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5.0★★★★★on the App Store
The bleachers have spoken.
Fell in Love ⚾️⚾️★★★★★
Sooooooooo I was using another app for YEARS. Came across this app on TikTok and it was beyond amazing! … my most favorite is the part where you can send a link for the parents to fill out! It saves so much time!!!! My 12U team loves it and we even got the other team laughing as well. Now the team is calling me the Chief Hype Officer!!!! This dad got it right!!!!!
Mrsharrod · App Store
This is the one…★★★★★
Yes, get this one. It is so superior in every way. Get ready to bring the hype for the team and impress your friends and family as you dominate the walkout mix and clutch moments. So good.
J_Grein · App Store
★★★★★
Love how simple and customizable it is. The kids (and parents) love it. It sounds way better than Ballpark DJ. The standouts: the Roll Call that announces the lineup before the game, custom songs with each kid's name in it, and the soundboard for fun sounds — a foul ball, a home-run siren. Really keeps the fun and energy up!
Just Jenny_1 · App Store
★★★★★
We had a whole new level of fun with Now Batting! I was NOT about to let my Chief Hype Officer title go to waste. This app is AMAZING and SO easy to use. The kids had a blast with it too! My personal favorite? THE HOME RUN BUTTON.
Lexi · Baseball Mom
★★★★★
This app is awesome! The kids absolutely love picking their walkup songs, some a little too much. 😉 As a little league coach I see how excited the kids get when their teammates walkup song comes on — pure joy.
Dragon-24 · App Store
★★★★★
Super easy to figure out how to use it. The kids absolutely loved it.
Matt Schrager · Denville 8U Coach
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From warm-ups to walk-offs
Congrats. You've been promoted from Speaker Parent to Chief Hype Officer.
Here's everything you need to seize control of the game-day audio operation. No further authorization required.
Call every player by name.
Your own announcer — six voices to pick from, every name said right, every time. Change the voice any time and the whole team re-records itself.
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Drop the song right where it hits.
Any Apple Music track, cued to the exact second. You set the drop, when the announcer cuts in over it, and where it fades — for every player.
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Roll out the lineup, big-league style.
The Roll Call — your whole batting order announced before first pitch.
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Put their name in the lyrics.
An original walk-up song, written from scratch for one player.
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Name the whole squad in one song.
An original Team Hype Song that calls out every player.
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Bring the noise on cue.
Air horn, home-run siren, charge — one tap from your chair.
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Want to go all-out?
Hear your player's name in their own walk-up song.
Most teams run the Apple Music songs their players already love. When you want to take it further, Now Batting writes a 1-of-1 song with your player's name right in the lyrics.
New subscribers aren't charged until day 7. $9.99/year after.
The show
Your team's own announcer — 6 voices
Apple Music walk-ups
Original songs — 15 a year*
A Team Hype Song
The Roll Call
Name Lock
The Bullpen
Soundboard & score calls
The toolkit
The Music Hub
Lineup, bench & subs
Multiple teams
Roster sharing
Works offline
*On Headliner it's 60 a year. Player walk-ups and Team Hype Songs draw from the same yearly pool.
Need more songs? Headliner is 60 a year for $24.99 — one tap in the app. Subscriptions auto-renew yearly through your Apple ID unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. An Apple Music subscription is needed for full-song Apple Music walk-ups; the songs Now Batting composes need no Apple Music. Terms · Privacy
Before you ask…
Stuff you're probably wondering.
Now Batting is the walk-up song app that brings the hype without the headache — as simple or all out as you want it. Walk-up songs for every player (including originals with their name in the lyrics), your own announcer who calls each name, a customizable pre-game Roll Call of your whole lineup (name the opponent, pick a music bed, preview the script), a Team Hype Song, and a soundboard — all from one phone. iOS-only, $9.99/year — with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers.
Just an iPhone. An Apple Music subscription is needed for full-length Apple Music songs — the ones you assign as walk-ups and the Situational Sounds, which are real tracks. Everything Now Batting makes itself — original walk-up songs, announcer calls, the Roll Call — plus the built-in sound effects works without it. For everyone at the field to hear it, connect your phone to a Bluetooth speaker or aux cord. That's the whole setup.
Yes — about 30 seconds. Get your roster set (songs + announcements), tap ••• next to your team name → Share roster, and send the link.
Whoever gets it can play the whole thing — walk-ups, Roll Call, soundboard — free for 30 days, no account needed. (Apple Music songs play through their own Apple Music.) That covers the assistant coach or parent who just runs the speaker.
You can share on the free trial too — up to 3 rosters — and a paid plan lifts the cap. Making it their own — editing it, keeping it past 30 days, or sharing their own version — takes their own subscription (free trial included for new subscribers). Keeps it fair: one Chief Hype Officer owns the team, everyone else enjoys game day. Change something later? Share again and they tap Get latest version.
Yes. Anything Now Batting makes — announcer calls, original songs, sound effects — is on your phone the moment it's made. Apple Music tracks just need one step first: while you're on wifi, tap Field Ready and download the playlist it builds. Then the whole game runs in airplane mode. Full walkthrough: Using Now Batting offline.
