Rookies vs Baseballplayer Stats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rookies
Design and print custom baseball cards with a variety of templates. Personalize fronts and backs with photos and text, then share them digitally or print them on premium card stock.
- Customizable front and back templates
- Photo and text customization
- Social sharing
- Physical card printing
- Retro baseball card designs
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"Rookies" is the highest-rated baseball card creation app and is an exclusive offering on the App Store. It is loaded with custom front and back baseball card templates suitable for business cards, birth announcements, wedding gifts, and everything in between. Within minutes, you can fully customize the front and back of a baseball card - and share them socially or print them physically. You’ll want to create one for yourself and honor everyone you know by adding them to your personal collection. MAIN FEATURES: CREATE: Snap a photo, customize colors and insert text onto the front AND back in one of our many retro baseball card templates. PRINT: Purchase a wax-sealed pack of your cards on premium, two-sided recycled card stock. TRADE: Distribute your unique creations across social platforms or gift a real card to someone special. It is the perfect gift for any baseball fan. MORE INFORMATION: Follow us on Twitter @RookiesApp. Read more about our product offering at http://rookiesapp.com.
Baseballplayer Stats
Easily record and track your baseball hitting and pitching statistics. The app automatically calculates averages and key metrics, allows editing of past game data, and enables sharing your performance with others.
- Add players
- Record game stats
- Automatic average calculation
- Edit past games
- Share stats
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Always wanted to keep track of you hitting or pitching stats? It's now easier then ever! Just add a player, and you can keep adding game stats. The app will calculate all your averages and keep track of the important stats. If you want to edit any games played before, just tap the season year and it will take you to an overview of all games played that year. Here you can edit any games you want. And what's even more fun then seeing how well you are doing? Sharing your stats with friends and family! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rookies at none against Baseballplayer Stats's 1. Rookies also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 17.0). Baseballplayer Stats's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Baseballplayer Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Rookies asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Rookies against 4.7 for Baseballplayer Stats. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 555 and 985 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Rookies's written reviews are positive against 54% of Baseballplayer Stats's.
Rookies ships an update every 9 months, Baseballplayer Stats every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rookies | Baseballplayer Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (555 ratings) | 4.7 (985 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 555 | 985 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 275 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rookies | Wesley Jacobs |
Customer experience
Rookies
Baseballplayer Stats
User reviews
Rookies
From 555 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Excellent quality cards
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 🎁 Great gift idea
- 🤝 Fantastic customer service
- 🏆 Memorable keepsakes
Room to improve
- 🔧 Limited customization options
- 🎨 Lack of color/design variety
- 🚢 Slow shipping at times
- 💰 Minimum order quantity too high
- 🔍 Difficulty with order processing
Baseballplayer Stats
From 985 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple interface
- 🤗 Helpful for tracking stats
- 🙌 Great for coaches and players
Room to improve
- 🐛 Data loss issues
- 💤 Limited functionality
- 🤯 Inappropriate content
- 📢 Annoying ads
Bugs and requests
Rookies
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when placing orders
- Saved designs not accessible across devices
- Incorrect card backs (e.g. baseball instead of requested sport)
Requested features
5 requests- More card design templates
- Ability to upload custom designs
- Option to print at home
- Improved app stability and reliability
- Ability to order smaller quantities
Baseballplayer Stats
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect at-bat calculations
- Storage full error on save
Requested features
5 requests- Add pitching stats
- View team stats together
- Record fielder's choice
- Edit player names
- Transfer data between devices
In-app purchases
Rookies
No in-app purchases
Baseballplayer Stats
- Remove Ads$1.991 Year
Questions
Is Rookies free?
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