Touch Cricket vs Cricket Captain 2024
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Touch Cricket
Experience the thrill of cricket with realistic gameplay. Master batting techniques, face diverse bowling styles, and compete in various match formats. Build your career or challenge friends online.
- Realistic batting physics
- Test Series mode
- Twenty20, ODI, and Test matches
- Single player and online multiplayer
- Career mode
- Customizable teams and players
Read full descriptionHide full description
TOUCH CRICKET delivers the realistic thwack of English leather on summer willow. Included in The Guardian’s top five cricketing games TOUCH CRICKET embodies the temerity and dedication required to become a first class batsman. This latest version 2.2 now features a new Test Series mode - perfect for playing along with this summer’s Ashes series! Using multi-touch, TOUCH CRICKET challenges you to find the right combination of footwork and timing in response to each unique delivery. Face all manner of googlies, leg breaks and yorkers and deploy the most effective response as you build a score to challenge the record books. Revel in a veritable almanac of play stats (are your opening pair working? Does your tail wag?) or simply come to understand the importance of stopping for drinks on a hot day and a decent Victoria sponge. With an immersive soundtrack, TOUCH CRICKET puts you at the crease, facing the heat of a varying attack and will require as much dedication and skill to master as the great game itself: * Choose to represent any of the 8 great cricketing nations * Tailor your game to the time available with Twenty20, ODI and Test modes * Play single player or online -via Game Center- in turn-based matches against friends. Also featuring full match stats, leaderboards and achievements * Pick-up-and-play functionality - carry on where you left off * Choose bowlers and tweak their styles, edit all team player names * Take a player from club to international standard in Career mode * Full Test match rule set - with options to declare, follow on or grind out the draw on day five
Cricket Captain 2024
Manage your dream cricket team and compete in major tournaments. Features a new score predictor, updated match engine, and extensive player statistics. Experience realistic commentary and updated domestic leagues.
- Score Predictor
- New commentary
- Honours Boards
- Improved Match Engine
- Updated Player Database
- Tournament Modes
- Updated Domestic Systems
Read full descriptionHide full description
Build your own dream team in Cricket Captain 2024. The 20 Over World Cup takes centre stage at the start of the 2024 season and, with our Score Predictor making its debut, you can manage run chases and set targets with a clear indication of expectations for the match conditions. With feedback from last year’s game, and simulating thousands of matches from every situation, we have rebalanced scoring rates across the board, with focus on both First Class and limited over scoring rates and AI. Daniel Norcross brings his inimitable style to the commentary box this year, for the first time on Cricket Captain. Cricket Captain 2024 expands our database once again, including honours boards showing every international century and five-wicket hall across all formats at every ground. With improved filters and viewing options for the vast array of statistics accessible through the game, picking your squads and accessing records is more intuitive and responsive. All domestic systems have been updated to include the latest developments in Pakistan, West Indies and around the world. Key features for 2024 include: • Commentary: new commentary from Daniel Norcross. • Score Predictor: in-match score and win predictor. • Honours Boards: every international 5 wicket haul or century, in all 3 match types. • Match Engine: improved following user feedback and simulations. • Updated International Team Rankings: calculated from last 4 years results. • New Kits: updated international kits. • International Player Rankings: updated with historical data. • Asia Trophy: play in ODI and 20 Over International tournaments. • Updated Pakistan Domestic System: Eight new teams. • Domestic System Updates: all systems updated to latest rules and formats. • Improved Player Generation: rebalanced with focus on player aggression. • Test Championship: updated for the 2024 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. • Phone Interface: improved screen layout with filters visible on stats screens. Complete Stats Update for the 2024 Season: • Updated player database with over 7,500 players. • Updated historical keeper and outfield stats. • Updated versus, ground and team records with partnerships, bowling and batting records. • Updated domestic squads for all 146 playable domestic teams. • Updated recent series stats for all players. • Updated real world player form for Domestic and International
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cricket Captain 2024 at Free against Touch Cricket's $0.99. Cricket Captain 2024 also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Touch Cricket's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
Cricket Captain 2024 is free to download; Touch Cricket costs $0.99 up front. Cricket Captain 2024 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Touch Cricket asks for nothing beyond the download.
Touch Cricket holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Touch Cricket's written reviews are positive against 49% of Cricket Captain 2024's.
