Comparison

Incredibox vs Backyard Baseball '01

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

Head to head
About

Incredibox

Create your own music by dragging and dropping icons onto animated characters to make them sing and beatbox. Explore various musical styles, unlock new sounds, and share your compositions with a global community. It's a fun and interactive audio-visual experience for all ages.

Highlights
  • Create music with beatboxers
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Multiple musical styles
  • Unlock animated choruses
  • Save and share mixes
  • Community mods
  • MP3 download
Features
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Incredibox lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers. Choose your musical style to start laying down, recording and sharing your mix. Get your groove on with hip-hop beats, electro waves, pop voices, jazzy swing, Brazilian rhythms and much more. As well, discover a selection of mods created by the community. Plenty to keep you mixing for hours, with no ads or microtransactions. Part game, part tool, Incredibox is above all an audio and visual experience that has quickly become a hit with people of all ages. The right mix of music, graphics, animation and interactivity makes Incredibox ideal for everyone. And because it makes learning fun and entertaining, Incredibox is now being used by schools all over the world. How to play? Easy! Drag and drop icons onto the avatars to make them sing and start to compose your own music. Find the right sound combos to unlock animated choruses that will enhance your tune. Once your composition sounds great, just save it and share it to get as many votes as possible. If you get enough votes, you may go down in Incredibox history by joining the Top 50 chart! Ready to show your stuff? You can also download your mix as an MP3 from the app and listen to it over and over again! Too lazy to create your own mix? No problem, just let the automatic mode play for you! Pump it up and chill ;) **************** Incredibox, the brainchild of Lyon, France-based studio So Far So Good, was created in 2009. Starting out as a webpage, it was then released as a mobile and tablet app and became an instant hit. It has won several awards and appeared in various international media, including: BBC, Adobe, FWA, Gizmodo, Slate, Konbini, Softonic, Kotaku, Cosmopolitan, PocketGamer, AppAdvice, AppSpy, Vice, Ultralinx and many others. The online demo has attracted more than 100 million visitors since its creation.

About

Backyard Baseball '01

Relive a classic baseball game enhanced for modern devices. Assemble your dream team with quirky kids and legendary MLB players, then compete in pick-up games or full seasons with fun power-ups and lively commentary.

Highlights
  • Assemble dream teams
  • Play pick-up games or full seasons
  • Customize uniforms
  • Utilize pitching and batting power-ups
  • Features legendary MLB players
  • Includes hilarious bloopers
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STEP UP TO THE PLATE Relive the second baseball game in the Backyard Sports franchise, now enhanced to run on iOS. Whether you're picking your dream team, playing a pick-up game, or diving into a full season, step up to the plate and experience the game that made baseball fun for everyone! Backyard Baseball ‘01 teams up the Backyard kids with Backyardified MLB legends. Create your own Backyard team, customize your uniforms, and strategize to win the Championship. Play a single pick-up game or play through an entire season. Backyard Baseball ‘01 features intuitive controls for all ages! SWING BACK INTO BASEBALL Enjoy baseball like it’s 2001! 30 Charming Backyard kids Legendary MLB Players MLB Team Marks Hilarious Bloopers 8 Classic Ballparks 9 Pitching Power-ups and 4 batting Power-ups Lively commentary from Sunny Day and Vinnie To get into the swing of things, choose a batter and face Mr. Clanky for some batting practice. This is where you’ll learn just when to click to make your chosen batter hit the ball! THE GOAT RETURNS Play with the legend himself, Pablo Sanchez. Build a roster from a cast of 30 hilarious child athletes and 28 legendary pros that made Backyard Baseball ‘01 a sports classic. Returning MLB players include Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr., Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Randy Johnson, Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Bagwell, Jason Giambi, Chipper Jones, Jeromy Burnitz, Mark McGwire, Shawn Green, Vladimir Guerrero, Kenny Lofton, Jason Kendall, Barry Larkin, Marty Cordova, Mo Vaughn, Raul Mondesi, Curt Schilling, Alex Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Carlos Beltran, Tony Gwynn, Ivan Rodriguez, and Jose Canseco. Game Modes include: Choose from three modes of play (Easy Mode, Medium Mode, Hard Mode) Random Pick-up: A quick way to jump right in! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself and the game starts immediately. Single Game: You take turns with the computer choosing players from a random pool of characters. Season: You pick your home field, create a team, and manage the team through a 14 game series. The opposing teams are computer generated. At the end of the season, the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs (best of 3). If you keep winning, you’ll compete in the Super Entire Nation Tournament and Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION At our core, we are fans first – not just of video games, but of the Backyard Sports franchise. Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years, and we are excited to deliver. Without having access to the source code, there are hard limitations on the experience we can create. As an example, we can’t use the original 32bit code to support modern macOS, as even with an incredibly clever wrapper, macOS can’t execute the binaries. Backyard Baseball ‘01 runs well, looks better than ever, includes new bonus features to test your mettle, and creates a new installation for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog that allows the next generation of fans to fall in love with the game.

