Lineup Assistant vs Roster Blast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lineup Assistant
This app helps youth baseball and softball coaches create optimized and rule-compliant lineups quickly. It manages player information, league rules, and last-minute changes, saving coaches valuable time.
- Optimized lineup creation
- League rule compliance
- Player information management
- Last-minute absentee handling
- Text/email lineup sharing
- Printable inning-by-inning charts
- Multiple team support
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Every youth baseball and softball coach knows the challenges of setting up the best possible lineup each inning - while still conforming to all the intricate league rules...plus the difficulties dealing with last minute absentees! Lineup Assistant was designed by coaches for coaches to save you those hours each game and help you focus on the part of coaching that's most important! With Lineup Assistant you can easily and quickly enter player's information and skill level, along with the various rules set up by your league, and the app will help create an optimized yet conforming lineup. Easily and quickly edit the lineup to make small coaching adjustments and you're ready to play ball! The app can also create a random lineup, or complete a lineup using just the first inning positions as a guide. Or you can create a lineup from scratch and LineupAssistant will check to make sure your lineup conforms to league settings. With one click, you can text or email the complete lineup to other coaches or parents. Also print the handy inning by inning position charts to help inexperienced players know exactly where to go on the field each inning. Save all your information with multiple teams and simply delete or add new players to make things even easier for the next game! Visit www.lineupassistant.com for more information.
Roster Blast
Simplify baseball and softball coaching by quickly creating and managing player lineups and field positions. Easily activate/inactivate players, set batting orders, and generate printable lineups and diagrams. Say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to an intuitive interface for game day management.
- Drag and drop player positions
- Drag and drop batting order
- Printable lineups and diagrams
- Quickly activate/inactivate players
- Load and save lineups
- Import/Export lineups
- Randomize player positions
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Are you a baseball or softball coach who is tired of spreadsheets, hours spent on lineups, and last-minute no-shows? Well, look no further! With this app, you can quickly activate or inactivate players, update their field positions, set the batting order, and print lineups and diagrams - in an easy-to-use interface! You will never go back to spreadsheets again! Features include: * Drag and drop player positions; * Drag and drop batting order; * Counts for positions played; * Print counts, lineups, and diagrams; * Load and save lineups; * Quickly activate or inactivate players from your roster; and * Autosave. * Game & Inning Notes with preselects. * Smart randomization - and unlock app to access even more advanced tools like unique, fairness, historic, and weighted positions. Added Features: * Printable Scoresheets - Generates an auto-populated Team Lineup, with a blank scoresheet for the opposing team; * Import / Export (available with existing Roster Unlock — an In-App Purchase) - Email, text, or Airdrop lineup - or even edit in a spreadsheet; * Multigame (Season) Stats - See position totals over more than one game; * Infield, Infield+, and Outfield columns are now part of the positioning tabulation; Additional features include: * Duplicate prior inning; * Clear the field; * Set innings (2-9 innings); and * Set 9 or 10 positions, and up to 14 positions with full roster unlock (i.e., extra outfield positions) - great for younger leagues! * Roster View — Import your roster from a photo or document scan. It can even recognize some handwriting and add parent email addresses. * Import / Export — You can now select multiple lineups. * Cloud — Pull saved rosters from the cloud with an in-app purchase, making it easy to move between your iPhone and iPad. * Season Stats — New season heat maps, diagrams and percentage views with an in-app purchase. * Notes — New Game and Inning Notes with convenient preselects. Add or edit preselects with an in-app purchase. Track in-game events for your next practice and easily email a parent-friendly version after the game. * Two-Team Switch — Add a quick team switch to the main screen with an in-app purchase. Great for coaches managing two teams or viewing home and away teams! Download today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Roster Blast at 87% against Lineup Assistant's 0%. Roster Blast also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.9 vs 2.3). Lineup Assistant's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.0). 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
Roster Blast is free to download; Lineup Assistant costs $3.99 up front. Roster Blast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lineup Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roster Blast holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roster Blast has 132 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Lineup Assistant's written reviews are positive against 87% of Roster Blast's.
Lineup Assistant ships an update every 2 months, Roster Blast fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lineup Assistant | Roster Blast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (132 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 132 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Harper | William Fay |
Customer experience
Lineup Assistant
Roster Blast
In-app purchases
Lineup Assistant
No in-app purchases
Roster Blast
- Unlock all slots (26 total)$1.99
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