Looking for an automated GameChanger? This is the closest thing.
Pocket Blue is an AI scorekeeper for youth baseball and softball. Clip the phone you already have to the backstop fence, and it keeps the book – balls, strikes, outs, runs, who’s on base – with a live scoreboard on every parent’s phone. Nobody taps a pitch.
GameChanger is a trademark of GameChanger Media, Inc., a DICK’S Sporting Goods company. Pocket Blue is made by PhantomView AI LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to GameChanger. It’s named here only so you can compare the two.
The short answer
There is no automated version of GameChanger. There is Pocket Blue.
GameChanger is a manual scorekeeping app – a very good one. A parent or coach sits with the phone and enters every pitch, every out, every run, for the whole game. That’s where the “can somebody take the book today?” problem comes from, and it’s why so many parents search for an AI or automated GameChanger.
Pocket Blue starts from the other end. A phone on the fence watches the game, and on-device computer vision keeps score. The volunteer scorekeeper becomes optional. Everyone in the stands – and the grandparents two states away – sees the same live scoreboard at the same time.
Side by side
Pocket Blue vs. a manual scorekeeping app
A fair comparison. Manual apps like GameChanger do a lot that Pocket Blue doesn’t – and one thing they can’t do is keep score by themselves.
| Pocket Blue | Manual apps (e.g. GameChanger) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who keeps score | The AI, from a phone on the fence. A human can correct any call. | A parent or coach, tapping every pitch on a phone or tablet. |
| What you do during the game | Watch your kid play. | Watch the screen. Someone has to take the book every game. |
| Live scoreboard | Count, outs, score and baserunners on every phone with the app, in real time. | Yes – as fast and as accurate as the person entering it. |
| Equipment | One recent iPhone and any basic fence clamp. Viewers use any phone. | A phone or tablet, and a volunteer. |
| Where the AI runs | On the recording phone itself – no cloud round-trip, works with a weak signal. | No AI scoring. |
| Team management & deep stats | Not the focus. Pocket Blue keeps the book and shows the game; the first version is scoring, not rosters and season stats. | Mature: rosters, schedules, messaging, streaming, detailed stats. This is where manual apps shine. |
| Neutrality | The AI calls it like it sees it – no parent scoring their own kid. | Depends on who has the book. |
| Availability | Closed beta now. Pre-orders on Kickstarter Sept 15 – Oct 14, 2026. Public release spring 2027, iOS first. | Available today on iOS and Android. |
| Price | Pre-order: Early Bird Season Pass $39 (first 100), Season Pass $49, Annual Pass $99. App Store pricing to be announced. | Free to score; paid plans for premium features. |
Comparison reflects our understanding of third-party products as of September 2026 and may not be current. Check the other product’s own site for its features and pricing.
What Pocket Blue is – and isn’t
It is
An automatic scorekeeper
Balls, strikes, outs, runs, who’s on base – the core scoring loop, in real time, for baseball and softball. Trained on hundreds of games we filmed ourselves. Two patents filed.
It isn’t
A team-management app
Rosters, schedules, dues, group chat – not in the first version. If your team runs its season on a manual app for those things, nothing stops you from keeping it and letting Pocket Blue keep the book.
It isn’t
Out yet
Pocket Blue is in closed beta. Backers on Kickstarter are the first to get access when it launches in spring 2027. Accuracy isn’t uniform yet; there’s always a human in the loop.
How it works
Clip your phone to the fence
Any basic clamp behind home plate, roughly the angle you’d livestream from anyway. Make sure all four bases are in view.
Hit start, walk back to your seat
Pocket Blue watches the game and keeps the book – pitches, outs, hits, runs. The AI runs on the phone itself, not in the cloud.
Everybody just watches
Every parent, grandparent and sibling with the app open gets the live scoreboard – from the stands or two states away.
A real game, scored on the phone at the fence – not a mockup. See the tech →
Pre-order pricing · Kickstarter · Sept 15 – Oct 14
Back it once. Your kid’s games, scored and saved.
Passes are digital – nothing to ship. Backers are the first to get access when Pocket Blue launches, and every pass starts with the spring 2027 season. Kickstarter is all-or-nothing: nobody is charged unless we reach $8,000 by October 14.
One season of Pocket Blue. The early price, limited to the first 100.
One season of Pocket Blue. Your kid’s games, scored and saved.
Two seasons – spring and fall ball. Plus Pocket Blue merch.
FAQ
Automated GameChanger questions, answered
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