Comparison

Fair Play Lineups vs Stack the Lineup

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

Head to head
About

Fair Play Lineups

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Fair Play Lineups takes the guesswork out of youth sports lineup management. Whether you coach baseball or basketball, our app ensures every player gets equal playing time and position opportunities — automatically. BUILT FOR YOUTH SPORTS FAIRNESS Creating fair lineups manually is time-consuming and error-prone. Fair Play Lineups uses smart rotation algorithms to guarantee every player gets their turn at every position throughout the season. FOR BASEBALL COACHES • Automatic position rotation — every player rotates through all positions across games • Batting order that shifts each game so no one is always last • Inning-by-inning position assignments with bench rotation • Customizable game formats (innings count, players on field) FOR BASKETBALL COACHES • Equal playing time with configurable rotation intervals • Quarter or half-based substitution planning • Auto-adjust when players are absent • On-court/bench rotation that balances minutes GAME DAY MADE EASY • Mark attendance and lineups update instantly • Share published lineups with parents in real time • Manage your full schedule of games and practices KEEP PARENTS IN THE LOOP • Parents see their child's lineup position before every game • RSVP to games and practices • View fairness reports showing equal playing time • Get notified when lineups are published TEAM MANAGEMENT • Add players with jersey numbers and emergency contacts • Invite assistant coaches to help manage • Set position preferences (strong, moderate, slight) • Track the full season schedule FAIRNESS REPORTS • Visual charts showing position distribution per player • Playing time tracking across the season • Attendance history and trends Fair Play Lineups is free to use. Create your team, add your players, and generate your first fair lineup in minutes. Questions or feedback? Contact us at admin@fairplaylineups.com

About

Stack the Lineup

This app helps youth baseball and softball coaches create fair lineups, ensuring all players get equal playing time in both infield and outfield positions. It offers roster management, smart batting order creation, and detailed position grids with customizable rules. Export professional PDFs of batting orders and coaching guides.

Highlights
  • Team roster management
  • Smart batting order creation
  • 7-inning position grid
  • Fair play rule enforcement
  • Professional PDF exports
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Stop building lineups on in Excel Youth baseball and softball coaches: set your batting order, fill every inning on defense, and know before first pitch that every kid got their innings. Stack the Lineup checks your league's fair play rules while you build. BATTING ORDER • Drag to reorder, mark players absent, save an order to reuse next week • Handle late arrivals and early departures without breaking your inning counts • Lock a lineup as Finalized so nobody edits it by accident POSITIONS, INNING BY INNING • Set your game length — 6 innings, 7, whatever your league plays • See the grid by player or by position: who's pitching, who's catching, all game • Four-outfielder support for younger divisions FAIR PLAY RULES — Set for your league • Set infield and outfield minimums per player • Warn on back-to-back bench innings • Restrict pitcher and catcher, set catcher-to-pitcher transition limits • Turn any rule off if your league doesn't run it AUTO-FILL (Pro) Fill one inning or the whole game in a tap, with your fair play rules applied. Tag each player's positions as Primary, Secondary, Emergency, or Never — Never is never assigned, which matters at catcher. Or just tell it what you want: "pitch Caleb the first two innings, bench the top of the order first." PITCH COUNTS (Pro) Weekly limits and required rest days by league age. Pitch counts are captured when you archive a game and checked against each player's eligibility as you assign. PDFs FOR THE DUGOUT • Batting Order PDF for the scorekeeper • Coaches Guide with the full inning grid and a pitch eligibility table (Pro) • Your team name and colors, ready to print SHARE THE WORK (Pro) Invite an assistant coach to build positions with you. You finalize; they get a notification when it's locked. THE SEASON, NOT JUST TODAY (Pro) Archive every game with notes and the final score. See each player's position breakdown and bench time across the season, and get insights on the patterns you'd otherwise miss. BRING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Import your roster and your season schedule, then pick games straight from the Lineup tab. Resync when the schedule changes. EVERYWHERE YOU COACH • Home Screen widget with today's game • Ask Siri your team's rules, pitch limits, or how the last game went • Built for iPhone and iPad, synced over iCloud • Coach two teams from one app FREE Batting order, position grid, fair play warnings and configurable rules, roster and schedule import, one saved template, and the Batting Order PDF. No account, no trial clock. PRO Auto-Fill, position preferences, multiple templates, the Coaches Guide PDF, shared teams, game history, season insights, and pitch count tracking. Stack the Lineup Pro is an annual subscription at $9.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: www.stackthelineup.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Because every kid deserves their innings.

Screenshots

Fair Play Lineups4 screens
Stack the Lineup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fair Play Lineups at none against Stack the Lineup's 1. Fair Play Lineups also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Stack the Lineup's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Stack the Lineup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fair Play Lineups asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fair Play Lineups ships an update every 4 months, Stack the Lineup every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fair Play Lineups versus Stack the Lineup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFair Play LineupsStack the Lineup
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamzi HarbNICHOLAS DAVIES

In-app purchases

None

Fair Play Lineups

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Stack the Lineup

One-time1
  • Stack the Lineup Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Fair Play Lineups free?
Fair Play Lineups is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stack the Lineup free?
Stack the Lineup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fair Play Lineups or Stack the Lineup have ads?
Neither Fair Play Lineups nor Stack the Lineup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fair Play Lineups or Stack the Lineup?
Fair Play Lineups ships an update every 4 months, and Stack the Lineup every 9 days. Most recently, Fair Play Lineups was updated on October 3, 2026 and Stack the Lineup on October 2, 2026.

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