# Next Batter Up: Walk-Up Music — Walkout Songs & AI Intros

> Create custom walk-up song intros for baseball and softball teams. (iPhone/iPad app by Joshua Hart.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/next-batter-up-walk-up-music/id1524179572 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Joshua Hart](https://appshunter.io/developer/853952165)
- Category: Sports, Music
- Price: $5.49
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 425 App Store ratings · 74 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 124 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2020-07-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/next-batter-up-walk-up-music/id1524179572/reviews.md

## What is Next Batter Up?

Next Batter Up: Walk-Up Music
AI Voice Intros for Teams

Create custom walk-up and walkout song intros for every player on your baseball or softball team. Whether you're managing a Little League lineup, a travel team, or just running the show at a backyard game, Next Batter Up makes it fast and easy to hype up your players with music and voice intros, just like the pros.

Perfect for parents, coaches, and team DJs looking for powerful tools without the hassle.

Key Features:

Walk-up and walkout songs for baseball and softball teams
Use songs from Apple Music or import your own audio files directly from your device
Organize multiple teams with saved lineups
Add players and trim music with precision using scrubbing tools or manual time entry
Record custom voice intros or use AI-powered Text-to-Speech with 5 natural-sounding voices
Mix announcements with music using fade-out options
Upload your own intros and pair them with songs
Share intros and lineups with other coaches, parents, or team organizers
Save multiple lineup configurations and bench inactive players
Record and organize game-day announcements and reminders
Create playlists for warmups, post-game celebrations, or themed events
Who It's For:

Little League and T-ball teams
Travel ball, school teams, and adult leagues
Youth sports organizers, announcers, and DJs
Parents who want to create memorable moments at the plate
Coaches who want to stay organized and sound professional
Apple Music songs require an active Apple Music subscription and the Apple Music app. Songs must be downloaded to your device for use in the app. Alternatively, you can import your own audio files without a subscription.

Third-party music services such as Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music are not supported due to licensing restrictions.

## Key features

- Custom walk-up/walkout song intros
- Apple Music or local audio import
- AI-powered Text-to-Speech intros
- Record custom voice intros
- Organize multiple teams and lineups
- Mix music with announcements
- Share lineups and intros

## Chart rankings

- #8 in Top Paid · Sports (US App Store)

## What do users think of Next Batter Up?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to set up and use
- 🎵 AI voice announcements work well
- ⚡ Responsive and helpful customer support
- 🎯 Flexible song editing and cue points
- 🎭 Great for team morale and player excitement
- 📱 User-friendly interface and design
- 🔄 Frequent updates with new features
- 🎪 Fade in/out functionality
- 💰 One-time purchase with ongoing improvements
- 🎬 Ability to create multiple teams and playlists

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- 🎵 Apple Music only - no Spotify or other streaming services
- 🔊 Audio playback delays and inconsistencies
- 📱 Bluetooth connectivity issues
- 🔇 Low volume output after updates
- ⚠️ Buggy announcement playback (skips players)
- 🔌 Requires Apple Music subscription
- 😤 Poor support response times (some cases)
- 🎯 Limited editing capabilities after player creation
- 🔄 Data loss when canceling Apple Music trial

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when adding new players
- Player data deletion on crash
- Bluetooth playback fails after first player
- Audio only plays halfway through or unmutes mid-song
- Announcement playback skips multiple players
- Delayed audio playback during games
- Frozen screen when loading songs
- Text-to-speech fails to load
- App closes when recording custom audio
- Song selection doesn't load from Apple Music
- Volume control unresponsiveness requiring app restart

**Most requested features**

- Support for Spotify and other streaming services
- Ability to edit player information after creation
- Optional jersey number inclusion
- Team name editing without starting over
- Easier team sharing functionality
- Song fade-in instructions and documentation
- Enhanced voice options with clearer instructions
- Better documentation for advanced features

## Recent user reviews (10 of 74)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/next-batter-up-walk-up-music/id1524179572/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Music not playing

*2026-06-13, version 5.4.9*

Seems fine at first but a waste of money because the app glitches and won’t play the music after announcements. Annoying to go through the trouble just for it to not work.

