iScore Baseball and Softball Reviews

by Frymacs

I’ve been using iScoreBaseballandSoftball for more then 3 years. It worked fine up until about 2 months ago. Can’t add any games the date window has no text in it. No matter if you you the light or dark skin.I’ve emailed support 3 times no response. They came out with an update to fix this very problem 2 weeks ago..it did not work. I’ve seen this problem asked in the forum but no answer was given...unless you say how awesome iScoreBaseballandSoftball is then you get a reply. Seen other reviews complaining about this problem and guess what. No answer. Please fix before this baseball season is over.

by Teemwoper

iScoreBaseballandSoftball is not as user friendly as described. For a lifelong softball or baseball player, I'm sure it is. Having never played either, I have difficulty when trying to score a game with the info of an unknown team your playing. Most of the time at my daughters softball games, the batting order is given at the last minute. With this issue, the ability to make any changes to the lineup players, or player info is difficult if not impossible once you hit play game. The ability to score the game completely for our team has become easier as we play.
It took me 3 games before i was able to say I had scored our team completely correct. Great data, great overall statistics. I love the player fielding and batting statistical info that you can choose to use or not use is great, since over half I don't understand.

by Baseball Fan - Go Angels

I scored a LL scrimmage game tonight and accidentally tapped the runner icon when no play took place. iScoreBaseballandSoftball opens a dialogue box which takes you to out, safe and quick plays and does not let you go back or select “none” to exit out of this screen. So you have to select something wrong and then tap undo when you are back on the scoring screen. Seems like an oversight. It would also be nice to have a written narrative of the game inning by inning to sum up what happened. User interface looks outdated and needs a facelift. Pretty good functionality and like the pitch speed option.

by Lauritz18

I love this and use it all the time. Two improvements are needed. The fir is critical.

1. In softball and sometimes in baseball, each extra inning starts with the batter who made the last out the previous inning on second base. I’ve tried to come up with a work around but failed. It completely destroys score keeping. App needs an option to accommodate this rule.

2. Needs a run rule (mercy rule) option.

by Kmogle

Overall I love iScoreBaseballandSoftball . But, there is some issues for the past couple years. When using the inning-by-inning box score, once it gets to the 7th inning, the screen will not allow me to get any further. I can still score the game, but I cannot see what I am doing unless I drag the screen and hold it for a second or two. I emailed my complaint, but nothing was fixed. Also, with the new extra-inning rule, I expected something from iScoreBaseballandSoftball team that would address putting the runner on second at the start of the inning. I do it using the notes, but this does not work with the stats. I do love the ease of downloading the MLB rosters and line-ups since I use this only for scoring those games.

by Ahurwitz

iScore has been my go to scoring app for years. The scoring is perfect and I’ve never run into any errors while scoring a game, both for MLB and my own teams. The only thing that needs work is the interface. There are some mistakes like white text on white background or the date scroller not showing up when selecting a time for each game. However the developers seem to be updating regularly so hopefully these will get fixed. Great app and for the most part very well made!

by Jacole156

I just downloaded iScoreBaseballandSoftball for sidelinehd. And think it is great. We have been using GameChanger. When going to the leagues it has USSSA for softball but I wish it had more softball leagues. Softball is the number 1 growing sport right now. We are from Arkansas and have FASA and USA along with USSSA. Please consider adding those as well. Thanks.

by BURTMY

For the most part, I absolutely love iScoreBaseballandSoftball . Especially being able to link to MLB and the ability to easily score MLB games. My only real complaint is on the iPhone 11 the alignment is messed up at the top. For some things like, settings and misc, while scoring a game, the close and other options at the top are under the time and battery on my phone. So it becomes difficult to actually tab the close, etc.
But that really is my only complaint so far.

by Outflow Dominant

Been using iScoreBaseballandSoftball to score Texas League games for 10 years it seems. Intuitive to use and the tutorials explain a lot. However, he app freezes in iOS 14.6 when you go into an option, then go back. Have to close iScoreBaseballandSoftball completely and restart to use another option. Also, the MiLB teams are incomplete. Need to add Wichita and Amarillo please! Otherwise, highly recommended for both iPad and iPhone.

by Mr JD 1978

Overall a strong scoring app with many details and features. Several screens have black text on a black background or white text on a white background making them nearly impossible to read. This should be addressed ASAP. With so much effort put into functionality, it is difficult to understand how these were missed. They give a cheap appearance to a strong app.

