Flobit vs Book & Play: what's the difference?

Book & Play is an app from Enigma Apps MMC, live in Baku. Its website tells you to "book the court, find the players" and splits the app into four jobs:

• Book. Courts and pitches with real availability that comes from the venue. You filter by sport, date, time and indoor or outdoor.
• Match. Open matches at your level. You can publish your booking as an open match, say how many players you need and which levels fit, and get a notification when a match opens near you.
• Coach. Browse coaches by sport and area and request a session. The site says coaches' certifications are reviewed before they appear.
• Tournaments. Local draws with the sport, format, level and dates up front. Version 1.1, published on 9 October 2026, added padel and tennis tournaments with partner invites by link, waitlists, groups, a bracket and in-app score entry.

Levels and fair play sit underneath. Your level for each sport moves with results your opponents confirm, and a fair-play score reflects no-shows and late cancellations. Venues run their side from a web admin panel.

The app is free to download on iPhone, and the site says an Android version is coming soon. The App Store version history starts on 8 September, so it is a very new app: check that venues near you have joined.

Flobit is a free app for people who play: find players and open matches, keep live scores, run tournaments and organize communities. It is made in Baku, Azerbaijan, and runs on iPhone (iOS 17 or later), Apple Watch and the web at flobit.app. An Android version is coming soon. There are no ads and no subscription.

What it does:

• Eight live sports: padel, tennis, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, football, ultimate frisbee and eFootball. Badminton and pickleball are coming soon.
• Open matches. A host posts the sport, rules, time and a city or venue, can set a level range, and approves the players who ask to join. A Quick Match lobby fills a game from your own group by code, QR code or link.
• Live scoring. Point by point for tennis and padel with undo, spoken score calls, Apple Watch scoring that works offline and a public live page.
• Ratings. A self-declared level and a per-sport ELO that moves with confirmed results, plus a separate sportsmanship rating.
• Tournaments. Single and double elimination, league, group stage plus knockout and Mexicano, with referees, lineups and automatic trophies.

Flobit doesn't book courts, has no coach booking or training sessions and takes no payments for courts, entry fees or prizes. Its venue map shows courts, surfaces and directions, and you reserve with the club.

Book & Play starts from the slot and Flobit starts from the game.

Booking

Book & Play shows live availability and reserves it, with the venue confirming. Its terms say the app doesn't process payments: you agree prices and pay the venue, owner, coach or organizer directly. Flobit has no booking and takes no payments for courts, entry fees or prizes.

Open matches

On Book & Play an open match comes with a reservation, and its terms say the host is responsible for that reservation. You can browse open matches by sport, location, date and level. On Flobit an open match isn't tied to a booking: the host picks a sport, rules, time and a city or venue, and players within 50 km by default (5 to 100) ask to join. Flobit has no automatic matching and no level filter when browsing, and the host's optional level range is shown on the listing as guidance while the host approves each player.

Levels and results

Both keep a separate rating for each sport and move it with results opponents have confirmed. Book & Play's site argues that self-declared levels cause mismatches, and it sets a starting level from a few questions about how you play. Flobit asks you to declare a level (1.0 to 7.0 for padel and tennis) as the starting point, and its ELO then moves faster over a player's first 10 matches and measures doubles against the opponents' average. On Book & Play a score counts once an opponent confirms or after 48 hours without a dispute, and disputes go to its administrators. On Flobit a result confirms automatically after 24 hours, a casual match can be disputed within that window, and a disputed result is reversed.

Scoring and tournaments

Book & Play records the final score after the match. Flobit scores during the game and publishes a live page. Book & Play lists tournaments you enter. On Flobit you can organize your own, free, with brackets, leagues, groups and Mexicano.

No-shows

Both treat flaking as a problem. Book & Play's fair-play score is visible to hosts, and repeated no-shows can lead to suspension. Flobit uses host approval, a waitlist and a separate sportsmanship rating. The app has no button for marking no-shows and doesn't show an attendance record. See how to stop no-shows.

Yes to both. Book & Play's website says "Free for players · No booking fees · Pay the venue directly", and its terms add that the app takes no fee from you and processes no payments. Court, pitch, coaching and tournament fees are set by the venue, coach or organizer and paid to them under their own cancellation and refund rules. The App Store listing, read on 11 October 2026, shows no in-app purchases.

Flobit is free, with no ads, no subscription and no service fee, because it doesn't sell bookings or take payments for courts, entry fees or prizes. A tournament can show an entry fee, but the organizer collects it offline. Its App Store listing shows optional supporter tips, which unlock no features.

With either app, the court itself costs whatever the venue charges.

Pick Book & Play when getting the court is the hard part:

• You want to reserve a court or pitch in the same app as your open match, with live availability from the venue.
• You want to narrow open matches by level before you join one.
• You want a coach whose certifications have been reviewed.
• You'd like to enter tournaments that venues and organizers publish, with partner invites and waitlists.
• You like a visible fair-play score that hosts see before accepting you.
• You run a venue and want to list your courts, hours and prices in its web admin panel.
• You want venue-led activities beyond the usual sports. Its website lists squash, and the version 1.1 notes mention paintball, horse riding, karting and pickleball, which is coming soon on Flobit.

Its listing is in English, and its Android version is coming soon, as is Flobit's.

Pick Flobit when the people, the score or the event is the hard part:

• You already have a court and need a fourth, or want to fill a game from your WhatsApp group with a Quick Match code.
• You want live scoring. Point by point for tennis and padel with undo, spoken score calls, Apple Watch scoring that works offline and a public page for friends.
• You organize events. Run a Mexicano night, a league, a group stage plus knockout or a bracket, with up to 20 referees, lineups and trophies, and no fees.
• You play ultimate frisbee or eFootball, which aren't on Book & Play's lists.
• You want the app in Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish or Spanish, as well as English.
• You want a community with chat, member standings and a top-players podium, or the web app at flobit.app.

Flobit's open matches fill as quickly as people near you use them, it doesn't book courts, and it has no coach booking or training sessions.

Yes, and they suit each other. They keep separate accounts and separate ratings, so nothing conflicts.

A routine that works in Baku:

1. Book the court on Book & Play or with the club.
2. Fill the spots. Use Book & Play's open match if you want level matching there, or post an open match on Flobit for that venue and time, or share a Quick Match code in your group chat.
3. Keep score on Flobit, on your phone or Apple Watch, and let friends follow the live page.
4. Run the group night on Flobit as a tournament, such as a Mexicano.

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