### 1/5 — Error

*2026-06-02, version 5.4.9*

The music is not playing

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2026-05-13, version 5.4.9*

Great app. Elevates the experience for the players and crowd.  The app does what it says beautifully and the support by the developer is superb.  Helpful responses within minutes of texting.  Personal and invested support. The developer took my suggestions and within days the app was even better.  Well worth the one time fee. Sad the season has ended, yet future team parents will continue to use this app.  Highest recommendation!

### 1/5 — Needs work

*2026-05-07, version 5.4.9*

Starting out this app seems like it would be such a great asset, but there are plenty of features that are absolutely flawed. The clone feature does not clone everything over. Each time you clone somebody you have to re-add the announcers spiel in the middle of the song. It doesn’t just follow over from where your previously had it.. 88% of the time when I play the batter walk up song the announcer doesn’t announce the name or the number like it’s supposed to, it will mute the song, but the announcer never says anything. As much as I think this app would do amazing things there are still some flaws that need to be fixed because so far me paying for this app was not worth it.

### 5/5 — Love!

*2026-05-06, version 5.4.9*

I’m new to being the walk up song mom and originally started with another app (won’t name names but I think we all might know) and quickly got frustrated with lagging etc. I heard about this app through another mom and it’s been SO easy to maneuver and best of all, NO LAGGING! Customer support responds very quickly if you have any issues and are super informative! 10/10

### 2/5 — Play back

*2026-04-25, version 5.4.8*

I absolutely loved this app. Once I figured out how I use it everything worked great, until it didn’t. When connected to Bluetooth it won’t play the walk up names and will only play the song. I really hope this gets fixed.

### 5/5 — Excellent Service

*2026-03-23, version 5.4.5*

Everything is easy to set up and works great. I needed support on a Sunday night and they helped me out.

### 5/5 — Great Fun

*2026-03-11, version 5.4.4*

This app is a total blast for our team! The kids absolutely love hearing their names called out (the AI voices work surprisingly well) and getting to hear their chosen walk-up songs. It’s been a huge hit.

The developer has also been incredibly responsive, even helping us troubleshoot some audio issues to ensure everything runs smoothly. Highly recommended!

### 5/5 — Best App for Batting Intros!

*2026-03-08, version 5.4.3*

This is by far the simplest and best batting into walk-up music app.  The announcers are also very good.  User friendly - easy to use.  Highly recommend this app over the others with more reviews.

### 4/5 — This one is a winner!

*2026-03-06, version 5.4.2*

I rolled the dice on this app after experiencing endless frustration with some of the other popular walk-up music apps for iOS. I gotta say, Next Batter Up is already a massive upgrade over the horribly outdated UIs and atrocious customer experience of the more established apps. The developer seems to be really engaged with his customers and the frequent cadence of updates gives me confidence that he’s committed to ongoing bug fixes and feature enhancements. I’ve encountered some bugs that I’ll be passing along, but I look forward to making Next Batter Up a core part of our team’s gameday experience.

## Frequently asked questions about Next Batter Up

### What does Next Batter Up do?

Next Batter Up allows you to create custom walk-up and walkout song intros for baseball and softball teams. You can add music from Apple Music or your own audio files, record voiceovers, or use AI-generated speech to hype up your players.

### How can I add music to my intros?

You can use songs from Apple Music, provided you have an active subscription and the songs are downloaded to your device. Alternatively, you can import your own audio files directly from your device without needing a subscription. Other music services like Spotify are not supported.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. There are no in-app purchases or ads mentioned in the provided description.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The app description mentions integration with Apple Music, suggesting it is available on iOS devices. Specific compatibility details beyond that are not provided.

