Backyard Baseball '97 vs Pocket Build
Backyard Baseball '97
Playground Productions LLC
App Store
$16.0K/mo
~$192.0K/yr · 120K installs
VS
Pocket Build
MoonBear LTD
App Store
$78.3K/mo
~$940.0K/yr · 3.0M installs
Revenue winner
Pocket Build wins
+390% vs other
Installs winner
Pocket Build wins
+2368% vs other
MAU winner
Pocket Build wins
+1575% vs other
Rating winner
Pocket Build wins
+16% vs other
Why Pocket Build is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pocket Build earns roughly 5× more per month than Backyard Baseball '97 - $78.3K vs $16.0K.
- Subscription model. Pocket Build runs a $2.99/mo subscription that compounds; Backyard Baseball '97 relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Pocket Build has ~3.0M lifetime installs vs Backyard Baseball '97's ~120K - 24.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Pocket Build runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Backyard Baseball '97
vs
Pocket Build
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$16.0K
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$78.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$192.0K
▶
$940.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
120K
▶
3.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
23K
▶
383K
App Store rating
4.00★
▶
4.63★
Total ratings
2K
▶
27K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$2.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD4.99
- Released
- Mar 27, 2025
- Last updated
- May 22, 2026
- File size
- 323.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.2.4
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- Nov 1, 2017
- Last updated
- Apr 11, 2024
- File size
- 615.3 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 4.11
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +5 more
Backyard Baseball '97 trajectory
Pocket Build trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Backyard Baseball '97 or Pocket Build? v
Pocket Build earns about $78.3K per month, while Backyard Baseball '97 earns about $16.0K. That is a 4.9× revenue gap (~$62.3K more per month for Pocket Build). Annual revenue: Backyard Baseball '97 ≈ $192.0K/year, Pocket Build ≈ $940.0K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Backyard Baseball '97 or Pocket Build? v
Pocket Build leads with about 3.0M estimated downloads vs 120K for Backyard Baseball '97 - a 24.7× gap. Backyard Baseball '97's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pocket Build's App Store downloads are estimated from 27K ratings.
Are Backyard Baseball '97 and Pocket Build in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Backyard Baseball '97 and Pocket Build offer? v
Backyard Baseball '97: no IAP detected on the public listing. Pocket Build: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Backyard Baseball '97 runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" monetization model; Pocket Build runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Backyard Baseball '97 or Pocket Build? v
Pocket Build edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Backyard Baseball '97 2K ratings, Pocket Build 27K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Backyard Baseball '97 vs Pocket Build revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $16.0K for Backyard Baseball '97 and $78.3K for Pocket Build are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Backyard Baseball '97 or Pocket Build to a different App Store app? v
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