Baseball Radar Gun + is a mobile training app for youth baseball that calculates pitch velocity using high-frame-rate video analysis on iOS.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#67
Sports · paid
Sentiment
4.2
417 reviews
Nemesis
Blast Baseball
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the financial barrier of professional radar equipment for parents and coaches, providing an accessible way to measure speed and analyze pitching mechanics.
For Youth baseball players, parents, and coaches seeking a low-cost, software-only alternative to professional radar equipment.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates velocity by measuring time between release and plate crossing in high-frame-rate video.
Allows manual scrubbing of video to evaluate pitching form and release consistency.
Supports multiple standard mound distances for various age groups.
How much does it cost?
The $2.99 upfront cost targets casual users who want to avoid recurring subscription fees, but it lacks the long-term revenue potential of modern training platforms.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceShow more...
Baseball Radar Gun + has been inactive for 2,130 days, indicating a complete cessation of development. The release history shows only minor bug fixes and performance adjustments during its active period, with no significant feature updates since its inception. Given the lack of updates for nearly six years, the app is classified as a zombie project.
Who built it?
LW Brands
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What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate video-based analysis provides accurate pitching speed calculations without requiring expensive radar hardware for young athletes and frame-by-frame scrubbing allows pitchers to identify mechanical errors and refine their release point consistency.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Video-based analysis provides accurate pitching speed calculations without requiring expensive radar hardware for young athletes
- Frame-by-frame scrubbing allows pitchers to identify mechanical errors and refine their release point consistency
- Calculated speeds are consistently inaccurate because the app fails to account for the pitcher release point
27 of 27 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Baseball Radar Gun +
How's the Sports market?
Baseball Radar Gun + maintains a niche presence in the Sports category, though its lack of updates since 2020 has eroded its competitive standing against newer, AI-integrated training apps. The $2.99 price point remains its primary differentiator against free-to-play or subscription-based rivals.
The rivals identified
By Blast Motion, Inc.
Blast Baseball competes directly for the attention of serious players and coaches by offering advanced biomechanical swing analysis that complements the velocity-tracking utility of this app.
- Integrates proprietary hardware sensors to provide deep, data-driven swing quality metrics beyond simple video capture.
- Offers a comprehensive ecosystem of coaching tools that creates high switching costs for serious baseball programs.
- Leverages established brand authority in the professional baseball market to command a premium user base.
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Key takeaways for Baseball Radar Gun +
Where is it heading?
The youth baseball training market is shifting toward automated, AI-driven analysis that requires minimal manual input. Baseball Radar Gun + is currently exposed due to its reliance on outdated, manual workflows and a lack of feature expansion since 2020, which will likely lead to further market share loss to newer, more capable entrants.
- The five-year development freeze prevents the app from addressing core calculation inaccuracies, which drives user churn toward AI-integrated training rivals.
- Persistent complaints regarding manual scrubbing indicate the current interface cannot support the precision required by serious pitching coaches.
The SWOT
- Patent-backed calculation logic establishes category authority.
- Software-only utility removes hardware-acquisition barriers.
- Export functionality for video clips with speed overlays.
- Automated frame detection to replace manual scrubbing.
Next best moves
Ship automated frame detection because manual scrubbing is the top-cited usability complaint → increase session retention.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of a subscription model is its biggest weakness…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Automated pitch tracking (available in Dugout App but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app's competitive position has declined due to a persistent five-year development freeze and a 10-point drop in sentiment score, highlighting the growing gap between its manual video-scrubbing interface and modern AI-driven training tools.
Bottom line
The app's patent-backed calculation logic provides a foundation for utility, but the lack of development leaves it vulnerable to AI-integrated competitors. Automating the frame-detection process would address the primary churn driver and restore the app's value for the target audience.
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Is Baseball Radar Gun + accurate enough for serious training?
How does Baseball Radar Gun + compare to Blast Baseball?
Does the app require a subscription?
What is a good free alternative for tracking pitch speed?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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