ForthUmpire vs OverMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ForthUmpire
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Forth Umpire — The Fastest Free Cricket Scoring App Score any cricket match ball by ball in seconds. Whether it's a gully cricket game on your street, a box cricket tournament, or a full club match — Forth Umpire is built for speed. Umpires have just a couple of seconds between deliveries. Forth Umpire keeps up. WHY FORTH UMPIRE IS THE FASTEST CRICKET SCORER Most cricket scoring apps slow you down. Forth Umpire was built with one obsession — record every ball as fast as possible, without fumbling through menus or waiting for screens to load. Tap once. Score recorded. Next ball. That's it. No other free cricket scoring app matches this speed. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH FORTH UMPIRE TOSS THE COIN Start every match the right way. Use the built-in digital coin toss to decide who bats first — quick, fair, and right inside the app. BALL-BY-BALL SCORING Record every delivery — runs, extras, wides, no-balls, wickets, and dismissals — with a single tap. Overs, run rate, required run rate, and partnerships update instantly after every ball. Nothing to calculate manually. AUTOMATIC SCORECARDS Full scorecards build themselves as you score. The scorecards are Fast and Easy to track the ball-by-ball score registered by application, just as needed for fast pace games like box and gully cricket. SHARE LIVE ON WHATSAPP Share your live scorecard directly on WhatsApp with a single tap. Friends, family, and fans follow the ball-by-ball action live from anywhere — no app download needed on their end. Just open the link and watch. REAL-TIME AUTO-REFRESH Scoreboards refresh automatically every few seconds. Spectators always see the very latest ball without pressing refresh. NO DOWNLOAD FOR SPECTATORS Spectators do not need to install anything. Share one unique match link and anyone follows live on any phone or laptop browser — instantly. BUILT FOR EVERY FORMAT Forth Umpire works for every format of the game: - Gully cricket - Box cricket - Street cricket - T10 and T20 matches - Club tournaments - Corporate cricket tournaments - School and college matches - Any limited-overs format of any length PERFORMANCE IS EVERYTHING Forth Umpire was engineered for one thing above all else — performance. The app never lags, never freezes, and never loses a ball. Built on a real-time infrastructure that syncs scores across all devices simultaneously. What the umpire records appears on every spectator's screen within seconds. No glitches. No delays. No dropped scores. Just fast, reliable cricket scoring — every single ball. TOP FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Coin toss built in - Ball-by-ball scoring — fastest in class - Automatic batting and bowling scorecards - Live share via WhatsApp in one tap - Real-time leaderboards for tournaments - Works on any phone browser — no install needed - Free — no subscription, no hidden charges - Supports any limited-overs cricket format COMPLETELY FREE Forth Umpire is completely free to use. No subscription. No premium tier. No ads interrupting your scoring. Start a match and score in seconds — every feature, free forever. Whether you are scoring a casual gully match with friends or running a full box cricket tournament — Forth Umpire is your free, fast, reliable cricket scoring partner. Download Forth Umpire now and score your first match in under 60 seconds. Forth Umpire — Score Fast. Share Live. Play On.
OverMate
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OverMate is a simple, focused helper for cricket umpires and scorers. Set up a match in seconds and keep accurate track of every ball, over, and innings, right from your pocket. Whether you're officiating a casual game or a club match, OverMate keeps scoring effortless so you can stay on top of the action, not the paperwork. START A MATCH Add team names, pick the match length, record the toss winner and their decision, and you're ready to play. LIVE SCORING Tap to log runs, extras, and wickets. OverMate updates the score, overs, and run rate instantly, with a current-over tracker and Undo Last Ball for quick corrections. BALL COUNTER A clean, minimal over counter. Tap through balls 1 to 6 and let OverMate signal when the over is complete. MATCH HISTORY Every match is saved with full innings summaries the scores, wickets, extras, and overs bowled, so you can look back anytime. SIMPLE & PRIVATE No sign-in required. Your matches stay on your device, private and always yours. Haptic feedback and a clean dark theme keep things distraction-free. Download OverMate and make your next match easier to call. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/td-chowdhury/overmate/overmate-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/td-chowdhury/overmate/overmate-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OverMate at every 4 days against ForthUmpire's every 3 weeks. ForthUmpire's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ForthUmpire ships an update every 3 weeks, OverMate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ForthUmpire | OverMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chintan Thummar | Md Tamim Dari Chowdhury |
In-app purchases
ForthUmpire
No in-app purchases
OverMate
No in-app purchases








