Comparison

Dynamos Cricket vs Cricket Captain 2025

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

Head to head
About

Dynamos Cricket

This cricket app for kids aged 8+ offers fun challenges, quizzes, and an arcade-style minigame to build skills and earn rewards. It allows profile creation, team personalization, and digital card collection in a private, secure environment.

Highlights
  • Personal profile creation
  • Theming and team personalization
  • Digital card binder with scanning
  • Skills challenges and quizzes
  • Arcade-style cricket minigame
  • Earn in-app rewards
Features
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The Dynamos Cricket app, created by the England and Wales Cricket Board, is the perfect cricket application for all children aged 8+ to have fun at home. App features enable kids to: - Create a personal profile - Personalise their experience by choosing theming to match their favourite team - Scan Dynamos Topps cards to create their own digital binder - Complete Skills Challenges and Quizzes to earn XP - Play an exciting arcade-style cricket minigame – time your taps to hit incoming balls, score runs, and avoid missing to keep your lives and reach a high score! - Earn exclusive in-app rewards as they build their cricket skills and knowledge The Dynamos Cricket app is free, and there are no in-app purchases. The app is private and not an open network, so nobody can see or communicate with your child. No personal data is requested or stored within the app. Dynamos Cricket is the ECB’s new programme to inspire all 8-11-year-old children to play cricket, learn new skills, make friends, and fall in love with the game. It is designed both for kids graduating from the All Stars Cricket programme (for 5-8-year-olds) and those who are new to the sport and want to get involved. We are doing our utmost to find a safe way for Dynamos Cricket courses to run as soon as possible. For more information, visit Dynamoscricket.co.uk.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Dynamos Cricket4 screens
Cricket Captain 20254 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dynamos Cricket at 4.0 against Cricket Captain 2025's 3.5. Dynamos Cricket also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Cricket Captain 2025's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (39% vs 24%). On price, ads 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. Cricket Captain 2025 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dynamos Cricket asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dynamos Cricket holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Dynamos Cricket's written reviews are positive against 39% of Cricket Captain 2025's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dynamos Cricket ships an update every 4 months, Cricket Captain 2025 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dynamos Cricket versus Cricket Captain 2025: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDynamos CricketCricket Captain 2025
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews39.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB712 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEngland and Wales Cricket Board LtdChildish Things Ltd

Customer experience

Dynamos Cricket

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative64.7%

Cricket Captain 2025

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive39.2%
Neutral10.1%
Negative50.6%

Bugs and requests

Dynamos Cricket

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

None

Dynamos Cricket

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cricket Captain 2025

One-time1
  • Unlock Cricket Captain 2025$5.99

Questions

Is Dynamos Cricket free?
Dynamos Cricket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cricket Captain 2025 free?
Cricket Captain 2025 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dynamos Cricket or Cricket Captain 2025?
Dynamos Cricket is rated higher. Dynamos Cricket averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Cricket Captain 2025 averages 3.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Dynamos Cricket or Cricket Captain 2025 have ads?
Neither Dynamos Cricket nor Cricket Captain 2025 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dynamos Cricket or Cricket Captain 2025?
Dynamos Cricket ships an update every 4 months, and Cricket Captain 2025 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dynamos Cricket was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cricket Captain 2025 on November 8, 2026.

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