Pickleball queue app
The free pickleball queue app for open play
Open play falls apart at the queue: who is next, who cut in, who has sat out for forty minutes. qStack runs the queue for you. Add the players, and it calls the next four onto every court as it frees up, rotates partners, and shows the whole room the same queue on their own phones.
No download. No account needed to host or to play.
Why hosts switch to a queue app
Nobody argues about who is next
The queue is on everyone's phone and on the TV if you have one. Up next is there for all to see, so the question stops coming to you.
Fair across every court
It tracks games played and who has partnered whom, so whoever has waited longest goes on next and the same four do not spend the night together.
Players join by scanning a code
Hold up the QR code and people add themselves to the back of the queue. No app to install and no account to make.
Built for real open play
Late arrivals, early leavers, fixed partners, rematches and a wrong winner tapped by mistake are all a tap to sort out.
Works on bad gym wifi
Every tap lands straight away and syncs when the signal comes back, so a weak connection never holds up a court.
Standings and recaps
Record who won and the standings keep themselves. When it is over, players get a recap card for the group chat.
Up and running in three steps
- 1
Start a board
Say how many courts you have and how people should be paired up. It takes about twenty seconds, and you can do it without an account.
- 2
Get everyone on it
Type the names in yourself, or share the code and let players add themselves. Everyone who opens it watches the same board, and it updates as games finish.
- 3
Play
The board picks the next four, you tap the winner when they come off, and the queue moves up. It remembers who has played with whom, so the same four do not spend the evening together.
Questions
Is qStack really free?
Yes. There is no paid plan, no limit on players and nothing to download. It runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or laptop.
How many courts can the queue run?
One board runs one to six courts, in singles or doubles. For more courts or separate divisions, start a board for each and show up to four of them on one TV.
How does qStack decide who plays next?
You pick a matching style. Round Robin takes people in the order they arrived, Auto-Balanced catches up whoever has played least, Winners / Losers sorts by result, and Skill Separated groups similar ratings. You can switch styles mid-session.
Can players see the queue on their phones?
Yes. Anyone who scans the code or opens the link sees the live board: every court, who is up next and the rest of the queue. They can turn on a buzz for when they are next.
Learn it in five minutes
Hosts · 4 min
Host your first session
Set up a board in three short steps, get the first game on, and let the board take it from there.
Hosts · 2 min
Get everyone on the board
Show the QR code, send the link, or read out the code, and let players add themselves.
Hosts and co-hosts · 5 min
Run the courts
Change who's up next, send a group to a free court, swap a player mid-game, and fix a wrong result.
Run your next open play on qStack.
It takes about twenty seconds to start a board, and it is free for hosts and players.
