Comparison

Pro Basketball Sim vs EraBall

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

Head to head
About

Pro Basketball Sim

Experience a deep basketball career simulation from youth to professional leagues. Develop your skills, manage finances, make crucial decisions, and build your legacy as a legendary player. Interact with your virtual world and shape your destiny on and off the court.

Highlights
  • Craft playstyle from childhood
  • Advance through high school, college, pro leagues
  • Upgrade attributes and playstyles
  • Make investments and collect endorsements
  • Purchase equipment and assets
  • Interact with fans, friends, and family
  • Negotiate contracts and demand trades
Features
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The most in-depth basketball career simulation on the market! Craft your playstyle in childhood, then mold your skills as you advance through high school, college, and professional basketball leagues! Will you become the greatest of all time? Upgrade Attributes & Playstyles! Make Investments & Collect Endorsements! Purchase Equipment & Assets! Interact with Fans, Friends, & Family! Make Game-Time & Personal Decisions! Negotiate your Contracts and Demand Trades! Affect your Destiny! Mold your Legacy! League Leaders, Game Recaps, Shot Charts, Records, Contracts, Accolades, Endorsements, Decisions, Articles, Socials and so much more!

About

EraBall

Draft legendary basketball players from different eras and simulate seasons to see how they perform. Build your dream team with various draft modes and compete in challenges or head-to-head multiplayer.

Highlights
  • Draft players from all basketball eras
  • Simulate full seasons and playoffs
  • Multiple draft modes (Normal, Salary Cap, Sandbox, Era Gauntlet, Weekly Challenge)
  • Draft real coaches with career records
  • Head-to-head multiplayer
  • Roguelike Era Gauntlet mode
  • Single-player RPG 'The League' mode
Features
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Draft real players from every era of basketball history and simulate full seasons to see how legends from different decades match up. Or take over a team today and run it for decades in Franchise. 4,500+ players. 360+ real coaches. Eight decades, from the 1950s to today. NEW: FRANCHISE Take over any team with today's real rosters and contracts, or start from a fantasy draft, then run it for as many years as you like. Trade with front offices that act like the real ones: contenders buy, rebuilders sell, and everyone counts the cost of the luxury tax and the aprons. Scout and work out prospects, sweat the lottery, run draft night, chase free agents, manage the cap, set your rotation and send young players to the Minor League. Watch players develop, age and retire, hang their numbers in the rafters and send the greats to the Hall of Fame. PICK YOUR ERA Choose from basketball's greatest periods, from the early pioneers of the game to today's stars. Every era plays with its own historically accurate style, pace, rules and strategy. BUILD YOUR ROSTER Draft in five modes: • Normal/H2H: Classic draft, pick the best team you can. • Salary Cap: Player tier limits force real trade-offs. • Sandbox: No limits, build your dream team. • Era Gauntlet: Draft and survive a roguelike run through basketball history. • Weekly Challenge: New draft and sim rules and a new leaderboard every week. DRAFT YOUR COACH Every coach carries their real career record: grades, championship pedigree, and franchise pairings with select players that boost each other's ratings. SIMULATE & COMPETE Watch your squad play a full, historically accurate season and playoffs. The engine runs a real basketball simulation: spacing, pace, defense, rebounding, experience, all of it. ERA GAUNTLET A roguelike run through basketball history. Draft nine players, then survive four segments per act while the owner's patience runs down. Sign free agents, develop your roster with badges, and hop forward a decade at a time as your legends age. Every act ends against a real dynasty boss, from the 1957 Celtics to the 2025 Thunder. Four maps, including a full eight-decade Odyssey. Run out of patience and you're fired. WEEKLY CHALLENGE New rules every week, with its own leaderboard: locked eras, strict tier limits, banned traits, bigger boosts. HEAD-TO-HEAD Challenge friends in real-time multiplayer. Draft against each other and let your teams battle it out in the finals. THE LEAGUE A single-player tabletop RPG. Build your player by choosing an era, class, origin, frame and abilities, then work your way from open runs to college, the draft and the league. Roll dice off your build to win the games that define your career. Your choices shape the story: relationships, endorsements, money, standing and more. MINI GAMES Four quick games with a daily puzzle and an unlimited mode: Daily Card, Higher or Lower, Franchise Roulette and State Hunt. LEADERBOARDS A board for every era in every mode, plus a weekly board. Your score counts more than wins: records, point differential, team rating, your coach's grade and roster bonuses. Compete globally, synced with the web version, or against your Game Center friends. ACHIEVEMENTS, CARDS AND YOUR PLAYER CARD 130+ achievements, from common to legendary. Unlock cards by winning titles with the exact player, team and era shown. Your shareable player card shows your rating, record in every mode, placements, and the players and coach you keep coming back to. Lifetime stats track every season you've played. Built for basketball fans.

Screenshots

Pro Basketball Sim4 screens
EraBall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: EraBall at ad-supported against Pro Basketball Sim's free with in-app purchases. Pro Basketball Sim's advantage is ratings volume (658 vs 96) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Pro Basketball Sim sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and EraBall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.8 for Pro Basketball Sim against 4.8 for EraBall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pro Basketball Sim has 658 ratings behind it against 96, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Pro Basketball Sim's written reviews are positive against 81% of EraBall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Basketball Sim ships an update every 2 days, EraBall every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pro Basketball Sim versus EraBall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro Basketball SimEraBall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (658 ratings)4.8 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings658 — better96
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLOGAN TAYLOR RICHTypical Evening Pictures LLC

Customer experience

Pro Basketball Sim

All ratings650 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative10.1%

EraBall

All ratings81 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pro Basketball Sim

One-time10
  • Shooting Sleeve (Level 5)$4.99
  • Headband (Level 5)$4.99
  • Sneakers (Level 5)$4.99
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  • No Ads$14.99
  • GOAT Mode (Full Game)$14.99
  • GOAT Mode (Full Game)$19.99
  • GOAT Mode (Full Game)$22.49
  • GOAT Mode (Full Game)$24.99
  • GOAT Mode (Full Game)$27.49
  • GOAT Mode (Full Game)$29.99
1 purchases

EraBall

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Pro Basketball Sim free?
Pro Basketball Sim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EraBall free?
EraBall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pro Basketball Sim or EraBall?
EraBall is rated higher. Pro Basketball Sim averages 4.8 out of 5 from 658 ratings, while EraBall averages 4.8 from 96 ratings.
Do Pro Basketball Sim or EraBall have ads?
Both Pro Basketball Sim and EraBall show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pro Basketball Sim or EraBall?
Pro Basketball Sim ships an update every 2 days, and EraBall every 3 days. Most recently, Pro Basketball Sim was updated on November 9, 2026 and EraBall on November 10, 2026.

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