matches, and it is not refunded if they cancel a booking. On Trustpilot, Playtomic scores 1.3 from 138 reviews, mostly about refunds, cancellations and support that stops at a chatbot. Clubs pay a monthly plan and a commission on online payments, which Playtomic doesn't publish. Clubs also give up some ownership of the player relationship, because their courts are listed next to every other club nearby.

Best for: new clubs in busy markets that need the marketplace to bring them players, and operators that value reach over margin.

MATCHi

MATCHi was founded in Gothenburg in 2012 and has long been the go-to booking system in Sweden, but it is used well beyond it. It says it serves more than 3,000 venues across Europe, from the UK, where Game4Padel books through it, to Spain, where TPC Matchpoint joined its network. It covers padel, tennis, badminton, squash, table tennis and pickleball. In March 2026, MATCHi and Eversports joined forces, creating a combined network of more than 9,000 venues and studios, and MATCHi now presents itself as part of Eversports.

What it does well. MATCHi is strong for multi-sport venues and clubs with large coaching programmes. It offers booking profiles per customer group, memberships, a training planner for courses, leagues, access and lighting control tied to bookings, and a booking widget. In Sweden, players know it well: the app has 4.7 from about 25,000 ratings on the Swedish App Store. MATCHi has also started saving match results in the app, ahead of a planned dynamic player level.

Where it falls short. MATCHi charges players a 4% service fee in several markets (3–15 SEK per booking in Sweden), which it doesn't refund on cancellation. Outside Sweden the app is rated much lower, at 3.3 from about 100 ratings on the UK App Store, and its Trustpilot score is 1.5 from 42 reviews, mostly about customer service and refunds. Club pricing isn't published. Some clubs have also moved away, including Racket Club's seven Danish venues, which switched to Padel Mates in 2025.

Best for: established clubs and racket venues where padel shares the building with tennis, badminton or squash, especially in markets where players already use MATCHi.

Matchpoint

Matchpoint, also known as TPC Matchpoint and now branded "Matchpoint by MATCHi", is club management software from Valencia, Spain. It has been developed since the late 2000s and joined the MATCHi group in 2022. Matchpoint says it is used by around 1,450 venues in more than 60 countries. It is strongest in Spain, Italy, France and Latin America, with customers such as Real Club de Pádel Marbella, Madrid Central Padel, Padel Tennis Ireland and Manila Padel Club.

What it does well. Matchpoint is one of the deepest admin systems in this comparison. Every club gets its own branded app and website, and chains can get one app across all their venues. It covers bookings, memberships, wallets, vouchers and booking packages, open matches with level ranges, in-house leagues and tournaments, and a point of sale. Its academy tools stand out: term courses, parent and child accounts, a separate app for coaches with attendance and messaging, and automatic coach assignment for private lessons. It also handles door access by PIN, QR or app, and switches court lights on only during bookings. Clubs can connect to the MATCHi marketplace, so their courts also appear to MATCHi players, with bookings kept in sync both ways.

Where it falls short. The player experience depends on each club's own app, and the generic MP Centers app is poorly rated, at 2.6 from 54 reviews on Google Play, with complaints about login problems and crashes after updates. Pricing isn't published. Bookings that come through the MATCHi marketplace cost the club 2.9% per online payment. Since MATCHi joined Eversports in 2026, the group has said it plans a single platform in the long term, so it isn't yet clear how Matchpoint will develop.

Best for: larger clubs, academies, multi-sport centres and chains that want detailed admin and coaching tools under their own brand, especially in Southern Europe and Latin America.

Nettla

Nettla is the newest platform in this comparison. It was built in the UK and launched there in early 2026. It covers padel, tennis, pickleball and squash, with a player app and a club management platform. Clubs including Dulwich Padel Club, Smash Padel and Bishop's Stortford Padel Club run on it.

What it does well. Nettla's main focus is the user experience, for players and staff alike. The player app is fast and simple: book a court in a few taps, split the cost with friends, find public matches at your level and sign up for activities and coaching. UK players rate it 4.8 from around 1,000 ratings on the App Store, and reviewers often mention how easy it is to use. There are no paid upgrades for players, so everyone gets the same app.

