Flick Home Run ! is a physics-based arcade baseball game for iOS that focuses on flick-to-bat mechanics and high-score progression.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#40
▲3Games · paid
Sentiment
3.2
1k reviews
Nemesis
BASEBALL 9
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app for low-friction, nostalgic sports simulation that provides quick-burst entertainment without the complexity of full team management.
For Casual mobile gamers interested in sports simulations and high-score arcade challenges.
What does it look like?
Key features
Uses a pendulum-based physics model to simulate baseball swing mechanics and ball trajectory
Allows users to upgrade Power, Accuracy, and Batting Eye stats upon gaining experience
Enables head-to-head competition against other players via Game Center
How much does it cost?
Paid model anchored at $0.99, focusing on upfront revenue rather than recurring subscriptions.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceShow more...
The app has not received a single update in over 31 months, placing it firmly in the zombie category. The last available release was a minor maintenance patch focused on bug fixes and resolution optimization. There is no evidence of ongoing development, feature expansion, or live operations. The project appears to be abandoned by the publisher.
Who built it?
infinity pocket
5 apps tracked · Games
Flick Home Run ! Free Version
Arms Craft FPS
TouchDown Rush
Flick Home Run 2User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews upset. Users appreciate nostalgic core gameplay loop provides a simple and effective way to kill time.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Nostalgic core gameplay loop provides a simple and effective way to kill time
- Input registration failures during batting sequences make the game feel broken and unplayable
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Upset overall
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Competitive landscape for Flick Home Run !
How's the Games market?
Flick Home Run ! maintains a #5 Paid rank in the US Sports category, yet the grossing rank lags behind, signaling that the $0.99 entry barrier limits revenue capture compared to live-service simulation rivals.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By playus soft
Dominates the mobile baseball simulation market with a massive user base and consistent, high-frequency feature updates.
- Offers deep team management and player customization features that target app lacks entirely
- Maintains a high-frequency update cadence with four major releases in the last six months
- Utilizes a robust progression system that keeps users engaged far beyond simple flick mechanics
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Key takeaways for Flick Home Run !
Where is it heading?
The arcade-baseball market is consolidating around live-service simulation titles that offer deeper progression loops. Flick Home Run ! remains exposed to this shift, as its maintenance-mode update cadence fails to address the technical instability that is currently driving high churn.
- Persistent input registration bugs in the latest release erode the daily active habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on the platform.
- BASEBALL 9's high-frequency update cadence pulls attention away from solo-grid arcade titles, accelerating churn pressure on the casual base into the next quarter.
The SWOT
- Physics-based pendulum mechanic sustains core arcade appeal
- 28-achievement bonus system gamifies long-term retention
- Game Center integration provides low-friction social competition
- Offline progression path for achievements
- Left-handed batting perspective toggle
- B2B licensing of physics engine
Next best moves
Audit input detection logic because registration failures are the top complaint → reduce churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's #5 Paid rank is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Deep team management (available in BASEBALL 9 but absent here) +2
Since the last report: The app has entered a zombie state due to 31 months of inactivity, with sentiment confirming that technical rot is eroding the user base.
Bottom line
Flick Home Run ! retains a loyal base through its physics-based core, but technical instability and aggressive difficulty spikes drive high churn, so the PM must prioritize input-logic audits to prevent further rating erosion.
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