Seam Reader

Name: Seam Reader
Rating: 3.9 (64 reviews)
Author: Jared Tiefenthaler

Mobile Batting Practice Game

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

64 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Sports
Developer

Jared Tiefenthaler
Language

EN
English
Size

171.6
MB

The ONLY WAY to actually get BETTER AT HITTING by playing on your phone. Seam Reading is the ability to recognize a pitch by how it looks. Each pitch has a different “face” that the spin creates. Knowing what each pitch looks like could be the difference between strike 3, or a home run. In Seam Reader all the balls and pitches use real life analytics in RPM as well as MPH. From a little league fastball all the way up to a major league heater, the app has it all. Discover what every pitch looks like in our one of a kind Learn Mode, that features 6 pitches for baseball and 6 for softball. Practice a variety of pitches and difficulties in the Batting Cage mode. Here speeds vary from your average little leaguer to your major league or Olympic level ace! Test your Seam Reading skills in Career Mode. With increasing variety of pitches and speeds, the accuracy is as real to life as it gets on a phone. Download now if you want to get better at “the hardest thing to do in sports” - hitting.

Ratings & Reviews

3.9

out of 5

64 Ratings

Not Realistic enough
06/12/2020

easystuffy
I feel like this isn’t realistic enough like you only have a second to guess in Little League and I feel like it should be 1.7 seconds because I am doing this to get good practice and also maybe it could be like if you say 4 seam fastball and it is 2 seam fastball it should just be like a 50% chance of getting a hit maybe and for Majors level you could like have real pitchers like Jacob DeGrom Verlander etc and it will tell you 50% 4 seam 5% curveball or something like that
Not Realistic enough
06/12/2020

easystuffy

I feel like this isn’t realistic enough like you only have a second to guess in Little League and I feel like it should be 1.7 seconds because I am doing this to get good practice and also maybe it could be like if you say 4 seam fastball and it is 2 seam fastball it should just be like a 50% chance of getting a hit maybe and for Majors level you could like have real pitchers like Jacob DeGrom Verlander etc and it will tell you 50% 4 seam 5% curveball or something like that
VERY buggy
07/06/2022

1234 what!
I had this app at one point and it worked just fine. No bugs no glitches but then all of the sudden when I tried opening the app it froze and never opened so I deleted it and reinstalled it and again it started working just fine until today. Now it either kicks me out or (it rarely kicks me out) sometimes it doesn’t let me start the career mode and when it does sometimes there a small yellow dot on the softball that really stands out and it eventually crashes the game. :( One other thing… its saying I have 0 high school hits. It’s showing my little league, college, professional and Olympic hits just not my high school hits. Anyways that’s all I have to say. Please please please get it fixed bc I don’t want this app to be a waist of time and money

Developer Response
We are sorry that you had some issued we have since worked hard at removing all bugs and now have that all patched up.
VERY buggy
07/06/2022

1234 what!

I had this app at one point and it worked just fine. No bugs no glitches but then all of the sudden when I tried opening the app it froze and never opened so I deleted it and reinstalled it and again it started working just fine until today. Now it either kicks me out or (it rarely kicks me out) sometimes it doesn’t let me start the career mode and when it does sometimes there a small yellow dot on the softball that really stands out and it eventually crashes the game. :( One other thing… its saying I have 0 high school hits. It’s showing my little league, college, professional and Olympic hits just not my high school hits. Anyways that’s all I have to say. Please please please get it fixed bc I don’t want this app to be a waist of time and money
Developer Response 07/31/2023
We are sorry that you had some issued we have since worked hard at removing all bugs and now have that all patched up.
Spins of Pitches
08/22/2020

Game boss 9999
2 Seam FB, 4 Seam FB, and Slider have the correct spins, but the curveball spin isn’t right. It’s not suppose to spin like a bullet, the slider is. Curveballs are 2-8, 1-7, 12-6 spin, sometimes 1-8 or 2-7. Also Changeups don’t spin like a FB unless you throw a Split Change or something close to that. It’s either a Split Change, Circle Change, 3-finger Change, or Vulcan Change. Split and Vulcan are the closest ones to a FB spin. I know it’s nitpicking, but it’d be a way better app if these changes were implemented.

Developer Response
From that a data we have seen and collected many pitchers throw 2 seam and 4 seam changeups (with slower rpms, just like in the app) and curveballs that create a large circle on the face. the point of the app is to get players to recognize different spins they will see in real life because there will be differences in every pitchers pitches.
Spins of Pitches
08/22/2020

Game boss 9999

2 Seam FB, 4 Seam FB, and Slider have the correct spins, but the curveball spin isn’t right. It’s not suppose to spin like a bullet, the slider is. Curveballs are 2-8, 1-7, 12-6 spin, sometimes 1-8 or 2-7. Also Changeups don’t spin like a FB unless you throw a Split Change or something close to that. It’s either a Split Change, Circle Change, 3-finger Change, or Vulcan Change. Split and Vulcan are the closest ones to a FB spin. I know it’s nitpicking, but it’d be a way better app if these changes were implemented.
Developer Response 07/31/2023
From that a data we have seen and collected many pitchers throw 2 seam and 4 seam changeups (with slower rpms, just like in the app) and curveballs that create a large circle on the face. the point of the app is to get players to recognize different spins they will see in real life because there will be differences in every pitchers pitches.
Good but flawed
04/09/2020

J4x22.2003
Overall the app is good for developing quick thought processing around what the pitch will be. However, it is definitely not the same as doing this against a real pitcher. Also, there is no way to tell the difference in this app between a changeup and a fastball, and you just have to take a wild guess. It is a decent app, but I would recommend practicing with someone else outside if possible.

Developer Response
Thank you for the review. Seam Reader is a supplementary tool, so you should definitely be practicing these skills in real life too! But, what you can do is get more visual practice, and it's just in your pocket! There is a slight visual difference between the changeups and fastballs (the animations are actually generated using a 3D model spinning at different RPMs!). It's hard to see, I admit, but the difference is there. Check back in on Learn mode where we've added some more information and keep practicing!
Good but flawed
04/09/2020

J4x22.2003

Overall the app is good for developing quick thought processing around what the pitch will be. However, it is definitely not the same as doing this against a real pitcher. Also, there is no way to tell the difference in this app between a changeup and a fastball, and you just have to take a wild guess. It is a decent app, but I would recommend practicing with someone else outside if possible.
Developer Response 06/21/2020
Thank you for the review. Seam Reader is a supplementary tool, so you should definitely be practicing these skills in real life too! But, what you can do is get more visual practice, and it's just in your pocket! There is a slight visual difference between the changeups and fastballs (the animations are actually generated using a 3D model spinning at different RPMs!). It's hard to see, I admit, but the difference is there. Check back in on Learn mode where we've added some more information and keep practicing!

Adding Seam Reader Pro to banner and preparing for future updates App icon fix

Version 1.18 06/19/2024

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Seller: Jared Tiefenthaler
Size: 171.6 MB
Category: Sports
Compatibility: Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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Ratings & Reviews

Not Realistic enough

VERY buggy

Spins of Pitches

Good but flawed

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