Comparison

Tournament Edition vs That's Brackets

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

Head to head
About

Tournament Edition

Manage and participate in competitive events with this comprehensive platform. Create, follow, and join tournaments, seasons, or teams. Receive notifications, track player progress, and utilize various tournament formats. It supports both online and offline use, syncing data when connected.

Highlights
  • Create and manage tournaments, events, seasons, and teams
  • Real-time notifications for matches and updates
  • Follow favorite players and track their achievements
  • Support for multiple tournament formats (Single/Double Elimination, Round Robin, Swiss)
  • Offline and online functionality with data syncing
  • Player and team registration and approval
  • Social media integration for promotion and sharing
Features
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Designed from the ground up with Tournament Organizers, players, and fans in mind, Tournament Edition is the worlds most comprehensive tournament and event management platform. T.E Is a cloud based system working online and offline. It’s not just a tournament bracket generator, it’s an app for anyone who wants to be involved in competition! Best of all it’s free! - Create, Participate, and follow Tournaments, Events, Seasons, or Teams - Send and receive notifications of many kinds including match notifications, player to fans, match updates, and more. - Follow your favorite players and never miss when they are playing or what they’ve accomplished. - Auto seeding based on player location and teams as well as manual seeding. - Shuffle, lock, swap and, insert seeding - Single Elimination, Double Elimination, Round Robin, and Swiss tournaments are supported - Use offline or online and sync when internet is available, never having to worry about losing internet or not having it! - T.E tracks all your accolades and history for the world to see - Register for tournaments, approve paying teams/players - One button dynamic tweets of upcoming matches including player twitters, live streams, hashtags, and more - Link Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, or Google accounts to be promoted and share any tournament results - Participate in team based or individual based tournaments - Promote your Events or tournaments with our Hype feature to reach new audiences for your tournaments. Enhance your Tournament Edition experience by going casual or pro! With a casual subscription you get: • Ad free experience • Your teams icon in tournament brackets on the web • Your teams colors in tournament brackets on the web • A premium subscriber badge 1 month casual subscription is 2.99 12 month casual subscription is $29.99 With a pro subscription you get: • Ad free experience • Your teams icon in tournament brackets on the web • Your teams colors in tournament brackets on the web • A premium subscriber badge • Hype (2 free regional and 1 national per month) • Exports results to XML or XLS format from the web • Access to the TE API. 1 month pro subscription is $7.99 12 month pro subscription is $79.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Tournament Edition is all about promoting offline and online events and growing the competitive community. To learn more about Tournament Edition including tutorial videos and much more visit https://www.tournamentedition.com Privacy and Policy and TOS at https://www.tournamentedition.com/privacy A product of V Group Digital. www.vgroupdigital.com

About

That's Brackets

This app transforms group opinions into a tournament-style bracket. Seed 16 items, vote on matchups, and declare a champion. It's designed for offline play with no accounts needed.

Highlights
  • Create bracket tournaments for group opinions
  • Offline play, no Wi-Fi or accounts required
  • Host tallies votes round by round
  • Export and share final bracket results
  • Pre-built bracket themes included
  • Unlockable premium bracket packs
Features
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That's Brackets! turns any group's opinions into a tournament. Seed 16 items, run the matchups, and crown a champion — no Wi-Fi, no accounts, no setup required. How it works: - One person runs the bracket as the host. Everyone calls out their votes. The host tallies as you go, round by round, until one item survives. The debate is half the fun. Ready to play instantly Free built-in brackets get you started in seconds — TV characters, chip flavors, movie genres, cheeses, and more. Export and share - Finished bracket? Export the full results as an image and share it with the group. Premium bracket packs - Unlock themed packs for your crew: Road Trip, Food Lovers, Pop Culture, and more. - Buy before you leave — they work completely offline. Works anywhere - Designed for places without Wi-Fi. All data stays on your device. No account required.

Screenshots

Tournament Edition4 screens
That's Brackets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: That's Brackets at 100% against Tournament Edition's 22%. That's Brackets also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Tournament Edition's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tournament Edition sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and That's Brackets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

That's Brackets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Tournament Edition's written reviews are positive against 100% of That's Brackets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tournament Edition versus That's Brackets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournament EditionThat's Brackets
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperV Group IncMichael Engel

Customer experience

Tournament Edition

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

That's Brackets

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tournament Edition

One-time10
  • 1 Local Hype 100 views$0.99
  • 1 National Hype 200 views$1.99
  • 1 Month Casual Subscription$2.99
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  • 5 Local Hypes 100 View$3.99
  • 10 Local Hypes 100 View$7.99
  • 1 month Pro Subscription$7.99
  • 5 National Hypes 200 views$8.99
  • 10 National Hype 200 views$17.99
  • 1 Year Casual Subscription.$29.99
  • 1 Year Pro Subscription$79.99
3 purchases

That's Brackets

One-time3
  • Food Lovers Pack$0.99
  • Pop Culture Pack$0.99
  • Road Trip Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Tournament Edition free?
Tournament Edition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is That's Brackets free?
That's Brackets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tournament Edition or That's Brackets?
That's Brackets is rated higher. Tournament Edition averages 3.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while That's Brackets averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tournament Edition or That's Brackets have ads?
Neither Tournament Edition nor That's Brackets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tournament Edition or That's Brackets?
Tournament Edition ships an update every 6 weeks, and That's Brackets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tournament Edition was updated on October 7, 2026 and That's Brackets on October 7, 2026.

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