“Game is fun for about the first week. Maybe. After that it becomes the textbook definition of a pay to win game. You can't beat the progression game teams no matter what because you haven't spent enough real money to buy players. I can…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 487 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.5 ★30,754 ratings
500K+Downloads
12+Age rating
1096 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Baseball Hits 26 is an officially licensed MLB Players, Inc. Game.
PLAY WITH THE MLBPI SUPERSTARS. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. Enter the ballpark, step up to the plate, and experience the thrill of real baseball, officially licensed by MLB Players, Inc. Collect and play with today’s biggest baseball superstars in an easy-to-learn, deeply satisfying mobile baseball game built for fans.
EASY TO PLAY. HARD TO PUT DOWN. Tap to swing, time it right, and send it deep. Every pitch, hit, and home run feels authentic with lifelike motion-captured animation, realistic baseball physics, and stats based on real-life MLBPI superstars. Whether you’re chasing a clutch hit, the intensity of 9 innings, throwing strikes in Pitching Ace, or crushing moonshots in Homerun King, every swing and pitch delivers that big-league adrenaline.…
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.3.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.3.1, updated 2026-09-09.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
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In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
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One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 39 distinct reviewers (8.0% of 487 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Surprisingly good. They use generic team names to avoid copyright, but the players are there. There's no aiming your bat, just time it right & tap. Fairly easy to progress as a free player, but definitely pay to win elements. There's a…”
“holy pay to win, which tracks for sports games. but let's be clear this game sucks as far as sports games go. A PAY TO WIN. B. the game is poorly optimized had to win a play off game 2 times to get it to credit my account. the interface…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.3.1.
What this app sells
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