Screenshots

Incredibox4 screens
Backyard Baseball '014 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Incredibox at 4.9 against Backyard Baseball '01's 3.9. Incredibox also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 56%) and monetization model (free vs paid). Backyard Baseball '01's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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

Incredibox costs $4.99 and Backyard Baseball '01 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Incredibox holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Incredibox has 51K ratings behind it against 689, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Incredibox's written reviews are positive against 56% of Backyard Baseball '01's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Incredibox ships an update every 2 months, Backyard Baseball '01 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Incredibox versus Backyard Baseball '01: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIncrediboxBackyard Baseball '01
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.9 (51K ratings) — better3.9 (689 ratings)
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews — better55.8% of reviews
Number of ratings51K — better689
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#2 — better#3
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB359 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSo Far So GoodPlayground Productions LLC

Customer experience

Incredibox

All ratings50,027 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews3,234 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.8%

Backyard Baseball '01

All ratings649 ratings
Positive68.7%
Neutral8.8%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral18.0%
Negative26.3%

User reviews

Incredibox

From 51K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Creative music creation
  • 🎶 High-quality sounds
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive
  • 💡 Unique concept

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔌 Drains device battery
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 💰 Expensive for some users

Backyard Baseball '01

From 689 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Nostalgic gameplay
  • 👍 Faithful recreation of the original
  • 🎯 Satisfying gameplay mechanics
  • 🎨 Charming visuals and characters
  • 🏆 Childhood classic

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs (out of array pointers)
  • 🔒 Missing licensed players (Bonds, Griffey Jr., etc.)

Bugs and requests

Incredibox

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing or crashing when switching between versions
  • Recording issues causing loss of progress
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More music genres and styles
  • Ability to create custom characters and sounds
  • Option to adjust volume/complexity of individual elements
  • Offline playback of created songs
  • Improved sharing and collaboration features

Backyard Baseball '01

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Soft-lock in Season mode
  • Inconsistent player abilities (e.g., Pablo Sanchez)

Requested features

3 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Full-screen mode on mobile
  • Faster game pace

In-app purchases

None

Incredibox

No in-app purchases

None

Backyard Baseball '01

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Incredibox free?
Incredibox costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backyard Baseball '01 free?
Backyard Baseball '01 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Incredibox or Backyard Baseball '01?
Incredibox is rated higher. Incredibox averages 4.9 out of 5 from 51K ratings, while Backyard Baseball '01 averages 3.9 from 689 ratings.
Do Incredibox or Backyard Baseball '01 have ads?
Neither Incredibox nor Backyard Baseball '01 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Incredibox or Backyard Baseball '01?
Incredibox ships an update every 2 months, and Backyard Baseball '01 every 2 days. Most recently, Incredibox was updated on October 31, 2026 and Backyard Baseball '01 on October 30, 2026.
Which is more popular, Incredibox or Backyard Baseball '01?
Incredibox currently peaks at #2 in the App Store charts, and Backyard Baseball '01 at #3. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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