Roster Blast vs Baseball Board
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!
Baseball Board
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Plan the play before the pitch. Baseball Board lets coaches set defensive shifts, base-running plays and pitcher coverage on a true diamond — infield, outfield, every position. DRAW IT. PLAY IT. SHARE IT. - Drag players onto an accurate, full-color baseball diamond, infield and outfield - Draw arrows, lines, and zones — colors and styles your way - Tap Play to animate movements step by step - Write a note on each step — it changes as the play runs - Save unlimited tactics; export as PNG, PDF or video 40 DRILLS, ALREADY WRITTEN Every drill is a board you can step through: what it trains, how to set it up, and the one thing to say while it runs. Long toss, the 4-6-3 double play, cut-offs and relays, tagging up, the squeeze, infield in, the rundown, blocking balls in the dirt, fielding fundamentals, situational scrimmages, conditioning. Search and filter by category, level and group size. - Six ready sessions built from the library — pick one when you create a practice plan and edit from there - String drills and your own boards into a practice plan, run it from the sideline, and keep a history of every session - Keep your squad with photos, and mark who turned up - Share a board as a link — players open it in a browser, no app needed FORMATIONS, READY TO GO Defensive shifts · Base running · Bunt defense · Cut-off plays · Pitcher coverage Drag positions to plan. BUILT FOR THE SIDELINE - Works offline — no Wi-Fi at the field? No problem. - iPad with a side bar, keyboard shortcuts and Apple Pencil — the Pencil draws, a finger moves players; portrait or landscape - Optional sign-in with Apple or Google syncs your boards, plans and session history across devices - Dark theme — easy on the eyes during evening practice - Undo/redo up to 50 steps — experiment fearlessly - AirPlay to TV — turn the locker room into a war room FREE AND PRO Free to download, no account needed. Pro removes ads and unlocks the full drill library — a one-time Lifetime purchase, yours for good. 14 LANGUAGES English (US) · English (UK) · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · Français · Español · Tiếng Việt · ไทย · Bahasa Indonesia · Bahasa Melayu · Deutsch · Nederlands Every drill name and coaching note is translated too. From Sunday league to the national team — if you can coach it, you can draw it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tacticsboard.100for1.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Roster Blast at none against Baseball Board's shown. Baseball Board's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Roster Blast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Baseball Board sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Roster Blast ships an update fortnightly, Baseball Board every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roster Blast | Baseball Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (133 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baltimore Billy, LLC | zhenyu song |
In-app purchases
Roster Blast
- Unlock all slots (26 total)$1.99
Baseball Board
- Remove Ads (Yearly)$2.991 Year
- Remove Ads$6.99
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