Comparison

bootbag vs Pomp Cricket

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

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About

bootbag

Engage in a real-time fantasy football experience where you scout and trade professional players based on their live performance. Aim to build a winning squad, climb through divisions, and become the ultimate scout.

Highlights
  • Real-time player trading
  • Live player performance scoring
  • Monthly competition rounds
  • Scout division progression
  • Player boosts for lower leagues
  • Live fixture viewing
  • Player analysis and news
Features
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Welcome to bootbag - Football's Ultimate Scouting Game Make your mark on the beautiful game. Feel the tension as you trade player's from over 3,000 real-life professional's in the knowledge that their form will improve. Is it the unsung goalkeeper, the talented wonder-kid defender, or the super-sub veteran midfielder who is underrated? Football's first real-time fantasy experience is here. Have you got what it takes to become bootbag's ultimate scout? Your aim is to select player's who can improve their form, and trade them out before they peak! Each month is a new competition round Every round you have a fresh transfer budget to scout players with Change your squad every match day to score points based on real-life performances The better they do, the more points you’ll score Gain promotion through the Scout divisions and aim to land the coveted first place in the Premier Division! Becoming Bootbag's ultimate scout! HOW TO PLAY As a new scout, you'll need to add players to your squad. The squad is where you will see all of your signings in one place. Each player's points score is live and can only be locked once you trade them out. YOUR SQUAD Adding a player to your squad is easy. You can search for a player via the League, Team and Player filters, or in-game via Match Vision. Simply select the player you want and complete their trade to your squad. You’ll have a maximum of 11 slots in your squad so you will need to trade a player out if it is full. LATEST NEWS & PLAYER ANALYSIS Study In-depth profiles on all players. Review a player’s form, upcoming fixtures, league tables and results. Read the latest stories and news impacting each league to help you decide which players sign. SCORE POINTS Make sure the players in your squad are getting game time, and that they are improving on their form from when you traded them in. PLAYER BOOSTS Players from a lower league have a ‘Player Boost’ added to their possible points return - the lower the league the higher the boost; this increases their potential points when the player plays well, but beware, if they play badly, their points will go in the opposite direction! WATCH LIVE LEAGUE FIXTURES As a scout, your job is to view potential trades and sign them to win you points. In Match Vision you can watch any fixture live as it happens, seeing how players are performing. You may have a player in your squad already that you are banking on to progress, or there may be a player that's caught your eye to add to your squad. SCOUT DIVISIONS Play for free and scale the 5 Scout divisions to prove you are the best. Once you have made it to the coveted Premier Division you will crowned as bootbag’s ultimate scout. SPEND DIAMONDS Diamonds are rewarded for trades and can be used to unlock further features to help you get an edge on the competition! CREATING YOUR CLUB Create a unique club identity that makes you stand out from the crowd earning new kit designs along the way, and adding to the clubs facilities. By increasing your abilities in the game, you will unlock more features to choose from. Developed by Sapien Interactive Limited - Bootbag® and the Bootbag logo are registered UK trademark office. All rights reserved. All other company names, brand names, and logo's are the property of Sapien Interactive Limited.

About

Pomp Cricket

Features
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Pomp is a cricket drafting game. You spin for teams from across cricket history, pick their players into your own XI one at a time, then watch your side play out ball by ball in T20, ODI and Test. Everyone's rated on their real career, so the good teams win because they're good teams, not because of a dice roll. You've got eleven spots to fill: a top order, a keeper, a couple of all-rounders, your seamers and a spinner. Keep an eye on the overseas count, and if you can line up players who actually played together, there's a chemistry bonus in it. Four things to play. International Treble. Win the T20, ODI and Test titles with one XI. No team has ever done it. Reckon you can? Indian Invincibles. Draft a franchise T20 side and try to go through the season unbeaten. Time Machine. Real tournaments from the past, where the conditions decide who's actually worth picking. Women's Global T20 2026. The women's game, same drafting. There's multiplayer as well: ranked matches against other people, or a straight series against a mate. Every game is simulated in full, and you can dig into the scorecard afterwards. And The Nets, if you just want a quick go: three short cricket puzzles, new ones every day. pompcricket.com

Screenshots

bootbag4 screens
Pomp Cricket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pomp Cricket at none against bootbag's shown. bootbag's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

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

bootbag ships an update every 2 weeks, Pomp Cricket every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
bootbag versus Pomp Cricket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbootbagPomp Cricket
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSAPIEN INTERACTIVE LTDOliver May

In-app purchases

None

bootbag

No in-app purchases

None

Pomp Cricket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is bootbag free?
bootbag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pomp Cricket free?
Pomp Cricket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do bootbag or Pomp Cricket have ads?
bootbag shows ads; Pomp Cricket does not.
Which is updated more often, bootbag or Pomp Cricket?
bootbag ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pomp Cricket every 8 days. Most recently, bootbag was updated on October 6, 2026 and Pomp Cricket on October 7, 2026.

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