Comparison

Next Inning vs Throwmium

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

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About

Next Inning

This app helps youth baseball coaches manage player lineups, fielding rotations, and playing time. It simplifies game planning, tracks player stats, and ensures fair distribution of innings and positions. The app works offline and can sync with assistant coaches.

Highlights
  • Dynamic fielding rotation grid
  • Generated lineup plans
  • Continuous batting order
  • Pitch count tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • Season fairness reports
  • Assistant coach invites
Features
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Next Inning is a lineup, fielding, and playing-time app for youth baseball and softball coaches. It is the top of the third. Your left fielder wants to pitch, a parent is asking why their kid sat two innings in a row, and you are holding a dry-erase board in one hand and a lineup card in the other. Next Inning replaces both. It is built for the innings you are coaching, not the recap afterward. PLAN THE GAME Build the fielding rotation in a grid: players down the side, innings across the top, tap a cell to set a position. Or start from a generated plan: Next Inning fills every inning of fielding around your rules, each player's position preferences, and who has been sitting. You set the batting order yourself, by dragging it into shape (in continuous batting order) or copying it from a prior game, fielding plan too if you like. Enter your limits once (minimum field innings, consecutive bench innings, pitcher innings, pitch caps, rest days) or start from a league preset, with a per-game override for tournaments. Enter pitch counts after an outing and Next Inning helps you track them: it flags a plan that breaks one of your rules and still lets you make the call. SOFTBALL Bat 9, 10, 11, 12 or the whole roster, per team or per game. Mark the DP, FLEX and EP for fastpitch; a pinch hitter keeps the same batting spot, and the Re-enter once setting warns before an illegal re-entry. RUN THE DUGOUT The dugout view is the point of the app: one screen, big type, high contrast, readable at a glance in direct sun from a few feet away. Tap a position to pick a player, or drag a player onto another. One tap steps to the next inning and the positions redraw. Mark a player unavailable, mark an injury from an inning, or sub a player out; the batting order and fielding plan route around them. Position changes, swaps, and sub-outs have an undo, so a mis-tap costs you a second, not an inning. On a tablet in landscape the batting order sits beside the field; on a phone you switch between the two, so the tablet can stay in the dugout while you coach from the baseline. Super-bright mode holds the screen at full brightness for noon games, and it stays awake between pitches. WORKS OFFLINE Ball fields have bad service. Sign in once with your email; after that the dugout runs on the device. Every tap saves on the device first and syncs when signal comes back. SHOW YOUR WORK Season totals per player: innings played, innings at each position, bench innings, pitch counts, games played, and a fairness score that rises when innings and infield time are spread evenly and nobody sits two innings in a row. Export the season fairness report as a PDF to print or bring to the playing-time conversation. YOU AND YOUR ASSISTANTS Invite an assistant coach with a short code. They sign in on their own phone and see the same lineup, fielding plan, and inning, usually within seconds when you both have signal. ALSO IN THE APP - Multiple teams; copy roster instead of retyping names each season - Roster with jersey numbers, preferred positions, and positions to avoid - Bullpen and on-deck planning, plus the pitching order - Per-game availability (one tap on Home), designated hitter, game summary with the score - Schedule with opponent, home or away, field on a map, and game-time forecast - Printable lineup card as a PDF for the umpire and scorekeeper - Coaching-staff chat per team and per game, with mute and report WHAT IT DOES NOT DO Next Inning does not score the game, stream video, or broadcast to families. Other apps do that well and you can keep using them. This one helps you decide who plays where, and shows your work when someone asks. Free to use. No ads. We never sell or rent player data, and a roster is visible only to the coaches you invite. Next Inning is built for coaches. Head coaches and assistant coaches use it, and it stores roster information, so it is not designed for players to use. Support: support@nextinning.app nextinning.app

About

Throwmium

This app transforms your iPhone into a baseball training tool, offering real-time pitch speed and distance tracking. Record and review your mechanics with video clips, making it simple to analyze and improve your pitching.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch speed tracking
  • Estimated pitching distance
  • Live baseball detection
  • Ball trajectory visualization
  • Recorded pitch clips
  • Save and share pitches
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Throwmium brings pitch tracking to your iPhone. Turn your phone into a powerful baseball training tool and get instant feedback on your pitches. Track Every Throw Throwmium uses your iPhone camera to detect the baseball and estimate pitch speed and distance in real time. Watch your pitch develop on screen with live tracking and a visual trajectory. Review Your Pitches Record your pitches and save video clips so you can review your mechanics, ball path, and results after each throw. Built for Baseball Whether you're a player working on velocity, a parent tracking a young athlete, or a coach evaluating pitchers, Throwmium makes it easy to capture and review pitching sessions. Key Features • Real-time pitch speed tracking • Estimated pitching distance • Live baseball detection • Ball trajectory visualization • Recorded pitch clips • Pitch speed displayed directly on video • Save and Share your pitches • Designed for baseball players, parents, and coaches Throwmium is designed to make pitch tracking simple, visual, and accessible — right from your iPhone. Keep throwing. Keep improving. Terms of Use: https://www.throwmium.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.throwmium.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Next Inning4 screens
Throwmium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Next Inning at none against Throwmium's 1. Next Inning also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Throwmium sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Next Inning asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Throwmium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Next Inning has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Next Inning versus Throwmium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext InningThrowmium
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMJAY747 Enterprises LLCHit Zone LLC

Customer experience

Next Inning

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Throwmium

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Next Inning

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Throwmium

Subscriptions1
  • Throwmium Premium$6.991 Month

Questions

Is Next Inning free?
Next Inning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Throwmium free?
Throwmium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Inning or Throwmium?
Throwmium is rated higher. Next Inning averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Throwmium averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Next Inning or Throwmium have ads?
Neither Next Inning nor Throwmium shows ads.

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