Comparison

Baseball Tools vs VeloBeam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Baseball Tools

This app helps baseball players and coaches track pitch speed and count. It uses simple button presses to measure pitch velocity and monitor pitcher workloads, providing alerts for high pitch counts.

Highlights
  • Pitch speed tracking
  • Pitch count monitoring
  • Customizable warning and max pitch counts
  • Vibration alerts for pitch count thresholds
  • Tracks opposing pitcher counts
Features
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Radar: The Radar apps work based on pressing Start when the pitcher throw the pitch and Stop when the catcher catches it. The more precise you are at pressing the Start and Stop buttons, the more accurate the resulting speed will be. Each time you track a pitch through the radar, it will add to the pitchers pitch count. Pitch Counters: Each time you press Pitch, it adds to the pitch count. When you reach the Warning total (in Settings), the button will turn yellow and the phone will vibrate. When you reach the maximum total, the button turns red and continues to vibrate. The opposing pitcher pitch count, simply keeps track of the opposing pitchers pitch count. Tracking the speed of the pitches in the Radar module, will add to your pitcher and the opposing pitchers pitch counts.

About

VeloBeam

This app is a comprehensive platform for baseball players, coaches, and parents to build training programs, track performance data from various devices, and manage player development. It offers features for game scoring, custom stats, video analysis, and team communication, all synced across web and mobile.

Highlights
  • Build and assign training programs
  • Track data from Trackman, Rapsodo, and more
  • Monitor player development and stats
  • Score games and create custom stats
  • Record and upload player video
  • Compare data with professional levels
Features
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VeloBeam is the all in one training and data platform for baseball coaches, players, and parents. Build training programs, track ball-flight and swing data from Trackman, Rapsodo, Stalker Radar, HitTrax, Blast, and Full Swing, and keep a complete history of every player's development. Your data stays synced across web and mobile. FOR COACHES • Build a training program once, then copy, adjust, and assign it to your whole roster • Import pitching and hitting reports from the tools you already use • Organize players into teams and bring your staff into one organization • Monitor pitch counts and throwing workload across the season • Track velocity, mechanics, and development across full seasons • Create custom stats to track the measures that matter to your players • Share player profiles with recruiters and staff FOR PLAYERS • Open the full program your coach assigned and work through it drill by drill • Upload your own sessions or see the reports your coaches add in one profile • Join your team to compare stats on the leaderboard and see teammates' progress • Track your training and throwing workload • Watch your velocity and other measures change over weeks, months, and seasons • Send recruiters a profile with your numbers and video FOR PARENTS • Access your children's player profiles from your parent account • View their training, sessions, stats, and video • Follow their progress throughout the season GAME SCORING AND CUSTOM STATS Score games and keep game stats alongside training and session data. Create custom stats for the measures you want to track, then review results over time. VIDEO AND TEAM COMMUNICATION Record and upload player video. Keep video, player notes, and data together. Use direct messages and team message boards to communicate with players and staff. IMPORT YOUR BASEBALL DATA Import Trackman, Rapsodo, HitTrax, Blast, and Full Swing files, connect Stalker Radar, or use AI to extract data from screenshots, PDFs, and typed notes. VELOBEAM LEVELS Compare your data with reference data from college and professional baseball. See where your fastball velocity and other measures fall within each level. STALKER RADAR, LIVE Stream live velocities to other devices, record video with a velocity overlay, and save every pitch automatically. Works with the Stalker 3 Sport Connect over built-in Bluetooth, with no adapter needed. Stalker 2 Sport requires the VeloBeam adapter. Stalker Pro 2 requires the adapter and a separate cable. Accessories are sold separately. SWITCHING FROM ANOTHER APP? Send us what you've built and we'll rebuild your programs, drills, and players inside VeloBeam for free. Used by high school and college baseball programs nationwide. Try VeloBeam for free today! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Baseball Tools3 screens
VeloBeam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VeloBeam at 4.7 against Baseball Tools's 3.0. VeloBeam also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (50 vs 3). Baseball Tools's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VeloBeam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Baseball Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VeloBeam holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VeloBeam has 50 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Baseball Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of VeloBeam's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Baseball Tools versus VeloBeam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseball ToolsVeloBeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.7 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings350 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBAC SolutionsMitchell Horacek

Customer experience

Baseball Tools

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

VeloBeam

All ratings49 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Baseball Tools

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

VeloBeam

Subscriptions4
  • VeloBeam Player Monthly$9.991 Month
  • VeloBeam Coach Monthly$49.991 Month
  • VeloBeam Pro Player Yearly$69.991 Year
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  • VeloBeam Coach Yearly$299.991 Year

Questions

Is Baseball Tools free?
Baseball Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VeloBeam free?
VeloBeam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Baseball Tools or VeloBeam?
VeloBeam is rated higher. Baseball Tools averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while VeloBeam averages 4.7 from 50 ratings.
Do Baseball Tools or VeloBeam have ads?
Neither Baseball Tools nor VeloBeam shows ads.

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