Our client Pala De 7 serves the Saudi padel community. Padel has grown quickly in Saudi Arabia, but the way people book it has not changed. A player who wanted a game asked friends which court had a free hour. Then the player sent a message and waited for an answer. Payment happened in cash when the group arrived. A court owner replied to every request by hand and kept the schedule in a notebook or a chat.
This worked for a few courts. It stopped working as more players arrived and more courts opened. Slots were promised twice. New players could not find games at their level. Owners had no clear view of how busy their courts were.
Pala De 7 wanted one app where players find a court and book it, and where owners run their courts from the same system.
To solve this, we built one padel platform for the whole booking process. Players find courts and games, then book and pay inside the app. Owners manage reservations and daily operations from their own tools in the app. The app now has more than 50,000 downloads, and more than 500 courts are active on it.
Players learned about courts from friends and social media. They could not compare courts side by side or see which ones had free time.
A player sent a message and waited. By the time the owner answered, the slot was sometimes gone.
When two players asked about the same hour in different chats, the owner had to remember who asked first.
Players paid in cash or sent a transfer, and the owner had to check each one. One player often paid for the whole group and chased the others afterwards.
Dates, places and names were easy to lose in a long chat.
A beginner had no easy way to meet others at the same level.
An owner could not easily see which hours were busy, which were empty or how much a court earned.
Player sideThe player searches for a court near them
Owner sideThe owner lists the court with photos and prices
Player sideThe player picks a free hour and books it
Owner sideThe owner sees the booking on the calendar
Player sideThe player pays online or shares the cost
Owner sideThe owner sees the payment confirmed
Player sideThe player joins a match or opens one
Owner sideThe owner sees which hours are busy
Player sideThe player rates the court
Owner sideThe owner reads the feedback and the reports
Players open the app and see courts near them. Every court has its own page, so a player can compare options before booking.
Each player has a profile with a skill level from beginner to advanced. The level helps players find others who play at the same standard. A new player does not have to ask around to find a fair game, and an experienced player does not get matched with a complete beginner.
Players see the free hours of each court on a live calendar. They pick a slot, and the app holds it for a few minutes while they pay. If payment does not finish, the slot goes back on the calendar. Two players can never book the same hour.
A player who has booked a court can open the match to others. Players at the right level see the match and ask to join. The match is full when four players have joined, which is the number a padel game needs. This solves a common problem. One group has three players and needs a fourth, or a single player wants a game but has no group.
Players create practice sessions inside the app. They set the date, the time and the court, then invite others. Players who join see every detail on one screen. If the plan changes, a notification tells everyone at once, so nobody has to scroll through a group chat to find the new time.
Players pay inside the app as part of the booking. The platform also lets the player who books share the cost between the four players. Each player gets a payment request for their own part and pays it separately. The booking screen shows who has paid and who has not.
Players talk to each other inside the app. A chat opens for each match and each practice session, and only the players in that session can see it. Players do not need a separate group chat to organize a game.
Owners manage their courts with a companion app called Pala De 7 Courts and a web panel.
After a game, players rate the court and leave a comment. Owners read the feedback and see how their court compares with others. Players use the ratings to choose where to book next.
Push notifications tell players about confirmed bookings, new players in a match and changes to a session. Owners get an alert for each new booking and each cancellation.
Data is encrypted when it is sent. Users can ask for their data to be deleted, as the Google Play listing declares.
Mobile app
Why we chose it
One codebase for the player app and the owner app, with Arabic right to left layout
Courts web panel
Why we chose it
Owners reuse the same screens and logic in a browser
Backend
Why we chose it
Handles many short requests such as slot searches and bookings
Database
Why we chose it
Safe records for bookings, payments and players, with constraints that stop two bookings on the same slot
Cache and slot holds
Why we chose it
Holds a slot for a few minutes during payment, then releases it
Push notifications
Why we chose it
Booking confirmations and match updates on Android and the web
Maps and location
Why we chose it
Shows courts near the player on a map
Payments
Why we chose it
Online payment and cost splitting between players
Chat
Why we chose it
Instant messages inside matches and practice sessions
Image storage
Why we chose it
Fast loading of court photos
Cloud
Why we chose it
Managed hosting, backups and monitoring
Authentication
Why we chose it
No passwords for players
Courts from across the Kingdom sit in one network
The app carries an Arabic and English name on Google Play
Prices in Saudi riyals, with VAT where it applies
The payment flow supports methods that Saudi players use, such as Mada
Owners can block slots during prayer times
Owners set different prices for weekends and public holidays
Data encrypted when sent, and deletion on request, as declared on Google Play
We held discovery sessions with the Pala De 7 team to learn how players and owners work today. We then listed the features the platform needed.
We designed the screens for players first, then for owners, and shared clickable prototypes with the client for feedback.
We built court listings and the live calendar first. The slot hold came next, so two players could not book the same hour.
We added online payment and the option to split a cost between players.
We built open matches and practice sessions, then added in-app chat.
We built the owner app and the web panel so owners could set prices and read reports.
Tested the booking flow with many players at once. We then tested payments and notifications separately.
Our custom app development team published the app on Google Play and supported the client after launch.
We collaborated with Code Brew Labs to build a padel platform for players and court owners across Saudi Arabia. Players now find a court and book it in one app, and owners manage their courts from one place.
More than 50,000 app downloads on Google Play
More than 500 active courts on the platform
One app for finding courts and booking them
Online payment with a split option for groups
An owner app and web panel for daily court management
Coverage across Saudi Arabia
If your players book by message and your owners run courts from chats, tell us how your venue works today. Code Brew Labs can build a platform that connects players and owners in one app. Start the conversation with us.
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