Pickleball players already recommend DinkTourney to each other. They share bracket links after tournaments, suggest the app in league group chats, and mention it when a new player asks how the ladder works. The only difference between doing that informally and doing it as a Residual Apps partner is a referral link — and the commissions that come in every month when those referrals stay subscribed.
This guide is written for individual players, not club directors or coaches. It covers which apps in the Residual Apps portfolio fit naturally into a pickleball player's social network, where a player can share a referral link, and what the commission math looks like without exaggerating it.
Rates listed below are current as of publication. Verify live numbers at residualapps.com/apps/ before sharing specific figures — the apps page is the authoritative source.
A Residual Apps referral link does not require a website, a large following, or an email list. Pickleball players can share the same way they already recommend DinkTourney: through the people they play with. A league of 40 players who see each other weekly is one example of a setting where a software recommendation can carry weight because the people already know each other. You are not an anonymous influencer promoting something you may never have used — you are the person whose bracket updates they check on Sunday afternoon.
Recurring referral programs pay every month a subscriber stays active, which means a recommendation that sticks pays for a long time. That is different from a one-time referral bonus where the commission ends at signup. For players who are recommending tools their community actually uses, the recurring model is the more natural match.
DinkTourney is the tournament bracket and league management app built for the pickleball community. It handles round-robin seeding, bracket generation, court assignments, and live scoring updates so that tournament directors can run the bracket from their phone instead of a clipboard. Players use it to track their own match results and see where they stand in the league.
Commission for Residual Apps partners: $2.50 per month per active Pro subscriber (see current rates at residualapps.com/apps/). The Pro tier is designed for organized clubs and league directors running events. Players who recommend DinkTourney to a club director or tournament organizer in their community — and that person subscribes to Pro — earn $2.50 per month for as long as that subscription stays active.
The referral fits because a recommendation can land at a moment of genuine need: a new club that just started holding weekly round-robins and needs something better than a spreadsheet, a league director whose current system is not updating results in real time, or a tournament organizer who has been using a different app and is open to switching. You are not creating demand — you are meeting it with a specific tool.
If your pickleball community is focused more on running club-level fundraisers through DinkTourney rather than individual referrals, see the related guide: Pickleball Club Fundraising Ideas That Pay Every Month.
DinkTourney is the pickleball-specific app in the Residual Apps portfolio, but it is not the only app pickleball players can recommend. The broader social network around the sport includes families, pet owners, and small business operators — all of whom are represented in the portfolio.
TaskTroll (chore charts with a point-redemption system) and RoutinePals (morning, afterschool, and evening routine structure) are the two Residual Apps products built for household chore charts and kid routines. Commission: $2.50 per month per active subscriber for each (see residualapps.com/apps/ for current rates). A player who mentions TaskTroll to another pickleball parent who happens to be struggling with the school-morning routine is making a personal recommendation, not a pitch.
PupSchedule and KittenSchedule track vaccination records, feeding schedules, vet appointments, and growth milestones for dogs and cats respectively. A clear moment to mention these apps is when someone's household just got a new pet and is managing the administrative side of it. Commission: 41.7% of the monthly plan price (currently $1.66 monthly, $9.99 annual, or $12 lifetime) — verify current figures at residualapps.com/apps/. At 41.7% of the monthly plan price, this is the highest percentage-based monthly commission rate in the portfolio — compare all current rates at residualapps.com/apps/.
PassMyDMV is a 50-state driver's license knowledge test prep app. It is relevant for players whose teenagers are approaching driving age, a life stage that can show up in the same leagues and neighborhoods. Commission: 40% per paid plan (currently $1.20 on the $2.99 Exam Pass; verify live rates at residualapps.com/apps/). One-time purchase per plan, not a recurring subscription commission. The need is specific and time-limited: a teenager who needs to pass the written test is not browsing casually.
The referral surfaces this guide covers are ones that already exist in a pickleball routine, not new channels a player would have to build from scratch.
League and club group chats are one existing channel. Players already use them to share tournament links, court availability updates, and app recommendations. A message like "if your club is looking for something to run round-robins, this is what we use — you can subscribe through my link" is a low-friction recommendation in a context where the audience is pre-qualified. One message in a group chat of 25 players can reach people who already play together, without building a new channel from scratch.
Players who post about their tournaments on social media (match results, photos, score updates) have an audience of other pickleball players. A referral link in a bio or a caption that mentions DinkTourney alongside a tournament recap is appearing in front of people who already follow pickleball content. This does not require an influencer following. It works with 200 followers who are all pickleball players as well as it works with 20,000 who are not.
A direct recommendation to one specific person is another way to share a referral link. A player who knows their club director is managing brackets on paper, or whose regular playing partner just got a puppy, can share their link in a text message or in-person. Scale is not required. Three referrals who stay subscribed for 10 months produce 30 commission payments — and that compound math is what makes recurring referrals different from one-time bonuses.
Some players run community newsletters, YouTube recap videos, or local pickleball blogs. These are small in absolute terms but hyper-relevant to the audience. A mention of DinkTourney in a post-tournament recap or a newsletter section about managing league operations reaches people already reading about league operations. See the related guide: Influencer Affiliate Programs That Pay Recurring Income for more on this surface.
Earnings vary. Individual results depend on audience, effort, product fit, and customer retention. Referral commissions depend entirely on how many people subscribe through your link and how long they stay subscribed. Residual Apps does not guarantee income. See the full earnings disclosure before deciding whether to join.
For illustration — not as a forecast: a player who refers three people from their pickleball community and all three stay subscribed for 10 months would earn 30 commission payments at $2.50 each, totaling $75 over that period. That is not a guarantee. It is an example of how the math works so you can evaluate it against your own situation. Subscriptions cancel, people change apps, and referral timelines vary. The illustration shows the mechanism, not the expected outcome.
The more relevant question is whether the apps you would recommend are ones you can stand behind with confidence. Referrals that come from genuine recommendations give the people you referred someone they trust to ask questions of when they need help with the app. That is different from promoting something you have not used.
Joining is free and requires no credit card. The Residual Apps program uses a 20% revenue-share model capped at $9.99 per month across all your referrals — full details are at residualapps.com/disclosure/. After joining, you receive a referral link in the format tasktroll.com/register?ref=YOUR-CODE and a QR code you can use in printed materials or on screen.
Your share kit — pre-formatted graphics, caption suggestions, and QR code — is at residualapps.com/share-kit/. Payouts go through Stripe Connect when your balance reaches $10; the program is monthly for partners with fewer than 20 referrals.
