PenScore vs Backside Stats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenScore
Easily keep score for baseball games on your phone, just like traditional pen and paper. Quickly enter lineups and advance runners with simple gestures. Save, share, or tweet your completed scorecards.
- Intuitive scoring system
- Minimal setup required
- Save scorecards to photo album
- Share scorecards via tweet or email
- Easy runner advancement with swipes
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The perfect companion to any baseball game! Scorekeeping has a long and celebrated tradition in the game of baseball and penScore was created with this tradition in mind. PenScore allows fans to easily keep score on their mobile phone in much the same way score has traditionally been kept with pen and paper. Pen and paper scorekeeping has been enjoyed by generations of baseball lovers, and, with the advent of penScore, that experience has been brought to the mobile phone. Using penScore is as easy as using pen and paper. A team's lineup is easily entered through text input and runners are advanced around the bases through simple swipes of the finger. There is no extensive setup of player profiles or team rosters required. Simply download penScore and begin scoring. Features of penScore: • Intuitive and comprehensive scoring system • Minimal Setup • Scorecards can be saved to your photo album, tweeted to your friends, or emailed to your teammates PenScore is the perfect gift for a family member or friend who enjoys the game of baseball. Whether you are a new to scorekeeping or a seasoned veteran, we are confident you will enjoy penScore. For additional information visit us on the web at http://www.extremaltech.blogspot.com/ or contact us at Extremal.Technology@gmail.com.
Backside Stats
Effortlessly track game scores and player statistics for slow-pitch softball. Designed for coaches and players to manage season-long performance and tournament data.
- Scorekeeping
- Player statistics tracking
- Season-long performance management
- Tournament data management
- Designed for coaches and players
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Backside stats - the app that makes score keeping easy. Specially designed for slow-pitch softball and baseball. Allows coaches and players an effortless way to keep track of game scores and players stats through the season and during tournaments. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backside Stats at 80% against PenScore's 14%. Backside Stats also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). PenScore's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. PenScore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backside Stats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Backside Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 78 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of PenScore's written reviews are positive against 80% of Backside Stats's.
PenScore ships an update every 8 months, Backside Stats monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PenScore | Backside Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (81 ratings) | 4.7 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 78 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brendan Mahon | Backside Stats LLC |
Customer experience
PenScore
Backside Stats
Bugs and requests
PenScore
Reported bugs
8 issues- Ads do not remove after purchase
- App crashes frequently
- Buttons do not display text until touched
- App quits unexpectedly after entering rosters or during gameplay
- Back button returns to startup screen and erases data
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- Performance issues on iPhone 7 when zooming out
- Cannot mark outs for force plays
- App crashes when pressing 'New Game' and 'Load Game'
Requested features
9 requests- Offer a paid app with no ads
- Add a restore purchase button for ads removal
- Fix the issue where ads still appear after payment
- Improve usability and add a tutorial
- Allow marking outs for force plays
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- Add an option to delete mistakes
- Fix crashing bugs on New Game and Load Game
- Improve the way outs are marked
- Add a way to show which out a batter was in the inning
Backside Stats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PenScore
- Remove Ads$4.99
Backside Stats
- Plus$49.991 Year
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