Comparison

Backside Stats vs Umply Live

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

Umply Live

This platform provides a real-time, game-day experience for baseball and softball. It records every pitch and play to deliver professional statistics, analytics, and live game access for teams, leagues, and officials. Features include offline support, AI-generated game summaries, and detailed player development insights.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch-by-pitch recording
  • Offline game tracking
  • Professional statistics and analytics
  • AI-generated game summaries
  • Live game access for fans
  • Player development insights
Features
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Umply Live is a real-time, game-day experience platform for baseball and softball. Designed for teams, leagues, and officials, Umply Live records games pitch-by-pitch and delivers professional-grade statistics, analytics, and live access to everyone involved. Track Games Live Record every pitch, at-bat, and outcome as the game happens — even in low-connectivity environments with offline support. Professional Statistics & Analytics Automatically generate detailed stats and insights that support player development, coaching decisions, and post-game review. AI-Generated Game Summaries Create clear, accurate game recaps instantly after the final out. Built for the Entire Game • Coaches get real-time insights and long-term player tracking • Players build a verified statistical history • Umpires benefit from smoother, more organized game operations • Fans follow games live from anywhere through shareable links — no app required Part of the Umply Platform Umply Live works seamlessly with the Umply App, which handles league management, scheduling, payments, and assignments. Umply runs the league. Umply Live runs the game. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Backside Stats4 screens
Umply Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Backside Stats at free against Umply Live's freemium. Backside Stats also leads on ratings volume (76 vs 2). Umply Live's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and Umply Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Umply Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backside Stats has 76 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backside Stats versus Umply Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackside StatsUmply Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (76 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBackside Stats LLCThomas Vaccaro

Customer experience

Backside Stats

All ratings76 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Umply Live

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backside Stats

Subscriptions1
  • Plus$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Umply Live

Subscriptions2
  • Umply Coach$14.991 Month
  • Umply Coach Annual$114.991 Year

Questions

Is Backside Stats free?
Backside Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Umply Live free?
Umply Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backside Stats or Umply Live?
Umply Live is rated higher. Backside Stats averages 4.7 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Umply Live averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Backside Stats or Umply Live have ads?
Neither Backside Stats nor Umply Live shows ads.

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