Comparison

Backside Stats vs PlatePro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Scorekeeping
  • Player statistics tracking
  • Season-long performance management
  • Tournament data management
  • Designed for coaches and players
Features
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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/

About

PlatePro

Features
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GameChanger tells you what happened. PlatePro helps you understand why. PlatePro is a baseball hitter-development app built for coaches who want to go beyond batting average, hits, and box-score statistics. Track each at-bat pitch by pitch and uncover the decisions, approaches, and quality of contact behind the result. Whether a hitter goes 3-for-4 or 0-for-3, PlatePro helps answer a more useful coaching question: What did the hitter actually do at the plate—and what should we work on next? UNDERSTAND SWING DECISIONS Track more than balls and strikes. Evaluate swings at strikes, swings at balls, takes on strikes, takes on balls, chase control, strike engagement, two-strike approaches, and plate-discipline trends. MEASURE CONTACT QUALITY Not every hit is a quality swing—and not every out is a bad at-bat. Track hard and soft contact, line drives, ground balls, fly balls, pull/middle/opposite-field contact, fouls, whiffs, and in-play results. TRACK QUALITY AT-BATS Evaluate what coaches value but traditional statistics often miss: Quality At-Bats, walks/HBP, strikeouts, productive outcomes, swing decisions, contact quality, and plate approach. PLATE DISCIPLINE REPORT Turn pitch-by-pitch decisions into an easy-to-understand view of a hitter’s approach. Identify zone-control strengths, chase tendencies, strike engagement, decision patterns, and areas for improvement. HITTER DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE GAME The game should not end when the final out is recorded. Connect performance to the next step with coach notes, player reflections, development goals, next-game focus, and training priorities. SEE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME One game is a snapshot. Look across multiple games for patterns in swing decisions, plate discipline, contact quality, quality at-bats, strikeouts, walks, and hitter tendencies. BUILT FOR COACHES PlatePro is designed to be simple enough to use during a real baseball game while still providing meaningful development data afterward. Log pitches and outcomes as the game happens, then use the reports to guide conversations with players. MORE THAN STATS Traditional baseball apps are great at telling you the score, batting average, and what happened during the game. PlatePro is built for a different question: Why did it happen—and how do we help the hitter improve? Turn every at-bat into better information. Turn better information into better coaching. Turn better coaching into better hitters.

Screenshots

Backside Stats4 screens
PlatePro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlatePro at none against Backside Stats's 1. PlatePro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. PlatePro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backside Stats ships an update monthly, PlatePro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Backside Stats versus PlatePro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackside StatsPlatePro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (76 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBackside Stats LLCJeff Kish

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backside Stats

Subscriptions1
  • Plus$49.991 Year
None

PlatePro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backside Stats free?
Backside Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlatePro free?
PlatePro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backside Stats or PlatePro have ads?
Neither Backside Stats nor PlatePro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backside Stats or PlatePro?
Backside Stats ships an update monthly, and PlatePro every 2 weeks. Most recently, Backside Stats was updated on October 13, 2026 and PlatePro on October 5, 2026.

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