Padelato vs the Americano Padel app: an honest comparison
Padelato runs in any browser, is free on every court and needs no install, with sit-out points, late-arrival credit and a knockout finish included. The Americano Padel app by Perkodar is a polished native app with many formats, free on one court and paid for more. On two or more courts, Padelato costs nothing.
What are they?
Americano Padel is a native app for iPhone and Android by Perkodar AB. Other apps have similar names; this page covers the Perkodar one at americano-padel.com.
Padelato is a web app: you open padelato.com in any browser and install nothing. We make it, so read with that in mind. Every Perkodar fact below comes from its own store listings or website.
Feature by feature
| Padelato | Americano Padel (Perkodar) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Any browser: phone, tablet or laptop; nothing to install | iPhone and Android apps |
| Price | Free, every feature | Free on one court; Premium $4.99 a month, $19.99 a year or $79.99 once (US App Store) |
| More than one court | Yes, free | Premium only |
| Accounts | None, for host or players | Not required; optional account to sync tournaments across your devices |
| Live standings link | Yes, read-only, for every tournament | Yes, shareable web link that updates in real time |
| Changes during the event | Add or remove players with the match on court untouched; late check-in; re-draw a round, with undo | Add players and mark sit-outs during a Mexicano (version 2.13); re-drawing not stated |
| Points for sitting out | None, half a match or own average, also for late arrivals; a latecomer gets it for every round already played | not stated |
| Fair rotation | Nobody sits out twice in a row while the numbers allow; games stay within one; partners repeat only when unavoidable; checked by over 20,000 automatic tests | Fair rotation; whoever played most recently sits out first; game counts kept balanced |
| Final or knockout | Yes: a final, semi-finals or quarter-finals, seeded from the table | A play-off round, with Premium (developer's reply to a review) |
| Scoring | Rally points to a total, or games | Rally points to a total, or games and sets |
| Stats and history | Rank and points charts and a head-to-head grid; past tournaments to replay | Saved tournaments; an archive with the final standings |
| TV or big screen | Yes: the standings and the courts on a big screen | Yes: open the live link on a TV |
| Tournament name and logo | Yes: name and logo on the host screen, live link and results | Tournament name; logo not stated |
| Formats | Americano (classic, team, mixed), Mexicano; knockout finals | Americano (normal, mixed, team, club), Mexicano, Mixicano, Team, Super and Club Mexicano, Beat the Box |
"not stated" means the vendor does not say.
Where Padelato is the better fit
- You play on two or more courts and do not want to pay.
- Nobody should install anything, host included.
- Your numbers are often odd. The Perkodar developer recommends Americano for odd numbers up to around 9 players. Padelato draws any number fairly; this site has its schedules for 5 to 16 players.
- Late arrivals are normal. Padelato adds a player mid-evening without changing the match on court, and credits the rounds they missed.
- You want to choose what a sit-out is worth: nothing, half a match or the player's own average.
- You want a final, semi-finals or quarter-finals without paying. The Perkodar play-off round needs Premium.
- You want rank and points charts and a head-to-head grid after the night, re-draws with undo and your own logo.
Where the Americano Padel app is the better fit
- You want more formats: it adds Super Mexicano, Mixicano, Team Mexicano, Beat the Box and club versions to the classics.
- Players should enter their own scores from their phones, which it supports since version 3.0.
- You only ever use one court, where it is free.
- You want a native app for iPhone or Android.
What Padelato is built for
Padelato is built for the evening itself: the draw, the scores, the table and the link everyone follows. It does not run leagues across weeks, take payments or book courts.
Sources and dates
Checked 28 Oct 2026. Prices are the US App Store's and may differ in your country. Vendors change their apps often, so check before you rely on a detail.
- Padelato, features and privacy: padelato.com/llms.txt
- Americano Padel (Perkodar), description, one-court limit, Premium prices: apps.apple.com/us/app/americano-padel/id1536633475
- Americano Padel (Perkodar), shared scoring (version 3.0) and optional account (version 3.4): apps.apple.com/us/app/americano-padel/id1536633475
- Americano Padel (Perkodar), formats and limits: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.perkodar.americanopadel
- Americano Padel (Perkodar), fair sit-outs (versions 2.20, 2.26), add players (2.13), TV, archive (3.3), tournament name (3.5), play-off reply: apps.apple.com/us/app/americano-padel/id1536633475
- Americano Padel (Perkodar), formats: americano-padel.com/
- Americano Padel (Perkodar), Mexicano sit-outs: americano-padel.com/mexicano-americano/en
Questions people ask
Is the Americano Padel app free?
It is free on one court. Playing on more than one court needs Premium, which the US App Store lists at 4.99 dollars a month, 19.99 dollars a year or 79.99 dollars once.
What does Padelato offer that the Americano Padel app does not list?
Every feature free on any number of courts, with nothing to install. Also a choice of sit-out points (none, half a match or the player's own average) with credit for late arrivals, re-draws with undo, a final, semi-finals or quarter-finals without paying, rank and points charts with a head-to-head grid, and your own logo.
Do I need an account for either?
No. The Americano Padel app says no login is required, with an optional account to sync your tournaments across devices. Padelato has no accounts at all.
Which one has more formats?
The Americano Padel app lists more, including Super Mexicano, Mixicano, Team Mexicano, Beat the Box and club versions. Padelato covers Americano (classic, team, mixed) and Mexicano, and adds a knockout finish.