MATCHi or MeetScarlet: a player network or an app with your club's name.
For a padel club whose players already know it, MeetScarlet is the better pick: they book in an app with your club's name and only your courts inside, at a published $349 a month, where MATCHi lists your venue in its shared player app and publishes no price for its booking software. MeetScarlet's setup is $999 on monthly billing and free on yearly. We make MeetScarlet; every MATCHi fact here comes from MATCHi's own pages.
Which should you pick?
Who wrote this: the team that makes MeetScarlet. We compare from each vendor's own public pages, read on November 1, 2026, not from a hands-on test of the rival. Where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
Pick MeetScarlet if your players already know you and you want them booking in an app with your club's name, with no other venues in it, at a price you can see before any demo: $349 a month, plus $999 setup on monthly billing (free on yearly). Players split a court booking between them and join open matches by level, you set a standard or peak price by the slot, and our team sets the app up under your own Apple and Google developer accounts.
MATCHi may suit you if you want new players to find your courts in a shared app, or run Americano, Mexicano and league nights every week with players entering their own scores.
Why padel clubs pick MeetScarlet over MATCHi
- An app with your club's name and only your courts inside; we found no app with a club's own name on the MATCHi pages we read
- A published price, $349 a month with the app; MATCHi doesn't publish a price for its booking software on the pages we read
- Players split a court booking between them; we found no court splitting on the MATCHi pages we read
- Your app is published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts, and our team sets up your courts, peak prices, memberships and Americano nights
Side by side
| MATCHi | MeetScarlet | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Booking software not priced on the pages we read (it offers a demo); Padelboard 5 € per court a month plus 1 € per player per tournament; Backhandsmash leagues 3 € per player per round | $349 a month for one location and 5 staff logins, or $499 on MeetScarlet Pro with 20 |
| Player app | The MATCHi app, where players find venues and available times near them, book and pay, and follow their leagues | An app with your club's name, with only your courts inside |
| App with your club's name | Not found on the pages we read | In every plan, under your own Apple and Google developer accounts ($99 a year to Apple, $25 once to Google) |
| Open play by level | Players matched with others at the same level; activities and tournaments for players of the same level | Open matches by level in your app |
| Americano and tournaments | Americano, Team Americano, Mexicano, Team Mexicano and Beat the box in Padelboard; players can enter their own scores, or you run it | Americano, with your staff entering scores |
| Leagues | Leagues with results entered in the MATCHi app | No leagues |
| Splitting the court | Not found on the pages we read | Players split a court booking between them |
| At the venue | Lights and entry switched on with each booking; padel rental kiosks and digital signage | Desk check-in from the player's pass |
| Memberships | Sell memberships online with member benefits | Memberships, packs and credits |
From playmore.matchi.com (venue, competition and Padelboard pages) and matchi.se, read November 1, 2026; MATCHi prices in euros, MeetScarlet's in US dollars.
Where MATCHi may fit better
- A shared player app where new players can find your courts and times
- Five Americano-style formats with players entering their own scores, and leagues paid only while one is running
- Court lights and entry switched on with each booking
- Tennis, badminton, table tennis, pickleball and squash as well as padel, per matchi.se
Questions to ask on a MATCHi demo
MATCHi's public pages leave these open, so ask before you sign:
- What does the booking software cost for my number of courts?
- Can my players get an app with my club's name, or only the MATCHi app?
- Can players split the court cost between them?
- Which of the add-ons (Padelboard, leagues, lights and entry) do I pay for separately?
- If you leave, can you export your client list, and what comes with it?
Ask us the same questions about MeetScarlet; our prices are on the homepage.
Moving to MeetScarlet
We import your player list from a spreadsheet or CSV export, then set up your courts, peak prices, memberships and Americano nights as part of setup. About 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps, most of it Apple's enrollment. Your web app's link is ready during setup, and members can book there as soon as you choose your MeetScarlet plan. They keep the same account when the store apps launch.
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
How much does MATCHi cost? #
MATCHi does not publish a price for its booking software on the pages we read; it offers a demo. It publishes add-on prices: Padelboard tournaments at 5 € per court a month plus 1 € per player per tournament, and Backhandsmash league play at 3 € per player per round (read November 1, 2026).
Is MATCHi cheaper than MeetScarlet? #
We can't say, because MATCHi does not publish its booking software price. MeetScarlet's price is published: $349 a month with an app with your club's name included, plus a $999 setup fee on monthly billing and none on yearly.
Does MeetScarlet run Americano like MATCHi's Padelboard? #
MeetScarlet runs Americano, with your staff entering the scores. Padelboard runs five formats (Americano, Team Americano, Mexicano, Team Mexicano and Beat the box) and lets players enter their own scores, so it goes further for clubs that live on tournament nights.
Is this comparison independent? #
No. We make MeetScarlet, and we recommend it to padel clubs that want their own app with only their courts inside. Every MATCHi fact comes from MATCHi's own pages, dated, and we say where MATCHi may fit better.
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