Hitting Approach vs PITCH by 643 Charts
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.
PITCH by 643 Charts
Log baseball pitches, game outcomes, and player performance data pitch by pitch. Analyze insights from games, bullpens, and freestyle sessions. Share session reports as PDFs and sync data across devices.
- Pitch logging with outcome and type
- Player lineup management
- Bullpen session tracking
- Performance insights and charts
- Session PDF sharing
- Offline data queuing
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PITCH by 643 Charts puts a full charting workflow in your pocket. Log a game, a bullpen, or a freestyle session pitch by pitch from the dugout, and read the numbers back the same day. Built for travel, high school, and JUCO programs that chart their own games. What you log on the phone is in your 643 account on the desktop, and what is already there opens here. CHART A GAME Tap the strike zone to place the pitch, then the outcome: ball, called strike, swinging strike, foul, in play, or hit by pitch. Add pitch type, velocity, contact type, spray location, the fielder, and the baserunners. Choose Full for the whole picture, or Lite to get through a game in four taps a pitch. LINEUPS THAT FIT THE DAY Build a batting order from your roster. When you do not have the other team's names, chart against handedness instead and keep your platoon splits honest. Add a player without leaving the lineup. BULLPENS Pick the intent zone, then the pitch. Balls and strikes are counted per pitcher from where the ball actually finished, so the tally matches what you watched. INSIGHTS Every session a player appears in, as pitch locations, contact allowed, arsenal, and velocity. Read the charts raw, a dot per pitch, or zonal, in the same zone illustration and spray buckets your 643 reports use. Open a game down to the inning, the at bat, and the pitches inside it. SHARE A SESSION Turn any session into a PDF on the device and send it from your phone. WORKS WHERE THE FIELD IS Pitches queue on the device when the signal drops and send themselves when it returns. A field with no bars does not cost you an inning. An active 643 Charts account is required to sign in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PITCH by 643 Charts at 5.0 against Hitting Approach's 4.5. PITCH by 643 Charts also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Hitting Approach's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PITCH by 643 Charts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively.
Hitting Approach ships an update monthly, PITCH by 643 Charts every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Hitting Approach | PITCH by 643 Charts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RESERTECH LLC | 643 Charts, LLC |
Customer experience
Hitting Approach
PITCH by 643 Charts
In-app purchases
Hitting Approach
No in-app purchases
PITCH by 643 Charts
No in-app purchases
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