Comparison

Pennant Chase vs Pro

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

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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

Pro

This baseball card game uses d20 dice rolls to simulate at-bats. Build a roster from original teams and players, then compete in full games or a season mode. Experience tabletop baseball mechanics on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • D20 dice-powered gameplay
  • Build custom rosters
  • 6 original teams
  • 60 unique players
  • Quick Play mode
  • Conquer the Diamond season mode
  • Local multiplayer
Features
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Pro-Roll Baseball is a d20 dice-powered baseball card game. Build your roster from 6 original teams — each with 10 unique players — set your batting order, and play full games where every at-bat is decided by the roll of the dice. In Quick Play, pick your team and take on the CPU (or a Friend locally on the same device) in a single exhibition game. In Conquer the Diamond, draft your squad and battle through a full season to claim the championship. Featuring 60 original players with unique stats, backstories, and d20 hit charts, Pro-Roll Baseball brings tabletop baseball to your phone.

Screenshots

Pennant Chase4 screens
Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pennant Chase at Free against Pro's $0.99. Pennant Chase also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 20 months). On rating, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pennant Chase is free to download; Pro costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pennant Chase against 5.0 for Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pennant Chase ships an update every 20 months, Pro daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pennant Chase versus Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPennant ChasePro
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#132 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB329 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBacci MediaAlex Arnowitz

In-app purchases

None

Pennant Chase

No in-app purchases

None

Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pennant Chase free?
Pennant Chase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pro free?
Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pennant Chase or Pro?
Pennant Chase and Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Pennant Chase or Pro have ads?
Pennant Chase shows ads; Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Pennant Chase or Pro?
Pennant Chase ships an update every 20 months, and Pro daily. Most recently, Pennant Chase was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pro on October 31, 2026.

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