How to Create a pikel Account

Creating a pikel account takes about thirty seconds, and there's no wrong way to do it — sign in with Google, use email and a password, or on an iPhone tap Continue with Apple. Whichever you pick, you land in the same place: ready to join your club, RSVP to a game, and find pickleball near you. Here's the whole flow, start to finish.

Step 1 — Download pikel and open it

Grab pikel from the App Store or Google Play (links at the bottom) and open it. The first thing you'll see is the welcome screen with the pikel logo and your sign-in options. No account yet? That's exactly what this screen is for.

Step 2 — Pick how you want to sign in

You've got three ways in, and they all create the same account:

• Continue with Google — one tap, no password to remember. The fastest option on both iPhone and Android.
• Continue with Apple — iPhone only. One tap, and you can hide your email if you want to.
• Continue with Email — set your own email and password. This is the route to use if you'd rather not tie pikel to a Google or Apple login.

Google and Apple sign you up instantly — there's nothing else to type. If you go with email, there's one more short step.

Step 3 — Create your account with email

Tap Continue with Email, then open the sign-up form (there's a "Don't have an account? Sign up" link). Fill in three things:

• Full name — how you'll show up to your crew.
• Email — where club invites and game reminders land.
• Password — at least 8 characters.

Tap Create Account, and pikel emails you a 6-digit verification code to confirm the address is really yours. Type the code into the six boxes — it checks itself automatically the moment the last digit lands, so there's no separate Submit to hunt for. Didn't get it? Wait for the countdown, then tap Resend email, or use "Wrong email?" to go back and fix a typo.

Step 4 — Finish the quick setup

Once you're verified, pikel walks you through a short onboarding:

• Your name — the one step that isn't optional. If the way you signed in didn't supply a name, pikel asks for one before you go on.
• Gender — used to seed mixed-doubles formats correctly.
• DUPR — link your official rating, if you haven't already.
• Skill level — a self-rating so organizers can slot you into the right games.
• Notifications — decide what pikel is allowed to ping you about.
• A first action — a nudge toward joining a club or finding a game, so you don't land on an empty screen.

Everything after your name offers Skip for now, so you can be in the app in a few taps and fill the rest in later. That's it: your account is live.

Pro tip

Sign up with the method you'll actually remember three months from now, and use the email you check. Club invites, game reminders, and waitlist promotions all go to that address — so the account tied to your real inbox is the one that keeps you in the loop. And if you already play ranked, linking your DUPR during setup is worth the extra ten seconds: your rating then updates on its own after games, with nothing else to file.