Touch Cricket ships an update monthly, Cricket Captain 2024 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Touch Cricket | Cricket Captain 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | 2.9 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews — better | 49.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 626 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alisdair Mills | Childish Things Ltd |
Customer experience
Touch Cricket
Cricket Captain 2024
User reviews
Touch Cricket
From 15 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay mechanics
- 👍 Simple yet challenging learning curve
- 🏏 Realistic batting simulation with skill-based controls
- 💡 Innovative two-thumb control system
- 🎯 Test series mode is brilliant
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent online multiplayer bugs and glitches
- 📱 Poor compatibility with newer iOS versions and iPhone notch
- 🎮 Overly difficult spin bowling mechanics
- ⚠️ Unrealistic ball physics and bouncing
- 🔄 Player name changes don't save permanently
Cricket Captain 2024
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay mechanics
- 📊 Deep statistical and management features
- 🎙️ Improved commentary and sound design
- 🏏 Realistic cricket simulation
- 🎯 Multiple match types and formats available
Room to improve
- 💔 Loss of player licensing and incorrect player names
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔇 Audio/sound not working after updates
- ⚖️ Unbalanced gameplay and unfair difficulty
- 💰 Expensive paywall for full version
Bugs and requests
Touch Cricket
Reported bugs
17 issues- Online game creation and deletion not working
- Cannot access existing online matches
- Player names reset to default after hours of inactivity
- Game stats reset unexpectedly
- Ball glitches through boundaries
Show 12 moreShow fewer
- Zero runs awarded when hitting between 4 and 6 zones
- Spin bowling produces impossible ball physics
- Game freezes mid-shot
- Controls unresponsive or delayed
- Incompatible with iPhone notch display
- Game Center stats not displaying
- Cannot delete games from queue
- First ball sometimes drops vertically from screen
- Caught dismissals don't show fielder name
- Input lag between screen touch and bat movement
- Graphics stretched on modern devices
- Menu selection triggers quit prompts incorrectly
Requested features
19 requests- ODI and T20 series modes (not just Test)
- Bowling and fielding gameplay
- World Cup and tournament modes
- Practice mode for skill development
- Online multiplayer with proper functionality
Show 14 moreShow fewer
- Updated player rosters with current cricketers
- County and state team options
- Toss option before matches
- Declaration option in Test matches
- More detailed statistics (50s, 100s, strike rates)
- Pause menu functionality
- Game Center and online stats system
- Customizable team names
- Variable difficulty settings
- Forum for player-to-player matches
- Console-quality full cricket game expansion
- Better graphics and 3D view options
- Facebook integration
- Dropped catch mechanics for realism
Cricket Captain 2024
Reported bugs
14 issues- Player names changed to random/fake names after updates
- Incorrect player squads and team compositions
- Game crashing and force closing
- Unable to re-download after deletion
- No sound or commentary after recent updates
Show 9 moreShow fewer
- Dropbox sync not functioning
- Game won't allow re-download after uninstall
- Stuck on offseason coaching screen
- Game lag on iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Audio glitches with commentary
- Licensing issues causing player data corruption
- Game won't launch after update
- Incorrect player statistics and positions
- 50/50 chance of save data loss when exiting app
Requested features
23 requests- DRS (Decision Review System) implementation
- Custom tournaments and series creation
- Auction/draft system for franchise leagues
- More international leagues (LPL, T10, ILT20, GT20, US Major League)
- Bangladesh domestic cricket teams
Show 18 moreShow fewer
- Scotland career mode option
- Associate nations inclusion
- Player immigration/transfer system
- Impact player rule for IPL
- Auto-save functionality
- Training system improvements
- Player ability and potential ratings display
- Customizable team kits and uniforms
- Player selection from wider pool
- In-game help/tutorial system
- Skip through dates before squad selection
- DRS review challenges like PlayStation games
- Youth and U19 team management
- Player sorting by age and statistics
- Cricket Captain 2025 mobile release
- One-player captain mode with decision-making
- Win predictor improvements
- New commentary options
In-app purchases
Touch Cricket
No in-app purchases
Cricket Captain 2024
- Unlock Cricket Captain 2024$3.99
Questions
Is Touch Cricket free?
Is Cricket Captain 2024 free?
Which has better reviews, Touch Cricket or Cricket Captain 2024?
Do Touch Cricket or Cricket Captain 2024 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Touch Cricket or Cricket Captain 2024?
Other comparisons















