Comparison

Stack the Lineup vs DugoutPal

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

Head to head
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.

About

DugoutPal

This app helps youth baseball coaches manage their teams, from building lineups and planning practices to tracking stats and communicating with families. Parents can follow their player's progress and receive updates, with optional upgrades for advanced training analysis.

Highlights
  • Build lineups and defensive plans
  • Create practice plans
  • Manage team schedule and RSVPs
  • Live scoring and season stats
  • Track pitch counts and arm care
  • Team chat with read receipts
  • Player progress tracking
Features
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DugoutPal is the youth baseball app that keeps coaches organized and families in the loop. Build lineups, plan practices, track pitch counts, and message every family from one place, so game day runs itself and nobody asks "what time is the game?" ever again. BUILT FOR COACHES - Batting orders and defensive plans in minutes. Generate a starting point, then drag and adjust. Fair innings and position rules are handled for you. - Practice plans that fit your roster. Tell DugoutPal what you want to work on and how long you have, and get a station-by-station plan you can run from your phone. - One schedule for everything. Games, practices, and events with RSVPs, availability check-ins, and automatic reminders. Families can subscribe from their own calendar app. - Live scoring and box scores. Score the game from the bench and season stats build themselves. - Arm care built in. Pitch counts, rest-day rules by league level, and a clear "cleared to pitch" answer for every kid. - A coach assistant that knows your team. Ask about your roster, your stats, or what to work on next. TEAM CHAT FAMILIES ACTUALLY READ - One thread per team, plus private family threads and a coaches-only channel. - Photos, videos, files, polls, and announcements with read receipts. - Check-ins that answer the only question that matters: who is coming? - Mention a player and the right parents get notified. - Report and block controls keep every conversation appropriate. FOR PARENTS, FREE - Follow your player with a team code. Schedule, chat, and updates at no cost. - Game-day home screen with countdowns, RSVP, and snack signups. - Optional Player Pro upgrade adds home training reps, swing and delivery breakdowns, arm care detail, and coach notes for every one of your players. WHY TEAMS SWITCH - The team app stands alone. No league required, no setup committee. Create a team and invite families in minutes. - Works the way seasons work. Import a schedule or a stats CSV, roll over to next season, hand the team to an assistant when life happens. - Your data stays yours. Family contact info is private by default, and health details are visible only to the people who need them. FREE TO START Coaches can try every core tool free, including one full practice plan, lineup, and defensive plan. DugoutPal Coach Pro unlocks unlimited plans and premium tools with a 1-week free trial, then renews monthly. Player Pro covers all of a parent's players with one subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Questions? We answer within 24 hours: support@dugoutpal.com Privacy: https://www.dugoutpal.com/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stack the Lineup4 screens
DugoutPal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Stack the Lineup at free against DugoutPal's freemium. Stack the Lineup also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). DugoutPal's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 and DugoutPal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 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 — 5.0 for Stack the Lineup against 5.0 for DugoutPal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stack the Lineup has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack the Lineup ships an update every 9 days, DugoutPal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stack the Lineup versus DugoutPal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack the LineupDugoutPal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNICHOLAS DAVIESCARYLEE MONTGOMERY GASKELL

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stack the Lineup

One-time1
  • Stack the Lineup Pro$4.99
2 purchases

DugoutPal

Subscriptions2
  • DugoutPal Player Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • DugoutPal Coach Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Stack the Lineup free?
Stack the Lineup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DugoutPal free?
DugoutPal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stack the Lineup or DugoutPal?
Stack the Lineup and DugoutPal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Stack the Lineup or DugoutPal have ads?
Neither Stack the Lineup nor DugoutPal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack the Lineup or DugoutPal?
Stack the Lineup ships an update every 9 days, and DugoutPal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Stack the Lineup was updated on October 28, 2026 and DugoutPal on October 25, 2026.

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