by Cessna210Tim

I have scored more than 300 softball games in iScore. I have scored mostly high school varsity softball as the key stat keeper, and scored two years of NJCAA softball just so that the other team parents who couldn’t make the game in person could watch the GameCast live. The developed responds typically within hours of a request. The ability for the team to pay $20 for a team stats page for one year and all the players/parents get unlimited access to the data is priceless. And the ability to correct plays postgame (yeah, I’m not perfect when things get crazy like odd double plays) is a huge benefit. With multiple years of high school data in our database, we go into first games of doubleheader’s with spray charts of the returning players. This gives us an incredible advantage. Finally, I am able to email all the stats and game summary to the head coach and all of the local newspaper sports reporters before I leave the field, meaning our softball team players get the press clippings they need to share with college coaches. I took two years off from high school to watch my daughter play JuCo. Not only is the head coach happy to have me and my iPad with iScore back, but so are the girls! Do yourself a favor. Buy iScoreBaseballandSoftball, but participate in the forum and watch the instructional videos. You will only get the full power of iScoreBaseballandSoftball if you spend some time getting to know it.

by SBW 1

I have tried multiple different apps to score baseball games. By far, this is the most comprehensive app with all scoring options that includes season stats for players and the team. Hands down, better than other scoring apps! App also has great tech support and a very responsive forum that answers questions and takes requests for future enhancements.

by Scotty705

These folks thought of just about everything when putting together iScoreBaseballandSoftball. It more than meets my needs and expectations, and does things that other very expensive products fail to do. I love using it.

Appended review: it's been at least six years now since I began using iScoreBaseballandSoftball to do all my scorekeeping and I can't find imagine finding a better choice on my iPad. I will admit that I've grown accustomed to its use so I find it second nature, but it was always fairly intuitive right out of the box. My thanks to the developers for NOT attempting to improve too much on a good thing and mucking it up.

Edit: In the last two or three years iScoreBaseballandSoftball allows you to type the player names in full upper and lower case, however it only displays in the lineup as upper case. This is not as convenient for me for two reasons: 1) my eyesight is failing and it is actually easier to see the name in Title Case (upper and lower), and 2) I use iScoreBaseballandSoftball to announce games over PA and it’s much more difficult to create useful pronunciation spellings in all upper case since it’s harder to show the stressed syllable. Other than this single issue, though, I continue to enjoy using iScore.

by Brento-Box

Been using iScoreBaseballandSoftball for years to score mlb games I attend. When I thought there was a situation iScoreBaseballandSoftball won’t be able to handle, I’ve been pleasantly surprised I was wrong. Went to game where there was a batter out of order, iScoreBaseballandSoftball had a function. When mlb added the extra-inning runner in 2nd base, iScoreBaseballandSoftball had a function. Great work, by a great developer.

by Turtle1974

It is amazing what iScoreBaseballandSoftball can do! Keeping track of little league games is easy because iScoreBaseballandSoftball is flexible enough to manage when all sorts of strange things happen (e.g. The batter didn't feel well, so he's decided not to hit). The statistics you get when you score a game are so helpful in guiding decisions and making adjustments. Our head coach is very happy that I'm using iScoreBaseballandSoftball!

by Ruunnnner

I downloaded iScoreBaseballandSoftball to really only track batting % for my daughters softball team yet iScoreBaseballandSoftball provides everything like pitching stats and every batting stat I can think of. I love that it’s free unlike GameChanger because the admins control what you see. Download iScoreBaseballandSoftball if you want a full breakdown of each players performance. It has a ton of options and I’m still learning but this is the best app on the market!!!

by Mbarrettforum

iScoreBaseballandSoftball is great for covering baseball and softball games as a sports writer. The email even includes the box score and scorebook for the game. I have no complaints with it outside of one and it's a very minor one.
I wish I could revise the visitors line up before the game, as you can with the home line up. As iScoreBaseballandSoftball currently operates, you have to start the game to adjust the visitors' batting order. This would make the visitors scorebook link a little cleaner without the swapping of players in the first inning.
That's not stopping me from giving your app 5 stars. iScoreBaseballandSoftball is just as easy to use as the other major free bb/sb scoring app.

by Ro 36

Love iScoreBaseballandSoftball . It’s way better than game changer! However the new up date has a glitch when putting in a courtesy runner. Once the change is made you can’t continue with the girl at bat. You have to exit the game and go back in to continue with the next girl up to bat. There’s also a glitch if you want to draw the line to where the ball was hit. You can only tap where the ball landed on the hit which is fine the line drawing wasn’t really needed. These glitches happened with the new update a week ago. Hopefully it gets fixed soon! Other than the two new glitches iScoreBaseballandSoftball for games is really great!

by Congressional Scorekeeper

Since I first used iScore 2 years ago, it’s upgrades have made iScoreBaseballandSoftball 1000% easier to use. As the official scorekeeper, I recently scored the 2019 Congressional Baseball Game that allows free substitution with 25 players on the Democrat’s roster and 44 players on the GOP roster.

