Comparison

VeloBeam vs X Factor Tech

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

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About

VeloBeam

This app is a comprehensive platform for baseball players, coaches, and parents to build training programs, track performance data from various devices, and manage player development. It offers features for game scoring, custom stats, video analysis, and team communication, all synced across web and mobile.

Highlights
  • Build and assign training programs
  • Track data from Trackman, Rapsodo, and more
  • Monitor player development and stats
  • Score games and create custom stats
  • Record and upload player video
  • Compare data with professional levels
Features
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VeloBeam is the all in one training and data platform for baseball coaches, players, and parents. Build training programs, track ball-flight and swing data from Trackman, Rapsodo, Stalker Radar, HitTrax, Blast, and Full Swing, and keep a complete history of every player's development. Your data stays synced across web and mobile. FOR COACHES • Build a training program once, then copy, adjust, and assign it to your whole roster • Import pitching and hitting reports from the tools you already use • Organize players into teams and bring your staff into one organization • Monitor pitch counts and throwing workload across the season • Track velocity, mechanics, and development across full seasons • Create custom stats to track the measures that matter to your players • Share player profiles with recruiters and staff FOR PLAYERS • Open the full program your coach assigned and work through it drill by drill • Upload your own sessions or see the reports your coaches add in one profile • Join your team to compare stats on the leaderboard and see teammates' progress • Track your training and throwing workload • Watch your velocity and other measures change over weeks, months, and seasons • Send recruiters a profile with your numbers and video FOR PARENTS • Access your children's player profiles from your parent account • View their training, sessions, stats, and video • Follow their progress throughout the season GAME SCORING AND CUSTOM STATS Score games and keep game stats alongside training and session data. Create custom stats for the measures you want to track, then review results over time. VIDEO AND TEAM COMMUNICATION Record and upload player video. Keep video, player notes, and data together. Use direct messages and team message boards to communicate with players and staff. IMPORT YOUR BASEBALL DATA Import Trackman, Rapsodo, HitTrax, Blast, and Full Swing files, connect Stalker Radar, or use AI to extract data from screenshots, PDFs, and typed notes. VELOBEAM LEVELS Compare your data with reference data from college and professional baseball. See where your fastball velocity and other measures fall within each level. STALKER RADAR, LIVE Stream live velocities to other devices, record video with a velocity overlay, and save every pitch automatically. Works with the Stalker 3 Sport Connect over built-in Bluetooth, with no adapter needed. Stalker 2 Sport requires the VeloBeam adapter. Stalker Pro 2 requires the adapter and a separate cable. Accessories are sold separately. SWITCHING FROM ANOTHER APP? Send us what you've built and we'll rebuild your programs, drills, and players inside VeloBeam for free. Used by high school and college baseball programs nationwide. Try VeloBeam for free today! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

X Factor Tech

This app offers advanced, portable versions of popular baseball hitting calculators. It provides precise tools for analyzing pitch travel time, barrel arrival, and flight distance, designed for hitters and coaches seeking data-driven insights.

Highlights
  • Pitch Speed Over Distance Calculator
  • Ball Flight Distance Calculator
  • Pitch Velocity to All 25 Calculator
  • Swing Time to All 25 Calculator
  • Tempo Trainer Timing Simulator Lite
  • Streamlined and modernized tools
Features
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The app features more advanced, portable versions of many popular calculators that have been available on this site over the years—now streamlined, modernized, and built to work seamlessly together. Each tool in the bundle isolates a core temporal element of hitting: from pitch travel time to barrel arrival timing to flight distance projection. The bundle is designed for hitters and coaches who want precision, not opinion. Included: • Pitch Speed Over Distance Calculator • Ball Flight Distance Calculator • Pitch Velocity to All 25 Calculator • Swing Time to All 25 Calculator • Tempo Trainer Timing Simulator Lite

Screenshots

VeloBeam4 screens
X Factor Tech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: X Factor Tech at none against VeloBeam's 4. X Factor Tech also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). VeloBeam's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

Both are free to download. VeloBeam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. X Factor Tech asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

X Factor Tech holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VeloBeam has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VeloBeam versus X Factor Tech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeloBeamX Factor Tech
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMitchell HoracekX Factor Technology, LLC

Customer experience

VeloBeam

All ratings49 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

X Factor Tech

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

VeloBeam

Subscriptions4
  • VeloBeam Player Monthly$9.991 Month
  • VeloBeam Coach Monthly$49.991 Month
  • VeloBeam Pro Player Yearly$69.991 Year
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  • VeloBeam Coach Yearly$299.991 Year
None

X Factor Tech

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VeloBeam free?
VeloBeam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is X Factor Tech free?
X Factor Tech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VeloBeam or X Factor Tech?
X Factor Tech is rated higher. VeloBeam averages 4.7 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while X Factor Tech averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VeloBeam or X Factor Tech have ads?
Neither VeloBeam nor X Factor Tech shows ads.

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