Backside Stats vs Optimal 9
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/
Optimal 9
This app simulates baseball batting orders using real player statistics from recent seasons. It allows users to test different lineup configurations to maximize run scoring potential over a series of games. Analyze performance based on actual data and roster information.
- Batting order optimization
- Real statistical performance analysis
- 2022-2023 season data
- Roster integration
- Multi-game simulation
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Optimize the batting order for a baseball team using real statistical performance. This is a way to test your theories about which batter should hit in each position for maximum run scoring in a game. The simulator uses actual 2022 and 2023 statistics and rosters and allows you to choose any batting order over a large series of games to analyze the performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backside Stats at 80% against Optimal 9's 0%. Backside Stats also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). Optimal 9's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Optimal 9 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backside Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backside Stats has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Backside Stats's written reviews are positive against 0% of Optimal 9's.
Backside Stats ships an update monthly, Optimal 9 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backside Stats | Optimal 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (76 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backside Stats LLC | Stuart Zussman |
Customer experience
Backside Stats
Optimal 9
In-app purchases
Backside Stats
- Plus$49.991 Year
Optimal 9
No in-app purchases
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