Seam Reader vs (VR) Applied Vision Baseball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seam Reader
Improve your baseball or softball hitting skills by learning to recognize pitches based on their spin and appearance. This app offers modes to learn, practice, and test your ability to identify different pitch types and speeds, from little league to professional levels.
- Learn pitch "faces" from spin
- Real-life analytics (RPM, MPH)
- Learn Mode for 6 baseball/softball pitches
- Batting Cage for practice
- Career Mode with increasing difficulty
- Adjustable pitch speeds
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The ONLY WAY to actually get BETTER AT HITTING by playing on your phone. Seam Reading is the ability to recognize a pitch by how it looks. Each pitch has a different “face” that the spin creates. Knowing what each pitch looks like could be the difference between strike 3, or a home run. In Seam Reader all the balls and pitches use real life analytics in RPM as well as MPH. From a little league fastball all the way up to a major league heater, the app has it all. Discover what every pitch looks like in our one of a kind Learn Mode, that features 6 pitches for baseball and 6 for softball. Practice a variety of pitches and difficulties in the Batting Cage mode. Here speeds vary from your average little leaguer to your major league or Olympic level ace! Test your Seam Reading skills in Career Mode. With increasing variety of pitches and speeds, the accuracy is as real to life as it gets on a phone. Download now if you want to get better at “the hardest thing to do in sports” - hitting.
(VR) Applied Vision Baseball
Enhance your baseball skills with immersive virtual reality training. This application requires a VR headset and Bluetooth remote for an interactive experience.
- Virtual reality baseball training
- Requires VR headset
- Bluetooth remote compatible
- Skill enhancement
- Interactive experience
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Users will need a VR headset & Bluetooth remote to access the VR training. The headset can be purchased at the AVB store. https://shop.appliedvisionbaseball.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: (VR) Applied Vision Baseball at none against Seam Reader's 4. (VR) Applied Vision Baseball also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). Seam Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (64 vs 5). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Seam Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. (VR) Applied Vision Baseball asks for nothing beyond the download.
(VR) Applied Vision Baseball holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seam Reader has 64 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Seam Reader ships an update every 8 days, (VR) Applied Vision Baseball monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seam Reader | (VR) Applied Vision Baseball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (64 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 506 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Tiefenthaler | Art of Baseball Productions |
Customer experience
Seam Reader
(VR) Applied Vision Baseball
In-app purchases
Seam Reader
- 100 Seed Pack$0.99
- Season Pass$3.99
- 600 Seed Pack$4.99
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- 1000 Seed Pack$7.99
(VR) Applied Vision Baseball
No in-app purchases
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