StrikeEmOut vs Boxscore9
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StrikeEmOut
Easily create detailed baseball scorecards with intuitive play selection and custom entry options. Supports dark mode and works seamlessly on iPhone and iPad, allowing you to update scores anytime, anywhere.
- Quick play selection by tapping
- Custom score entry via long press
- Intuitive and easy to use interface
- Dark mode support
- iPhone and iPad compatibility
- Flexible detail level for scores
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This is the app you've been looking for! The scorekeeping app designed for the scorekeeper! Create beautiful scorecards quickly and easily! • Tap on the field to go through the most frequent plays you use! • Long press on the field to enter any score! • Intuitive and easy to use! • Supports dark mode! • Looks and works great on iPhone or iPad! • Add as much or as little detail as you want! Update any score, anywhere, any time!
Boxscore9
This app digitizes the traditional paper scorecard for sports games. It allows users to manually record game details, from pitch-by-pitch actions to simple outcomes, with options for freehand sketching or structured data entry. Results can be exported as PDFs.
- Team roster management
- Detailed scorecards
- Inning-by-inning entry
- Freehand and structured entry
- Automatic stat calculation
- PDF export
- iPhone and iPad support
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Boxscore9 brings the paper scorecard into the digital age — score a full game by hand, without losing the feel of a real scorebook. Every box, every diamond, every inning is right where you expect it. Whether you're tracking pitch-by-pitch detail or just jotting the outcome with your finger or Apple Pencil, Boxscore9 keeps up with the game as it happens. FEATURES - Team Rosters — build your roster once, then reuse it across every game for faster scorecard setup - Scorecards — capture all the gameday essentials: lineup, pitchers, position chart, and game summary - Inning-by-Inning Entry — record every at-bat on a dense, landscape scorebook grid built for touch and stylus - Freehand or Structured — sketch plays your way with freehand ink, or use structured entry when you want the data to count toward stats - Full-Game Stats — batting and pitching lines calculated automatically from structured entries (freehand entry is not entered into the stats) - Export to PDF - export the results to PDF to share with your friends or team - iPhone and iPad — a dense grid that scales from a quick in-pocket game to a full iPad view from the stands No account, no sign-in. Your scorecards stay on your device. Free to download. A one-time purchase unlocks Pro and removes ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boxscore9 at 5.0 against StrikeEmOut's 4.6. Boxscore9 also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). StrikeEmOut's advantage is ratings volume (173 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. StrikeEmOut sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Boxscore9 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Boxscore9 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StrikeEmOut has 173 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StrikeEmOut ships an update fortnightly, Boxscore9 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StrikeEmOut | Boxscore9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (173 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 173 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Matt Byrne | Paul Monday |
Customer experience
StrikeEmOut
Boxscore9
Bugs and requests
StrikeEmOut
Reported bugs
9 issues- Crashes 4-5 innings in, no save
- Data or coloring messed up after game completion
- Score sheet changed to black, cannot change back
- App is laggy
- View Player Hitting Stats not working
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- Export Game as Image results in white image
- Lineup feature unreliable, erases or duplicates
- Cannot place zeros in tally boxes
- Inadvertently touching completed play erases it
Requested features
28 requests- Add pitcher number at top of inning
- Add line under batter for pitching change
- Sync iPad and iPhone app
- Zoom in and pan player information
- Ability to set defaults for features
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- On-screen cheat sheet for abbreviations
- More lines for pitchers
- Easy way to update pitching stats per inning
- Automate total at-bats and hits for batters
- Apply score box customization globally
- Separate field for venue
- Option to hide ball/strike boxes
- Separate scoring colors for home/visitor
- Option to adjust filled-in diamond appearance
- Clear option in Play Section
- Import pitchers and catchers better
- Running pitch count for each pitcher
- Freeze first column or display player names
- Import uniform numbers
- Lock function for completed plays
- Automatically ask for color change on pitcher change
- Export scorecards as PDF
- Add written narrative to a play
- Minor League lineups
- Ability to use different colors for lineups
- Clarification on ball/strike box notations
- 12 batters vs 9 batters
- Ability to print scorecards
Boxscore9
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StrikeEmOut
- Scorebox Colors$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Boxscore9
- Boxscore9$2.99
Questions
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