Comparison

CalledUp vs Nine Manager

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

Head to head
About

CalledUp

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You just got called up. Now every choice is yours. Called Up is a baseball career game about the decisions behind a pro career. Build a player from scratch, get drafted, and decide what happens next, season after season, until the day you retire. Then bring the players you raised into your own club. BUILD YOUR PLAYER Pick a name, nationality, handedness and position, from shortstop to starting pitcher. Your path starts in the minors and leads to pro leagues in the US, Japan, Korea and beyond. MAKE THE CALLS Train or rest. Stay loyal or test free agency. Push for a bigger contract or take the safe deal. Every decision shapes your ratings, your reputation and your legacy. CLUTCH MOMENTS Reach the finals and the title comes down to a single at bat. Read the strike zone and win the duel. NEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY Ask for 10, 25 or 50 percent more than the club's offer. Aim too high and you may be left waiting. RETIRE A LEGEND Every career ends with a retirement card: peak ratings, career stats, trophies and earnings. Share it, compare it, and try to top it next time. MY CLUB Sign players from your finished careers at their peak ratings and build a 20 player roster. Set your lineup, play up to 10 games a day against AI clubs with inning by inning broadcasts, and climb six tiers from Rookie to Legend. Design your own club emblem. COMPETE Daily challenges, achievements and leaderboards for today, all time and career earnings. PLAY YOUR WAY Normal mode for a full career story, Express mode for a quick run. Play as a guest or log in to keep your careers and club. Available in English, Korean, Japanese and Spanish.

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Nine Manager

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Every pitch is a guessing game. The pitcher picks a location and a pitch. The batter picks what he is sitting on. Guess wrong and you wave at air. Guess right and the ball leaves the park. There is no math to work out. You only choose where to throw and what to look for. You do not need to know baseball. There is nothing to memorize, and the screen explains whatever you need at the moment you need it. What it will not do is make the call for you. At every turning point, that one is yours. [ Your own club, from nothing ] Pick a club name and a team color and found it. Everyone starts with the same roster strength. From here it comes down to who you develop and who you go out and get. [ Players grow, and players break down ] Players improve every game they play. The ones with high potential go further. A player short on stamina, or stuck with a bad day, will not give you what he is worth. How you run the lineup and the rotation is the difference in the standings. Injuries happen. Overwork a man and you pay for it. Every position has its own mastery. Move someone off his spot and the defense wobbles. [ League, Exhibition, Challengers League ] League play runs four games a day. Win and you bank points toward promotion. Fall behind and you drop a division. There are seven, and Division 1 is the top. Exhibitions never touch your record. That is where a new lineup gets a tryout. The Challengers League hands you an all-amateur roster and asks you to win with it. Earn promotion there and you bring one of them back to the big club. [ Market and Scouting Academy ] Buy and sell players on the market. Turning what you have spare into what you are missing is its own skill. Prospects arrive at the academy on a timer. You can sign one of the three. Take the man who helps today, or the one who pays off a few seasons out. [ The big moments, you watch ] Bases loaded, tied game, bottom of the ninth. When the game turns, it does not just hand you the result. It shows you. [ What we promise about money ] There is nothing in this game you can pay to win. - Gold, the in-game currency, is not for sale. You earn Gold by playing. - We do not sell players, upgrades, or loot boxes. Nothing that touches your roster strength. - There is one purchase in the whole app: Remove Ads. Buy it once and it is done. It is not a subscription. - Removing ads changes nothing about your team. You just stop seeing ads. Ads run before the first and third league game of the day. Twice a day. They never cut in without asking first. [ Account and data ] Sign in with Google and your club is saved on our servers. Change phones and pick up where you left off. You can delete your account and your data from inside the app. [ Contact ] Limetown Company cs@limetown.kr

Screenshots

CalledUp4 screens
Nine Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalledUp at none against Nine Manager's 1. Nine Manager's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Nine Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CalledUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalledUp ships an update every 4 weeks, Nine Manager daily. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
CalledUp versus Nine Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalledUpNine Manager
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksDaily โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB47 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJunyoung ChoiHongsang Lee

In-app purchases

None

CalledUp

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nine Manager

One-time1
  • ๊ด‘๊ณ  ์ œ๊ฑฐ$4.99

Questions

Is CalledUp free?
CalledUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nine Manager free?
Nine Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CalledUp or Nine Manager have ads?
Both CalledUp and Nine Manager show ads.
Which is updated more often, CalledUp or Nine Manager?
CalledUp ships an update every 4 weeks, and Nine Manager daily. Most recently, CalledUp was updated on October 29, 2026 and Nine Manager on October 29, 2026.

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