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Organize pickleball games by text
Every pickleball group has one person who does the texting. Who's in Thursday? Who dropped? Who's the fourth? If that's you, Get4th exists so the texting still happens — just not by you.
Get4th is a scheduler that lives entirely in text messages. You post the game once; Get4th texts every player from your group's own phone number. They reply Y. The court fills, the standby list forms, and dropouts backfill themselves. Your players never install anything or create an account — if they can answer a text, they're in.
— Thursday, 6:04am —
How Get4th works
1 · Post the game. Date, time, court, spots. Once, from your phone.
2 · Get4th texts your group from its own dedicated number — the one your players save as "Thursday pickleball."
3 · They reply Y. The court fills in order; extras land on standby. If someone drops, the first standby is texted automatically. You find out it was handled, not that it needs handling.
Why text beats an app for pickleball
Group apps work when everyone installs them — and someone's dad, doubles partner, or 6am regular never does. Texts have no adoption curve: 98% get read, usually within minutes. Your group already runs on texting; Get4th just takes over the sending, counting, and chasing.
Cost stays small too: $15/month covers 30 court reservations. That's 50¢ a game — about 6¢ per player, per hour.
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Questions
Do my players need to install an app?
No. Players are identified by phone number. They get a text, reply Y or N, and their phone remembers the group's number. There is nothing to download and no account to create.
What number do the texts come from?
Your group gets its own dedicated number in your area code. Players save it once; every invite, reminder and rain call comes from that number.
What happens when someone drops out?
The first person on the standby list is texted and moved in automatically. You see that it happened; you don't have to do anything.
How much does it cost?
Your first 30 days and 5 full courts are free with no card. After that, $15 a month covers 30 court reservations — 50¢ a game, about 6¢ per player per hour. Players never pay.
Try it on your real group
30 days and 5 full courts free. No card, and your players never install anything.
$15/month covers 30 court reservations. That's 50¢ a game — about 6¢ per player, per hour.
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