# Bracket Maker for the iPad — Make your own brackets

> Portable program for creating and managing tournament brackets of various types. (iPhone/iPad app by Jacques Romano.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bracket-maker-for-the-ipad/id432514533 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jacques Romano](https://appshunter.io/developer/432514536)
- Category: Sports, Education
- Price: $0.99
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 44 App Store ratings · 92 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-05-05
- Data updated: 2026-07-06
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bracket-maker-for-the-ipad/id432514533/reviews.md

## What is Bracket Maker for the iPad?

This is a great portable program to help you create brackets for tournaments, friendly competition, small leagues, ping pong, bowling, volleyball, parties, beer pong, curling round robins, scout derby races, tennis tournaments and more.  It's easy to use and it does the hard part of figuring out who goes where!

Features:
1) Easy to advance the winners.  Just touch the player to advance.
2) Pair the players using seedings or by random assignments or by manual assignment
3) Create tournaments for 4 to 32 players depending on tournament type:
__* For single elimination brackets, the limit is 32 players.
__* For double elimination brackets, the limit is 32 players.
__* For Triple elimination brackets, the limit is 8 players.
__* For Round Robin tournaments, the limit is 16 players (multiple pools available).
__* For Consolation tournaments, you must use 8 or 16 players.
__* For Compass tournaments, you must use 8 players.
4) You can enter scores.
5) Load previously saved tournaments
6) Email or print your bracket display.  Including send results in a CSV format for elimination brackets.
7) Add players from your contact list.
8) Edit/erase mistakes (even after the tournament starts). 
9) On single and double elim. tournaments, you enter game date and location.
10) You can setup doubles or partner play tournaments
11) Save bracket images to your photo album
12) Play unlimited number of round robin games.  Also supports Ties!

Having this program on your iPad makes it perfect for on-site and real time updating of the brackets.  No wi-fi or internet needed.  Print or email the results to participants when the competition is over.  

You can also setup a consolation tournament where each team/player plays exactly 3 games when 8 players or 4 games when 16 players.

The Round Robin style is limited to 16 players but is a great way to keep track of wins and losses and ties.  The iPad does it for you!  You can even have up to four pools in one tournament.  The iPad automatically matches each team to ensure everyone plays around.

The program automatically adjusts the brackets for the number of players.  Instead of showing "byes", it will automatically advance a player appropriately when the tournament is first setup.  So, you can have 4 to 32 players.  The program automatically adjust the brackets so you don't have to.   

Plus, you can load player names from your contact list to save typing.  You can start a new tournament with as little as 4 players.  Then select Copy to start your tournament.

In the players list, you can re-arrange the order or delete an entry using the edit button.  You can also edit a bracket after it is created.

The program supports multiple ways to setup bracket assignments.
a) Copy using seedings: it will put the names on the bracket based on seeding. (For example, Player ranked #1 plays player ranked #16)
b) Copy using random draws, it will randomize the pairings using your list of players/teams.
c) Copy using manual selection, it will put the selected player/team on the bracket in your selection order.
d) Copy using top 4 seedings will place top 4 seeds on separate bracket sections (so they meet in the later rounds) while randomizing the other player placements.  This is often used for Tennis tournaments.
d) copy using partners will allow you set up doubles matches.  Either random pairing or controlled pairing.
e) copy names in list order.  Great feature if you want to completely control the assignments.

Features are constantly added.  I want this to be the best tournament bracket program in the app store.    Email support or visit facebook if you want to see a particular feature added or you have an issue.  I can't respond to review comments.

Now with color.  Choose team/player colors. IT EVEN HAS A HELP DOCUMENT for beginners.

See this program in action before buying it.  Find it on youtube or watch the app preview.

There are also more tutorial videos on the support website.

## Key features

- Advance winners with a touch
- Pair players by seeding, random, or manual assignment
- Support for single, double, triple elimination, round robin, consolation, and compass tournaments
- Enter scores and game dates/locations
- Email or print bracket displays and results
- Add players from contacts
- Edit mistakes and save bracket images

## Recent user reviews (10 of 92)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bracket-maker-for-the-ipad/id432514533/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Absolutely terrible.

*2022-09-17, version 25.0*

This is unfinished at best.

### 5/5 — Works great

*2022-07-05, version 25.0*

This app works great for me. Lots of options to choose from.

### 4/5 — Nice App

*2022-01-17, version 25.0*

I like this app a lot. I have ran into one issue though - if you have 6 people it will not let you populate teams on the bracket.  For some reason you have to have 8 players, or 4 teams not 3 teams. It would also be nice to add the ability to change the team size.

