Comparison

Roster Blast vs Who's on Second

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

Head to head
About

Roster Blast

Simplify baseball and softball coaching by quickly creating and managing player lineups and field positions. Easily activate/inactivate players, set batting orders, and generate printable lineups and diagrams. Say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to an intuitive interface for game day management.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop player positions
  • Drag and drop batting order
  • Printable lineups and diagrams
  • Quickly activate/inactivate players
  • Load and save lineups
  • Import/Export lineups
  • Randomize player positions
Features
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Are you a baseball or softball coach who is tired of spreadsheets, hours spent on lineups, and last-minute no-shows? Well, look no further!   With this app, you can quickly activate or inactivate players, update their field positions, set the batting order, and print lineups and diagrams - in an easy-to-use interface! You will never go back to spreadsheets again! Features include: * Drag and drop player positions; * Drag and drop batting order; * Counts for positions played; * Print counts, lineups, and diagrams; * Load and save lineups; * Quickly activate or inactivate players from your roster; and * Autosave. * Game & Inning Notes with preselects. * Smart randomization - and unlock app to access even more advanced tools like unique, fairness, historic, and weighted positions. Added Features: * Printable Scoresheets - Generates an auto-populated Team Lineup, with a blank scoresheet for the opposing team; * Import / Export (available with existing Roster Unlock — an In-App Purchase) - Email, text, or Airdrop lineup - or even edit in a spreadsheet; * Multigame (Season) Stats - See position totals over more than one game; * Infield, Infield+, and Outfield columns are now part of the positioning tabulation; Additional features include: * Duplicate prior inning; * Clear the field; * Set innings (2-9 innings); and * Set 9 or 10 positions, and up to 14 positions with full roster unlock (i.e., extra outfield positions) - great for younger leagues! * Roster View — Import your roster from a photo or document scan. It can even recognize some handwriting and add parent email addresses. * Import / Export — You can now select multiple lineups. * Cloud — Pull saved rosters from the cloud with an in-app purchase, making it easy to move between your iPhone and iPad. * Season Stats — New season heat maps, diagrams and percentage views with an in-app purchase. * Notes — New Game and Inning Notes with convenient preselects. Add or edit preselects with an in-app purchase. Track in-game events for your next practice and easily email a parent-friendly version after the game. * Two-Team Switch — Add a quick team switch to the main screen with an in-app purchase. Great for coaches managing two teams or viewing home and away teams! Download today!

About

Who's on Second

This app helps baseball and softball coaches create lineups, track player fairness, and manage pitch counts. It features a drag-and-drop interface for building lineups, auto-generation based on league rules, and detailed season summaries for player participation.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop lineup builder
  • Auto-generate lineups with rule compliance
  • Pitch count tracking and rest day calculations
  • Configurable league rules engine
  • Season fairness summary
  • Printable lineup cards
  • Team role management
Features
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The baseball and softball lineup maker built for Little League, rec, and travel ball coaches. Drag players onto the diamond, auto-generate a fair lineup in one tap, and track pitch counts and playing time all season. Print a clean lineup card, keep the batting order rotating fairly, and know who can pitch before you fill out the card. Everything works on your phone from the dugout. LINEUP BUILDER Build lineups with drag-and-drop on a visual baseball diamond. Assign players to positions inning by inning, set your batting order, and mark absent players. Click a position to quick-assign, or let auto-generate build a compliant lineup in one tap. Everything updates in real time: batting order, position summary, and rule compliance. AUTO-GENERATE One tap builds a full lineup that respects your league's rules, your batting order, and your fairness history. Handles minimum play requirements, position limits, pitcher eligibility, and more. You can always adjust the result by hand. PITCH COUNT TRACKING Log pitch counts after each game. Rest day calculations happen automatically based on your league's thresholds. Ineligible pitchers are flagged before you build your next lineup, so you never have to wonder who's available. Tracks pitches thrown on other teams too, because rest days don't reset when a player plays travel ball on Tuesday. CONFIGURABLE RULES ENGINE Every league is different. Set your own rules for minimum play, consecutive bench innings, infield requirements, pitcher limits, designated hitter, and more. Rules show real-time warnings in the lineup builder. They're guardrails, not hard blocks: you always have the final call. FAIRNESS SUMMARY See who played where and how much across the entire season. Per-player innings played, innings sat, position distribution, and pitching totals. When a parent asks about playing time, you've got the answer. SET LINEUP (SEASON BATTING ORDER) Set your batting order once. After each game, mark who batted last. The rotation handles itself for the next game, so every player moves through the order fairly over the course of the season. PRINTABLE LINEUP CARD Print a clean lineup card that fits one page. Absent players listed separately. Bring it to the dugout or hand it to the umpire. TEAM ROLES Invite assistant coaches, scorekeepers, and parents. Each role sees only what they need. Parents get read-only access to their player's position history and pitch count status. Coaches and scorekeepers can enter pitch counts and manage lineups based on their role. WORKS AT EVERY LEVEL Little League, rec, travel ball, high school, adult leagues. The rules engine is fully configurable, so it adapts to your league instead of the other way around. BUILT FOR THE DUGOUT Responsive design that works on phones, tablets, and laptops. Build your lineup on Saturday morning from the bleachers, adjust it in the parking lot when someone no-shows, and pull it up on your phone between innings. Terms of Use: https://whosonsecond.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://whosonsecond.com/privacy

Screenshots

Roster Blast4 screens
Who's on Second4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Who's on Second at free against Roster Blast's free with in-app purchases. Roster Blast's advantage is ratings volume (133 vs 22). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Roster Blast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Who's on Second sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. 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 — 4.9 for Roster Blast against 4.8 for Who's on Second. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roster Blast has 133 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Roster Blast's written reviews are positive against 90% of Who's on Second's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roster Blast ships an update fortnightly, Who's on Second every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Roster Blast versus Who's on Second: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoster BlastWho's on Second
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (133 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings133 — better22
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam FayWho's on Second

Customer experience

Roster Blast

All ratings129 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

Who's on Second

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Roster Blast

One-time1
  • Unlock all slots (26 total)$1.99
4 purchases

Who's on Second

Subscriptions4
  • Coach - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • 2-Team Coach$13.991 Month
  • 3-Team Coach$19.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Coach - Season$39.996 Months

Questions

Is Roster Blast free?
Roster Blast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Who's on Second free?
Who's on Second is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roster Blast or Who's on Second?
Roster Blast is rated higher. Roster Blast averages 4.9 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Who's on Second averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Roster Blast or Who's on Second have ads?
Neither Roster Blast nor Who's on Second shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roster Blast or Who's on Second?
Roster Blast ships an update fortnightly, and Who's on Second every 9 days. Most recently, Roster Blast was updated on November 8, 2026 and Who's on Second on November 5, 2026.

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