For clubs, the pricing is easy to understand. Nettla charges a flat monthly fee based on the number of courts, from £89 for one or two courts to £169 for nine or more, with no commission on bookings. Every plan includes bookings, split payments, memberships, coaching and activities, leagues and matches, and an insights dashboard. A booking widget lets players book on the club's own website. Your club appears inside the Nettla app under its own branding, and a fully branded app of your own is available on request. Nettla also brings features that are rare in padel software:

• Nettla AI lets staff ask questions about the club's data in plain English, without building reports.
• Ace is an AI sales agent that handles booking questions and enquiries over WhatsApp.
• Light & Access turns on court lights and issues door codes automatically for each booking.
• Rewards gives players loyalty points.
• Integrations with HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier, Mixpanel, BigQuery and Smart Padel.

Switching is designed to be painless. Nettla imports members, memberships and bookings from your old system, and the move is free.

Where it falls short. Nettla is young and mostly UK-based, so it doesn't yet have Playtomic's reach for players looking for courts abroad. Some features, such as leagues, AI and rewards, are paid add-ons on top of the base plan. App reviews ask for a few small additions, such as saved favourite players and a filter to hide full matches, which Nettla has said are on the way.

Best for: independent clubs and growing groups, especially in the UK, that want a modern player experience and predictable costs without paying a commission on every booking.

Padel Mates

Padel Mates was founded in Stockholm in 2020. It began as a community app for finding padel partners and now offers a booking system for clubs too. The company says it has more than 600 connected clubs and 180,000 active players, mainly in Sweden, Denmark and the UK.

What it does well. Matchmaking is the heart of the app. Players get a level, ELO-style stats, match suggestions at their level, community groups and chat, and they can split costs. One wallet works across clubs, and the app supports Apple Pay, Google Pay and Apple Watch. For clubs, the toolkit covers bookings, open matches, tournaments, leagues, memberships, credits, coaching, junior accounts and loyalty rewards. Club testimonials highlight the support, and Racket Club Copenhagen reported clear gains in revenue and court use after switching.

Where it falls short. The app has been rebuilt more than once, and each time some reviewers felt it got worse. It is rated 4.4 from about 5,200 ratings in Sweden and 4.5 from about 1,300 in the UK. Coverage depends on the city, and club pricing isn't published.

Best for: padel-only clubs that want a social, match-driven community to fill their courts.

Court22

Court22 is a Swedish player app and venue platform for padel, tennis, pickleball and badminton. It says it has more than 475,000 users and 150 venues. Most are in Sweden, with others in Norway, Latvia, Spain, Germany, Croatia and the UK. Its customers include Malmö Padel, Padel Royale Bromma and Örebro Padelcenter.

What it does well. Leagues and competition are Court22's strength. It has league tables, automatic ranking, a separate competition tool, and is the first platform to go live with PadelLevels, a rating that follows players between clubs. Players can choose their own start time and length, see the courts in a visual layout, split the cost with Swish and get personal door codes. For venues, it covers bookings, payments, memberships, training plans, events, real-time revenue and occupancy figures, and connections for doors and lighting.

Where it falls short. Pricing isn't published for venues or players, and outside Sweden it has far fewer venues and players than the big networks. The app has 4.4 from about 940 ratings on the Swedish App Store, but some reviewers report problems with filters and compare it unfavourably with apps they used before.

Best for: venues that run a lot of leagues and want competition built into the booking app.

Bookaball

Bookaball is an Amsterdam-based booking and management platform for racket clubs. Unlike the others, it has no consumer app under its own name. Instead, it runs each club's own branded app and website. It works with clubs across Europe, and publishes prices for the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, France, Czechia and the UK, as well as Hong Kong and New Zealand. Customers include The Padellers in the Netherlands and Germany, Playside and Padel Addiction.

What it does well. Bookaball puts the club's brand first. It covers court bookings, open matches, trainings with trial lessons and coach calendars, events and tournaments, pay-as-you-go and recurring memberships, vouchers, dynamic pricing, a rating system and split payments. Access and lighting are handled through an integration with Smart Padel. The founder of The Padellers credits Bookaball with much of the chain's growth, and says open matches make up 8–12% of its monthly revenue.

Where it falls short. The price combines a monthly fee of €89–€149 per venue with a percentage of every transaction, ranging from 2% to 6.5% depending on the country. Because every club has its own app, players don't get a shared network, and those apps have few reviews. The Padellers app has 3.8 from 19 ratings on the Dutch App Store. A full white-label option is still listed as coming soon.

