Comparison

Baseball General Manager vs Most Valuable Coach

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

Head to head
About

Baseball General Manager

Manage a professional baseball team, from drafting players and setting lineups to making trades and coaching. Enjoy quick sessions or deep strategic play in this mobile sports simulation.

Highlights
  • Team management
  • Player drafting
  • Free agent signings
  • Trades
  • Lineup setting
  • Coaching duties
  • Achievements
Features
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Manage your team to a Championship! Build through the draft, or through free agent signings and trades as your team competes in a 30-team league. Set your lineup as you take control of coaching duties in addition to managerial duties. The goal of this game was to create a baseball management simulator for mobile devices that is fun to play, yet can be enjoyed for minutes at a time, or hours. The settings are simple enough so you can get started in seconds, simulate an entire season including off-season tasks in less than a minute, or take longer as you carefully manage your team's progress. One in-app purchase activates all features. Features: - Pick from one of 30 random teams. - Use the randomized team rosters, or start with a league-wide draft. - Set your rotation, add/drop players, trade players, and draft rookies. - Get achievements for successful seasons, award wins, finals appearances, and championships. - Edit team and player names. - And more! http://www.makeitsostudios.com

About

Most Valuable Coach

Manage a professional football franchise as Head Coach. Oversee roster, game planning, and player management from training camp to the playoffs. Make critical decisions on and off the field to lead your team to championships.

Highlights
  • Full season flow management
  • Interactive gameday play calling
  • Custom play design
  • Draft scouting and trades
  • Free agency and contract negotiations
  • Salary cap management
  • Career legacy tracking
Features
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Most Valuable Coach puts you in the headset as Head Coach of a pro football franchise. Create your coach, choose your team, and run every part of the operation from training camp through the playoffs and beyond. Your job is bigger than calling plays. Manage a 60-man camp roster through preseason exhibitions, then cut down to a 53-man squad before the regular season kicks off. Each week follows a real coaching rhythm: run practice, meet with your coordinators, set your game plan, handle the media and the front office, then take the field on gameday. On gameday, call offensive and defensive plays play-by-play or sim the matchup. Use stock schemes or build your own in the Play Designer. Practice bonuses, coordinator tips, and weekly preparation all feed into how your team performs when it matters. Off the field, you are the general manager too. Scout draft prospects by region, trade picks on draft day, sign free agents, claim players off waivers, and manage contracts against the salary cap. Extensions, holdouts, practice squad moves, and trades shape your roster for this week and for years to come. Keep the owner satisfied, respond to press conferences, and step into the locker room when morale drops. Player relationships, injuries, and team chemistry affect results on Sundays. Rivalry games, owner challenges, and storyline moments add pressure as your reputation grows. Compete through a full regular season and postseason bracket. Earn job offers, chase legacy milestones, and push for multiple championships across a long career. Difficulty settings from Easy to Legendary let you choose how punishing the league feels. Features include: Full season flow: preseason, regular season, playoffs, draft, and offseason Interactive gameday with play calling and simulation options Custom play design and playbook management Draft scouting, draft board, and draft-day trades Free agency, waiver wire, trades, and contract negotiations Salary cap management and roster compliance Coaching staff, practice drills, and weekly game planning Press conferences, owner meetings, and locker room decisions League standings, stats, awards, achievements, and career legacy Save your career and continue anytime Your first season is free to play. Unlock the full franchise to continue your career beyond Year One. Most Valuable Coach is a work of fiction. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the NFL, any professional football league, or any real teams or players. License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Baseball General Manager3 screens
Most Valuable Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Baseball General Manager at 44% against Most Valuable Coach's 0%. Baseball General Manager also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (45 vs 4). Most Valuable Coach's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Baseball General Manager sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Most Valuable Coach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Baseball General Manager holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baseball General Manager has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Baseball General Manager's written reviews are positive against 0% of Most Valuable Coach's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Baseball General Manager ships an update every 6 months, Most Valuable Coach fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Baseball General Manager versus Most Valuable Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseball General ManagerMost Valuable Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (45 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB22 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperMake It So StudiosCameron Howard

Customer experience

Baseball General Manager

All ratings44 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.2%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral31.3%
Negative25.0%

Most Valuable Coach

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral66.7%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Baseball General Manager

One-time3
  • +15 Coins$1.99
  • +60 Coins$4.99
  • Full Version$9.99
1 purchases

Most Valuable Coach

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Baseball General Manager free?
Baseball General Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Most Valuable Coach free?
Most Valuable Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Baseball General Manager or Most Valuable Coach?
Baseball General Manager is rated higher. Baseball General Manager averages 3.5 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Most Valuable Coach averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Baseball General Manager or Most Valuable Coach have ads?
Neither Baseball General Manager nor Most Valuable Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Baseball General Manager or Most Valuable Coach?
Baseball General Manager ships an update every 6 months, and Most Valuable Coach fortnightly. Most recently, Baseball General Manager was updated on October 24, 2026 and Most Valuable Coach on October 25, 2026.

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