Tournament Maker vs Podium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tournament Maker
Easily create and manage various sports tournaments, including round robin and knockout formats. Automatically generate schedules, track scores, calculate player ratings, and share results with participants. Organize all your events and player databases in one convenient application.
- Round robin and knockout tournament formats
- Automatic schedule generation with bye rounds
- Score tracking and rating calculation
- Player database management
- Tournament result sharing
- View results in grid or standings
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- Sets, for sports like tennis and volleyball - Cup, organize playoff/knockout/cup tournaments - Rating calculator. Calculate new ratings for all the tournament participants. - Scores. Finally, you are able to add scores to matches, so you can organise sports tournaments as well - Manage players. Now you can easily edit players after they have been created - Manage all your tournaments in one app - Add and remove players to your player database, where you can easily choose players for each tournament - Generate a tournament schedule automatically, including Bye rounds in case you have an odd number of players - View results in a tournament grid or sorted by current standings - Share the tournament schedule, table or final results with all the players Tournament Manager Pro version of the app is available as a one-time purchase or as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Subscription terms: - The subscription auto-renews at the end of each term. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy and Terms of Use: https://oval.fi/privacy-round-robin/
Podium
Log and organize your personal and family sports achievements in one place. Track results for various timed races, tournaments, and games to build your digital trophy shelf.
- Personal trophy shelf
- Digital achievement tracker
- Log family accomplishments
- Track timed races
- Organize sports results
- Record tournament placements
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Your personal trophy shelf, ribbon wall, and digital achievement tracker—all in one place. Effortlessly log and organize your accomplishments, whether they are yours, your family's, or your friends'. Track results for: - Timed races and place finished - Volleyball tournaments - Wrestling matches - Football games - Baseball scores - Gymnastics meets ...and so much more! Stay on top of your sport achievements, big or small, with Podium! Subscriptions to Podium Pro will renew automatically unless cancelled. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chadgaul.github.io/podium/privacypolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Podium at 5.0 against Tournament Maker's 4.2. Tournament Maker's advantage is ratings volume (783 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Tournament Maker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Podium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Podium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tournament Maker has 783 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tournament Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Podium fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tournament Maker | Podium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (783 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 783 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Applorium Ltd | Chad Gaul |
Bugs and requests
Tournament Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to delete tournaments
- Inconsistent player/team management
- Ratings calculation issues
Requested features
4 requests- Double elimination tournaments
- Ability to edit tournament details
- Customizable scoring and ratings systems
- Improved sharing and collaboration features
Podium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tournament Maker
- Tournament Manager Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Tournament Manager Pro Month3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Tournament Manager Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
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- Tournament Manager Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
- Tournament Manager Pro Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Tournament Manager Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Tournament Manager Lifetime$29.99
- Tournament Manager Pro$39.99
Podium
- Pro Monthly - All Features$0.991 Month
- Pro Yearly - All Features$9.991 Year
