USA Baseball vs Ballplayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USA Baseball
This app offers resources for baseball coaches, parents, players, and umpires to improve their game. It includes tools for practice planning, educational materials, and information on athlete safety and development programs.
- Athlete Safety Resources
- Educational Materials
- Mobile Practice Planning
- Coaching Clinics Information
- American Development Model
- Blog Access
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The USA Baseball app is a revolutionary tool that aims to provide resources for coaches, parents, players, and umpires to enhance their baseball experience. The app includes access to information and resources on: • Athlete Safety • Education • Mobile Coach practice planning tool • Blog • Coaching clinics • American Development Model • Fun at Bat • And more! The USA Baseball app is free to all users, however, membership to USA Baseball is advised to use this application. By signing into the application with a USA Baseball username, users can save course completion status, complete background checks, save certifications, and more and are able to access them on any device. Visit USABDevelops.com to create a USA Baseball account and explore the desktop component of the USA Baseball app. This is the official application for USA Baseball. For more information, please visit USABDevelops.com.
Ballplayer
Track and share baseball and softball game statistics in real-time. This app allows players to record every hit, catch, walk, and stolen base, and share live stats with friends and family. Features in-app messaging and live activity feeds for a social game-day experience.
- Real-time stat tracking
- Share stats with friends and family
- In-app messaging
- Live activity feeds
- Comprehensive stat recording
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Ballplayer is a scorekeeping app designed to stay with you from the little leagues to the big leagues. Share your stats with your friends and family – every hit, every catch, every walk, every stolen base. Ballplayer is the social app for ballplayers to share and compare LIVE stats during their game, featuring in-app messaging and LIVE activity feeds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ballplayer at weekly against USA Baseball's every 3 months. Ballplayer also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 44%) and ratings volume (60 vs 17). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for USA Baseball against 4.0 for Ballplayer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 60 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of USA Baseball's written reviews are positive against 56% of Ballplayer's.
USA Baseball ships an update every 3 months, Ballplayer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USA Baseball | Ballplayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (17 ratings) — better | 4.0 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 60 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United States Baseball Federation | Baseball App LLC |
Customer experience
USA Baseball
Ballplayer
Bugs and requests
USA Baseball
Reported bugs
19 issues- App freezes upon opening
- Videos take several minutes to load and then freeze
- Login issues, unable to log on with website credentials
- Registration errors
- Blank screens when clicking on topics
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- App hangs constantly
- Slow video playback (5-10 mins for 1 min video)
- Sound not working for videos
- Password reset not working
- White screen error on startup
- App shuts down when trying to set up a new account
- Cannot sign in, wrong username or password
- App crashes after initial use
- Error message on login, no way to correct
- No login screen appears after error
- App doesn't open
- Cannot create user account without crashing
- Pitch Smart portion won't function without internet
- Audio trouble with videos
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to share practice plans
- Ability to share drills with players
- Create individual improvement plans for players
- Export practice plans for printing/emailing
- Forgot username/password link in app
Ballplayer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
USA Baseball
No in-app purchases
Ballplayer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is USA Baseball free?
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