### Who would benefit from using this app?

This app is ideal for parents, coaches, team DJs, and organizers of baseball and softball teams, especially for youth leagues. It helps create a professional and exciting atmosphere for players during games.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.4.9 — 2026-05-05

Now you can trim your announcement files right inside NBU (and again, no in-app purchases, this is just a freeeee extra, winky face). The whole trim screen got a glow-up too: bigger waveform, pinch to zoom, scrub by half-seconds, loop the selection while you nail the edit.
Now you have way more control when cloning a team or a player. Got a travel team made up of half your regular squad? Clone the team, deselect the kids who aren't going, rename it, swap the team photo if you want, and WA-LA, head start baby! Same deal for cloning a player to another team: their intro audio and walk-up song come along for the ride.
Now explicit songs on the player card playlist get that magical little "E" symbol, so you know which ones might be inappropriate (because the parents are here, ya know).
We all live in dark mode, I know. But this update also fixes some light mode hiccups where titles looked missing when really they were just colored wrong.
Sometimes you're popular, you forget to flip on Do Not Disturb, and a phone call or notification cancels the introduction of your ball-players. No other apps handle this, so we figured we'd be the first. NBU now recovers from interruptions gracefully and keeps the show going.
Sometimes you're not sure if you accepted Apple Music permissions, or if you're even subscribed to Apple Music. No worries, we got that handled too. Head into Settings to see your subscription status and whether NBU has the access it needs.
Importing a team from a friend used to fail sometimes, and you'd retry until eventually it'd stick. Fixed. Finally. We're talkin' first-try success now.
The song title on the player card was a little weird-lookin'. We un-weirded it. Yup, that was the fix.
Remember those text-to-speech intros you set up like six months ago that mysteriously never played at game time? Turns out they were saved in a format the playback engine quietly hated. The first time you open this update, you'll see a quick "tuning up your walk-up tracks" screen while we convert them in the background. Now they actually play. Better late than never, right?
Walk-up announcement longer than the song clip? The song ending used to chop the announcer off mid-sentence. Rude. Now the song waits its turn like a polite young man and lets the announcer finish their thought.
Fixed a tiny gremlin where the music's fade-out would sneak in one last little volume surge right at the end, like it was trying to steal the spotlight from your announcer. The gremlin has been evicted.
"Delete all data" used to be a single tap away from regret. Now we make you type the word "delete" to confirm, because we've all had that "wait, did I just..." moment. Now you can't, unless you really meant to.

### 5.4.8 — 2026-04-23

Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking to stop bouncing between apps on game day, this one's for you!
• All your audio in one place: walk-up music, playlists, and stadium sound effects now share a single drawer on each player's card. Switch between them without closing the sheet.
• Stadium sounds built in: 19 classic stadium effects (Charge, Sweet Caroline, Play Ball, and more) ship right with the app, ready to play.
• Your recordings, everywhere: sounds you record or upload in Announcements now show up in Sound FX too. One library, two places.

Plus performance optimizations and bug fixes across the board.

### 5.4.7 — 2026-04-20

Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking to stop bouncing between apps on game day, this one's for you!
• All your audio in one place: walk-up music, playlists, and stadium sound effects now share a single drawer on each player's card. Switch between them without closing the sheet.
• Stadium sounds built in: 19 classic stadium effects (Charge, Sweet Caroline, Play Ball, and more) ship right with the app, ready to play.
• Your recordings, everywhere: sounds you record or upload in Announcements now show up in Sound FX too. One library, two places.

Plus performance optimizations and bug fixes across the board.

### 5.4.6 — 2026-03-25

Fixed an issue on iPad where sometimes navigation bar buttons weren't updating after adding a player on iOS 26 (user feedback)
Fixed volume issues when playing walk-up songs (user feedback)

### 5.4.5 — 2026-03-16

Small improvements that make Next Batter Up even better.

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