Padelato vs PadelMix: an honest comparison
Padelato and PadelMix both run Americano and Mexicano with no account and a live web link. Padelato runs in any browser and is free in full, with a choice of sit-out points, late-arrival credit and re-draws you can undo. PadelMix is a native app with more formats and leagues, and paid Premium options it does not explain.
What are they?
PadelMix is a phone app for iPhone and Android by RSApps Nordics. It runs Americano, Mexicano and several other formats, leagues and knockout brackets, and shares live progress through a web link. The developer says it also works on tablets and computers.
Padelato is a web app: you open padelato.com in any browser, on a phone, tablet or laptop, and install nothing. We make it, so read with that in mind. Every PadelMix fact below comes from its own store listing or website.
Feature by feature
| Padelato | PadelMix | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Any browser: phone, tablet or laptop; nothing to install | iPhone and Android apps; the developer says it works on phone, tablet or computer |
| Price | Free, every feature | Free to download; Premium in-app purchases from $2.99 to $89.99 lifetime (US App Store); what Premium unlocks is not listed |
| More than one court | Yes, free | Yes (any number, per the developer) |
| Accounts | None, for host or players | None required; data stored on your device |
| Live standings link | Yes, read-only, for every tournament | Yes, shareable web link |
| Changes during the event | Add or remove players with the match on court untouched; late check-in; re-draw a round, with undo | Yes: add, replace or remove players at any time; add or remove courts; regenerate rounds |
| Points for sitting out | None, half a match or own average, also for late arrivals; a latecomer gets it for every round already played | Compensation for sitting out; the options are 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, balanced rounds; sit-outs spread evenly |
| Final or knockout | Yes: a final, semi-finals or quarter-finals, seeded from the table | Yes: play-offs and knockout brackets, with a third-place match |
| Scoring | Rally points to a total, or games | Points per match; ranking by wins as an option; bonus points for wins or draws |
| Stats and history | Rank and points charts and a head-to-head grid; past tournaments to replay | Analytics after the event; player stats in leagues |
| TV or big screen | Yes: the standings and the courts on a big screen | not stated |
| Tournament name and logo | Yes: name and logo on the host screen, live link and results | League name and logo; tournament logo not stated |
| Formats | Americano (classic, team, mixed), Mexicano; knockout finals | Americano and Mexicano (also mixed and team), Beat the Box, King of the Hill, Knockout, Club Americano, Swiss; leagues |
"not stated" means PadelMix does not say.
Where Padelato is the better fit
- You want every feature free. PadelMix sells Premium without listing what it unlocks.
- Nobody should install anything, host included.
- 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 to re-draw a round and still be able to undo it.
- You want rank and points charts and a head-to-head grid after the night, a TV view and your own logo.
Where PadelMix is the better fit
- You want a native app from the store, for iPhone or Android.
- You want formats beyond Americano and Mexicano, such as King of the Hill, Swiss or Beat the Box.
- You run a league across several weeks.
- Your group already uses it.
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
- PadelMix, description and Premium prices: apps.apple.com/us/app/padel-americano-padelmix/id6505054587
- PadelMix, no account, devices, live link: padelmix.app/
- PadelMix, Android listing: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.rsapps.padel
- PadelMix, mid-event edits, knockout, analytics, branding, scoring options: padelmix.app/changelog
- PadelMix, formats: padelmix.app/tournament-formats
Questions people ask
Is PadelMix free?
It is free to download. The US App Store lists Premium purchases from 2.99 to 89.99 dollars for a lifetime licence, but neither the store page nor the website lists what Premium unlocks.
Do PadelMix and Padelato need accounts?
No. Both say you can use them without an account, and both store your tournament on your own device.
Can players follow the standings in both?
Yes. Both give you a web link that anyone can open in a browser to follow the tournament as it happens.
Which one has more formats?
PadelMix lists more. Besides Americano and Mexicano in mixed and team versions it has Beat the Box, King of the Hill, Knockout, Club Americano and Swiss, plus leagues. Padelato covers Americano (classic, team, mixed) and Mexicano, with a final, semi-finals or quarter-finals after the last round.
What does Padelato offer that PadelMix does not list?
A choice of sit-out points (none, half a match or the player's own average), credit for late arrivals for rounds already played, a match on court that never changes when someone joins, re-draws with undo, a head-to-head grid, a TV view and a tournament logo. Every feature is free and runs in a browser, with nothing to install.