Touch Cricket vs HOWZAT!
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
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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
HOWZAT!
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Experience the Nostalgia of Pencil Cricket Bring back the thrill of the classroom classic! "HOWZAT!" is a minimalist, fast-paced cricket simulation designed specifically for local 2-player matches. Whether you’re waiting for a flight, on a lunch break, or hanging out with a friend, you can jump into a match in seconds—no kit required. Just like the traditional game played in the back of notebooks, players take turns "spinning" to generate runs. Strategy meets luck as you navigate through wickets, boundaries, and the dreaded "HOWZAT!" Key Features: - Local Multiplayer: Designed for two players on a single device. Face off against your friends in a true test of luck. - Classic Gameplay: Simple mechanics that stay true to the authentic pencil cricket experience. - Quick Matches: Perfect for short bursts of gaming. - Clean Interface: A distraction-free UI that focuses entirely on the game. - Offline Play: No internet connection? No problem. Play anywhere, anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HOWZAT! at Free against Touch Cricket's $0.99. Touch Cricket's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On ads, 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
HOWZAT! is free to download; Touch Cricket costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Touch Cricket | HOWZAT! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alisdair Mills | Jonathan Hayter |
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
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- 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
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- 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
HOWZAT!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Touch Cricket
No in-app purchases
HOWZAT!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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