Umpire Indicator Pro vs BaseballScorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Umpire Indicator Pro
This app helps baseball and softball umpires track game statistics like balls, strikes, outs, innings, and score. It offers smart modes for automatic advancement and a reverse function to correct mistakes.
- Smart mode for automatic outs and innings
- Clear count button after hits
- Reverse mode for correcting mistakes
- Warning vibrations for invalid presses
- Track balls, strikes, outs, innings, score
- Customizable background images
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Umpire Indicator Pro is the ultimate companion for any baseball or softball umpire. It offers all the features of a traditional indicator (clicker) with much more. SMART MODE: Enabling smart mode will automatically advance outs after 3 strikes and innings after 3 outs. Also clears the count after a strikeout, walk or inning change. ADDITIONAL FEATURES INCLUDE: MULTIPLE BACKGROUND IMAGES Customize the look and feel of your indicator with customizable background images CLEAR COUNT BUTTON After a hit, automatically clear balls and strikes with a single button REVERSE MODE If a mistake is made, reverse mode allows you to go backwards 1 instead of cycling through the wheel WARNING VIBRATIONS Indicator will vibrate to indicate invalid button presses KEEP TRACK OF: Balls Strikes Outs Inning Score
BaseballScorer
Easily score baseball games pitch-by-pitch or by outcome. Features real scoring notation, MLB integration, and a practice mode to learn as you go. Adapts to your scoring detail level.
- Pitch-by-pitch or outcome scoring
- Real baseball scoring notation
- MLB live feed integration
- Practice mode for learning
- Traditional grid scorecard view
- Full game event scoring
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BaseballScorer is a free, complete baseball scorecard for your iPad or iPhone. No ads. No paywall. No in-app purchases required. Just open the app and start scoring. Whether you're keeping score for the first time or you've filled a shelf with scorebooks, BaseballScorer meets you where you are. Missed a few pitches while grabbing a hot dog? No problem — catch up from the MLB live feed, or just skip ahead and keep going. Made a mistake? Tap any at-bat to go back and fix it. The app never blocks you, never nags you, and never makes you feel like you're doing it wrong. **Free scoring guide** — Pair the app with our companion site at scoring.theyawns.com: in-depth explanations of every scoring situation, from dropped third strikes to fielder's choices, written for scorers of every level. **Learn by doing** — A built-in practice mode walks you through a real MLB game play by play. It tells you exactly what to tap, rejects wrong inputs so you can't get lost, and teaches you real scoring notation as you go. By the end you'll be reading 6-4-3 double plays like a pro. **Score at your own pace** — Track every pitch with Ball, Called, Swinging, and Foul buttons, or turn pitch tracking off and just record outcomes. The app adapts to how much detail you want. Walks and strikeouts record automatically when the count is full. **Real scoring notation** — Tap fielder positions on the diamond to build standard notation: 6-3 groundouts, F8 fly balls, 6-4-3 double plays, SF9 sac flies. Long-press for variants like bunt singles, ground-rule doubles, and fielder's choices. Your scorecard reads just like the real thing. **Traditional scorecard** — Rotate to landscape for a classic grid: lineup slots down the side, innings across the top. Fielding notation, pitch dots, runner paths, and RBI markers — everything a paper scorecard has, but you never have to erase. **The full game** — Pinch hitters, pinch runners, pitching changes, defensive substitutions, stolen bases, wild pitches, passed balls, balks, and replay challenges — both ABS pitch challenges and Manager challenges of on-field calls (safe/out, fair/foul, catch/trap, HR boundary). If it happens in a baseball game, you can score it. **MLB integration** — Pick today's game and lineups load automatically. Player stats (AVG, OBP, ERA) appear alongside each at-bat. Start from the first pitch, or use "Catch me up" to auto-score everything that's happened so far and pick up live. **Features:** - Pitch-by-pitch tracking or direct outcome entry - Full fielding notation including mid-chain errors (6-3, F8, 5-4-3 DP, SF9, E5, FC, 6-E4-3, K 2-E3) - Diamond visualization with runner tracking - All substitution types: PH, PR, defensive changes, pitching changes - Pitch count tracking per pitcher - ABS pitch challenges + Manager Challenge for on-field calls - Saved lineup favorites — switch between Vs LHP / Vs RHP / tournament lineups per team - Batter and pitcher stats (AVG, OBP, OPS, ERA) - Line score with R/H/E totals - Landscape scorecard grid - Save and resume games anytime - Works offline for non-MLB games - Interactive practice tutorial - iPad and iPhone optimized
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BaseballScorer at 100% against Umpire Indicator Pro's 50%. BaseballScorer also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.9 vs 3.5). Umpire Indicator Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On 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
BaseballScorer is free to download; Umpire Indicator Pro costs $0.99 up front. BaseballScorer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Umpire Indicator Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
BaseballScorer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BaseballScorer has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Umpire Indicator Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of BaseballScorer's.
Umpire Indicator Pro ships an update every 39 months, BaseballScorer every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Umpire Indicator Pro | BaseballScorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Walker | Mike Yawn |
Customer experience
Umpire Indicator Pro
BaseballScorer
In-app purchases
Umpire Indicator Pro
No in-app purchases
BaseballScorer
- Buy the developer a hot dog.$1.99
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