Play AFL vs Big Bash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play AFL
This app provides comprehensive information for community Australian Football leagues. Track fixtures, ladders, results, and player statistics for games running on PlayHQ. Easily favorite your preferred players, teams, and leagues for quick access to the action.
- Fixtures and schedules
- League ladders
- Game results
- Player statistics
- Favorite players and teams
- League and club information
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Introducing the official mobile App for everyone involved in AFL Community Football. Play AFL is a free iOS App built for community football fans, housing fixtures, ladders, results, and statistics for leagues operating on PlayHQ. With Play AFL, community football fans can favourite players, teams, clubs, grades and leagues, giving fans quick and easy access to the players and games they care about most. Play AFL's user-friendly interface is designed with the community football fan in mind, no matter where they are, so that they can stay connected to games and players anywhere, anytime. Download the Play AFL iOS App today.
Big Bash
Stay updated with the official app for the BBL and WBBL cricket leagues. Get live scores, in-depth stats, exclusive behind-the-scenes content, and breaking news.
- Live scores, stats, ladders, and fixtures
- Personalized team and player content
- Exclusive behind-the-scenes videos
- Video highlights and wicket replays
- Breaking news and match reports
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The Big Bash app is the official home of the BBL and WBBL. Keep up with all the action on field and go behind the scenes of the world's best cricket league. Features: - Live scores, stats, ladders & fixtures - Personalised experiences based on your favourite teams and players - Exclusive behind the scenes video stories and moments from across the league - Video highlights & wicket replays - Breaking news & match reports
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play AFL at 65% against Big Bash's 40%. Play AFL also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Big Bash's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Big Bash holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play AFL has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Play AFL's written reviews are positive against 40% of Big Bash's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Play AFL ships an update fortnightly, Big Bash monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play AFL | Big Bash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (12 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.1% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PlayHQ | Cricket Australia |
Customer experience
Play AFL
Big Bash
Bugs and requests
Play AFL
Reported bugs
22 issues- Can’t save in stages
- Game dates incorrect
- Can’t log in
- Email doesn’t stick
- App frozen
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- Player profiles messed up
- Player movements reverted
- Login impossible
- Teams inactive that are active
- Search function doesn't work
- Players default to public
- Timer incorrect
- Match times incorrect
- Custom avatars messed up
- Missing junior stats
- No option to add stats
- Can't find clubs
- Stuck on loading screen
- Game day screen hard to swipe
- Weather widget not priority
- Game details page changed
- Update nobody asked for
Requested features
6 requests- Link a child to two accounts
- Add schedule for ground on that day
- Search up a ground and see all games
- Nickname for saved teams
- Add fixtures calendars
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- Add 'add to calendar' feature for fixtures
Big Bash
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Play AFL
No in-app purchases
Big Bash
No in-app purchases
