Comparison

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball vs Seam Reader

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

Head to head
About

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball

Effortlessly track game progress for baseball and softball. This app helps you monitor the count, outs, score, and inning, ensuring you always have the correct game information. Ideal for parents, announcers, and umpires who need a quick and reliable scorekeeper.

Highlights
  • Track ball and strike count
  • Monitor outs
  • Keep score
  • Track innings
  • Subtract feature
  • Auto reset
Features
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Attention baseball Moms and Dads - what are the most common questions asked during a ball game? What's the count? How many out? What's the score? What inning is it? Ball Strike Clicker Baseball allows you to effortlessly track all of the above during a game, so you'll always know the right answer! What customers are saying: ** Great! - Perfect little app for keeping track of my sons score when there is no scoreboard. Quick easy and does precisely what I hoped it would. ** Fantastic - Able to keep track and watch more of the game. Two thumbs up! ** Love it!! - I no longer officiate but I announce. I use this as a back up to the scoreboard. ** Great! It is very helpful when I ump.” ** Excellent! - Great app, I used it today in a game and it is excellent, easy and fast to use! I'll recommend it to everybody! ** Awesome - Watching games when there is no scoreboard always has me wondering what the score is. I love helping keep track and knowing exactly where we are in the game. It also gets other fans to interact with me as they want to know the score as well. The subtract feature and auto reset are a definite plus.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball1 screens
Seam Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ball Strike Clicker Baseball at 89% against Seam Reader's 42%. Ball Strike Clicker Baseball also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Seam Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). On price 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. Seam Reader sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ball Strike Clicker Baseball asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball Strike Clicker Baseball has 366 ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Ball Strike Clicker Baseball's written reviews are positive against 42% of Seam Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball ships an update every 7 months, Seam Reader every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Ball Strike Clicker Baseball versus Seam Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBall Strike Clicker BaseballSeam Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (366 ratings) — better3.9 (64 ratings)
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings366 — better64
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHandtechnicsJared Tiefenthaler

Customer experience

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball

All ratings366 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.5%

Seam Reader

All ratings64 ratings
Positive64.1%
Neutral14.1%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App resets when closed or interrupted
  • App reset itself during a game
  • App eats a ton of battery life

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add bases to show runner location
  • 3 strikes record an out
  • 3 outs advance the inning
  • Option to pay to remove ads

Seam Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ball Strike Clicker Baseball

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Seam Reader

One-time4
  • 100 Seed Pack$0.99
  • Season Pass$3.99
  • 600 Seed Pack$4.99
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  • 1000 Seed Pack$7.99

Questions

Is Ball Strike Clicker Baseball free?
Ball Strike Clicker Baseball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seam Reader free?
Seam Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ball Strike Clicker Baseball or Seam Reader?
Ball Strike Clicker Baseball is rated higher. Ball Strike Clicker Baseball averages 4.6 out of 5 from 366 ratings, while Seam Reader averages 3.9 from 64 ratings.
Do Ball Strike Clicker Baseball or Seam Reader have ads?
Seam Reader shows ads; Ball Strike Clicker Baseball does not.
Which is updated more often, Ball Strike Clicker Baseball or Seam Reader?
Ball Strike Clicker Baseball ships an update every 7 months, and Seam Reader every 8 days. Most recently, Ball Strike Clicker Baseball was updated on September 25, 2026 and Seam Reader on July 5, 2026.

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