Pitchero Manager vs ECB Activator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pitchero Manager
Simplify sports team administration for coaches. Manage memberships, communicate with players, and organize schedules with ease. This app streamlines daily club tasks, allowing coaches to focus more on the sport itself.
- Manage team membership
- Track player availability
- Select and publish teams
- Send direct/group messages
- Post results and statistics
- Organize fixtures and schedules
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The Pitchero Manager app is the ultimate in sports team management. For football, cricket, hockey or rugby teams, the Manager app is making club management easy for coaches every single day. Managing your team's membership, communicating with players and keeping on top of your team's schedule, Pitchero's team management app reduces tiresome daily club administrative tasks to just a few taps on your smartphone. Join thousands of grassroots sports coaches who are managing their team on the go with Pitchero Manager app. Plus, if you don't already have a club website with Pitchero, you can download the app and get started straight away. Key features: * Add players and parents to the membership database. * Check and prompt player availability for matches. * Select a team and publish online. * Send direct or group messages to your members. * Post your result and statistics to your website and social media channels immediately after a game. Are you a busy football, rugby, hockey or cricket coach, tasked with organising several fixtures and up against the clock to select a team? Use the Manager app to select your team, creating your starting team and instantly notifying players they've been selected for an upcoming match. With 833,000 fixtures managed by Pitchero clubs a year, sports coaches need a helping hand when organising, scheduling and communicating with your team. And thanks to the Pitchero Manager app, you can! Let's get back to sport.
ECB Activator
This app helps program leaders easily monitor ongoing initiatives and record participant information. It provides a streamlined method for managing program data and participant records.
- Track ongoing programs
- Record participant data
- Manage program initiatives
- Simple data recording
- Participant information management
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The ECB Activator App is designed for Activators who want a simple way to keep track of programmes they are running as well as recording all relevant data of their participants.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pitchero Manager at 86% against ECB Activator's 50%. Pitchero Manager also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). ECB Activator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pitchero Manager ships an update every 6 weeks, ECB Activator every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pitchero Manager | ECB Activator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pitchero | Clubspark Group Limited |
Customer experience
Pitchero Manager
ECB Activator
Bugs and requests
Pitchero Manager
Reported bugs
8 issues- Cannot add more fixtures and training
- Fixtures/training don't appear on player apps
- App doesn't load, shows spinning circle
- App crashes
- Cannot load teams error message
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- Trouble opening app, requires logout/login
- Availability tab requires re-doing filters each time
- App only works on WiFi, not mobile data
Requested features
17 requests- Ability to delete messages from inbox
- Option to specify 'won on penalties' for match results
- Easier photo/video posting
- More YouTube help/helpline resources
- Save filter settings
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- Ability to set availability by event, not just date
- Link to text/WhatsApp/messenger for sharing
- Webmaster access to more features
- Man of the match voting
- Attendance statistics for training, separated by team
- Functionality to prevent accidental social media sharing for youth teams
- Ability to publish a side to just players on the app
- See player subscription status without manual updates
- Extend swipe to change player to subs
- Change match type (e.g., friendly to Cup) on app
- Fix other teams showing up on schedule
- Mirror more website features on app
ECB Activator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pitchero Manager
No in-app purchases
ECB Activator
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pitchero Manager free?
Is ECB Activator free?
Do Pitchero Manager or ECB Activator have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pitchero Manager or ECB Activator?
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