Comparison

Backyard Baseball '01 vs YouDontKnowBall

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

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About

Backyard Baseball '01

Relive a classic baseball game enhanced for modern devices. Assemble your dream team with quirky kids and legendary MLB players, then compete in pick-up games or full seasons with fun power-ups and lively commentary.

Highlights
  • Assemble dream teams
  • Play pick-up games or full seasons
  • Customize uniforms
  • Utilize pitching and batting power-ups
  • Features legendary MLB players
  • Includes hilarious bloopers
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STEP UP TO THE PLATE Relive the second baseball game in the Backyard Sports franchise, now enhanced to run on iOS. Whether you're picking your dream team, playing a pick-up game, or diving into a full season, step up to the plate and experience the game that made baseball fun for everyone! Backyard Baseball ‘01 teams up the Backyard kids with Backyardified MLB legends. Create your own Backyard team, customize your uniforms, and strategize to win the Championship. Play a single pick-up game or play through an entire season. Backyard Baseball ‘01 features intuitive controls for all ages! SWING BACK INTO BASEBALL Enjoy baseball like it’s 2001! 30 Charming Backyard kids Legendary MLB Players MLB Team Marks Hilarious Bloopers 8 Classic Ballparks 9 Pitching Power-ups and 4 batting Power-ups Lively commentary from Sunny Day and Vinnie To get into the swing of things, choose a batter and face Mr. Clanky for some batting practice. This is where you’ll learn just when to click to make your chosen batter hit the ball! THE GOAT RETURNS Play with the legend himself, Pablo Sanchez. Build a roster from a cast of 30 hilarious child athletes and 28 legendary pros that made Backyard Baseball ‘01 a sports classic. Returning MLB players include Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr., Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Randy Johnson, Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Bagwell, Jason Giambi, Chipper Jones, Jeromy Burnitz, Mark McGwire, Shawn Green, Vladimir Guerrero, Kenny Lofton, Jason Kendall, Barry Larkin, Marty Cordova, Mo Vaughn, Raul Mondesi, Curt Schilling, Alex Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Carlos Beltran, Tony Gwynn, Ivan Rodriguez, and Jose Canseco. Game Modes include: Choose from three modes of play (Easy Mode, Medium Mode, Hard Mode) Random Pick-up: A quick way to jump right in! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself and the game starts immediately. Single Game: You take turns with the computer choosing players from a random pool of characters. Season: You pick your home field, create a team, and manage the team through a 14 game series. The opposing teams are computer generated. At the end of the season, the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs (best of 3). If you keep winning, you’ll compete in the Super Entire Nation Tournament and Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION At our core, we are fans first – not just of video games, but of the Backyard Sports franchise. Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years, and we are excited to deliver. Without having access to the source code, there are hard limitations on the experience we can create. As an example, we can’t use the original 32bit code to support modern macOS, as even with an incredibly clever wrapper, macOS can’t execute the binaries. Backyard Baseball ‘01 runs well, looks better than ever, includes new bonus features to test your mettle, and creates a new installation for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog that allows the next generation of fans to fall in love with the game.

About

YouDontKnowBall

A word association game where players must name a person whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous person's first name. It encourages recalling obscure sports figures to keep the chain going.

Highlights
  • Classic name chain gameplay
  • Sports-themed player recall
  • Simple, easy-to-learn rules
  • Encourages deep sports knowledge
  • Social interaction encouraged
Features
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You Don't Know Ball is a classic name chain game. The next player in the chain's first name must start with the first letter of the previous player's last name. That's it, those are the rules. Dig deep to remember your favorite pinch hitter from your child hood or the 5th inning mop up guy in your favorite team's bullpen. Yelling at your friends, "You Don't Know Ball!", the next time you see them in person is optional, but encouraged!

Screenshots

Backyard Baseball '014 screens
YouDontKnowBall2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: YouDontKnowBall at Free against Backyard Baseball '01's $4.99. YouDontKnowBall also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Backyard Baseball '01's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (649 vs 2). On in-app purchases, 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

YouDontKnowBall is free to download; Backyard Baseball '01 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YouDontKnowBall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Baseball '01 has 649 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Backyard Baseball '01's written reviews are positive against 100% of YouDontKnowBall's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Backyard Baseball '01 versus YouDontKnowBall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackyard Baseball '01YouDontKnowBall
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (649 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings649 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size359 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlayground Productions LLCBRIAN JOSEPH LAU

Customer experience

Backyard Baseball '01

All ratings649 ratings
Positive68.7%
Neutral8.8%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral18.1%
Negative26.4%

YouDontKnowBall

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Backyard Baseball '01

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Soft-lock in Season mode
  • Inconsistent player abilities (e.g., Pablo Sanchez)

Requested features

3 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Full-screen mode on mobile
  • Faster game pace

YouDontKnowBall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Backyard Baseball '01

No in-app purchases

None

YouDontKnowBall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backyard Baseball '01 free?
Backyard Baseball '01 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is YouDontKnowBall free?
YouDontKnowBall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backyard Baseball '01 or YouDontKnowBall?
YouDontKnowBall is rated higher. Backyard Baseball '01 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 649 ratings, while YouDontKnowBall averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Backyard Baseball '01 or YouDontKnowBall have ads?
YouDontKnowBall shows ads; Backyard Baseball '01 does not.

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