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.
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.
- Join new leagues
- Submit trade offers
- Edit lineups
- Manage farm system
- Change team strategy
- View standings and stats
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Ultimate Pro Baseball GM sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Pennant Chase asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Pennant Chase | Ultimate Pro Baseball GM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (822 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 55.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 822 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #196 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bacci Media | Games2rk |
Customer experience
Pennant Chase
Ultimate Pro Baseball GM
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
Pennant Chase
No in-app purchases
Ultimate Pro Baseball GM
- 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?
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Do Pennant Chase or Ultimate Pro Baseball GM have ads?
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