Comparison

Mustard vs CU

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

Head to head
About

Mustard

Analyze pitching mechanics with personalized 3D motion analysis and AI-driven drills. Improve your performance with detailed feedback on key metrics and receive tailored training recommendations. Track progress and access advanced features with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Personalized 3D motion analysis
  • AI-driven drill recommendations
  • Key metric review for single pitches
  • Skeletal overlay of delivery
  • Daily arm care and warm-up program
  • Progression tracking
  • Coaches & Parents Platform
Features
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TRAIN LIKE THE BEST OF ALL TIME: Get a personalized 3D motion analysis. Get drills and exercises tailored to you, and catapult your performance. PERSONALIZED 3D MOTION ANALYSIS: Based on the teachings of Dr. Tom House, coach to numerous Hall of Famers and inventor of modern pitching mechanics. Videos are automatically edited for you — you can review your key metrics for a single pitch or review summaries of entire bullpens. Learn in-depth about the mechanical elements you do well and the movements you can improve. Take videos of others and tag and invite friends. Automatically view key still frames of your throwing motion: first movement, max leg lift, footstrike, and ball release. View a skeletal overlay of your delivery. Record from front view and from open side view. PERSONALIZED TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS: Based on your 3D motion analysis, completed through computer vision and the most advanced AI in sports. Get personalized drills to work on the mechanical variables you specifically need to improve. Get the daily arm care and warm-up program. A Mustard Premium Subscription comes with Progression Tracking and our Coaches & Parents Platform. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. If you do not maintain a subscription you can only use the free portions of the app. • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew at the duration selected unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://teammstrd.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://teammstrd.com/terms/

About

CU

This app streamlines youth athletics management for families, athletes, coaches, and administrators. It simplifies communication, coordination, and athlete support with features like schedule management, messaging, and financial tracking.

Highlights
  • Schedule and calendar management
  • Team messaging and communication
  • Payment and financial tracking
  • Athlete playbook and film review
  • Volunteer opportunity tracking
  • Roster and team administration
Features
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CU Connect is a youth athletics management app designed for families, athletes, coaches, and administrators. Parents can manage schedules, receive messages, view calendars, make payments, sign documents, and track volunteer opportunities for their athletes. Athletes can review playbooks, film, assignments, and team information in the Athlete Hub when enabled by their organization. Coaches and administrators can manage teams, rosters, messaging, scheduling, volunteers, finances, and athlete development tools within a secure, role-based environment. CU Connect is built for youth sports organizations to simplify communication, coordination, and athlete support while keeping families informed and engaged.

Screenshots

Mustard4 screens
CU3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CU at none against Mustard's 10. CU also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mustard's advantage is ratings volume (216 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mustard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. CU asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CU holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mustard has 216 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mustard versus CU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMustardCU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (216 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings216 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQualiaOS, Inc.Jacquen Cummins

Bugs and requests

Mustard

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Stats not loading
  • Performance degraded

Requested features

3 requests
  • Provide more value in free version
  • Improve user-friendliness
  • Clarify family plan pricing

CU

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mustard

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Premium Access$7.991 Month
  • Sponsorship 1 Athlete Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Mustard: Athlete$19.991 Month
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  • Mustard: Family$22.991 Month
  • 3 Athletes Monthly$23.991 Month
  • 5 Athletes Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Mustard: Team Lite$49.991 Month
  • Mustard: Athlete$99.991 Year
  • Mustard: Team$149.991 Month
  • Mustard: Family$219.991 Year
None

CU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mustard free?
Mustard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CU free?
CU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mustard or CU?
CU is rated higher. Mustard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 216 ratings, while CU averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mustard or CU have ads?
Mustard shows ads; CU does not.

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