SwimChamp vs Bitball Baseball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwimChamp
Manage a swimmer's career from local meets to world championships. Train realistic athletic characteristics and hone classic swimming skills. Compete in various distances and strokes, and climb leaderboards.
- Swimmer customization
- Training and upgrades
- Realistic athletic characteristics
- Skill sharpening
- Multiple race distances and strokes
- Leaderboard climbing
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The ultimate Swimming Simulator! Take your rookie swimmer from the local 25m breaststroke meet all the way up to the world championships in 200IM against the very best on the planet! In-depth simulation with swimmer customization, training and upgrades including realistic athletic characteristics like strength, fitness, stamina and lung capacity, but also all the classic skills you can sharpen through practice: dive, turn, streamline and all strokes techniques. Races include most distances from the 25m all the way up to 200m, in all 4 strokes: FreeStyle, BreastStroke, BackStroke and Butterfly, plus the Medley (IM). Improve your swimmer and technique, and climb your way up the leaderboards and challenge friends in competitions against the very best!
Bitball Baseball
Build a baseball dynasty by managing your squad, progressing players, and signing free agents. Improve your stadium and facilities to boost morale and set prices to satisfy fans and owners. Enjoy fast-paced gameplay with quick games to lead your team to victory.
- Roster management (rotation, bullpen, lineup)
- Player progression with XP or currency
- Free agent signings and player re-signing
- Stadium and facility improvements
- Fast-paced gameplay (5-10 minute games)
- Custom team editor (premium feature)
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Do you have what it takes to build your franchise into a baseball dynasty? Manage your squad, progress players, sign free agents, and slug it out against the Bitball League's best. Roster Management: - Rotation, Bullpen, and Lineup management - Trades - Off-season draft - Sign Free Agents - Re-sign players - Progress players with XP earned, or with in-game currency - Edit player name and appearance (feature available with purchase of premium version of game). Franchise Management - Improve Stadium and team facilities to improve player morale - Set ticket and concession prices to make your fans, or owner, happy - Custom Team Editor (feature available with purchase of premium version of game). Gameplay - Fast paced gameplay designed to get through games quickly. Games last on average 5-10 minutes. - Slug it out over a 20 game season in an effort to make the playoffs and go for glory. - Manage your pitcher's stamina carefully to get through each game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bitball Baseball at Free against SwimChamp's $0.99. Bitball Baseball also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (221 vs 40). SwimChamp's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (86% vs 49%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Bitball Baseball is free to download; SwimChamp costs $0.99 up front. SwimChamp sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Bitball Baseball sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SwimChamp holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bitball Baseball has 221 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of SwimChamp's written reviews are positive against 49% of Bitball Baseball's.
SwimChamp ships an update every 21 months, Bitball Baseball every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | SwimChamp | Bitball Baseball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (40 ratings) — better | 3.4 (221 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 49.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 221 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jean-Baptiste Bolcato | Matthew Steill |
Customer experience
SwimChamp
Bitball Baseball
Bugs and requests
SwimChamp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bitball Baseball
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing and crashing issues
- Disappearing baserunners
- Incorrect team assignments
- Premium features not unlocking properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add pitching mode
- Implement a coach mode to watch games
- Allow more customization options for players
- Improve save/load functionality
- Expand season length and playoff options
In-app purchases
SwimChamp
- Training Camp$0.99
- Boot Camp$1.99
- Intensive Boot Camp$2.99
Bitball Baseball
- 16,384(16K) Bytes$0.99
- 32,768 (32K) Bytes$1.99
- Premium$2.99
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- 65536 Bytes$3.99
Questions
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