Comparison

Pennant Chase vs Ultimate Pro Baseball GM

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

Head to head
About

Pennant Chase

Engage in a free baseball simulation experience with this app, mirroring the full website's functionality. Compete in leagues using historical stats, manage your team deeply, and interact with a passionate community.

Highlights
  • Join new leagues
  • Submit trade offers
  • Edit lineups
  • Manage farm system
  • Change team strategy
  • View standings and stats
Features
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PennantChase is the world's best free baseball simulation site (with other sports too!), and this new version of the iOS mobile app allows you all the functionality you get on the full-blown website. This app is a companion to the website (which is also FREE). There are currently over 1,800 leagues and 25,000 registered users at pennantchase.com! Unlike many sims, all stats matter here. Neglecting any facet of the game - defense, hitting, pitching, speed - can have consequences. Come join the passionate baseball community at PennantChase, where there is no shortage of sports dialogue and friendly debate! The site is built and maintained by a single webmaster who grew up inspired by the great simulation games of the past. Compete against other fans using real historic baseball stats, or build a creative league of your own using deep and flexible commissioner tools. If you've ever wanted to be baseball manager or general manager, this game is for you. Join up to 25 leagues at a time, featuring players from every era of baseball's history. It's fantasy baseball on a whole new level! - Join new leagues - Submit trade offers - Edit lineups - Pick Slump Busters - Manage farm system - Change team strategy - View standings, power rankings, award leaders, all-star leaders, league history, and more! Have you always wanted to draft and manage your own baseball team? Love being a baseball manager or GM? Follow your free baseball simulation teams with this app! Whether you already have an account at pennantchase.com, or plan to get one, this app will give you fast, easy access to all your leagues and teams. Manage your team from start to finish - edit lineups, pick slump busters, change strategy, manage your farm system, and more. PennantChase.com is a free site where you can join leagues featuring historical stats from a variety of eras. Auto Leagues play two to three games a day, lasting a couple months. Other creative leagues run by individual commissioners are also available.

About

Ultimate Pro Baseball GM

Manage your own professional baseball franchise in this in-depth simulation game. Sign players, draft rookies, hire coaches, and upgrade facilities to build a championship team. Compete against others online or play offline.

Highlights
  • Sign, draft, trade, and train players
  • Hire and upgrade coaches
  • Build and upgrade team facilities
  • Manage finances and sponsorships
  • Handle player demands and morale
  • Online ranked career and multiplayer modes
  • Offline simulation gameplay
Features
Currently charting
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Ultimate Pro Baseball GM is a free offline baseball manager sim game with addicting team building and in depth sport management gameplay: sign, draft, trade and train players, hire coaches, build facilities and manage club operations. As a baseball GM you have complete control on your franchise: - Assemble a baseball dream team: sign or trade superstars to your team - Draft and train rookies to help them fulfill their potential - Acquire coaches and upgrade them - Control financial activities - Sign sponsors and set ticket prices - Manage the upgrades of different facilities including arena, gym and even medical facilities. - Set seasonal goals and maintain owner and fans happiness - Handle unique GM situations such as player demands and morale events - In depth baseball coach, player, and general manager career stats - Yearly awards - Online ranked career mode: compete against other baseball GM and friends - Multiplayer leagues and ranked game modes - Portrait game simulation - Offline gm simulation Superstar players OR bargains? Spending your franchise money OR saving up? Building a squad patiently by draft OR trading up and signing elite free agents on your way to a squad of champions? Recruiting external coaches yearly or teaching yours patiently to build your dynasty? The choice is yours! Fulfill your destiny and become a legendary general manager, and build a long lasting baseball dynasty to rule the league for decades. Your franchise, Your dynasty.

Screenshots

Pennant Chase4 screens
Ultimate Pro Baseball GM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pennant Chase at none against Ultimate Pro Baseball GM's 13. Pennant Chase also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 55%). Ultimate Pro Baseball GM's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 20 months). On price, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Ultimate Pro Baseball GM sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Pennant Chase asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pennant Chase ships an update every 20 months, Ultimate Pro Baseball GM every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pennant Chase versus Ultimate Pro Baseball GM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPennant ChaseUltimate Pro Baseball GM
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (822 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews — better55.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—822 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#196 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB83 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBacci MediaGames2rk

Customer experience

Pennant Chase

Written reviews38 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%

Ultimate Pro Baseball GM

All ratings822 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive55.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative24.7%

Bugs and requests

Pennant Chase

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ultimate Pro Baseball GM

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Daily claim and win pass not working
  • Crashing after season 5
  • Gray screen issue
  • Can't claim free pass or daily rewards

Requested features

8 requests
  • More minor league teams
  • Ability to demote/promote players
  • Improved trading system
  • More realistic stats and outcomes
  • Ability to customize logos and teams
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  • Depth chart feature
  • Attribute upgrades for players
  • Scouting feature to find prospects

In-app purchases

None

Pennant Chase

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Ultimate Pro Baseball GM

One-time13
  • Motivate Tokens$0.99
  • Win Pass VIP$2.99
  • 150K Training Points$2.99
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  • 500m Bank Boost$2.99
  • UBBGM Premium$3.99
  • 300K Training Points$3.99
  • 1bn Bank Boost$3.99
  • Special Team Boost 2$4.99
  • 800K Training Points$6.99
  • 2.7bn Bank Boost$6.99
  • 2.2M Training Points$13.49
  • 7.5bn Bank Boost$13.49
  • 6.5M Training Points$26.99

Questions

Is Pennant Chase free?
Pennant Chase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Pro Baseball GM free?
Ultimate Pro Baseball GM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pennant Chase or Ultimate Pro Baseball GM have ads?
Pennant Chase shows ads; Ultimate Pro Baseball GM does not.
Which is updated more often, Pennant Chase or Ultimate Pro Baseball GM?
Pennant Chase ships an update every 20 months, and Ultimate Pro Baseball GM every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pennant Chase was updated on September 18, 2026 and Ultimate Pro Baseball GM on September 28, 2026.

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