Poptime vs Academic Ballers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poptime
Easily mark and analyze specific moments in your sports videos. Precisely identify catch and release points, even when the action is obscured, to calculate pop times. Save and share your marked videos with coaches and friends.
- Load videos from device
- Mark catch and release points
- Scroll across video frames
- Mark obscured reception points
- Calculate exchange times
- Save and share marked videos
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With this app you: - are able to load videos from your device into the App and mark your catch and release points for precision exchange and poptimes. - can scroll across frames in your videos to mark the precise moments you want. - are even able to mark the reception of the pitch when the catchers back is to you and you cannot see the glove. - can also mark exchange times and save the marked videos to your phone for sharing with coaches and friends. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Academic Ballers
Connect student-athletes with college coaches by creating detailed player profiles. Showcase stats, academics, and highlight videos. Premium features offer enhanced exposure and direct communication tools.
- Create player profiles with stats and academics
- Upload and share highlight videos
- Browse colleges by division and conference
- Track coach profile views
- Weekly email blasts to college coaches (Premium)
- Profile view alerts (Premium)
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Academic Ballers helps student-athletes connect with college coaches. Create your player profile with stats, videos, and academic info. Premium subscribers get weekly email blasts to 4,000+ college coaches, profile view alerts, and coach-optimized reach. Browse colleges by division, conference, and program. Upload and share highlight videos. Track which coaches are viewing your profile. Free tier includes full profile creation, college search, and video uploads. Premium unlocks maximum exposure to college coaching staffs nationwide. Terms of use: https://www.showcaseballers.com/eula Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/3e89615f-fbeb-48ff-846d-ec3c359034ba
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Academic Ballers at 5.0 against Poptime's 3.7. Academic Ballers also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Poptime's advantage is ratings volume (82 vs 1). 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. Poptime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Academic Ballers sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Academic Ballers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poptime has 82 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Poptime ships an update every 5 weeks, Academic Ballers every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poptime | Academic Ballers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (82 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gerard Meyers | steeful, llc |
Customer experience
Poptime
Academic Ballers
In-app purchases
Poptime
- POPtime pro features14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- coach subscription$7.991 Month
- POPtime pro features$14.991 Year
Academic Ballers
- Monthly Plan1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Pro$19.991 Month
- Premium$34.991 Month
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- Annual Plan$49.991 Year
