Run the club. Grow the community.
Dink Tycoon is a free pickleball club manager game for phones and tablets, from the people who make DinkBrain. Take over a club, or build your own, in four real pickleball hotspots.
No download, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Every lever of a real club.
Each choice maps to a real decision. A club owner who plays learns real lessons. The numbers in the game are fiction.
Central Oregon, Naples, the Valley of the Sun and Orange County. Each one has its own weather, seasons, rent and rivals.
Set the weekly schedule, open play by level, membership plans, prime-time prices, coaches and leagues.
Every player has a name, a level, friends, habits and a mood. Courts are easy to copy. A community is not.
In the game, DinkBrain is your club's analytics app, and Dink tells you what to try next.
No ads, no in-app purchases and no tracking. Real places appear with respect.
Short sessions with one hand. Add it to your home screen from the browser on iPhone or Android.
Play the town where you play.
Hometown mode puts the clubs in our US directory on one national map. Pick your town and run a club among the real places around you. Private clubs show under made-up names until they claim their page.
Coming soonHometown mode, with every club on the map, is on its way to the game. Claim your club now, so it shows its real name from the first day.
Your club will be in the game. Claim it now.
A claimed club shows its real name, a short blurb from you, a “Verified by the club” badge and a link to your website or booking page. It is a small, free ad in front of pickleball players.
- Find your club by name, city or ZIP code.
- Show that you run it: with an email at your club's web address, with your booking app, or by phone.
- Write a short blurb and add your link.
- We check the text. Then the game shows your club under its real name.
An example card from the game. The club name is an example.
Your club is in Dink Tycoon. Claim your page.0:42
Dink Tycoon, the free pickleball club game, puts clubs on its map under made-up names. Claim yours, and it shows under its real name.
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Your club is already in Dink Tycoon, our pickleball club game. Players can take over your club for a season. Until you claim it, your club has a made-up name. Claim your page on dinkbrain.com. Find your club by name, city or ZIP code. Then show that it is yours, with a code to your club email, or with your booking app. After we check it, the game shows your real name, your words and your link. The game listing is free. Your claim also starts your DinkBrain account. Claim your club at dinkbrain.com/claim.
About the game and your claim
Is Dink Tycoon free?
Yes. The game is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Why does my club have a different name in the game?
Private clubs show under a made-up name until they claim their page on DinkBrain. Then the game can show the real name.
Does a claim cost money?
No. The game listing is free. Your claim also sets up your DinkBrain account. The 7-day DinkBrain trial starts only when you connect your booking data.
What does the game know about players?
Nothing. The game has no tracking. Its only network read is the public list of claimed clubs from dinkbrain.com, and it sends no player data.