It depends on the speaker — but most coaches never run into it. Now Batting loads the next batter's song before you tap, so there's no wait, and it keeps a silent tone running so your speaker doesn't doze off between cues and clip the first word. We tuned and tested this across a range of Bluetooth speakers, so on the vast majority it's a non-issue. If your particular speaker still clips, an aux cord removes it entirely.
You pick the song, drag a marker to the exact moment you want it to kick in, and record or generate a player announcement. On game day: tap the player's card → song starts at your mark → the announcer calls their name → song roars back → fades out. Every beat of that is yours to set, player by player — three sliders in the song editor: where the song drops, when the announcer comes in over it (1.5 seconds in, by default), and where the song fades (a 6.5-second blast after the call, by default). Same three on an Apple Music track or an original we wrote.
You're in control, and you can see exactly what you're choosing. Every Apple Music search result shows Apple's own rating — Clean, Explicit, or Unrated — right on the row, before anything plays at the field. If a song has a clean version, that's the one that comes up; explicit songs still show up (clearly labeled) so you can always find the track you're after. "Unrated" just means Apple hasn't rated it — it may still have explicit lyrics, so give it a listen. You make the call for your team.
Each player gets their own big-league call — "Now batting, number seven, Mikey Moonshot!" You pick how it sounds:
— Quick and Easy: Tap once. The app writes the intro and generates a big-league announcer call in seconds.
— Fully Custom: Write the intro you want, your way. Because your players deserve the absolute most.
— BYO Announcer: Maybe you have a talent for announcing players — or you already paid for a voice. Upload your own.
Generate once. Plays instantly every game after. Pick from six announcer voices — Classic, Energetic, Vintage Radio, Hype, Latino, and Softball Energy — and if a player has a song but no call yet, the app flags it so nobody steps up to silence.
Any time. There are six voices — Classic, Energetic, Vintage Radio, Hype, Latino, and Softball Energy — and you can switch from Settings or right on the Manage screen in a couple of taps. When you switch, the whole team re-records in the new voice automatically in the background (about 20–30 seconds), including any players you've added or edited; the rest are reused instantly. Switch back to a voice you've used before and it's instant — no re-recording. Two things it doesn't touch: an announcer call you uploaded yourself stays as it is, and after a switch it's worth playing a few names back and Name Locking any that should sound a certain way. Do it while you've got wifi — the new calls save to your phone as they're made, so they're still ready to play with no signal at the field, no need to re-save. Switching back to a voice you've used before is instant and works even offline — those recordings are already on your phone. Trying a new voice with no signal won't take until you're back online: your team keeps its current voice until then, and it catches up on its own.
Yes. The Roll Call announces your whole starting lineup — each player by name and position — before first pitch. Tap Customize to name tonight's opponent, set the time of day and the occasion (a tournament, opening day, the championship), and pick a music bed to play under the announcer — or none. Preview the exact script, then build it. On game day it's one tap.
Every player's name gets said right — that's the point. If a name is tricky, Name Lock lets you lock how it's said once (pick from a few takes, or spell it your way). From then on the announcer nails it every time — in the walk-up, the Roll Call, and the Bullpen. No more cringing at the plate. If you switch announcer voices later, give the tricky names a quick listen and Name Lock any that need it in the new voice.
Two originals we write for you. The Team Hype Song is a full hype track with every player's name in the lyrics — name the team, pick a genre, tap Generate. The Player Walk-Up Song is built around one player: tell us a few things about them and we write a song that name-drops them. Both take seconds, and neither needs Apple Music.
Yes to all. Baseball, softball (down to the four-outfielder lineup, with left- and right-center called by name in the Roll Call), Little League, travel ball, T-ball — any team with a batting order. Run as many rosters as you want in one app and switch teams with a tap. No limit.
Yes. If you coach more than one team, or a player moves up a level or joins a second squad, you can move them to another roster — their walk-up song and their announcer call come with them, so you never set the same player up twice.
Easy. Import your roster from a CSV or a shared link — or add players in a couple of taps — then set each song's drop point, and you're ready before the first practice ends. Now Batting runs the whole game-day operation from one phone: walk-up songs, your own announcer, a pre-game Roll Call of the lineup, original songs with a player's name in the lyrics, and a soundboard. Simple on day one, as all out as you want from there.
Not yet — Now Batting is iOS only. Android is on the roadmap; email cho@nowbattingapp.com to tell us you'd want it.
New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. After that it's one annual subscription: $9.99/year for the Dedicated plan — everything included, with 15 original songs a year. Want more? Headliner is $24.99/year for 60. Start, manage, or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.
You can still use a lot of it. Apple Music is needed for full-length Apple Music tracks — the songs you assign as walk-ups, the Situational Sounds, the curated playlists, and the between-innings hype music. Everything Now Batting makes — original walk-up songs, the Team Hype Song, announcer calls, the Roll Call — plus the built-in sound effects plays right in the app, no subscription needed.
Apple Music only. Apple Music lets an app control the song itself, so the drop, the duck under the announcer and the fade all land where you set them. Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube Music don't currently offer apps like ours that control. Want another one supported? cho@nowbattingapp.com
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