Comparison

CricMetry vs Willow

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

Head to head
About

CricMetry

This app uses AI-powered tools to provide aspiring cricketers with advanced performance insights. Analyze batting, bowling, and biomechanics with features like ball tracking and momentum analysis to refine skills and build a better career.

Highlights
  • AI-powered performance insights
  • Batting and bowling analysis
  • Biomechanics tracking
  • Ball and shot tracking
  • Balance and momentum analysis
  • Skill refinement tools
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Top cricketers and elite league players enjoy cutting-edge technology to elevate their game, but what about the 450M+ aspiring cricketers striving to reach the same heights? CricMetry bridges this gap by bringing advanced AI-powered tools right to your fingertips. With the CricMetry app, players and coaches can easily record their sessions and access detailed insights into batting, bowling, and biomechanics. Featuring innovative tools like Ball Tracking, Shot Tracking, Balance, Momentum analysis, and contextual correlations, CricMetry provides a comprehensive understanding of your performance. Designed to empower players and coaches alike, CricMetry helps you refine your skills, prepare for key matches, and build a healthier, longer-lasting cricketing career. Take your game to the next level with CricMetry!

About

Willow

Features
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Ball tracking at the nets, with just your iPhone. Prop it behind the bowler and Willow counts the balls and estimates speed, line, length and swing for each one it can track, plus where it pitched and whether it would have hit the stumps. Speeds are camera estimates, not radar readings. Each ball is saved as its own clip, ready to watch back or replay in 3D. And when you pick up the bat, Willow's AI reads your body through the shot. BALL TRACKING AT THE NETS • Estimated release speed in km/h • Line and length, and the spot where it pitched • Swing in the air and deviation off the pitch • Would it have hit? An estimate from the ball's path after it pitches • Works against a bowling machine, a sidearm thrower or a real bowler 3D replay and the stumps prediction are not available in the United States. YOUR SESSION AT A GLANCE • Pitch map with length bands • Beehive at the stumps • Release points • Ball-by-ball speed chart • Movement: swing in the air and seam off the pitch EVERY BALL ON VIDEO • Each delivery saved as its own clip, with its estimated speed when it could be read • 3D replay of each tracked ball: the path from release to the stumps, with its swing and speed, from any angle SETTING UP 1. Stand your iPhone well behind the bowler's stumps, at head height, out of the line of the ball. 2. Keep both sets of stumps in shot. 3. Check the stump markers, start the session and bowl. A steady phone, good light and a clear view of both sets of stumps give the best numbers. Wear proper protective gear at the nets. BATTING SHOT ANALYSIS • Film a shot and the AI names it: drives, pulls, cuts, flicks, sweeps and more • Reads your body through the shot: swing plane, front-knee bend, arm extension and more • AI coaching tips on each clip: what's working, what to fix and one drill to try next • Drop in a long net video and Willow finds the shots, then writes a session report For shot analysis, film front-on with your whole body in frame. YOUR COACH • A plan built from what you do in Willow: sessions, shots, stats and reflections • Training diary for nets and matches, including your tracked sessions • Stats and progress over time, including personal bests and how you get out • Paste in your career stats to keep them alongside your training THE MENTAL SIDE • Write a short reflection after an innings and spot the patterns that keep coming back • Track your mood over time Not therapy or medical advice. TEAMS • Create a team, share a join code and keep shared notes FOR COACHES: WILLOW COACH Players use Willow free. Willow Coach is an optional monthly subscription for coaches: squad rosters, players' sessions and stats in one place, and an AI squad brief before practice. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Coaching tips are general guidance, not professional or medical advice. Willow is an independent app and is not affiliated with any broadcaster, cricket board or other app. Terms of Use: https://willow-pi-black.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://willow-pi-black.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

CricMetry3 screens
Willow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CricMetry at none against Willow's 1. CricMetry also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Willow sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. CricMetry asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CricMetry ships an update monthly, Willow every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CricMetry versus Willow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCricMetryWillow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDave BhavinDinesh Parvani

In-app purchases

None

CricMetry

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Willow

Subscriptions1
  • Willow Coach$9.991 Month

Questions

Is CricMetry free?
CricMetry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Willow free?
Willow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CricMetry or Willow have ads?
Neither CricMetry nor Willow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CricMetry or Willow?
CricMetry ships an update monthly, and Willow every 5 weeks. Most recently, CricMetry was updated on October 30, 2026 and Willow on November 10, 2026.

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