Buzzer Beater vs BuzzerBeater Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buzzer Beater
Stay updated with real-time NBA stats, scores, and player information. Engage with a community of fans to discuss games, share opinions, and follow team travels. Personalize your experience with custom profiles and themes.
- Real-time player updates
- Live scores and box scores
- Fan chat and community
- Customizable user profiles
- Team travel itineraries
- Player availability notifications
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Buzzer Beater is your home for the NBA — live scores, real-time player news, injury updates and a community that lives for the game. Follow your favourite teams and players, react as it happens, and never miss a moment. • NEWS, INJURIES & AVAILABILITY Be the first to know who's playing. Buzzer Beater pulls from trusted sources — X, the NBA Injury Report, ESPN and more — so you're informed the second a player's status changes, with a league-wide feed of the latest news and injuries. • LIVE SCORES Follow every game live — scores, play-by-play, player box scores and the last play. Check the action and vote for the winners. • CHAT WITH FANS Jump into the conversation. Share your take, call the winner and talk every big moment with fans like you. • MAKE IT YOURS Create your profile and theme the app in your favourite team's colours. • TEAM TRAVELS Follow teams around the globe — see their itinerary and spot when a tired team is coming off a long road trip. Join the Buzzer Beater community and experience the NBA like never before. We talk, they play.
BuzzerBeater Mobile
Manage your own basketball franchise, from drafting players and training them to building arenas and strategizing game play. Compete against thousands of other managers worldwide in this realistic simulation.
- Online basketball simulation
- Player drafting and training
- Franchise management
- Strategic game play
- Global competition
- Realistic AI coaching
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BuzzerBeater is an online basketball simulation game that pits you against other managers across the planet. Play head-to-head against other challengers, employing strategic game play and statistical analysis. Go beyond fantasy basketball and run your own franchise. Have you got what it takes to be the best? You're the GM. You pick the players, you train them, and you tell them how to play. Want a bigger arena? Build it. Want to draft a superstar? It's all about scouting. You make the decisions and you’re in charge! Take your team to the top of your league. Then continue up the BuzzerBeater ranks to beat out managers from around the world. No excuses. No retreat. Just you and 13000+ opponents who would like nothing better than to run you out of the gym. Realistic basketball action. Play the most advanced basketball simulation and coaching AI ever released. BuzzerBeater never sleeps, so why should you? Sign up now to play against the greatest basketball managers in the world. And hey... it’s free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Buzzer Beater at 5.0 against BuzzerBeater Mobile's 4.4. Buzzer Beater also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). BuzzerBeater Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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.
Buzzer Beater holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BuzzerBeater Mobile has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Buzzer Beater's written reviews are positive against 75% of BuzzerBeater Mobile's.
Buzzer Beater ships an update weekly, BuzzerBeater Mobile every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Buzzer Beater | BuzzerBeater Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Palomino | Digital Field Theory LLP |
Customer experience
Buzzer Beater
BuzzerBeater Mobile
In-app purchases
Buzzer Beater
No in-app purchases
BuzzerBeater Mobile
No in-app purchases
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