InfieldHQ vs Walkout Song DJ
Same songs, minus the second roster.
Walkout Song DJ has been doing this since 2013 and it does it well. It just starts from an empty roster you type in. InfieldHQ starts from the lineup the coach already set, and it's free.
Free to start. Runs in the app or a browser.
InfieldHQ
Free
A rec team that wants walk-ups without running a second app. The board is built from the lineup the coach already set.
Walkout Song DJ
Free to download, one-time purchase
A DJ who wants AI announcements and to play their own audio files, bought once with no subscription. Running since 2013.
What Walkout Song DJ does better
Four real ones.
AI announcements
Write a script, pick a voice and a style, and it renders an MP3 that plays before, after, or mixed into the song. We only record your own voice. (Want it in InfieldHQ? Tell us.)
Your own audio files
Your own music files for walk-up songs, so a track you bought works with no streaming subscription at all. We take uploads for sound effects today, and imported songs are coming. (Want it sooner? Tell us.)
Bring announcer audio you bought elsewhere
Import professional announcer recordings, and it splits one combined file into a clip per player for you. So you can buy big-league voices somewhere else and still run the board here. We have no import path for that. (Want it in InfieldHQ? Tell us.)
Twelve years of game days
Built by a coach in 2013 and still actively updated, with the details that only come from real use: a built-in equalizer, and waking a sleeping Bluetooth speaker so the first second isn't clipped.
Where the two part ways
Everything both apps do the same way is on the full comparison.
Getting the board built
The part that happens on a Tuesday night, not on game day.
Where the roster and batting order come from
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- The lineup the coach set. DJ mode reads the real batting order, and falls back to the roster in jersey order before anyone sets one.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- Type the team in, then order it separately.
Where the songs come from
- InfieldHQ: Partly.
- Apple Music catalog search. Playing a full song needs a subscription on the phone running the board.
- Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
- Apple Music, or your own audio files.
Play your own audio files
- InfieldHQ: Partly.
- Sound effects yes, uploaded and played with no subscription. Imported walk-up songs are coming.
- Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
- Your own music files, like MP3s.
Who can run the board
Somebody has to DJ while the coach is coaching third.
A parent adds their own kid’s song
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- They open the app and save it. No coach approval step, and it is the same editor a coach uses.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- The DJ sets up every player on their own device.
Handing the board to someone mid-game
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- Any coach or parent on the team opens it on their own phone. Same songs, same moods, no hand-off step.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- Move a backup between devices.
Runs in a browser, nothing to install
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- Any phone or laptop. Useful when the one person who has the app is stuck in traffic.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- App only.
Game day
The two hours everything else was for.
Knowing which speaker it is about to play from
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- A pill names the connected speaker, and warns you when the next tap would blast out of the handset.
- Walkout Song DJ: Partly.
- Wakes a sleeping Bluetooth speaker so the start is not clipped.
A batter whose song was never set up
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- The row says which half is missing (song, intro, or both) and opens the editor. The order still moves past them.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- Not documented.
Announcer voices
The one group where we are not the answer for everybody.
Professional human announcers
- InfieldHQ: No.
- No. Record your own, or use BallparkDJ for this.
- Walkout Song DJ: Partly.
- None of their own, but you can import announcer audio you bought elsewhere, and it splits a combined file into per-player clips for you.
AI-generated announcements
- InfieldHQ: No.
- No.
- Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
- Write a script, pick a voice and style, and it renders an MP3.
What it costs
Per season, for a team of twelve.
Price
- InfieldHQ: Free.
- Free. Not free to try, free.
- Walkout Song DJ: One-time unlock.
- Free to download, then a single purchase.
What it runs on
Including the phone the backup DJ actually has.
Phones and tablets
- InfieldHQ: Coming.
- iPhone today, and any phone through the browser. The Android app lands before September.
- Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
- iPhone and Android.
Everything that is not the music
Walk-ups are one screen in InfieldHQ. They are the whole app in the other two.
Batting order and field positions
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- Set both on a phone in about two minutes, and the DJ board reads the order you set.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- Not what it does.
Attendance, schedule, and the parent side
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- Parents RSVP for their own kid and see the schedule. Same app, same login.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- Not what it does.
Running the whole league
- InfieldHQ: Yes.
- Registration import, team formation, divisions, and tryouts for the board that runs it.
- Walkout Song DJ: No.
- Not what it does.
Who runs the board
Any parent can add their own kid's song
This is the difference that shows up in week three. Walkout Song DJ lives on the DJ's device, so one person sets up every player and moving it means moving a backup. In InfieldHQ everyone signs into the same team, so the dad in section C can add his daughter's song from the bleachers.
- No coach approval step, and no waiting on the person who owns the app
- The exact same editor a coach uses
- A parent can run DJ mode too, on their own phone
- Saved straight to the team board, no file to pass around
The short answer
Buy Walkout Song DJ if you want AI announcements without recording anything, or if your music lives in files rather than Apple Music. One purchase, no subscription, and it's been reliable for a decade.
Use InfieldHQ if you'd rather not type your roster twice, if more than one person should be able to run the board, and if you want the lineup, the field positions, and the walk-ups in the same place. It's free.
Give every kid a walk-up, free.
Batting order, field positions, and the walk-up songs that follow them. One app, on the phone that's already in your pocket.
Free while you try it. No card, no setup call.
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