Comparison

Slug Stats vs Bleacher Notes

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

Head to head
About

Slug Stats

Effortlessly log every baseball or softball at-bat by tapping where the ball landed. Automatically generates spray charts and real-time stat lines. Track team performance and organize stats by season.

Highlights
  • Tap to log at-bats
  • Automatic spray charts
  • Real-time stat calculation
  • Team stat tracking
  • Season organization
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Track every at-bat in seconds. Tap the field where the ball landed and Slug Stats logs your hit, builds your spray chart, and updates your stat line — automatically. Free. No ads. No subscriptions. TAP THE FIELD. THAT'S IT. Recording an at-bat takes seconds. Pick the outcome, tap where it landed on the field, and you're done. No complicated scorekeeping. No learning curve. SPRAY CHARTS THAT TELL YOUR STORY See exactly where you hit. Your spray chart builds automatically from every at-bat, showing your tendencies and hot zones across games and seasons. YOUR FULL STAT LINE Batting average, OBP, SLG, OPS — all computed in real time. Filter by season, opponent, or game. Track hit streaks, recent form, and career totals. TEAMS Create a team, share an invite code, and track stats together. See a side-by-side stats table for every teammate. View per-game breakdowns and know who's hot. ORGANIZE BY SEASON Group your games into seasons — spring, summer, fall, tournament, or custom. Compare how you're hitting across different leagues and times of year. DARK MODE & DESIGNED FOR MOBILE Clean, fast, and built for one-handed use. Looks great in light or dark mode. Free to use. No ads. No subscriptions.

About

Bleacher Notes

Features
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Bleacher Notes is a scorekeeping app you talk to. Say the play out loud, "ground ball to short, runner scores from third, out at first," and it keeps the scorebook. No menus, no tapping through five screens while the next pitch is thrown. It was built for the volunteer parent in the stands who came to watch their kid, not their phone. WHAT IT DOES Say what happened. A baseball/softball-specific parser turns your words into a real at-bat: the play, where it went, every runner, the count. Scoring rules then compute the box score. The stats are calculated by scoring logic, Bleacher Notes understand your sentences, the scorebook does the math. Anything ambiguous gets flagged for a one-tap fix instead of being silently wrong. FREE, AND NOT CRIPPLED Everything below costs nothing, with no trial and no card: • Voice scoring and manual scoring • Full season stats: average, on-base, slugging, OPS, hit charts • Live play-by-play and box score • Teams, rosters, and your team logo • Per-game lineups: batting order and field positions • Lineup exchange by QR code or 4-digit code • Shared team schedule, reminders, and team messaging • Follow your player across every team they play on • Live video from any phone, unlimited • Watching live: free and unlimited, for anyone with the link • Making and sharing clips • One-way CSV import, so career stats come with you RUN A TOURNAMENT, FREE Build a bracket: single elimination, double elimination, round robin, pool play into a bracket, or a home run derby. Publish a schedule across every field. Standings, run differential, and pool tiebreakers recompute the moment a game goes final. Teams and families get one link that opens in any phone browser. No app, no account, nothing for grandparents to download. Because parents are already scoring from the stands, the bracket updates itself. Nobody scored a game? Type the final and it advances anyway. Scoring is the upgrade, never the requirement. Leagues work the same way: season schedule, standings, and playoffs in one place. DUGOUT INSIGHTS (OPTIONAL) AI reads of what is actually happening, in plain sentences rather than charts. Parents: hitting and pitching reads for your own player, on any team they play, plus post-game analysis and a season recap. Coaches: the same for every player on the roster, plus team matchup intelligence between innings, pitcher fatigue, and lineup advantage. BLEACHER PASS (OPTIONAL) Broadcasting is free. Watching live is free and unlimited. Clips are free to make and share. The Pass is for afterwards, full replays of finished games, kept all season. COMMON QUESTIONS Do I need to be good at scorekeeping? No. If you can describe the play to the person next to you, you can score the game. Does it work for softball? Yes, youth baseball and softball, rec through travel and school ball. Is scoring really free? Yes, including full season stats. We do not put your kid's stats behind a subscription. Do I need an account to watch? No. Public event pages and streams open in any browser. PRICING Scorekeeping, stats, team tools, and tournament hosting: free, forever. Dugout Insights — Parent: $59/year, with a 7-day free trial. Dugout Insights — Coach: $99/year, with a 7-day free trial. Bleacher Pass: $29.99/year. Subscriptions are auto-renewable and billed annually to your Apple Account. Renewal is charged within 24 hours of the end of the current period unless auto-renew is turned off first. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings at any time. Terms: https://bleachernotes.com/terms Privacy: https://bleachernotes.com/privacy

Screenshots

Slug Stats4 screens
Bleacher Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slug Stats at none against Bleacher Notes's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bleacher Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Slug Stats asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Slug Stats versus Bleacher Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlug StatsBleacher Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (72 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings72 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTEPHEN WISEMANNick Wichert

In-app purchases

None

Slug Stats

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bleacher Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Bleacher Pass$29.991 Year
  • Dugout Parent$59.991 Year
  • Dugout Coach$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Slug Stats free?
Slug Stats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bleacher Notes free?
Bleacher Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Slug Stats or Bleacher Notes have ads?
Neither Slug Stats nor Bleacher Notes shows ads.

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