V1 Baseball vs Box the Wind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
V1 Baseball
Analyze your baseball or softball swing and pitch with video tools. Compare your mechanics to professional players, access drills, and receive personalized lessons from coaches. Improve your game with cloud storage and a comprehensive content library.
- HD video capture
- Frame-by-frame playback
- Side-by-side swing comparison
- Drawing and measurement tools
- Cloud storage for sessions
- Model swings and drills library
- Receive voice-over video lessons
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The leading baseball and softball swing & pitch analysis app that empowers players to improve their baseball swing & pitch with swing analysis, video drills & tips - now with a new, more modern interface and improved workflows! Easily capture & review your swings & pitches in sessions automatically saved to the cloud. Review, analyze & compare your mechanics with powerful playback and analysis tools, and learn with exclusive model swings and content from the world’s best instructors. Use V1 Baseball’s extensive library of tips and drills to gain insight on improving your entire game. Looking for a coach for personalized baseball instruction and lessons? Connect with your existing Baseball instructor or find one of the many professional baseball coaches who teach with V1 Sports. V1 Baseball allows you to seamlessly send baseball or softball swing & pitch videos to your instructor and receive voice-over video lessons that puts your instructor’s voice in the palm of your hand when and where you need it. Speed up your improvement and achieve your best baseball or softball swing with online baseball lessons using V1’s powerful ecosystem. (Baseball and Softball Instructors: Contact us or download the V1 Pro app or Pro Studio software for the ability to create and deliver powerful, effective lessons to your students both in person and remote.) CAPTURE & ANALYZE YOUR BASEBALL SWING or PITCH: • Capture video in HD • Trim, playback, & accelerate to key positions, view frame-by-frame • Drawing tools to measure and highlight key movement and positions • Compare two baseball swings side by side • Overlay two videos for closer comparison • Flip videos and swing models to show right or left handed view • Import swing videos from camera roll MANAGE YOUR SWINGS, LESSONS AND CONTENT • Swing/Pitch videos automatically grouped by session • Saved videos automatically uploaded to the cloud for storage • Swing and Lesson videos organized and ready to view when you need them • Priority in-app support EXTENSIVE MODEL SWINGS & CONTENT LIBRARY: • Model swings from current and past professional baseball and softball players • Use the analyzer tools to play, measure and highlight model swings and key positions • Use compare and overlay tools to compare your swing to your favorite pros • Access baseball and softball swing drills and tip content from industry leading instructors • Video content on swing movements & pitching techniques • Watch model swings & drills on your device anywhere, anytime • New videos added monthly RECEIVE VIDEO ANALYSIS LESSONS FROM A V1 PRO COACH • Send baseball swings directly via the app to your V1 coach • Receive video lessons with voiceover telestration and content from your V1 coach • Watch your lessons on your mobile device anywhere, anytime for better retention • Connect with certified V1 Pro coaches to improve your swing Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase: • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable https://v1sports.com/terms-conditions/
Box the Wind
This app provides hot air balloon pilots and chase crews with essential tools for competition flying. It offers offline maps, live tracking, task management, and real-time flight data, all designed to enhance performance and safety in the air.
- Offline maps for competition areas
- Live pilot to crew tracking
- Competition task import and editing
- Real-time drift and approach data
- Flight recording and sharing (GPX)
- Wind guidance and updates
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Box the Wind is for flying a balloon competition with a simplified IT layer. Fly, don't fight the computer or app. It's for the pilot in the basket and the crew chasing them. This is a competition-specific ballooning app, not a general one. Its features are focused on what the competition pilot needs, and no more. It is designed to fly next to the BLS and BLA setup and replace a cumbersome IT setup. Load the day's tasks, pick a target, and get live bearing, distance, and closest approach on your current drift. See the contest area, the prohibited zones. Crew sees both the ballon position and theirs. The maps work both online and offline. WHAT'S IN IT • Tasks, shared. Import a WatchMeFly task sheet via URL (web page or PDF), edit it, tap a target to make it active. Marker color, number, and timing sit right in the list. The crew can import the pilot's tasks whenever they change, or run their own version. • The wind cone. Your measured drift by altitude plus a forecast sounding, with an AGL bar showing which level heads toward the target. • Live tracking support for the crew. Position flows pilot to crew over a private channel in real time. A clear stale marker shows if the link drops. The crew's own position shows too. • Declare goals easily. Auto-find the 4/4 from the display center, or key one in during flight, checked against the contest area before you commit. • Zones and warnings. Import Red, Yellow, Blue, and Red-Road zones and the contest boundary. Audible and on-screen warnings fire as you approach or infringe, with per-zone ceilings and floors. • Offline maps. Download street and aerial imagery for your region before launch; it renders fully offline in the air. • Practice mode. Log electronic marker drops and get the 2D or 3D distance to the target. A training tool, not official scoring. • Recording. Every flight logs to GPX — replay, rename, share, or import. ... and more ... Built to BFA/FAI AX conventions: the UTM 4/4 grid, the standard task types. Show units in metric, imperial, or a mixed mode that keeps altitude in feet and distance in meters. Actually, for real, free. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your location is used only to show your position, recording and sharing only when you want. Actively supported and listening to requests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Box the Wind at 5.0 against V1 Baseball's 3.1. Box the Wind also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). V1 Baseball's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. V1 Baseball sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Box the Wind asks for nothing beyond the download.
Box the Wind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: V1 Baseball has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | V1 Baseball | Box the Wind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 182 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Interactive Frontiers, Inc. | Jefferson Wagener |
Customer experience
V1 Baseball
Box the Wind
In-app purchases
V1 Baseball
- V1 Baseball Plus (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- V1 Baseball Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- V1 Baseball Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- RVP Rewind classic series$2.99
- RVP Rewind classic series$4.99
Box the Wind
No in-app purchases
Questions
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