Comparison

Ballplayer vs K Cast

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ballplayer

Track and share baseball and softball game statistics in real-time. This app allows players to record every hit, catch, walk, and stolen base, and share live stats with friends and family. Features in-app messaging and live activity feeds for a social game-day experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time stat tracking
  • Share stats with friends and family
  • In-app messaging
  • Live activity feeds
  • Comprehensive stat recording
Features
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Ballplayer is a scorekeeping app designed to stay with you from the little leagues to the big leagues. Share your stats with your friends and family – every hit, every catch, every walk, every stolen base. Ballplayer is the social app for ballplayers to share and compare LIVE stats during their game, featuring in-app messaging and LIVE activity feeds.

About

K Cast

This app allows baseball pitchers and catchers to communicate pitch calls securely and efficiently using a phone and AirPods. It eliminates the need for traditional signs, speeding up games and preventing stolen signals.

Highlights
  • Secure pitch communication
  • Uses phone and AirPods
  • Optional Apple Watch integration
  • Eliminates traditional signs
  • Speeds up game play
  • Prevents stolen signals
Currently charting
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K Cast is an app that enables you to securely communicate pitches to your catcher using only hardware you likely already have—your phone and AirPods. No need to buy expensive hardware or set up confusing electronics. Give your catcher one AirPod that is already paired to your phone. We highly recommended you put the phone in transparency mode to let outside sound in. You can then give your pitcher an Apple Watch(worn on the glove hand under a black wrist band) with the Apple Watch K Cast app running to completely remove the need for the catcher to signal pitches to the pitcher. This will speed up games, eliminate pitcher/catchers getting crossed up on pitches and prevent those pesky runners on second base from stealing your pitches and signaling to their hitters. Next, in the K Cast app, tap the location in or outside the strike zone where you want the pitcher to pitch the baseball, select the pitch type, and tap Send. That’s it. The application lets you know the pitch was transmitted to the catcher’s AirPod. The catcher then signals the pitch to the pitcher. K Cast is secure and enables  you to effortlessly send pitches to your catcher without having to use cumbersome signs or codes that can be stolen by overzealous coaches with too much time on their hands. Tips: - Make sure your phone is not muted and the volume is at a reasonable level. A muted phone will not speak the pitch or location to the catcher. - If you have multiple catchers, you can give each their own AirPod tip. - Put your phone in "Do Not Disturb" mode so any calls or texts don't disturb the catcher. - If you are using the Apple Watch app, you probably want to have the pitcher take it off between innings and put it on a portable charger so that it doesnt run low on battery while pitching.

Screenshots

Ballplayer4 screens
K Cast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ballplayer at Free against K Cast's $3.99. Ballplayer also leads on ratings volume (60 vs 6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). K Cast's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ballplayer is free to download; K Cast costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

K Cast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ballplayer has 60 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Ballplayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of K Cast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ballplayer ships an update weekly, K Cast every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Ballplayer versus K Cast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBallplayerK Cast
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (60 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60 — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaseball App LLCRandal Haehnel

Customer experience

Ballplayer

All ratings60 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative37.5%

K Cast

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ballplayer

No in-app purchases

None

K Cast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ballplayer free?
Ballplayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is K Cast free?
K Cast costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ballplayer or K Cast?
K Cast is rated higher. Ballplayer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while K Cast averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Ballplayer or K Cast have ads?
Neither Ballplayer nor K Cast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ballplayer or K Cast?
Ballplayer ships an update weekly, and K Cast every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ballplayer was updated on October 13, 2026 and K Cast on October 13, 2026.

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