Comparison

Score Tap vs Backside Stats

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

Head to head
About

Score Tap

Easily track baseball game scores and key stats from the stands. Share game summaries via email or live tweet updates. Focus on the game while this app handles the scorekeeping.

Highlights
  • Easy scorekeeping
  • Ball-strike count tracking
  • Out tracking
  • Live tweet game score
  • Email game summary
  • Focus on the game
Features
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Score Tap turns your iPhone or iPad into a baseball and softball scoreboard for the stands and the dugout. All nine innings are on the board at once, like the scoreboard at the ballpark. Nothing to set up, no account, no sign-in. Made for parents, coaches and scorekeepers at youth, school, rec and adult games. The free app shows a small banner ad at the bottom of the board. Score Tap Pro, a one-time purchase, removes it. ONE TAP PER RUN • Type the team names right on the board. Until you do, the line score reads VIS and HOME • Tap the date bar at the top for Game Details: date, location and team names, plus Start At to join a game already under way or put the board back on the right inning • +R adds a run to the half-inning being scored, +H a hit and +E an error • Runs, hits and errors are kept for every half-inning, with R, H and E totals • Games of 6, 7 or 9 innings (set it in Options or Game Details), with extra innings up to the 18th. Next and Prev move between half-innings • Tapped once too often? Tap Subtract, then the button to take one away: -R, -H, -E, -B, -S or -O • Errors go to the team in the field BALLS, STRIKES AND OUTS Tap B, S and O and the lights on the board show the count, like an umpire's indicator. Ball four clears the count for the next batter. Strike three is an out, and the third out moves the board to the next half-inning with no balls, strikes or outs. Third out tapped by mistake? Tap Undo straight away. THE END OF THE GAME The board knows when the last out or a walk-off ends the game: it shows FINAL beside the date, and Share Score says Final. Tap Next to play on. Mercy rule, or called for rain? Tap End Game in Game Details, or in the New Game menu. AFTER THE GAME • Share Score sends the result to Messages, Mail or any other app • E-mail Game Summary, in Options, sends the line score with the date and location • New Game saves this game to Game History, then starts a fresh one with the same teams or new ones. Nothing is lost, and Undo puts it back OPTIONS Tap the gear at the top right of the board. • Sound: Off, Clicks or Ball, with its own sound for the count, outs, runs, the change of sides and the final out • Vibration, on iPhone: a tap you can feel on the scoring buttons, and a double beat when three outs change sides • Prevent Sleep keeps the screen on during the game • Strike Three Is an Out, Next Half-Inning After 3 Outs and Clear the Count on Each Out: on by default, off to score your own way • Show Quick Tips Again brings back the first-launch tips ON IPAD The board is sized for the bigger screen, and in landscape the score and line score sit beside the buttons. SCORE TAP PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Free scores the game. Pro remembers the season. Tap Pro Features on the bottom bar to see it all, buy Pro or restore a purchase. • No ads • Game History: every game you score is saved, even before you upgrade, with its full line score, your team's record for this year, and CSV and e-mail export • Saved teams in their team colors • Stadium Display: turn your iPhone sideways for giant runs, the inning and the count, big enough for the bleachers, and turn it back to keep scoring. On iPad, tap the full-screen button at the top of the board • Share Score Card: a picture of the line score in the team colors • The live score and count on the iPhone Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and on a paired Apple Watch (iOS 18 or later; nothing to install on the watch) The score is saved on your device as you go, so a call in the middle of an inning won't cost you the game. Keeping score needs no internet connection. Questions or ideas? Email handtechnics@gmail.com

About

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.

Highlights
  • Scorekeeping
  • Player statistics tracking
  • Season-long performance management
  • Tournament data management
  • Designed for coaches and players
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Score Tap4 screens
Backside Stats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Backside Stats at none against Score Tap's shown. Backside Stats also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Score Tap's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Score Tap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Backside Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 143 and 78 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Score Tap's written reviews are positive against 80% of Backside Stats's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Score Tap ships an update every 7 months, Backside Stats monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Score Tap versus Backside Stats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScore TapBackside Stats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (143 ratings)4.7 (78 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.8% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings143 — better78
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHandtechnicsBackside Stats LLC

Customer experience

Score Tap

All ratings136 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive92.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.8%

Backside Stats

All ratings76 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Score Tap

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Sound effects are very loud and not adjustable by phone volume
  • Layout issues on small phone screens
  • Date function does not work in latest version
  • Publish to Facebook and Twitter doesn't work
  • Error messages about downloading Facebook when it's already installed
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  • Cannot save a game
  • App eats batteries like popcorn
  • Cannot make it through one game on one charge
  • Won't turn off sound effects regardless of volume settings

Requested features

10 requests
  • Option to switch team names
  • Automatically convert third strike to an out
  • Automatically convert third out to an inning
  • Adjustable number of innings for softball
  • Way to remove ads
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  • Add comments to email results
  • Make overall current score more prominent
  • Clear balls and strikes automatically on 4 balls or 3 strikes
  • Ability to add extra innings
  • Way to save games

Backside Stats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Score Tap

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Backside Stats

Subscriptions1
  • Plus$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Score Tap free?
Score Tap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backside Stats free?
Backside Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Score Tap or Backside Stats?
Backside Stats is rated higher. Score Tap averages 4.5 out of 5 from 143 ratings, while Backside Stats averages 4.7 from 78 ratings.
Do Score Tap or Backside Stats have ads?
Score Tap shows ads; Backside Stats does not.
Which is updated more often, Score Tap or Backside Stats?
Score Tap ships an update every 7 months, and Backside Stats monthly. Most recently, Score Tap was updated on October 26, 2026 and Backside Stats on October 24, 2026.

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