Hitting Approach vs Caught Stealing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hitting Approach
Track pitch location, type, and at-bat results for baseball and softball games. Generates stat reports and charts to identify player strengths and weaknesses. Includes post-game quality plate appearance and pitching reports.
- Track pitch location and type
- Record at-bat results
- Generate player stat reports
- Identify team strengths and weaknesses
- Post-game QPA reports
- Post-game pitching reports
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Hitting Approach provides a simple way to track the pitch location, pitch type (fastball, curveball, changeup), and result for all of the at bats in a baseball or softball game. Stat reports and charts are then created using this data that will show the strengths and weaknesses of each player on your team as well as your opponents. A post game QPA (Quality Plate Appearance) report and a pitching post game report are automatically generated for each player following a game. It is the player's responsibility to provide feedback on their performance in order to allow coaches to coach the players' mental approach to the game.
Caught Stealing
This app provides baseball and softball catchers with advanced technology to track and analyze pop time, exchange time, distance, and average velocity. It synchronizes data across devices and offers features like tracking history, creating profiles, and sharing videos to help players improve and showcase their skills to scouts and coaches.
- Accurate pop time stats
- Exchange time tracking
- Distance and average velocity metrics
- Data synchronization across devices
- Track and share history metrics
- Create profiles for sharing best times
- Capture and share videos
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The Caught Stealing mobile app works together with the Pop Timer Pro 100 devices to give baseball and softball catchers highly accurate pop time stats. From amateur to pro, catchers will have in their hands state-of-the-art technology to improve at every level. Caught Stealing sets a new industry standard of supplying the most accurate data for Pop Times, Exchange Times, Distance and Average Velocity. Stats are displayed instantly within the app and synchronizes across devices of the same user. This system provides some of the industry's most important metrics that catchers need and want to have to excel to the next level. The system has a 2 week free trial. After the two week free trial it will go to a monthly or yearly subscription, see CaughtStealing.com for details. With the Full subscription, catchers are able to track & share history metrics, create a profile for sharing best times, monitor daily averages, and capture & share videos ... plus many more features! The app combined with the Pop Timer Pro100 devices is a game changer. It provides catchers with the technology and tools to collect & analyze their stats along with video scrubbing to perfect their technique. And all of this comes with the ability to capture and showcase their skill level to scouts and coaches. The Caught Stealing system is simple to use. Download the app, follow the steps to setup the devices using Bluetooth and start collection pop times! With the quick start guide + the app video tutorial, you will be on your way to start collecting times in a just few minutes. Caught Stealing's many years of development, experience and expertise bring to you the Pop Timer Pro100 system. The company is dedicated to continually enhancing and improving their products. The company’s goal is to assist catchers in their growth & development into a successful career. Caught Stealing has a high standard in getting it right, because it's "Where Accuracy Counts"! Note: A separate purchase of the Pop Timer Pro100 device set is required to use the core app features of collecting pop times. These devices can be purchased at www.caughtstealing.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Caught Stealing at 5.0 against Hitting Approach's 4.5. Hitting Approach's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Caught Stealing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hitting Approach has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hitting Approach ships an update monthly, Caught Stealing every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hitting Approach | Caught Stealing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RESERTECH LLC | Balbuena Consulting LLC |
Customer experience
Hitting Approach
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In-app purchases
Hitting Approach
No in-app purchases
Caught Stealing
No in-app purchases
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