Moonbase vs Cricket Captain 2025
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moonbase
Build a moonbase, mine resources, and raise an army. Forge alliances, identify threats, and conquer the map with your clan. Only the strongest will survive in this strategic simulation.
- Base building
- Resource mining
- Army raising
- Player alliances
- Clan conquest
- Strategic gameplay
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Build your moonbase and mine it for the resources you need to raise an army. Connect to other players and find out who you can trust, who you must fear, and who must fear you. Conquer the map with your clan.
Cricket Captain 2025
Manage your cricket team and lead them to victory in a comprehensive management simulation. Features an updated match engine, player editor, and extensive stats for an immersive experience.
- New, redesigned interface
- Player Editor for ability adjustments
- Improved 20 over match engine
- Job selection for captaincy positions
- Updated international and domestic stats
- Test Championship and tournament modes
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Build your dream team with Cricket Captain 2025. In a packed international season, Test cricket takes centre stage with Australia taking on South Africa in the World Test Championship final, followed by India’s tour of England and England’s tour of Australia. Cricket Captain has a completely new look, with a beautifully designed, clean-look interface, reducing distractions and helping take gameplay to a new immersive experience. Taking feedback from our fans, we have updated the match engine and player generation to bring more balance to scoring rates and wicket chances in 20 Over games. We have also improved the speed of the game engine allowing faster progression through seasons and matches. The new in-game Player Editor feature allows for editing player abilities, including batting, bowling, fielding, aggression, and opener type. For the first time, you can adjust your players as you want without sacrificing the core player-selection game play. Cricket Captain 2025 expands our database once again, including individual most wicket and runs season stats for international teams. Improved interface and options allowing faster access to the vast database at the heart of the game. All domestic systems have been updated to include the latest developments around the world. Key features for 2025 include: • New Interface: completely re-designed with fresh look. • Player Editor: adjust player’s abilities to reflect real-world performance. • Match Engine: improved 20 over engine following user suggestions. • Improved Player Generation: rebalanced with focus on 20 over skill. • Job selection: apply for captaincy positions around the world. • Commentary: additional commentary from Daniel Norcross. • Score Predictor: faster score predictor for more immediate feedback. • Updated International Team Rankings: calculated from last 4 years results. • International Player Rankings: updated with historical data. • International Trophies: play in ODI and 20 Over International tournaments. • Updated Pakistan Domestic System: 18 new teams playing all three match types. • Domestic System Updates: all systems updated to latest rules and formats. • Test Championship: updated for the 2025 season. • Tournament Modes: play in stand-alone One Day, Asia Trophy or 20 Over World Cups. Create your own World XIs, All-Time Great and Custom Match Series. Complete Stats Update for the 2025 Season: • Updated player database with over 8,000 players. • Updated stats for all match types. • Added international individual season batting and bowling records. • Updated domestic squads for all 156 playable domestic teams. • Updated recent series stats for all players.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moonbase at 100% against Cricket Captain 2025's 39%. Moonbase also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Cricket Captain 2025's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Moonbase sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Cricket Captain 2025 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Moonbase holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Moonbase's written reviews are positive against 39% of Cricket Captain 2025's.
Moonbase ships an update every 3 days, Cricket Captain 2025 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moonbase | Cricket Captain 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 39.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 712 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blauhaus Technology (Pty) Ltd | Childish Things Ltd |
Customer experience
Moonbase
Cricket Captain 2025
Bugs and requests
Moonbase
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cricket Captain 2025
Reported bugs
3 issues- Majority of player database has fake names
- England players are not in the game
- Game constantly crashes, highlights are glitchy
Requested features
3 requests- Add bowling speed (mph and kph) in player editor
- Introduce a bowler archetype system
- Add more injury animations (e.g., bowlers pulling up, dropped catches, broken fingers)
In-app purchases
Moonbase
- 50 Gold$2.99
- 110 Gold$5.99
- 250 Gold$12.99
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- 750 Gold$31.99
- 2000 Gold$64.99
Cricket Captain 2025
- Unlock Cricket Captain 2025$5.99
Questions
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