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Cricbuzz - Live Cricket Scores is a sport game that provides real-time scores, commentary, news, and other cricket-related features. However, the game is fraught with numerous bugs and is marred by excessive advertisements, which can detract from the user experience. Despite these shortcomings, the app aims to deliver a comprehensive and engaging platform for cricket fans to stay updated on their favorite sport.

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Sport

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

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39%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,340 reviews

emotional4 positive mentions

monetization916 negative mentions

Cricbuzz provides fast and accurate live cricket scores and updates, making it a go-to app for cricket fans.
The commentary feature is highly praised for its detailed and engaging descriptions of matches.
The app offers a comprehensive range of statistics and information about players and teams.

The app has become inundated with intrusive ads that disrupt the user experience, often requiring users to wait before they can close them.
Recent updates have led to performance issues, including slow loading times and frequent crashes.
There is a lack of coverage for women's cricket statistics and matches, which many users find disappointing.

monetization
923 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
99%
The monetization strategy of the Cricbuzz app has drawn significant criticism from users, primarily due to the overwhelming number of intrusive ads that disrupt the user experience. Many users report being bombarded with full-screen, unskippable ads, particularly during crucial moments like live match updates, leading to frustration and a decline in app usability. As a result, numerous long-time users are considering uninstalling the app or switching to alternatives, citing the excessive ads as a major factor in their dissatisfaction.
- “I agree monetization is important, but please maintain a level of respectability in user experience.”
- “I have been using Cricbuzz since the beginning (I think maybe 2009-2010) when they came up with the idea. It was a website-only service, and when the app came out, it had no ads in the interface.”
- “Would have been much happier if there were no ads 😉 but that's for prime membership live commentary; then I would take it straight away.”
- “Every time I check scores or updates, I’m bombarded with ads that disrupt the experience, especially during crucial match moments.”
- “It was one of my favorite apps for cricket, but nowadays it shows ads more than that.”
- “The entire user experience became torturous with the ads.”
optimization
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11%
64%
25%
The app's optimization has significantly declined, with users reporting slow loading times, frequent glitches, and excessive advertisements that hinder performance. Many have expressed disappointment over the app's inability to function smoothly, particularly after recent updates, leading to a drop in overall user satisfaction. Additionally, there are calls for improved features and data accessibility, as the current performance issues overshadow the app's potential.
- “Keep up the good work and don't let down the performance by tweaking the UI heavily.”
- “Need more filters in the archives section to see specific match results, like along with year and match type, we can have team selection as well to easily filter out also, player vs team-wise performance needed.”
- “U can provide a more dynamic interface, improve the design for video viewing, and also provide recent form of each player, including their last 10 innings performance and year-wise performance.”
- “Additionally, the app’s performance has declined, with slow loading times and glitches becoming more common.”
- “Following the introduction of advertisements, there is a noticeable delay in loading times and a significant decrease in overall performance.”
- “The app performance is now very poor, from the last few days to load the app it is taking so much time, very disappointed from the last few days on app performance, if possible try to fix this issue...”
music
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
61%
22%
Users express significant frustration with the music aspect of the app, primarily due to intrusive and persistent background advertisements that play without controls to pause or mute them. Many reviewers report embarrassment and annoyance when the app's music plays loudly in public settings, often requiring them to force close the app to stop the sound. Overall, the recent changes to ad music have led to a negative user experience, prompting some to consider uninstalling the app.
- “The music thing was the breaking point.”
- “It's been pathetic from a week, the ads play in the background, I have no idea where the music is coming from when I am reading the commentary.”
- “Found a more pathetic thing, I was reading the commentary and I got a call, the music is playing in the background even during the call.”
- “Ads run in the background with annoying music, and the only way to get it to stop is to kill the app.”
- “Uninstalling because of your stupid music advertisements which start playing with no controls to pause or silence.”
- “It's been pathetic for a week; the ads play in the background, and I have no idea where the music is coming from when I am reading the commentary.”
stability
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The app's stability has significantly declined, with users reporting frequent glitches, slow loading times, and intrusive ads that disrupt the experience. Many have noted that the app often freezes, particularly when accessing features like video highlights and scorecards, leading to a frustrating user experience. Overall, the combination of bugs and excessive advertisements has made the app increasingly unreliable and unenjoyable.
- “Additionally, the app’s performance has declined, with slow loading times and glitches becoming more common.”
- “In the past year or so, it has become extremely buggy and rarely loads the scorecard on the first try.”
- “But the glitches and errors have become a part and parcel of the app lately.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
Overall, users express a desire for significant improvements in the game's graphics and aesthetic design, citing issues with low-quality ads and a lack of a dynamic interface. While some praise the existing graphics, many feel that enhancements are necessary to create a more family-friendly and visually appealing experience.
- “And best graphics.”
- “You can provide a more dynamic interface and improve graphics. Keep making this app better!”
- “But there's more room for improvement in aesthetics and design.”
- “You can provide a more dynamic interface; improving the design for video viewing would be beneficial. Also, enhancing the graphics is necessary.”
- “The ads shown are extremely low quality and inappropriate, making it uncomfortable to use around family.”
emotional
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users express significant emotional frustration with the app, particularly regarding the unavailability of the Nepal Premier League scorecard, which has left many fans feeling heartbroken. Additionally, the intrusive ads and navigation issues contribute to a negative experience, leading to disappointment and a sense of helplessness when trying to engage with the app.
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
Users express frustration with the app's story feature, citing an overwhelming number of ads that disrupt their experience and hinder access to important notifications. This has led some to consider deleting the app due to the negative impact on their ability to engage with relevant content.
- “That's the end of the story.”
- “It's really frustrating as I have lost one important notification and am not able to see any relevant story on the app.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the humor in the app's use of amusing images on player profiles and appreciate the entertaining and insightful game analyses, which add a gripping comedic element to the overall experience.
- “Now it's showing different images on player profiles, which is quite hilarious!”
- “Absolutely love the app and excitingly watching its growth... the analysis of the games is not only insightful, but also extremely funny and gripping.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be occasionally tedious, suggesting that it can become a monotonous experience.
- “Grinding can be tedious at times.”
- “The grinding feels repetitive and uninspired.”
- “I find the grinding aspect to be a major chore.”