To top it off, one team played with a tenth batter as the Extra Hitter while the other team batted the traditional nine players. The courtesy runner feature saved my sanity since I didn’t need to officially substitute 90% of the players who reached first base.

My two wishes for next year are to first, allow extra hitter (EH) designations for several batters in the offense. We have some who only play defense and several hitters who only hit. I couldn’t give the hitters who did not play defense a designation in the hitting order since it only allowed one DH.

Secondly, please allow me to edit the courtesy runner after the game has ended. I could not change a courtesy runner in the editing narrative feature after he scored a run. I manually had to change the tables and boxscore, but the info is still wrong in my database when I want to calculate lifetime stats for those two players (my wrong entry and the correct courtesy runner).

Overall to me, iScore can’t be beat by any other scoring app. With my two suggested tweaks, iScore will be perfect. Thank you for developing such a great app!

by ShowMeGolden

I score games at home so as to follow them better. Lineups are available online before most games and it’s pretty easy to enter the names. I like the rundown, the chart of where they’ve hit, the line score and the ability to calculate in game stats. I’ve seen some people say it’s tough for novices, and I can’t speak to that, but, as a longtime seasoned scorer it was easy to pick up and fun to look at the “handwritten” scoresheet at the end.

by Beeg117

What a great app for doing all levels of baseball/softball games. Awesome! Thank you iScore. If any chance at "handling" the PH role, especially for the pitcher, could be accomplished that would come close to having iScoreBaseballandSoftball be perfect! Would love to see the full line score, R/H/E in the Box Score and showing all players, mostly Ps, even if they didn't get to bat late in the game. Still.....best baseball scoring app ever!

by Fanspam

Love iScoreBaseballandSoftball . I enjoy scoring past MLB games. This recent update seems to have left off defensive substitution options. You can replace the player but cannot position the player in the batting order nor get the replacement in the proper inning. This makes double switches impossible. Hope this gets fixed fast

by Gawentz

I use this as a broadcaster and it can be as detailed as I want it to be. It is the best I have ever found and have gotten way more use out of it than the money I paid for it.

I also use it as a score keeper for Strat-o-Matic baseball. It serves the purpose of scoring the games and accumulating stats over the course of a season.

All in all it is outstanding.

by Squint006

I use iScoreBaseballandSoftball to keep score of my granddaughter’s fast pitch softball league. It imports the other league teams and shows their hitting chart from previous games we have played. Perfect! The scoring options, ability to adjust number of innings, and customizing options for shortened inning games make it a complete digital scorebook.

by CoachScorekeeper

The iScore app, in my view, is the best of the scoring apps, and each time I think something is needed for an upgrade, it seems like it's there in the next release. As a coach, I far prefer a one time fee of $10 for iScoreBaseballandSoftball user to GameChanger's financial model of free for iScoreBaseballandSoftball user but then you're hitting up all my parents for $10. Not worth that; it's just greed.

by Warthog1228

I love the options iScoreBaseballandSoftball has for not only scoring the games, but also for the stat output. It has the power to allow a scorer to enter just about every scoring scenario. It allows for full rosters that can be re-used season after season for minimal updates each season. In the end, for those that love to know the advanced stats for hitters, pitchers and fielders, iScoreBaseballandSoftball can tell you those stats that can really detail how a player is doing.

by Disappointedxxx

The other apps rip everybody by requiring them to pay for access! You pay once here, and this allows you to do everything. All stats are compiled automatically, and you can text/email as you please. Don't hose your parents and fans with the other app where they $. This scorebook is easy to learn and works exactly like a regular book.

by CD&JD

I have been using iScore for several years now. I really did not feel comfortable with Game Changer, so when the youth baseball league, where my grandsons played, had an iScore training, I participated. The league set up scorekeepers with a printer, so they could just print up the iScore sheets and turn them in. Much better than keeping track of the big scorebooks. I use it now to keep score at my oldest grandson’s high school games now.

I find it to be very user friendly and the updates over the years have made it even easier to use, with more available information.
I love the rotating batting chart, which gives you a great view of where a batter is hitting the ball and the type of contact.

by AusableWulff

This is an awesome app for all things baseball. Easy to keep score, track pitch counts, hitter's tendencies and stats. Also, for $20 you can create a website for your team and all the players and their families can track the progress of the team. Just awesome and highly recommend to all baseball fans and families.