Comparison

Backyard Baseball '01 vs Feltzee

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

Feltzee

Experience classic five-dice scoring on a virtual green felt table. Enjoy a full game on a single screen with no scrolling, accounts, or internet needed. Save your progress and local high scores for family play.

Highlights
  • Classic five-dice scoring
  • Roll up to three times per turn
  • Hold dice to strategize
  • Thirteen scoring boxes
  • Upper bonus for five of a kind
  • Single-screen gameplay
  • Auto-save progress
  • Local top 10 high scores
Features
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Classic five-dice scoring on a green felt table. One screen, no scrolling. No account and no internet required to play. Optional Game Center Daily and All Time boards if you want them. Roll up to three times a turn. Hold the dice you want. Fill thirteen boxes, Aces through Chance, full house, straights, and five of a kind. Chase the upper bonus. Land five of a kind, then try for more. The whole game stays on one portrait screen: scorecard, dice, and the next action. Leave mid-game and Feltzee picks up exactly where you stopped. When you finish, save a named score to a local top 10, built for a shared family phone. Turn on Game Center in Settings to post finished games to Daily and All Time. WHAT YOU GET - Classic rules, including bonus five-of-a-kind and joker placement - Tap to hold, with potential scores on every open box - In-progress games saved on device - Shared top-10 high scores with editable names - Optional Game Center Daily and All Time leaderboards - Unlockable play tables as you post higher scores - Haptics only, no sound. Sign-in only if you opt into Game Center - Green felt in Light and Dark Feltzee is a quiet table in your pocket. Pass the phone. Beat the house high score.

Screenshots

Backyard Baseball '014 screens
Feltzee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Feltzee at Free against Backyard Baseball '01's $4.99. Feltzee also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Backyard Baseball '01's advantage is ratings volume (649 vs 7) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

Feltzee 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

Feltzee 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 7, 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 Feltzee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backyard Baseball '01 ships an update every 2 days, Feltzee every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Backyard Baseball '01 versus Feltzee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackyard Baseball '01Feltzee
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (649 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings649 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size359 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlayground Productions LLCLoren Davies

Customer experience

Backyard Baseball '01

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

Feltzee

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 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

Feltzee

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Backyard Baseball '01

No in-app purchases

None

Feltzee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backyard Baseball '01 free?
Backyard Baseball '01 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Feltzee free?
Feltzee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backyard Baseball '01 or Feltzee?
Feltzee is rated higher. Backyard Baseball '01 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 649 ratings, while Feltzee averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Backyard Baseball '01 or Feltzee have ads?
Neither Backyard Baseball '01 nor Feltzee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backyard Baseball '01 or Feltzee?
Backyard Baseball '01 ships an update every 2 days, and Feltzee every 3 days. Most recently, Backyard Baseball '01 was updated on October 17, 2026 and Feltzee on October 15, 2026.

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