Fantasy Homeruns vs Bench'd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fantasy Homeruns
This fantasy baseball game simplifies the experience by focusing solely on home runs. Manage your team, track player progress, and compete in leagues with commissioners who set the rules. Enjoy real-time updates and standings without the complexity of traditional fantasy sports.
- Home run-only tracking
- League commissioner controls
- Team management
- Real-time updates
- Standings tracking
- Simplified gameplay
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A Fantasy Baseball Game Simplified, Fantasy Homeruns is a fantasy game that tracks only one statistic, home runs. Every Fantasy Homerun League has its own Commissioner who presides over the League. They can set the rules, invite people to join the League (teams), conduct the draft, and has access to assist other teams. Each Team Manager has full control over every aspect of managing the team, building and growing it just like a real MLB team manager. As you watch your team’s progress through the season, we'll do all the work of tracking homeruns, who’s injured, and updating the League's standings. This app is for current users of Fantasy Homeruns. Login to your account, interact with your dashboards designed for your iOS devices. Get realtime homerun updates and more!
Bench'd
This app automates fantasy baseball lineup management using real-time MLB data. It optimizes rosters by adjusting for player injuries, lineup changes, and rescheduled games, ensuring your team is always set for success.
- Automated lineup adjustments
- Real-time MLB data integration
- Injury tracking and management
- Rescheduled game handling
- Hands-free roster optimization
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Take the hassle out of Fantasy Baseball management with Bench'd – the essential companion app designed for serious fantasy enthusiasts. Say goodbye to the daily grind of setting lineups and hello to effortless roster optimization with Bench'd. Bench'd operates behind the scenes, leveraging real-time MLB lineup changes and injury designations to automatically make strategic lineup adjustments for your fantasy team. No more manual tinkering or missed opportunities – Bench'd ensures your roster is always optimized for success. Key Features: Seamless lineup adjustments: Utilizing real-time MLB lineup changes, Bench'd automatically optimizes your fantasy lineup, ensuring active players are fielded and inactive or injured players are benched. Injury tracking and management: Stay ahead of the game with Bench'd's comprehensive injury designation tracking. Bench'd monitors player injuries and seamlessly adjusts your lineup to accommodate any changes in player availability. Rescheduled game management: Keep track of any changes to the MLB schedule and let Bench'd handle the lineup adjustments accordingly, ensuring your fantasy team is always ready to compete. Experience the freedom of hands-free Fantasy Baseball management with Bench'd. Focus on enjoying the game while Bench'd handles the nitty-gritty details of lineup optimization. Download Bench'd now and elevate your fantasy baseball experience to new heights.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fantasy Homeruns at 100% against Bench'd's 50%. Bench'd's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bench'd holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Fantasy Homeruns's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bench'd's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fantasy Homeruns ships an update every 2 months, Bench'd every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fantasy Homeruns | Bench'd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Urbaitel Enterprises | Matthew Wormley |
Customer experience
Fantasy Homeruns
Bench'd
In-app purchases
Fantasy Homeruns
No in-app purchases
Bench'd
No in-app purchases