Best for: clubs and chains that want their own branded app and don't need a marketplace.

Playbypoint

Playbypoint is a US platform founded in 2016 for racquet and multi-sport clubs: pickleball, padel and tennis, but also golf simulators and swim clubs. It says it serves more than 1,000 clubs in over 30 countries. Most are in the US, with others in the UK, Asia and Australia. An independent count from September 2026 found it at about a quarter of tracked US padel clubs, almost level with Playtomic.

What it does well. Playbypoint is a broad all-in-one system. It covers bookings with detailed rules, memberships with trials, lessons and clinics, open play, a pro shop with stock management, check-in and keyless entry, marketing campaigns, a TV display and reports. It links to rating systems such as DUPR and World Padel Rating. Prices are public and there is no marketplace fee, and the customer stories on its website focus on fast, hands-on support.

Where it falls short. It is one of the more expensive options at $199–$599 per month on an annual contract, and the branded app is only included in the top tier. The experience also differs a lot between platforms: the iPhone app has 4.7 from about 4,300 US ratings, but the Android app only 2.6 from 88. Reviewers mention a busy booking grid, login problems and a layout that feels built for tennis. Because there is no shared marketplace, players often need a separate login for each club.

Best for: multi-sport facilities with padel next to pickleball or tennis, especially in the US, and multi-location operators that want their own branded app.

What players say about padel booking apps

Across app stores and review sites, the same themes come back again and again:

• Fees on top of the court price. Service fees on bookings and open matches are the single biggest frustration with marketplace apps, especially when they aren't refunded after a cancellation.
• Cancellations and refunds. Players often don't know whether the club or the app is responsible, and get sent back and forth between them.
• Real support. Reviews punish chatbot-only support and reward platforms where a person answers.
• Fair levels. Players want a rating that is hard to game and works at every club.
• Simple apps. Big redesigns that move familiar buttons get the worst reviews. Fast, clean apps get the best ones.

Platforms that keep the player app simple and charge clubs a clear price, rather than adding fees for players, tend to avoid the worst of these complaints.

How to choose the right padel booking system for your club

1. Work out the real cost. Add the monthly fee, any commission or percentage of transactions, card fees and add-ons. Then calculate it for a typical month of bookings. A flat fee and a low headline fee with a commission can end up very different.
2. Decide who owns the player. If you need new players, a marketplace can help. If you already have a community, a platform without a marketplace in the middle keeps players coming back to your club.
3. Look at the player app, not just the admin. Your members will use the app every week. Download it, book a court and join a match before you decide.
4. Check what's included. Leagues, coaching, memberships, access control and lighting are included on some platforms, paid add-ons on others, and missing on some.
5. Ask about switching. Find out whether members, memberships and future bookings can be imported, what it costs, and how long the contract runs.
6. Talk to clubs that use it. Ask a club your size how support works when something breaks on a busy evening.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best padel booking app for players?

It depends on where you play. Playtomic has the most clubs worldwide, MATCHi is used by thousands of venues across Europe, many clubs in Spain and Latin America have their own app built on Matchpoint, Court22 is common in Sweden, and Padel Mates is popular for finding matches in Sweden, Denmark and the UK. In the UK, Nettla is rated 4.8 on the App Store and charges players no upgrade fees. Most players simply use the app their club runs on.

Which padel booking software has no commission?

Nettla and Playbypoint publish monthly software prices with no booking commission, although card processing fees still apply. Playtomic adds a commission on online payments, and Bookaball adds a percentage per transaction on top of its monthly fee.

Which booking system is best for a small padel club?

Small clubs usually benefit from predictable costs and a simple setup. Nettla's price is set by the number of courts and starts at £89 per month for one or two courts. A marketplace such as Playtomic can make sense if the club needs help attracting new players.

Can I switch padel booking platforms?

Yes. Most platforms import members, memberships and bookings, and several, including Nettla and Court22, offer help with the move. Plan the switch for a quiet period and tell your members well in advance which app to download.

Do booking platforms run padel tournaments?

Most offer basic tournaments or leagues. For Americano, Mexicano, team formats or your own custom format with live scores and standings, clubs often use a dedicated tool like Padel Fast next to their booking system. It works the same whichever platform you book courts with.