Baseball Odds vs Optimal 9
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baseball Odds
This app calculates the probability of your team winning based on game situations. It also estimates the likelihood of your team scoring in any given inning. Get insights into game outcomes and scoring potential.
- Win probability calculation
- Scoring likelihood estimation
- In-game situation analysis
- Team performance insights
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Find the probability your team will win from a given situation! Also see how likely your team is to score in an inning.
Optimal 9
This app simulates baseball batting orders using real player statistics from recent seasons. It allows users to test different lineup configurations to maximize run scoring potential over a series of games. Analyze performance based on actual data and roster information.
- Batting order optimization
- Real statistical performance analysis
- 2022-2023 season data
- Roster integration
- Multi-game simulation
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Optimize the batting order for a baseball team using real statistical performance. This is a way to test your theories about which batter should hit in each position for maximum run scoring in a game. The simulator uses actual 2022 and 2023 statistics and rosters and allows you to choose any batting order over a large series of games to analyze the performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Baseball Odds at 5.0 against Optimal 9's 2.0. Baseball Odds also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Optimal 9's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Baseball Odds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Optimal 9 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Baseball Odds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baseball Odds has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Baseball Odds ships an update every 6 months, Optimal 9 every 10 months. Both last shipped on June 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Baseball Odds | Optimal 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregory Stoll | Stuart Zussman |
Customer experience
Baseball Odds
Optimal 9
In-app purchases
Baseball Odds
- Filter by era and remove ads!$2.99
Optimal 9
No in-app purchases
Questions
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