Hits Maker vs Optimal 9
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hits Maker
Record and analyze individual hitting performance with sabermetric indicators and graphs. Visualize batting results by game format or time period, and manage match information with an intuitive calendar. Simple data input makes tracking your progress effortless.
- Automatic sabermetric indicator calculation
- Visualize results by game format and time period
- Analyze batting structure with graphs
- Match information management with calendar
- Simple data input and editing
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HitMaker is an application that records individual hitting performance and allows visualization and analysis of data using sabermetric indicators and graphs. 【Features of this app】 ○ Indicators such as batting average and OPS can be calculated automatically! When you register batting results, all indicators are automatically calculated and you can visualize your results. You can display not only the total results, but also results by game format, such as official games and practice games. You can also narrow down the results by time period and view the results of the last five games. The structure of batting results can be analyzed using graphs! The structure of batting results is visually displayed using a pie chart. By analyzing the graph, you can clarify your tendencies that you could not understand before. ○ You can manage match information with the calendar! The calendar function makes it easy to manage match results. Tap the date of a match to see the match information for that day. You can add match results by pressing the + button in the upper right corner of the calendar screen. ○ Simple operation makes it easy to add and edit data! The simple input form allows you to add and edit data intuitively. The simple input form allows you to add and edit data intuitively. Although the input of game information tends to be complicated, the data that can be input is kept to the minimum necessary, so you can operate without stress.
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 review sentiment: Hits Maker at 83% against Optimal 9's 0%. Hits Maker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). Optimal 9's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Hits Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hits Maker has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Hits Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Optimal 9's.
Hits Maker ships an update every 6 weeks, Optimal 9 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hits Maker | Optimal 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuki Mori | Stuart Zussman |
Customer experience
Hits Maker
Optimal 9
In-app purchases
Hits Maker
No in-app purchases
Optimal 9
No in-app purchases









