USSSA vs SubHook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USSSA
This app serves as a comprehensive resource for USSSA events, providing schedules, updates, and results for players, coaches, parents, and fans. Access team schedules, tournament brackets, venue information, and shop for official merchandise.
- Team schedules
- Event updates and notifications
- Pitching reports and tournament brackets
- Venue information and directions
- Official USSSA merchandise shop
- Lodging options
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Introducing the official USSSA mobile app. Whether you're a player, coach, parent, or fan, USSSA mobile is the ultimate resource for everything you need to know for your next event. With USSSA mobile, you can access your team's schedule, get updates about upcoming events, view pitching reports and tournament brackets, find out about venues and lodging options, and shop for official USSSA gear. Designed to make it easy to stay informed and connected, USSSA mobile makes it easy to access all the latest information and updates, right from your mobile device. Features include: - Schedules: Easily view your team's schedule and stay up-to-date on upcoming games and events. - Event updates: Get notifications about important schedule updates, event information, and news. - Pitching reports/brackets/results: Stay in the know with updated game results and tournament brackets. - Venues: See game locations and get easy directions to fields. - Merchandise/apparel: Shop official USSSA gear and show your support for your team. - Lodging: Find out about lodging options and easily plan your travel arrangements.
SubHook
This app connects team managers needing last-minute substitute players with players looking for games to join. It streamlines the process of finding players for recreational softball and baseball games, managing rosters, and confirming attendance.
- Post game broadcasts for substitute players
- Players broadcast availability
- Search player directory by position and skill
- Roster and waitlist management
- Attendance confirmation
- In-app messaging
- Game calendar
- Map and directions
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SubHook helps recreational teams find fill-in players, organize rosters, and get more games played across softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey. Whether you manage a team that is one player short or you are looking for your next game, SubHook connects local sports communities in one place. CHOOSE YOUR SPORT Switch between softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey. Each sport has its own positions, venue search, community feed, teams, conversations, and visual identity. POST OR FIND A GAME Managers can broadcast an open roster spot with the date, time, venue, positions needed, skill level, and notes. Players can browse nearby opportunities and respond in seconds. Players can also post their availability so teams know who is ready to play. MANAGE YOUR TEAM Keep schedules, rosters, roll calls, attendance, waitlists, and team communication together. When a rostered player drops, the next available player can be promoted and notified. MATCH BY SPORT AND POSITION Create sport-specific player profiles and select the positions you play in each sport. Search for nearby players using position, skill level, availability, and distance. FIND THE RIGHT VENUE Discover fields, pitches, courts, gyms, arenas, and rinks near you. Venue search uses sport-specific results, maps, and directions. STAY CONNECTED Message players and managers without sharing your phone number. Sport-scoped inboxes keep each team and community organized. USEFUL NOTIFICATIONS Get notified about nearby games, broadcast responses, roster updates, attendance confirmations, waitlist promotions, messages, and reminders. Notifications open directly to the relevant game or conversation. KEY FEATURES • Softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey support • Sport-specific positions and player profiles • Open roster and player-availability broadcasts • Nearby player and game discovery • Team rosters, schedules, roll calls, and waitlists • Attendance confirmation and reminders • Direct and team messaging • Sport-specific venue search and maps • Game calendar and directions • Free Agent and Active Now availability • Push notifications with deep links Stop chasing group chats. Find the players you need, join the games you want, and keep every team organized with SubHook.
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Verdict
USSSA and SubHook both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SubHook's written reviews are positive against 64% of USSSA's. SubHook also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). USSSA's advantage is ratings volume (31K vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for USSSA against 5.0 for SubHook. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USSSA has 31K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of USSSA's written reviews are positive against 100% of SubHook's.
USSSA ships an update every 3 weeks, SubHook every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USSSA | SubHook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (31K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tournament Sites LLC | VibeCMD |
Customer experience
USSSA
SubHook
Bugs and requests
USSSA
Reported bugs
3 issues- Teams and schedules not always updated
- Login required too frequently
- Certain features not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add leaderboards and all-tournament team selections
- Implement face recognition login
- Provide access to USSSA rule book
- Allow customizing default search parameters
- Add weather updates and alerts for schedule changes
SubHook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
USSSA
No in-app purchases
SubHook
No in-app purchases









