# Next Inning: Baseball Lineups — Fielding and fair playing time > Youth baseball coach app for managing lineups, fielding, and playing time. (iPhone/iPad app by EMJAY747 Enterprises LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/next-inning-baseball-lineups/id6796861438 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [EMJAY747 Enterprises LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796861440) - Category: Sports - Price: Free - Rating: 4.70/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 53 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-24 - Data updated: 2026-09-27 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/next-inning-baseball-lineups/id6796861438/reviews.md ## What is Next Inning? Next Inning is a lineup, fielding, and playing-time app for youth baseball coaches. It is the top of the third. Your left fielder wants to pitch, a parent is asking why their kid sat two innings in a row, and you are holding a dry-erase board in one hand and a lineup card in the other. Next Inning replaces both. It is built for the innings you are coaching, not the recap afterward. PLAN THE GAME Build the fielding rotation in a grid: players down the side, innings across the top, tap a cell to set a position. Or start from a generated plan: Next Inning fills every inning of fielding around your rules, each player's position preferences, and who has been sitting. You set the batting order yourself, by dragging it into shape (in continuous batting order) or copying it from a prior game. Enter your limits once (minimum field innings, consecutive bench innings, pitcher innings, pitch caps, rest days) or start from a league preset, with a per-game override for tournaments. Enter pitch counts after an outing and Next Inning helps you track them: it flags a plan that breaks one of your rules and still lets you make the call. RUN THE DUGOUT The dugout view is the point of the app: one screen, big type, high contrast, readable at a glance in direct sun from a few feet away. Tap a name, tap a position, and the inning is set. One tap steps to the next inning and the positions redraw. Mark a player unavailable, mark an injury from an inning, or sub a player out; the batting order and fielding plan route around them. Position changes, swaps, and sub-outs have an undo, so a mis-tap costs you a second, not an inning. On a tablet in landscape the batting order sits beside the field; on a phone you switch between the two, so the tablet can stay in the dugout while you coach from the baseline. Super-bright mode holds the screen at full brightness for noon games, and it stays awake between pitches. WORKS OFFLINE Ball fields have bad service. Sign in once with your email; after that the dugout runs on the device. Every tap writes locally first and syncs when a connection comes back, so a dead zone at the back field behaves like full signal. SHOW YOUR WORK Season totals per player: innings played, innings at each position, bench innings, pitch counts, games played, and a fairness score that rises when innings and infield time are spread evenly and nobody sits two innings in a row. Export the season fairness report as a PDF to print or bring to the playing-time conversation. It is a document instead of a memory, which is usually all that conversation needs. YOU AND YOUR ASSISTANTS Invite an assistant coach with a six-character code. They sign in on their own phone and see the same lineup, fielding plan, and inning, usually within seconds when you both have signal. ALSO IN THE APP - Multiple teams; copy roster instead of retyping names each season - Roster with jersey numbers, preferred positions, and positions to avoid - Bullpen and on-deck planning, plus the pitching order - Per-game availability, designated hitter, game summary with the score - Schedule with opponent, home or away, field on a map, and game-time forecast - Printable lineup card as a PDF for the umpire and scorekeeper - Fractional innings, so a mid-inning swap counts honestly - Coaching-staff chat per team and per game, with mute and report WHAT IT DOES NOT DO Next Inning does not score the game, stream video, or broadcast to families. Other apps do that well and you can keep using them. This one helps you decide who plays where, and shows your work when someone asks. Free to use. No ads. We never sell or rent player data, and a roster is visible only to the coaches you invite. Next Inning is built for coaches. Head coaches and assistant coaches use it, and it stores roster information, so it is not designed for players to use. Support: support@nextinning.app nextinning.app ## Key features - Dynamic fielding rotation grid - Generated lineup plans - Continuous batting order - Pitch count tracking - Offline functionality - Season fairness reports - Assistant coach invites ## Recent user reviews (2 of 2) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/next-inning-baseball-lineups/id6796861438/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Great and Practical! *2026-08-31* I used the app for my team over the weekend and was shocked at how easy it made managing my lineups on game days. Highly recommend. We’ll continue to use it! ### 5/5 — Fantastic App! *2026-08-28* Saves me time in the dugout and allows me to focus on the game. Easy for the kids to understand during the game. Parent who is running game changer often comes to look at it to see who is playing where each inning defensively since sometimes the kids are hard to tell apart. Would be nice if game changer would sync with this and vice versa, but they’ve locked everyone out of integration. ## Frequently asked questions about Next Inning ### How does Next Inning help with fielding rotations? You can build a fielding rotation in a grid by tapping cells to set player positions for each inning. Alternatively, the app can generate a plan based on your rules, player preferences, and who has been sitting. ### Can Next Inning track pitch counts? Yes, you can enter pitch counts after a player's outing. Next Inning will flag any plans that violate your set pitch count rules while still allowing you to make the final decision. ### Does Next Inning work without an internet connection? Yes, the app is designed to work offline. After an initial sign-in, all game management functions run on the device and sync when a connection is restored. ### How does Next Inning ensure fair playing time? The app calculates a fairness score based on innings played, innings at each position, bench time, and pitch counts. It helps spread playing time and infield time evenly among players. ### Can I share my team's lineup with other coaches using Next Inning? Yes, you can invite assistant coaches with a six-character code. They can then sign in on their own devices and see the same real-time lineup and fielding plan. ### What kind of reports can I generate with Next Inning? You can export a season fairness report as a PDF. This report details player statistics like innings played, bench time, and pitch counts, which can be useful for discussions about playing time. ### What devices is Next Inning compatible with? Next Inning is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It offers different views optimized for phones and tablets, including a landscape mode for tablets. ### How often is Next Inning updated? The app was last updated on August 24, 2026, with version 0.4.1. This indicates it receives regular updates to improve functionality and add features. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 0.4.4 — 2026-09-15 Find your field by name, bring players back, and a steadier dugout. Search ball parks by name. Type "Kulwicki Park" and the map goes straight there. Before, iPhone and iPad search only really understood street addresses. Bring a player back. Players you mark inactive now live in an Inactive list on the roster, where you can reactivate them. A player added by mistake, who has never played, can be deleted. Shift, off by default. Player chips on the field no longer move when you drag one by accident. Tap a position to swap someone in, and turn on Shift in the corner of the field when you really do want to rearrange your defense. Season hitting stats beside the batting order, with a quick toggle to hide them. Suggested lineups now respect pitcher rest, and warnings appear at the moment you make a lineup decision instead of in a separate panel. A reminder for games that were never ended, so their innings count toward fairness. Larger text in the places coaches said were hard to read at the field, and a tidier Settings screen. Plus fixes: fairness numbers now use your whole current roster, saving a new player can no longer create a second copy, team chat no longer flickers, and the app tells you when an update is ready to restart into. ### 0.4.3 — 2026-09-02 Two new ways to sign in. You can now use Sign in with Apple or Continue with Google, alongside the emailed sign-in code you already use. Nothing changes for existing accounts: sign in the way you always have and your teams, rosters and games are exactly where you left them. Why we added it: email was the only way in, so anything that delayed a message could keep you out of your own dugout on game day. Now there is a second door. Also in this release: a clearer signal that sign-in is working after you tap, and fixes to the sign-in screen on tablets. ### 0.4.1 — 2026-08-24 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-27.*