Roster Blast vs Tryout Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Tryout Pro
This app helps youth baseball and softball coaches manage tryouts from setup to player evaluation and ranking. It allows for easy player registration, customizable skill assessments, and instant results export for fair team selection.
- Customizable tryout setup
- Player registration via link
- Independent coach evaluations
- Instant player rankings
- CSV report export
- Age group management
- Bib number assignment
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Tryout Pro is the complete tryout management tool for youth baseball and softball coaches. Set up a tryout, register players, evaluate skills with your coaching staff, and instantly rank your results — all from your iPhone. COACHES — CREATE & MANAGE TRYOUTS Set up tryouts in minutes with customizable evaluation criteria. Choose from six skill categories — Hitting, Fielding, Throwing, Pitching, Bunting, and Speed — each with detailed sub-skills. Select your preferred grading scale (1-10, 1-5, or qualitative) and configure age groups, birthday cutoffs, and public or private registration. REGISTER PLAYERS WITH EASE Share a registration link via text or email. Players and parents register for free — no account needed. Coaches can also add walk-in players on the spot. Set birthday cutoffs to automatically enforce age eligibility. Past tryouts are automatically closed to new registrations. EVALUATE WITH YOUR FULL COACHING STAFF Invite assistant coaches and evaluators by email. Each evaluator grades players independently, and Tryout Pro automatically averages scores across your entire staff for fair, unbiased results. Evaluate by player (grade one player across all skills) or by skill (grade all players on one category at a time). RANK & EXPORT RESULTS View instant player rankings sorted by overall average, individual categories, or specific sub-skills. Expand any player to see a full skill breakdown with color-coded score bars. Export a complete CSV report with rankings, contact information, and every evaluation score — ready to share with your coaching staff or organization. A separate player roster export is also available with just contact information. BUILT FOR YOUTH SPORTS - Age groups from 7U through 18U, plus Minors, Majors, Freshman, JV, and Varsity - Birthday cutoff enforcement for age-appropriate registration - Bib number assignment for tryout day organization - Parent/guardian contact info collected for all players under 15 - Search and filter public tryouts by name, city, state, or age group - Archive past tryouts or cancel upcoming ones — auto-archived after 14 days PRICING The app is free to download. Creating a tryout is a one-time in-app purchase of $4.99 per tryout. Player registration and evaluator access are always free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Roster Blast at 132 against Tryout Pro's 1. Tryout Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Roster Blast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tryout Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Roster Blast against 5.0 for Tryout Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roster Blast has 132 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Roster Blast | Tryout Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (132 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Fay | Duck Snort Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Roster Blast
Tryout Pro
In-app purchases
Roster Blast
- Unlock all slots (26 total)$1.99
Tryout Pro
- Create Tryout$4.99
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