Cheap Seats Scoreboard vs Backside Stats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cheap Seats Scoreboard
Easily track the score, inning, and outs for youth baseball and softball games directly from your Apple Watch or iPhone. This app provides a straightforward scoreboard so you can concentrate on enjoying the game.
- Score tracking
- Inning tracking
- Outs tracking
- Apple Watch support
- iPhone support
- Simple interface
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While you're sitting at a kid's baseball or softball game, there are really three things you want to know: the score, the inning, and how many outs there are. Now you can quickly and easily track these from your Apple Watch or your iPhone. Cheap Seats Scoreboard gives you a simple scoreboard so you can focus on the game. Play ball!
Backside Stats
Effortlessly track game scores and player statistics for slow-pitch softball. Designed for coaches and players to manage season-long performance and tournament data.
- Scorekeeping
- Player statistics tracking
- Season-long performance management
- Tournament data management
- Designed for coaches and players
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Backside stats - the app that makes score keeping easy. Specially designed for slow-pitch softball and baseball. Allows coaches and players an effortless way to keep track of game scores and players stats through the season and during tournaments. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cheap Seats Scoreboard at none against Backside Stats's 1. Cheap Seats Scoreboard also leads on iOS requirement (11.2 vs 16.1). Backside Stats's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 32 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Cheap Seats Scoreboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backside Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backside Stats has 78 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Cheap Seats Scoreboard's written reviews are positive against 80% of Backside Stats's.
Cheap Seats Scoreboard ships an update every 32 months, Backside Stats monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cheap Seats Scoreboard | Backside Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mattio Valentino | Backside Stats LLC |
Customer experience
Cheap Seats Scoreboard
Backside Stats
In-app purchases
Cheap Seats Scoreboard
No in-app purchases
Backside Stats
- Plus$49.991 Year
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