ringHunter vs Seam Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ringHunter
Track your shooting performance with detailed logs and visual analysis. Record shot details, equipment settings, and location for comprehensive training evaluation. Transfer data to your PC for advanced analysis.
- Log shooting results with date, time, and device
- Visualize results with bar graphs and numerical data
- Track equipment settings and sight adjustments
- Record GPS location of shooting sessions
- Transfer data to PC for spreadsheet analysis
- Includes a timer for reaction time analysis
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ringHunter is the app for your shooting training. With this app you have a list of all your shooting results. You see where, when you shoot, and with what device you sport. You get your results as a bar graph and numbers displayed in your results can change because of changes to see your sports equipment. You have an overview of your settings on sports equipment, as well as themselves on the respective sports equipment Furthermore, you can transfer your data to your PC shooting at them and then evaluate, for example using a spreadsheet. You can watch every single sentence in tabular form. You can enter the results of a maximum of 10 shooters. A timer will help you with your shooting training. The reaction time is automatically recorded and stored for analysis. This app should not be missed by an ambitious target shooters. The input is a simple and very fast way. You can you concentrate on the shooting. Your sight settings, and the shooting distance is saved. The visor can be changed from shot to shot. You must not always be entered, but only if you set something else. The various settings are displayed in sight of a table, and must therefore no longer be listed separately. Your position, if your device is equipped with GPS will also be secured. The number of shots per series is adjustable from 1 to 10, the number of runs per set is almost fully adjustable. The representation of values is realized via a bar graph, each bar is selected via horizontal scrolling, while the corresponding values of Sight settings, the location, the average hit number, date, time, the number of tens, was shot with what weapon, displayed be. The location of your target practice can be viewed on a map, it must have been the GPS coordinates stored in your target practice with, and furthermore has an Internet connection available. GPS coordinates are not in the database, you can not click on the map. You can enter a description of your sports equipment in a database. The weapons are stored according to your respective area code with the shooting results. They are therefore also available for statistical evaluation. In the statistics in landscape mode, the filters for the respective weapon and distances are set, and the display can be influenced in the scaling. To the filter settings you will reach through a "double tap" on the desktop. Alternatively, you can even by shaking the iPhone or iPod to switch between the filters. ringHunter allows the shooting data using FTP or e-mail to your PC / MAC / LINUX transfer. Data can then be imported into a common spreadsheet.
Seam Reader
Improve your baseball or softball hitting skills by learning to recognize pitches based on their spin and appearance. This app offers modes to learn, practice, and test your ability to identify different pitch types and speeds, from little league to professional levels.
- Learn pitch "faces" from spin
- Real-life analytics (RPM, MPH)
- Learn Mode for 6 baseball/softball pitches
- Batting Cage for practice
- Career Mode with increasing difficulty
- Adjustable pitch speeds
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The ONLY WAY to actually get BETTER AT HITTING by playing on your phone. Seam Reading is the ability to recognize a pitch by how it looks. Each pitch has a different “face” that the spin creates. Knowing what each pitch looks like could be the difference between strike 3, or a home run. In Seam Reader all the balls and pitches use real life analytics in RPM as well as MPH. From a little league fastball all the way up to a major league heater, the app has it all. Discover what every pitch looks like in our one of a kind Learn Mode, that features 6 pitches for baseball and 6 for softball. Practice a variety of pitches and difficulties in the Batting Cage mode. Here speeds vary from your average little leaguer to your major league or Olympic level ace! Test your Seam Reading skills in Career Mode. With increasing variety of pitches and speeds, the accuracy is as real to life as it gets on a phone. Download now if you want to get better at “the hardest thing to do in sports” - hitting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Seam Reader at Free against ringHunter's $4.99. Seam Reader also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (42% vs 0%). ringHunter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Seam Reader is free to download; ringHunter costs $4.99 up front. Seam Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ringHunter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Seam Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seam Reader has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ringHunter's written reviews are positive against 42% of Seam Reader's.
ringHunter ships an update every 2 weeks, Seam Reader every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ringHunter | Seam Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.9 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heiko Notmann | Jared Tiefenthaler |
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ringHunter
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In-app purchases
ringHunter
No in-app purchases
Seam Reader
- 100 Seed Pack$0.99
- Season Pass$3.99
- 600 Seed Pack$4.99
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- 1000 Seed Pack$7.99
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