Comparison

Baseball WhiteBoard vs Roster Blast

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

Head to head
About

Baseball WhiteBoard

This app simulates a portable dry-erase baseball coach's whiteboard. Drag players and the ball to illustrate plays, customize team colors, and add player labels. Save and recall plays, and draw lines to show player movement.

Highlights
  • Player and ball positioning simulation
  • Customizable team colors and player designations
  • Pinch, zoom, scroll, and rotate gestures
  • Drawing pens for lines and erasing
  • Trailing lines to show player movement
  • Save and recall player/team data
  • iCloud support for data synchronization
Features
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Now updated for 64-bit devices and iOS7 (and newer)! Baseball WhiteBoard is an application which allows you to display player and ball positioning as you would on a portable dry-erase baseball coach's white board. It is a universal application that works on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Simply drag the players and ball around with your fingertips as you explain to a player how to position themselves on the field! You can utilize pinch/zoom/scroll/rotate gestures and controls to focus on any area of the field you'd like (or leave it at a full-field display). Teams can be represented by a wide variety of colors and you can have any number of players on each team on the field at any time. The letter designation on each player can be left at the default "position" numbers OR you can put a custom letter/number combination (as many as three characters on the iPad, two on other iOS devices) to represent a player's initials or their number. You also have the option of displaying a label (such as the player's name) underneath the circle. Player positions, labels and designations can be saved for future recall. You can also save team data separately for use with multiple white boards. Originally released for the iPhone in summer of 2009, it is one of the original applications of its kind! It's been totally re-written to take advantage of the latest and greatest features in iOS and to implement some of the great suggestions/feature requests received from users over the years! Visit http://www.sandcrater.com for more information and to access the Baseball WhiteBoard user manual, support pages and responses to user feedback. Need to draw lines on the white board? Activate one of the three drawing pens to draw different colored lines on the white board. By default the pens are red, green and blue but you have the option of changing the color of any given pen. To erase lines, simply use the erase control in the icon palette. iPhone and iPod touch users can also give the device a good shake to clear the lines. Want to show where a player came from when moved? Turn on the "trailing lines" feature and a narrow line will be drawn along the path that each player is moved. This illustrates where the player "came from" before that player reached their current position. Configuring Baseball WhiteBoard is as easy as double tapping anywhere on the field (for iPhone and iPod touch users) or simply using the on screen controls to the side of the field (for iPad users). The controls area is where you set the number of players on the field, team colors, the trailing lines function and is where you go to save the current whiteboard and load previously saved ones. Baseball WhiteBoard supports some of the latest features in iOS such as iCloud! Team data and white board data can optionally be saved to iCloud allowing you to access them from any of your iOS devices. The same data can be easily edited from both an iPad and an iPhone/iPod touch with ease and without loss of precision. Other more recent iOS features such as support for retina displays, printing to AirPrint printers and utilizing screen mirroring through AirPlay are supported. Baseball WhiteBoard allows you to use your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad as a tool to help teach players of any age. Younger players are drawn in to the high-tech solution and will not be as easily distracted when compared to using a traditional white/clip board. Not on the field? Use Baseball WhiteBoard to set up a scenario and then ask your players to move the dots to the right position! It can be used as a teaching tool both on and off the bench.

About

Roster Blast

Simplify baseball and softball coaching by quickly creating and managing player lineups and field positions. Easily activate/inactivate players, set batting orders, and generate printable lineups and diagrams. Say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to an intuitive interface for game day management.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop player positions
  • Drag and drop batting order
  • Printable lineups and diagrams
  • Quickly activate/inactivate players
  • Load and save lineups
  • Import/Export lineups
  • Randomize player positions
Features
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Are you a baseball or softball coach who is tired of spreadsheets, hours spent on lineups, and last-minute no-shows? Well, look no further!   With this app, you can quickly activate or inactivate players, update their field positions, set the batting order, and print lineups and diagrams - in an easy-to-use interface! You will never go back to spreadsheets again! Features include: * Drag and drop player positions; * Drag and drop batting order; * Counts for positions played; * Print counts, lineups, and diagrams; * Load and save lineups; * Quickly activate or inactivate players from your roster; and * Autosave. * Game & Inning Notes with preselects. * Smart randomization - and unlock app to access even more advanced tools like unique, fairness, historic, and weighted positions. Added Features: * Printable Scoresheets - Generates an auto-populated Team Lineup, with a blank scoresheet for the opposing team; * Import / Export (available with existing Roster Unlock — an In-App Purchase) - Email, text, or Airdrop lineup - or even edit in a spreadsheet; * Multigame (Season) Stats - See position totals over more than one game; * Infield, Infield+, and Outfield columns are now part of the positioning tabulation; Additional features include: * Duplicate prior inning; * Clear the field; * Set innings (2-9 innings); and * Set 9 or 10 positions, and up to 14 positions with full roster unlock (i.e., extra outfield positions) - great for younger leagues! * Roster View — Import your roster from a photo or document scan. It can even recognize some handwriting and add parent email addresses. * Import / Export — You can now select multiple lineups. * Cloud — Pull saved rosters from the cloud with an in-app purchase, making it easy to move between your iPhone and iPad. * Season Stats — New season heat maps, diagrams and percentage views with an in-app purchase. * Notes — New Game and Inning Notes with convenient preselects. Add or edit preselects with an in-app purchase. Track in-game events for your next practice and easily email a parent-friendly version after the game. * Two-Team Switch — Add a quick team switch to the main screen with an in-app purchase. Great for coaches managing two teams or viewing home and away teams! Download today!

Screenshots

Baseball WhiteBoard3 screens
Roster Blast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Roster Blast at 87% against Baseball WhiteBoard's 0%. Roster Blast also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (132 vs 1). Baseball WhiteBoard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Roster Blast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Baseball WhiteBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roster Blast holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roster Blast has 132 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Baseball WhiteBoard's written reviews are positive against 87% of Roster Blast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Baseball WhiteBoard ships an update monthly, Roster Blast fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Baseball WhiteBoard versus Roster Blast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseball WhiteBoardRoster Blast
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (132 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1132 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRon DiNapoliWilliam Fay

Customer experience

Baseball WhiteBoard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Roster Blast

All ratings129 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

Baseball WhiteBoard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Roster Blast

One-time1
  • Unlock all slots (26 total)$1.99

Questions

Is Baseball WhiteBoard free?
Baseball WhiteBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roster Blast free?
Roster Blast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Baseball WhiteBoard or Roster Blast?
Roster Blast is rated higher. Baseball WhiteBoard averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Roster Blast averages 4.9 from 132 ratings.
Do Baseball WhiteBoard or Roster Blast have ads?
Neither Baseball WhiteBoard nor Roster Blast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Baseball WhiteBoard or Roster Blast?
Baseball WhiteBoard ships an update monthly, and Roster Blast fortnightly. Most recently, Baseball WhiteBoard was updated on October 14, 2026 and Roster Blast on October 24, 2026.

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