Comparison

ORANZ vs Cricket Central

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

★ 4.65 ratingsView app →

About

ORANZ

Features

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The official home of ORANZ. Online registration, official race calendar and everything you need to know to come off road racing in NZ.

About

Cricket Central

The official app for the New Zealand cricket community. Access fixtures, ladders, results, and player stats. Logged-in participants can sync their schedules for instant match updates.

Highlights

Fixtures, ladders, and results
Player and team statistics
Favorite players, teams, and competitions
Sync personal fixtures to schedule
Instant match updates
Official New Zealand cricket community app

Features

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Introducing the official mobile app for everyone involved in the New Zealand Cricket Community. Cricket Central is the official free iOS app for the New Zealand cricket community, featuring fixtures, ladders, results and stats from PlayHQ. Fans can favourite players, teams and competitions, while logged-in participants get their fixtures synced to their schedule with instant match updates.

Screenshots

ORANZ2 screens

Cricket Central3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cricket Central at fortnightly against ORANZ's every 10 months. ORANZ's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ORANZ ships an update every 10 months, Cricket Central fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

ORANZ versus Cricket Central: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	ORANZ	Cricket Central
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	—	66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings	—	5 — better
Update frequency	Every 10 months	Fortnightly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	—	Free
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.1
Further details — not scored
Size	260 MB	69 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Sportsground	PlayHQ

In-app purchases

None

ORANZ

No in-app purchases

None

Cricket Central

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ORANZ free?

ORANZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Cricket Central free?

Cricket Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do ORANZ or Cricket Central have ads?

Neither ORANZ nor Cricket Central shows ads.

Which is updated more often, ORANZ or Cricket Central?

ORANZ ships an update every 10 months, and Cricket Central fortnightly. Most recently, ORANZ was updated on October 11, 2026 and Cricket Central on October 25, 2026.