Pitchero Manager vs Countdown Cricket
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.
Countdown Cricket
Score cricket matches with this interactive app, offering customizable game modes and team options. Track your progress with detailed stats and revisit past games. Perfect for casual play with friends.
- Customizable game modes (Standard, Pairs)
- Selectable game duration (balls or time)
- Choose from official or custom teams
- Automatic ball countdown
- Easy run and wicket scoring
- View game statistics
- Review past game history
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Countdown Cricket lets you to play your version of The Hundred anytime, anywhere! The app will allow you to quickly and easily score a match of countdown cricket, in a fun, interactive environment. It’s fast, simple and designed for all skill levels. Simply find a space to play with 2+ players per team, choose the number of balls for each team to bat for, and you’re ready to go. When you start a new game, you’ll be able to choose between Standard (One wicket per batter. When out, next batter is up) or Pairs (Bat in a pair for a set number of balls, lose 5 runs for each wicket), before then selecting how long you want your game to be – this can be done by selecting the number of balls you want to play for, or the amount of time you have to play. You’ll also then get a chance to select the number of players you’ll have on each team. As Countdown Cricket is your version of The Hundred, you can choose to play as one of The Hundred Teams – who’s your favourite? Pick from all 8 teams from the Hundred, or add your own custom team and create your own team name. The scoring itself is super easy to use, as you’re playing simply select the number of runs made or record a wicket, and the app will automatically countdown the number of balls you have remaining. When you’ve run out of balls, swap teams! You’ll be able to view loads of stats from your game, and even look back at old games you’ve played to track how well you’ve done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Cricket at 5.0 against Pitchero Manager's 4.0. Countdown Cricket also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pitchero Manager's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 62%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Countdown Cricket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Pitchero Manager's written reviews are positive against 62% of Countdown Cricket's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pitchero Manager ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown Cricket every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pitchero Manager | Countdown Cricket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 61.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pitchero | England and Wales Cricket Board Ltd |
Customer experience
Pitchero Manager
Countdown Cricket
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
Countdown Cricket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pitchero Manager
No in-app purchases
Countdown Cricket
No in-app purchases
Questions
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