Ashes Alerts vs The Scoring Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ashes Alerts
Get live cricket scores and real-time alerts directly on your device's lock screen and dynamic island. Receive instant notifications for every wicket, century, and half-century scored during matches.
- Live cricket scores
- Real-time alerts
- Lock screen notifications
- Dynamic Island integration
- Wicket alerts
- Hundred and fifty alerts
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Live Scores and Alerts on the Lock Screen and dynamic island. Scores are updated in realtime and alerts are sent for every wicket, hundred and fifty.
The Scoring Machine
This app helps organize and score golf games for individuals, groups, or entire events. It supports numerous game types, including medal, match play, best-balls, and scrambles, with automatic handling of handicaps, skins, and wagers.
- Organize and score golf games
- Supports dozens of play types
- Accurate individual and team scores
- Appropriate handicaps for all play
- Automatic skins and wagering
- Compatible with Mulligan's Eagle
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Organize and score for yourself, your foursome, your team, or a whole golf event. Keep accurate individual and team scores for dozens of kinds of play, including medal (stroke) play, match play, best-balls, foursomes, scrambles, Chapman, Stableford, Chicago and more. Use appropriate handicaps for every form of play. Handle skins and wagering automatically. You play golf and let The Scoring Machine do the work. Compatible with Mulligan's Eagle for the Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ashes Alerts at Free against The Scoring Machine's $4.99. Ashes Alerts also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). The Scoring Machine's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 33%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Ashes Alerts is free to download; The Scoring Machine costs $4.99 up front. Ashes Alerts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Scoring Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ashes Alerts ships an update every 8 days, The Scoring Machine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ashes Alerts | The Scoring Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (130 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews | 75.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 130 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WhileLoop Pty Ltd | Mulligan Software |
Customer experience
Ashes Alerts
The Scoring Machine
Bugs and requests
Ashes Alerts
Reported bugs
10 issues- App freezes on opening
- Numbers freeze
- Wicket/run display unreadable
- Paid subscription not working
- Does not send alerts
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- Keeps asking for purchase
- Score server issues
- Score updates are incorrect
- Scores show as 0-0
- App not updating
Requested features
7 requests- Add previous batsmen scores
- Show who bowled and who caught
- Display score team is chasing
- Show who's bowling
- Keep a running total of each batsman's score
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- Improve readability of wicket/run display
- Extend functionality to other England games
The Scoring Machine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ashes Alerts
- Ashes 2023$0.99
The Scoring Machine
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ashes Alerts free?
Is The Scoring Machine free?
Do Ashes Alerts or The Scoring Machine have ads?
Which is updated more often, Ashes Alerts or The Scoring Machine?
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