Everything you need to know about NETR, your score, and how the court works.
NETR is a peer-to-peer basketball rating app. You get a numeric score — your NETR rating — based on how the players you actually run with rate your game. No algorithms based on stats. No self-reporting. Just real players giving real feedback after real runs.
When you sign up, you complete a short self-assessment that gives you a starting score. From there, every player you run with can rate you after a game across 7 skill categories. The more you play, the more peer ratings build up and shape your real score.
Yes — NETR is free to download and use.
No. You never rate yourself in-game — you only rate others after a run. Your self-assessment gives you a starting point, but peer ratings from actual games are what build your real NETR score. The more you play, the less your self-assessment matters.
Shooting, Finishing, Handles, Passing (Playmaking), Rebounding, Basketball IQ, and Defense. Every player who rates you scores you across these categories after a game.
You need 5+ peer reviews for your score to be considered verified. Until then, your profile reflects your self-assessment baseline.
We have outlier detection built in. Extreme ratings that fall way outside your established range are automatically down-weighted. One bad actor can't sink your score.
Yes. If peers consistently rate you lower than your current score, it will adjust over time. Your score moves in both directions — it reflects what players who've actually run with you think.
The scale runs from 2.0 to 9.9. Most pickup players land in the 3.0–3.9 range (On The Come Up). Getting into the 6s means you're a legitimate Hooper. 7s are Built Different. 8s are Elite. 9.5+ is pros only. Check the Rating Scale on the home page for the full breakdown.
Open NETR and see active games at courts near you. Join by scanning the host's QR code or entering the 6-digit join code. Open run sessions support up to 50 players.
Tap "Start a Game" in the app, select a court, and share your QR code or join code with players. Once everyone's in, you can use Make Teams to auto-split into balanced squads before tip-off.
Make Teams automatically balances players into fair 2v2 through 5v5 squads based on their NETR scores. No more arguing about who picks first.
Vibe is separate from your skill score. It measures how you show up — your energy, attitude, and whether you're someone players actually want to run with again. You can be a 4.0 player with a great vibe, or a 7.0 nobody wants on their team.
Daily Games are two basketball challenges that drop every day in the app. Mystery Player is a Wordle-style game where you guess an NBA player — past or present — using letter-by-letter hints. Connections gives you 16 NBA players and asks you to sort them into four groups based on hidden categories like a shared team, era, draft class, or something more obscure.
A crew is your squad on NETR. Create one, invite your guys, and your collective NETR scores stack on a crew leaderboard. There's also a built-in group chat to coordinate runs and stay connected.
To join an existing crew, search for it by name in the app then enter the crew code that the host created. To start your own, tap "Create Crew," set it up, and share your code with your guys.