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The walk-up app that already knows your batting order.

BallparkDJ and Walkout Song DJ are walk-up song apps. You type your roster into them a second time. InfieldHQ's DJ board is the lineup the coach already set, and it's free.

Start a lineup free

Free to start. Runs in the app or a browser.

The InfieldHQ DJ mode Walk-up screen: Kai is now batting number 1 with Play walk-up, Back, and Skip controls, Noor is on deck, and the rest of Atlas United's batting order queues below with a walk-up song icon next to each name.

Which one is for you

All three are good at something different.

InfieldHQ

by 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.

See DJ mode

BallparkDJ

by Chad Payne

$6.99 a year, plus $3.99 per player for pro voices

A team that wants a real big-league announcer saying their kid’s name, and will pay per player for it. Nobody else has those voices.

Check BallparkDJ's own page

Walkout Song DJ

by Joseph Vidunas

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.

Check Walkout Song DJ's own page

The whole comparison

Grouped by when you'd actually run into it.

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.
BallparkDJ: No.
Type the team in, then order it separately.
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.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
A licensed Epidemic Sound library of 50,000+ tracks included for everyone, plus Apple Music on iPhone.
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.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
External music sources and DJ Clips.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
Your own music files, like MP3s.

Bring a song list you already have

InfieldHQ: Yes.
Paste a list into a mood, or hand Ask HQ a BallparkDJ export and it looks up every song for you.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
Share a whole team by link, songs and timings included.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
Google Drive or iCloud backup and restore.

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.
BallparkDJ: Partly.
Share the team to them first, then edits sync back.
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.
BallparkDJ: Partly.
Send a share link ahead of time. The other person needs the app, and importing a team of four or more prompts them to buy their own unlock.
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.
BallparkDJ: No.
App only.
Walkout Song DJ: No.
App only.

Game day

The two hours everything else was for.

Between-innings music

InfieldHQ: Yes.
Moods you name yourself. Tap one and it favors something nobody has heard yet tonight, instead of the same song five times.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
SoundBoard Studio.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
A dedicated inning-break view that fades out before play resumes.

Sound effects with no music subscription

InfieldHQ: Yes.
Upload an air horn or a rally chant and it plays for anyone, subscription or not.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
The included Epidemic library needs no other subscription.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
Your own audio files.

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.
BallparkDJ: No.
Nothing on screen says where the audio is going.
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.
BallparkDJ: Partly.
A grey microphone or music icon sits next to the player’s name.
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.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
Real announcers from MLB, NFL, UFC, NCAA and MLS venues. $3.99 per player, one time, and it does not expire.
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.
BallparkDJ: No.
Real voices instead.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
Write a script, pick a voice and style, and it renders an MP3.

Record your own intro

InfieldHQ: Yes.
Right on your phone, in the walk-up editor, and you can hear the finished thing before you save it.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
Plus reverb, pitch and speed effects.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
Yes.

Voice over the music, or before it

InfieldHQ: Yes.
Pick together or voice-then-song. On together, the song ducks under the announcement and comes back up.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
Overlap and volume controls.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
Before, after, or mixed, with fades.

What it costs

Per season, for a team of twelve.

Price

InfieldHQ: Free.
Free. Not free to try, free.
BallparkDJ: $6.99 a year.
Unlimited teams and players. Free to try first.
Walkout Song DJ: One-time unlock.
Free to download, then a single purchase.

Charges per player

InfieldHQ: None.
No per-player fee, ever.
BallparkDJ: $3.99 each.
Per player for a pro voice, or $6.98 with SuperVoice. Twelve players is $48 to $84.
Walkout Song DJ: None.
No per-player fee.

Subscription

InfieldHQ: None.
Nothing to cancel.
BallparkDJ: Yearly.
Renewed by hand, and they do not auto-renew it.
Walkout Song DJ: None.
Bought once.

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.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
iPhone and Android.
Walkout Song DJ: Yes.
iPhone and Android.

Sports it covers

InfieldHQ: Partly.
Softball and baseball.
BallparkDJ: Yes.
Baseball, softball, hockey, football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball and more.
Walkout Song DJ: Partly.
Baseball and softball.

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.
BallparkDJ: No.
Not what it does.
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.
BallparkDJ: No.
Not what it does.
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.
BallparkDJ: No.
Not what it does.
Walkout Song DJ: No.
Not what it does.

What BallparkDJ does better

Two things, and they're not small.

Real big-league announcers

Actual stadium announcers from MLB, NFL, UFC, NCAA and MLS venues will record your player's name. It's $3.99 a player, one time, and it does not expire. We have nothing like it, and if that's the thing you want most, buy it. It's good and it's cheap. (Want it in InfieldHQ? Tell us.)

A licensed music library included

Every BallparkDJ user gets 50,000+ Epidemic Sound tracks with no other subscription, on iPhone and Android both. We need Apple Music on the phone running the board to play a full song. (Want it in InfieldHQ? Tell us.)

For most rec teams the announcer is a parent with a phone anyway, and what actually breaks game day isn't the voice. It's the roster being wrong, the order being different from what's on the clipboard, and nobody knowing who's on deck. That's the part we built.

Where we're different

Three things that fall out of the board and the lineup being the same app.

The order is already there

The coach sets the batting order once. DJ mode plays it in that order, and moves to the next batter for you. Before anyone sets one, it falls back to the roster in jersey order.

Any parent can DJ

A parent opens the app on their own phone and saves their kid's walk-up. No approval step, no share link, and they can run the board too.

Nothing to install

It runs in a browser. When the one person with the app is stuck in traffic, someone else picks it up on a laptop.

The InfieldHQ walk-up song editor for Kai Andersen, number 1 on Atlas United: Thunderstruck by AC/DC selected as the walk-up song, the clip trimmed to 15 seconds starting at 0:42, a Together voice-and-song blend, and Preview walk-up and Save walk-up buttons.

Switching

Bring the songs you already picked

A BallparkDJ export drops straight in. Attach the file to Ask HQ, check what it found, and tap once. Nothing saves until you've seen it, and the batting order was already there.

  • Export your team from your current app, or just paste a list of songs
  • Ask HQ looks up every song in the Apple Music catalog and shows you the matches first
  • Clip start and length come across too, in whatever notation the file used
  • A row it cannot read gets named and skipped, never guessed at

Questions worth asking

Do I need Apple Music?

For full songs, yes, on the phone running the board. Sound effects and a recorded intro play without it, and you can build the whole board before you sort out a subscription.

Can I use my own MP3s?

For sound effects, yes, today. For walk-up songs, not yet. It's coming. (Want it sooner? Tell us.)

Do you have professional announcer voices?

No. You record your own on your phone, and you can preview it before you save. For a big-league voice, BallparkDJ is the one. (Want it in InfieldHQ? Tell us.)

Is it really free?

Yes. Paid league plans are coming for the admin side, and DJ mode isn't what we plan to charge for.

Does it work on Android?

Through the browser today, on any phone. The Android app lands before September.

Do I have to use the rest of InfieldHQ?

No, but the batting order is what makes DJ mode good, so most coaches set that first. It takes about two minutes.

One on one

Just comparing against one of them?

InfieldHQ vs BallparkDJInfieldHQ vs Walkout Song DJ

Give every kid a walk-up, free.

Batting order, field positions, and the walk-up songs that follow them. All in one place, on the phone that's already in your pocket.

Start a lineup free

Free while you try it. No card, no setup call.

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