Judge! vs BASEBALL 9
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Judge!
Step into the role of a baseball umpire and make the calls. Test your judgment and officiate the game.
- Become a baseball umpire
- Judge game plays
- Simulate umpiring experience
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Become a umpire of baseball. You can judge?
BASEBALL 9
Experience a fast-paced, realistic baseball simulation with streamlined gameplay. Build, customize, and manage your own team of players, then compete to become the Legend League Champion. Enjoy both manual and automated play options, with comprehensive player stats and team management.
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Realistic baseball mechanics
- Player customization
- Team management
- Offline mode
- Comprehensive player stats
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Enjoy fast-paced, realistic baseball game, featuring compact gameplay and informative stats. Play BASEBALL NINE to become the Legend League Champion! * Game Features - Lean and fast gameplay! - Casual characters and serious game mechanics! - Pitching and fielding as fun as batting! - You can play base running manually! - Comprehensive player stats! - Improved Autoplay with selective automation of player, inning, watching, and quick result. - Rename, gear up, and customize your players! - Offline mode available! * Fast, compact gameplay! - Enjoy a speedy, streamlined playing experience. - Hit massive dingers and get thrilling strikeouts. - Specialized auto functions by game, by inning, and by player are a given! * Enjoy realistic baseball! - Experience gameplay with realistic baseball rules. - Simulated results based on actual game stats. * Recruit and develop your roster! - Recruit players and develop them by raising stats of your choice - Equip and upgrade skills to develop them into specialists. - Raise the player tiers to turn them into hall of famers. * Customize your players! - Rename them and set them as left-handed or right-handed batters or pitchers. - Change their faces, pick body types, and choose different batting and pitching motions. - Try equipping a range of bats, gloves, cleats, guards, and glasses to customize your players in unique ways. * Manage your team and get promoted to higher leagues! - Rename your team and change its emblem and uniform. - Expand into new stadiums and manage the team’s cumulative stats. - Advance to the postseason and win for promotion to a higher league. * Supports tablets. Indonesia Rating: This game has been rated IGRS 3+ by the Indonesia Games Rating System (IGRS).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BASEBALL 9 at 4.5 against Judge!'s 3.0. BASEBALL 9 also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 47%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Judge!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. BASEBALL 9 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Judge! asks for nothing beyond the download.
BASEBALL 9 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BASEBALL 9 has 138K ratings behind it against 414, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Judge!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of BASEBALL 9's.
Judge! ships an update every 5 months, BASEBALL 9 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Judge! | BASEBALL 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (414 ratings) | 4.5 (138K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.6% of reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 414 | 138K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #17 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 392 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hap Inc. | playus soft |
Customer experience
Judge!
BASEBALL 9
User reviews
Judge!
From 414 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun game concept
- 👍 Relaxing gameplay
- 🎨 Good graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate call detection
- 🕰️ Gameplay gets boring quickly
- 🎨 Lack of visual variety
- 🤖 Unrealistic umpire behavior
BASEBALL 9
From 138K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Great game, fun and addictive
- 🎨 Vibrant graphics and smooth gameplay
- 📊 Detailed statistics and team management
- ⏱️ Ability to skip innings or games
Room to improve
- 🤖 Unbalanced AI and auto-play mode
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases and grindy progression
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay and lack of variety
- 🏃♂️ Issues with baserunning and fielding
Bugs and requests
Judge!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Foul balls sometimes registered as home runs
- Out counter not functioning properly
- App crashes on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more umpire positions to choose from
- Implement a career mode with progression
- Allow customization of umpire appearance
- Introduce more gameplay elements like base stealing, balks, etc.
- Add a pause button and option to change game speed
BASEBALL 9
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent batting and pitching outcomes
- Glitches with player substitutions and dugout
- Issues with base running and tagging up
Requested features
5 requests- Online multiplayer mode
- More customization options for players and teams
- Improved reward system and easier progression
- Adjustable difficulty settings
- Career mode or story-driven gameplay
In-app purchases
Judge!
No in-app purchases
BASEBALL 9
- 200 Gems$1.99
- 510 Gems$4.99
- Daily Package$4.99
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- New User Package$4.99
- [Event] Accessory Package$4.99
- 1,050 Gems$9.99
- Trial Player Package$9.99
- Premium Daily Package$29.99
- 3,300 Gems$29.99
- 5,700 Gems$49.99
Questions
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