Independent game studio · San Francisco

Games you can pick up in a minute and keep playing for months.

JBP AppWorks makes small, sharp games for phones and PC. Our first one is Pickle Time, an 8-bit pickleball game played by pickles.

Meet Pickle Time Player support

Our first game

Pickleball, played by pickles.

A fast, funny arcade sports game in the spirit of the classic handheld tennis games. One thumb on the D-pad, one on the buttons. Real pickleball rules, six very different pickles, and a Cup to win.

Pickle Time

Sports · Arcade · Rated 4+

Charge your shotsPress early to power up. Topspin drives, soft dinks, drop shots and lobs.
Smash the chance ballsA gold star marks every pop-up. Get there for an overhead smash.
Unleash the Brine BlastFill your Pickle Power meter, then let a fully charged drive rip.
Win the Pickle CupThree rounds on three courts, ending with The Big Dill.
Play onlineQuick Match, public lobbies and private invite codes. iPhone, Android and PC players all play each other.

A match on the Brine Arena court with a SMASH! callout — Brine Arena

The Pickle Cup bracket with the Final up next — The Pickle Cup

Title screen on the Boardwalk court — Boardwalk

Coming soon

iPhone

On the App Store. Free to play, with one optional purchase.

Coming soon

Android

On Google Play. Same game, same online lobbies.

Coming soon

PC & Steam Deck

On Steam, with the full game included, controller support and Steam lobbies.

On phones, the Exhibition and Pickle Cup Round 1 are free. A single $2.99 Full Game unlock adds the full Cup, four more pickles and two more courts, and removes ads. No subscriptions.

20×44 ftRegulation court, drawn to scale

7 ftKitchen. No volleys inside it.

6Pickles, each with their own speed, power, control and reach

3Courts: City Park, the Boardwalk and the Brine Arena

The studio

Small team, finished games.

JBP AppWorks LLC is an independent studio based in San Francisco, California. We build games that respect your time: quick to learn, easy to come back to, and honest about how they make money.

No accounts to create, no energy timers and no pay-to-win. Our games collect nothing about you on their own, and everything we publish works offline unless you choose to play online.

Company: JBP AppWorks LLC
Based in: San Francisco, California
Founded: 2026
Platforms: iPhone, Android, PC and Steam Deck
Now making: Pickle Time

Pickle Time

Player support

Answers to the questions players ask most.

How do I restore my Full Game purchase?

Open Pickle Time, go to Options and tap Restore Purchase. You can also tap Unlock Full Game and then Restore Purchase. Make sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID or Google account you bought it with.

On Steam, the full game is included, so there's nothing to restore.

How do I remove ads?

Buy the Full Game once ($2.99 in the US). It removes all ads for good and unlocks the full Pickle Cup, four more pickles and two more courts. The Steam version has no ads.

How do I play a friend online?

Tap Play Online, then Create Private Lobby. Tap Invite a Friend to send a link, or read them the 4-letter lobby code. Your friend taps Join With Code and enters it. When they're in, tap Start Match.

On Steam, use Invite Steam Friends in the lobby, or have your friend choose Join Game on your name in their Steam friends list.

Can iPhone, Android and Steam players play each other?

Yes. Quick Match, lobbies and invite codes all work across iPhone, Android and PC. Online matches use rally scoring to 11, and auto-run is turned off so both players move themselves.

What are the controls?

Phone: the D-pad moves, A hits a topspin drive, B hits a soft shot, and A then B quickly is a lob. Press early to charge a shot.

PC: arrows or WASD move, Z is A, X is B, Esc pauses and F11 switches fullscreen. Controllers and Steam Deck work too.

How do I reset my progress?

Go to Options and tap Reset Progress twice. This clears your stats and unlocked pickles on that device. A Full Game purchase stays unlocked.

Still stuck?

Write to us and include your device and what happened. We read every message.

[email protected]

Pickle Time

Privacy policy

Last updated October 29, 2026

Pickle Time is a game made by JBP AppWorks LLC. We built it so that it doesn't need anything from you.

What we collect

JBP AppWorks does not collect, store, share or sell any personal information. There are no accounts, analytics or tracking of our own in the game.

Ads in the free mobile version

The free iPhone and Android version shows occasional ads from Google AdMob: a short ad between some matches, and optional videos you can choose to watch for a reward. Ads never appear during a match.

To show and measure ads and prevent fraud, Google may collect information such as your device's advertising identifier, IP address, approximate location and how you interact with ads. On iPhone, you're asked whether to allow tracking; if you say no, ads aren't personalized. In the EEA, UK and Switzerland you're asked for consent first. Ads are limited to general-audience content. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

Buying the Full Game removes all ads. The PC version on Steam has no ads.

Online play

When you choose Play Online, the game connects to the Pickle Time server, which matches you with another player and passes your moves between your devices. It shares only your chosen pickle and your platform (for example iPhone or Steam) with the other player. There are no names, profiles or chat. The server keeps no records of players or matches; like any server, it sees your IP address while you're connected, only to deliver the game. On Steam, invites use your Steam friends list through Steam itself.

Purchases

If you buy the Full Game, Apple (or Google on Android) handles the payment. We never see your name, payment details or account information. The store only tells the app that the Full Game is unlocked.

What stays on your device

Your game settings, stats and unlocked characters are saved only on your device so the game remembers them. They never leave it. You can erase them with Options › Reset Progress, or by deleting the app.

Children

JBP AppWorks collects no data from anyone, including children. Ads in the free version are limited to general-audience content.

This website

This website has no sign-ups, forms, cookies or analytics of our own.

Changes

If this ever changes, we will update this page and the date above before releasing a version that behaves differently.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected].