Baseball Live vs HomeCourse Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baseball Live
Stay updated with your favorite MLB team through live play-by-play, standings, and schedules. Get real-time game updates directly on your Lock Screen with Live Activities and notifications.
- Live play-by-play
- Team standings
- Game schedules
- Sortable stats
- Lock Screen Live Activities
- Notifications
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Follow your favorite MLB team with live play-by-play, standings, schedules, sortable stats and much more. Plus, follow the game on your Lock Screen with Live Activities and Notifications.
HomeCourse Hero
Track your golf game hole-by-hole to gain insights specific to your home course. Analyze detailed statistics like GIR%, fairway hits, and putting to improve your scoring and identify strengths and weaknesses. Features include a virtual caddie and friend comparisons.
- Hole-by-hole logging
- Detailed golf statistics
- Birdie Tracker
- Virtual Caddie club recommendations
- Friend comparison
- Approach shot analysis by distance
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HomeCourse Hero is the golf tracking app built for players who play the same course over and over — and want to get better at it. Log every round hole-by-hole: where your drive landed, your approach distance and result, your short game, and your putts. Over time, HomeCourse Hero turns that data into insights that are specific to your game on your course. WHAT YOU GET: • Hole-by-hole logging — Drive location, approach distance, approach result, short game, and putts • Stats that matter — GIR%, fairway hit%, average approach distance, putts per round, scoring trend • Birdie Tracker — See which holes you've birdied this year and chase the full 18 • Score distribution — Eagles, birdies, pars, bogeys, and doubles at a glance • Virtual Caddie — Club recommendations based on your data and hole data and layout • Friend comparison — Compare your scoring stats side-by-side with a friend • Approach by distance — See your GIR% broken down by yardage to know your best scoring range HomeCourse Hero is designed to be fast to use on the course — log a hole in seconds and keep playing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HomeCourse Hero at none against Baseball Live's 5. HomeCourse Hero also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Baseball Live's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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. Baseball Live sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. HomeCourse Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Baseball Live against 5.0 for HomeCourse Hero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baseball Live has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Baseball Live ships an update fortnightly, HomeCourse Hero every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baseball Live | HomeCourse Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 12+ |
| Developer | Chris Schlitt | Ryan Shaw |
Bugs and requests
Baseball Live
Reported bugs
5 issues- Player birthdays incorrect
- Player birthplace data incorrect
- Notification settings not loading/working
- Schedule not available on Apple Watch
- Finished games not displaying info on Apple Watch
Requested features
8 requests- Add at bat notifications for pitchers
- Make Apple Watch app for other sports (NFL, NBA, NHL)
- Reword notifications to focus on leading team
- Ability to change theme separate from system settings
- See notifications for pitching changes
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- Team logos as app icon
- Dark mode for widget
- Favorite multiple teams
HomeCourse Hero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Baseball Live
- Base-Hit Donation$0.99
- RBI Double Donation$4.99
- Complete-Game Shutout Donation$9.99
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- No-Hitter Donation$49.99
- Walk-Off Grand Slam Donation$99.99
HomeCourse Hero
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Baseball Live free?
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