### 5/5 — Works well

*2022-01-01, version 25.0*

I’ve used this BracketMaker app for many years now to run an 8-ball tournament works great! Recently I started using again after a Covid hiatus. The names I enter to come up with bracket no long show the list of names. Found out in Apple’s dark mode the color of names are black like the background so names aren’t visible. Changed to white background names are now visible. Thank you

### 5/5 — One small change

*2020-12-30, version 24.0*

I just want to say that I really love this app but I can make one change is that when you go to interact mode on the full screen once you pick a winner loser is marked out on the winners bracket and then move down to the losers so it was a line through the loser so you know what games you’ve already played.

### 4/5 — Good bracket app... room for improvement but still using.

*2020-10-30, version 24.0*

This app has so many different options for making tournament options.  The bracket options are incredible!  

This is not an app for tracking your kid’s softball tournament.  The app sets which teams play each other next, this is not something that you can set.  Using this in order to run a tournament is great.

Super:
entering teams
bracket options
Recording wins/losses
Removing an error
Exporting an image of the bracket or list of wins/losses

Needs improvement:
Saving and recalling brackets
Saving and recalling names
Customization of where teams move in the bracket

### 1/5 — Good program, but could be better.

*2020-10-27, version 24.0*

It’s pretty good, but if I was able to control the font size of my team names it would be better.

Also the seeding selection is a little confusing.

But overall, very very good!!!

### 1/5 — Keeps crashing

*2020-03-22, version 23.0*

The app has an incredibly basic format. Which works but it keeps crashing. Also once I get all of my names in it will reset randomly and I will lose all of my information. I will be pursuing a refund

### 5/5 — Latest update is home run!

*2019-02-20, version 23.0*

I’m a tournament director of two very successful weekly 8-ball tournaments in Arizona; and, I used this app in the first few months of both.  Almost all the tourney software on the market is Windows PC only, leaving MacBook users like myself with only 1 decent free software solution.  I wasn’t going to go that route until I knew the tournaments were successful and would go on for some time in the future. 

So, I tried nearly all paid and free app solutions for ipads.  And after experiencing most of them, this app was hands down the easiest, most intuitive, and all encompassing solution for my needs.  And it’s FREE.  

Not 2 months ago, I emailed Jack (the developer) about some minor bugs and a feature wishlist. I never expected to hear back, but he responded within a week or less and embraced my feedback.  Over the next couple weeks he and I exchanged emails, and I am happy to say that this app is now as relevant as any pc software.  Why? Because I need to report my tourney results to the Fargo Rating system. This latest update now features all of the tournament’s match results and finishing order in a CSV file for easy submission to Fargo, or for your own tracking purposes and more!  

Home run Jack!

### 5/5 — Works great

*2018-11-05, version 22.0*

I see a lot of reviews are old but the current Rev works good for me... I would play with it before game day to get comfortable with it... but well worth the money to me and better than others I have tried

## Frequently asked questions about Bracket Maker for the iPad

### What kind of tournaments can I create with this app?

This app supports a variety of tournament formats, including single elimination, double elimination, triple elimination, round robin, consolation, and compass tournaments. It can accommodate different player limits for each type, ranging from 4 to 32 players depending on the tournament structure.

### How do I advance players or teams in a tournament?

Advancing winners is designed to be very simple. You can just touch the player or team that won their match to advance them to the next round. The app then automatically adjusts the bracket accordingly.

### Can I enter scores and edit the bracket if mistakes are made?

Yes, you can enter scores for games and even specify game dates and locations for single and double elimination tournaments. The app also allows you to edit or erase mistakes, even after the tournament has started, providing flexibility.

### What are the player limits for different tournament types?

The app supports up to 32 players for single and double elimination brackets. Triple elimination is limited to 8 players, while Round Robin tournaments can have up to 16 players. Consolation and Compass tournaments are designed for 8 or 16 players.

### Can I share the tournament brackets or results?

Absolutely. You can email or print your bracket display, and send results in a CSV format for elimination brackets. You can also save bracket images directly to your iPad's photo album.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 25.0 — 2021-09-04

Updated for iOS 14.   Fixes application identifier.
Fixes a round robin issue where the "play again" feature doesn't clear bracket data when you answer yes to keep win/loss records.

### 24.0 — 2020-07-26

* Updated for iOS 13
* For matches with 8 players or less, Added the ability to share match data with share sheet
* New action menu introduced on full screen mode.  No more long press
* Fixed full screen to take up full screen
* Fixed display of help document
* Bug fixes
* more share options coming later

### 23.0 — 2019-02-19

*** new feature *** 
Now besides sending an image of the brackets, you can now send CSV results via email.

Plus Bug Fixes.

### 22.0 — 2018-01-15

Bug fix associated when entering a score with iOS 11

### 21.0 — 2017-09-19

Bug fix so it can work with iOS 11

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