Comparison

Baseball Live vs Boxscore9

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live play-by-play
  • Team standings
  • Game schedules
  • Sortable stats
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Notifications
Features
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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.

About

Boxscore9

This app digitizes the traditional paper scorecard for sports games. It allows users to manually record game details, from pitch-by-pitch actions to simple outcomes, with options for freehand sketching or structured data entry. Results can be exported as PDFs.

Highlights
  • Team roster management
  • Detailed scorecards
  • Inning-by-inning entry
  • Freehand and structured entry
  • Automatic stat calculation
  • PDF export
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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Boxscore9 brings the paper scorecard into the digital age — score a full game by hand, without losing the feel of a real scorebook. Every box, every diamond, every inning is right where you expect it. Whether you're tracking pitch-by-pitch detail or just jotting the outcome with your finger or Apple Pencil, Boxscore9 keeps up with the game as it happens. FEATURES - Team Rosters — build your roster once, then reuse it across every game for faster scorecard setup - Scorecards — capture all the gameday essentials: lineup, pitchers, position chart, and game summary - Inning-by-Inning Entry — record every at-bat on a dense, landscape scorebook grid built for touch and stylus - Freehand or Structured — sketch plays your way with freehand ink, or use structured entry when you want the data to count toward stats - Full-Game Stats — batting and pitching lines calculated automatically from structured entries (freehand entry is not entered into the stats) - Export to PDF - export the results to PDF to share with your friends or team - iPhone and iPad — a dense grid that scales from a quick in-pocket game to a full iPad view from the stands No account, no sign-in. Your scorecards stay on your device. Free to download. A one-time purchase unlocks Pro and removes ads.

Screenshots

Baseball Live4 screens
Boxscore94 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Baseball Live at none against Boxscore9's shown. Baseball Live also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 1). Boxscore9's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Baseball Live sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Boxscore9 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Baseball Live against 5.0 for Boxscore9. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Baseball Live ships an update fortnightly, Boxscore9 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Baseball Live versus Boxscore9: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseball LiveBoxscore9
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (64 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB6 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperChris SchlittPaul Monday

Customer experience

Baseball Live

All ratings64 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Boxscore9

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Baseball Live

One-time5
  • Base-Hit Donation$0.99
  • RBI Double Donation$4.99
  • Complete-Game Shutout Donation$9.99
Show 2 more
  • No-Hitter Donation$49.99
  • Walk-Off Grand Slam Donation$99.99
1 purchases

Boxscore9

One-time1
  • Boxscore9$2.99

Questions

Is Baseball Live free?
Baseball Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boxscore9 free?
Boxscore9 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Baseball Live or Boxscore9?
Baseball Live and Boxscore9 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 64 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Baseball Live or Boxscore9 have ads?
Boxscore9 shows ads; Baseball Live does not.
Which is updated more often, Baseball Live or Boxscore9?
Baseball Live ships an update fortnightly, and Boxscore9 every 6 days. Most recently, Baseball Live was updated on October 1, 2026 and Boxscore9 on September 18, 2026.

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