Comparison

Swim Manager vs Countdown Cricket

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Swim Manager

Manage your UK swimming club's membership, communication, meet entries, and finances from your mobile device. This app is designed to streamline club operations and save you time. Requires an existing Swim Manager club account and login credentials.

Highlights
  • Membership management
  • Club communication
  • Time management
  • Meet entry management
  • Financial management
  • Mobile club management
Features
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Swim Manager is the best club management software for UK swimming Clubs. The Swim Manager app allows you to manage your Club from the palm of your hand and get your free time back. Designed to make your life easier, Swim Manager allows you to manage membership, communication, times, meet entries, finances and more. Please note: This app requires that your Club is using Swim Manager and that you have a login for your account already.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Swim Manager4 screens
Countdown Cricket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Cricket at 62% against Swim Manager's 0%. Countdown Cricket also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swim Manager ships an update every 4 months, Countdown Cricket every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Swim Manager versus Countdown Cricket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwim ManagerCountdown Cricket
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews61.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid RedshawEngland and Wales Cricket Board Ltd

Customer experience

Swim Manager

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative85.7%

Countdown Cricket

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Swim Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Cricket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swim Manager free?
Swim Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Cricket free?
Countdown Cricket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swim Manager or Countdown Cricket have ads?
Neither Swim Manager nor Countdown Cricket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swim Manager or Countdown Cricket?
Swim Manager ships an update every 4 months, and Countdown Cricket every 2 months. Most recently, Swim Manager was updated on October 4, 2026 and Countdown Cricket on October 11, 2026.

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