Seam Reader vs SF Statcast
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.
SF Statcast
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The first Swazy Farlight app — and a powerful way to track and understand game stats. SF Statcast turns raw game data into clear insight. Track player performance, visualize trends over time, and see progress across games, not just single moments. Built for players, parents, and coaches, SF Statcast emphasizes consistency, improvement, and context so stats are easier to understand and harder to misuse.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SF Statcast at none against Seam Reader's 4. SF Statcast also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Seam Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Seam Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. SF Statcast asks for nothing beyond the download.
Seam Reader ships an update every 8 days, SF Statcast every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seam Reader | SF Statcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (64 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Tiefenthaler | Joe Seay |
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
SF Statcast
No in-app purchases
Questions
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