Backside Stats vs Contend Sports
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Scorekeeping
- Player statistics tracking
- Season-long performance management
- Tournament data management
- Designed for coaches and players
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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/
Contend Sports
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Contend helps recreational sports players, captains, referees, and league directors run organized competition. Browse leagues and tournaments, register as a player or team, create teams, manage rosters, invite teammates, and connect free agents. Keep up with match schedules, venues, scores, standings, referee assignments, QR check-in, waivers, and payment status. Team chat, direct messages, announcements, email, and push notifications keep everyone informed. Optional Google Calendar sync puts match schedules on a calendar you choose. Players can share profile photos and teams can upload logos. Contend requires an account and is intended for people 13 and older. League-fee payments use Stripe. The app includes optional Backyard tournament tools with in-app purchase support. Community tools include blocking and reporting. Review the Privacy Policy and Terms before using Contend. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://contend.site/privacy
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Verdict
Backside Stats and Contend Sports are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and Contend Sports sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Backside Stats ships an update monthly, Contend Sports every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backside Stats | Contend Sports |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (79 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Backside Stats LLC | Contend LLC |
In-app purchases
Backside Stats
- Plus$49.991 Year
Contend Sports
- Backyard Pro$4.991 Month
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