Touch Cricket vs Cricket Captain 2026
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
Cricket Captain 2026
Manage cricket teams with extensive customization options and improved gameplay. Build dynasties across multiple countries, edit kits and emblems, and enjoy faster seasons with enhanced match engine and 3D animations.
- 45 new playable domestic teams
- Kit, emblem, and logo editors
- Expanded player editor
- Improved match engine and 3D animations
- Faster gameplay and save times
- Format selection for management career
- Network game improvements
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Build your dream team with Cricket Captain 2026. Forty-five new playable domestic teams across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe give you more ways than ever to start your Cricket Captain journey. Whether you want to build a dynasty in Sri Lanka, top the tables in Zimbabwe, or build a team in Ireland, there has never been more choice. Cricket Captain 2026 takes on a packed summer of England international cricket, with home Test series against New Zealand and Pakistan, and white-ball series against India and Sri Lanka. Match engine improvements across all formats, alongside faster contracts, save times and score prediction, allow you to progress through seasons quickly and spend more time on the decisions that matter. 3D engine improvements deliver smoother animations and better blending between actions on the match screen. The addition of the kit editor, competition logo editor and team emblem editor allow greater customisation than ever before. Based on user feedback, the in-game Player Editor has been expanded with match type retirement controls. Take more control of your career, with the option to choose whether you want to manage at international level, domestic level, or both for each format. Cricket Captain 2026 expands our database once again, including ground, team, and vs stats for 45 new teams and 23 new grounds. All domestic systems have been updated to include the latest developments around the world. Key features for 2026 include: • Sri Lanka Domestic: fourteen new domestic teams and five 20 over teams • Afghanistan Domestic: four new domestic teams and five 20 over teams • Bangladesh Domestic: eight new domestic teams • Ireland Domestic: four new domestic teams • Zimbabwe Domestic: five new domestic teams • Pakistan Domestic: updated Pakistan Domestic system • Domestic System Updates: all systems updated to latest rules and formats • Match Engine: improvements across all formats • Kit Editor: add your own kits for every team • Team Emblem Editor: add your own emblems • Competition Logo Editor: add your own competition logos • 3D Engine: smoother animations and improved blending • Player Editor: control player retirements by match type • Format Selection: choose to manage international, domestic, or both for each format • Faster Gameplay: improved speeds for contracts, save times, and score predictor • Match Screen: redesigned for clearer, faster gameplay • Network Game: improvements to online play • Commentary: additional commentary from Daniel Norcross • 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 • Test Championship: updated for the 2026 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 2026 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 197 playable domestic teams • Updated recent series stats for all players Dropbox requires iOS 16.7.10 or later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cricket Captain 2026 at Free against Touch Cricket's $0.99. Cricket Captain 2026 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Touch Cricket's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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 2026 is free to download; Touch Cricket costs $0.99 up front. Cricket Captain 2026 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touch Cricket has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Touch Cricket's written reviews are positive against 44% of Cricket Captain 2026's.
Touch Cricket ships an update monthly, Cricket Captain 2026 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Touch Cricket | Cricket Captain 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews — better | 44.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 666 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alisdair Mills | Childish Things Ltd |
Customer experience
Touch Cricket
Cricket Captain 2026
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
Cricket Captain 2026
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Touch Cricket
No in-app purchases
Cricket Captain 2026
- Unlock Cricket Captain 2026$9.99
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