Statbook vs Backside Stats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Statbook
This app allows users to enter and manage player, game, and statistics information for various sports directly from their mobile device. It supports creating team files, adding players, and updating game details, with templates for popular sports.
- Enter player statistics
- Create team files
- Manage game information
- Import/export data
- Sports templates (baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball)
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Statbook for iOS is a simple app for users of the Statbook Mac OS and Windows applications and allows you to enter in player, game, and statistics information from your favorite mobile device. Features include the ability to create team files, add players, create and update game information, and enter player statistics from an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. You can export iPhone compatible files from your Mac or Windows desktop application for import into the iOS app. This information includes all player data as well as any custom statistics you have created. Templates are also available for baseball/softball, basketball, football, soccer and volleyball from within the app. In addition, extensive reporting features are available from the desktop Statbook app, which is now available on the Mac App Store.
Backside Stats
Effortlessly track game scores and player statistics for slow-pitch softball. Designed for coaches and players to manage season-long performance and tournament data.
- Scorekeeping
- Player statistics tracking
- Season-long performance management
- Tournament data management
- Designed for coaches and players
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Backside stats - the app that makes score keeping easy. Specially designed for slow-pitch softball and baseball. Allows coaches and players an effortless way to keep track of game scores and players stats through the season and during tournaments. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backside Stats at 80% against Statbook's 33%. Backside Stats also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (76 vs 1). Statbook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.1). On price, ads, 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. Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Statbook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backside Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backside Stats has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Statbook's written reviews are positive against 80% of Backside Stats's.
Statbook ships an update every 4 months, Backside Stats monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Statbook | Backside Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (76 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pachyderm Software | Backside Stats LLC |
Customer experience
Statbook
Backside Stats
In-app purchases
Statbook
No in-app purchases
Backside Stats
- Plus$49.991 Year
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