Comparison

Cricket Central vs BeerFund

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

Head to head
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.

About

BeerFund

Features
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Every club has a fines system. Most of them live in someone's head, a notes app, or a whiteboard that got wiped. BeerFund writes it down properly — who was fined, what for, who dobbed them in, and whether it stuck. DOB IN A TEAMMATE Saw a dropped sitter at mid-on? File a charge from your phone in seconds: pick the player, pick the offence from your club's price list, add the particulars and a photo as evidence. Match-day offences are tied to the fixture they happened in. THE COURT RULES Every charge goes to the docket. The accused can file a defence, and disputed matters go first. The court rules GUILTY or DISMISSED — and a thrown-out accusation can cost the accuser what it would have cost the accused. Choose your charges carefully. THE LEDGER The club's feed of every fine, ruling and refund, newest first. See the whole club or just your own record. MY TAB What you owe, what you've paid, and your rap sheet for the season. The treasurer marks fines as paid when you settle up, so the tab always matches the tin. MATCHES AND AVAILABILITY Season fixtures, grounds and who's on beer duty. Tell the captain whether you're in, out or happy to sit out, and see who played and what each match raised. THE STATISTICS The season leaderboard, a running total round by round, offences ranked by money taken, and a player-by-offence matrix. Look back at closed seasons too. RUN BY THE COMMITTEE Admins set the price list — fines and refunds for fifties and five-fors alike — manage the roster, approve members, run seasons and fixtures, and choose which notifications the club sends. JOIN IN SECONDS Sign in with Apple, Google or a code by email — no passwords. Enter your club's invite code, pick your name off the roster, and you're in. NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS IN THE APP BeerFund keeps the record; settling up still happens at the pub. There are no payments, no ads and no tracking. BeerFund is for adults. Each club's data is private to its members.

Screenshots

Cricket Central3 screens
BeerFund4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BeerFund at every 5 days against Cricket Central's fortnightly. 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

Cricket Central ships an update fortnightly, BeerFund every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cricket Central versus BeerFund: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCricket CentralBeerFund
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPlayHQFabio Loreggian

In-app purchases

None

Cricket Central

No in-app purchases

None

BeerFund

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cricket Central free?
Cricket Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeerFund free?
BeerFund is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cricket Central or BeerFund have ads?
Neither Cricket Central nor BeerFund shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cricket Central or BeerFund?
Cricket Central ships an update fortnightly, and BeerFund every 5 days. Most recently, Cricket Central was updated on November 8, 2026 and BeerFund on October 31, 2026.

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