PlatePlaya vs StealScout Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlatePlaya
Create custom walk-up songs and voice intros for baseball players. Manage teams, rosters, and personalize each player's entrance with stadium reverb. Features a visual editor for precise song trimming and flexible intro timing options.
- Search and preview songs from Apple Music
- Visual waveform editor for song trimming
- Record custom voice intros with stadium reverb
- Choose intro timing and crossfade options
- Full-screen Game Mode for game day
- Manage multiple teams and rosters
- Import rosters via CSV
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Bring a personal walk-up moment to every player. PlatePlaya helps parents, coaches, and team DJs set up music and recorded introductions for baseball and softball games. Create your team, build your roster, and give each player a song clip, a recorded introduction, or both. Then open Game Mode to play each walk-up and move through the batting order. SET UP YOUR WALK-UPS - Search and preview songs from Apple Music’s catalog, or import your own audio files. - See your audio in the waveform editor and drag the handles to choose the right clip. - Record a custom player introduction with clear, consistent voice levels. - Play introductions before the music, over quieter background music, or on their own without a song. - Preview your clip or full walk-up before game day. MANAGE YOUR LINEUP - Organize multiple teams and rosters. - Reorder the batting lineup and mark players absent for the game. - Game Mode automatically skips absent players while keeping their songs and lineup positions saved. - Import rosters from CSV files and customize your team colors. RUN GAME DAY - Use full-screen Game Mode to play walk-ups and move through the lineup. - Keep the screen awake while Game Mode is active. - See a warning when your device volume is muted. - Edit the lineup and return to where you were. Designed for iPhone and iPad, with VoiceOver support and layouts that adapt to larger text. Copy players between teams and update an existing copy without rebuilding their walk-up. Share a team with recorded introductions and eligible local music. Review incoming teams and reconnect songs more easily.
StealScout Pro
This app helps baseball and softball coaches and players analyze stolen base opportunities. It accurately times critical actions like runner speed and pitcher/catcher response times to provide data-driven recommendations on whether to send a runner.
- Runner speed and pitcher/catcher reaction timing
- 14 different run types timed
- GO, RISKY, or HOLD recommendations
- Success percentage prediction
- Personal bests and trend charts
- Team leaderboards
- Assistant coach collaboration
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StealScout tells you whether to send the runner, using the times that actually decide a stolen base: your runner's speed, the pitcher's time to plate and the catcher's pop time. TIME EVERYTHING • 14 run types: home to 1st, home to 2nd, home to 3rd, home to home, steal 2nd, steal 3rd, 1st to 3rd, tag ups and the 60-yard dash • Pitcher time to plate, slide step and leg kick • Catcher pop to 2nd and pop to 3rd • Tap anywhere on the big pad to start and stop. It fires the instant your finger lands. • Undo, notes, manual entry, and edit or delete any time • Leave a bad jump out of the averages without deleting it KNOW WHEN TO SEND • Pick a runner, pitcher and catcher and get GO, RISKY or HOLD with a success percentage • See exactly how much the runner beats the throw by • Steal 2nd or 3rd, against slide steps or leg kicks • Log safe or out and the prediction learns your level of play RANKS AND PERSONAL BESTS • Team leaderboards for every run type • Personal bests, averages, consistency and trend charts • Team tiers, most improved and Steal Threat rankings • Shareable player cards and CSV export BUILT FOR YOUR STAFF • Invite assistant coaches to time and edit with you • Give parents a code to follow their own player's times and PBs (view only, always free) • Times are backed up to your account and sync across your staff • Works without signal at the field and syncs when you're back online • Any field size, 45 to 90 ft bases, with times converted when you compare • Baseball and softball, multiple teams, archive and restore players FREE AND PRO StealScout is free for one player with every feature included. StealScout Pro unlocks unlimited players and teams for $0.99/month. Assistants and parents never pay. Subscription renews monthly until cancelled. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use: https://ducksnortlabs.com/terms-stealscout Privacy Policy: https://ducksnortlabs.com/privacy-stealscout
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlatePlaya at none against StealScout Pro's 1. PlatePlaya also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. StealScout Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. PlatePlaya asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PlatePlaya against 5.0 for StealScout Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PlatePlaya ships an update weekly, StealScout Pro every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlatePlaya | StealScout Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Wear | Duck Snort Labs LLC |
Customer experience
PlatePlaya
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In-app purchases
PlatePlaya
No in-app purchases
StealScout Pro
- StealScout Pro$0.991 Month









