Comparison

Tournament Mgr vs Bracket Builder

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

Head to head
About

Tournament Mgr

This app helps you create, manage, and run tournaments of various types. Participants can subscribe to view details and stay updated on matchups. Easily share tournaments with friends and family, and access information like live scores and locations.

Highlights
  • Create single elimination tournaments
  • Manage tournament grids and generate brackets
  • Self-registration for participants
  • Add players/teams from database or contacts
  • View live score updates and matchup details
  • Sync tournaments across multiple devices
  • Share tournaments with others
Features
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Tournament Manager is an all in one tournament management application. Use Tournament Manager to create, manage and run a tournament. Make sure to have your tournament participants subscribe to your tournaments so they can view details about the tournament or matchup’s they are playing in. Stay up to date with your friends and family by sharing and subscribing to tournaments they are playing in. Use Tournament Manager to: * Create single elimination tournaments with single matchups or series * Manage tournament grids. * Generate brackets with up to 128 players or teams with or without automatic seeding * Self registration * Manage your tournaments with an easy and intuitive management portal allowing you to customize tournament details * Add players and teams from our Tournament Manager database, create your own players or import them from your phone contacts * View matchups to see, live score updates, the matchup location, location guidance to your matchup, date and time, field location and more * Login on multiple devices and sync your tournaments and settings * View tournaments you are playing in, and view your upcoming scheduled matchups in your user profile * Share your tournament with with your friends, family, players, coaches, and everyone you know * View your tournament on the web at tournamentmgr.com

About

Bracket Builder

Create, track, and share custom tournament brackets for various sports and games. Supports multiple elimination formats and team sizes, with automatic seeding and BYE insertion. Progress can be monitored and winners easily updated within the app.

Highlights
  • Create single/double-elimination and round-robin brackets
  • Supports up to 128 teams
  • Generate random double round-robin tournaments
  • Share tournament brackets as images
  • Automatic team ordering and BYE insertion
  • Track tournament progress and remove winners
Features
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Easily track and share custom tournaments Features - Create Single-elimination, double-elimination and round-robin brackets - Create group stage to knockout tournaments - Supports up to 128 teams for single-elimination, 32 for double-elimination and 26 for round-robin - Generate random double round-robin tournaments with new teammates each round - Share tournament brackets as images with participants and friends - Automatic ordering of teams based on seed - Automatic "BYE" match insertion - Track tournament progress directly in the app - Easily remove winners - Effortlessly remove winners as matches progress - Light and dark mode support Perfect for organizing and tracking tournaments in pool, tennis, baseball, basketball, eSports, pong, die and virtually any other game you can imagine! Subscription Plans - Yearly Plan - Lifetime Plan *** Terms: https://aberkane.io/terms Privacy: https://aberkane.io/privacy

Screenshots

Tournament Mgr4 screens
Bracket Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tournament Mgr at none against Bracket Builder's 4. Bracket Builder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Bracket Builder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Tournament Mgr asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Tournament Mgr against 4.4 for Bracket Builder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 2.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Tournament Mgr's written reviews are positive against 49% of Bracket Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tournament Mgr ships an update every 6 weeks, Bracket Builder every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tournament Mgr versus Bracket Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournament MgrBracket Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings) — better4.4 (2.5K ratings)
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews49.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K2.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTournament Manager LLCAberkane Software House FZ-LLC

Customer experience

Tournament Mgr

All ratings1,337 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral12.5%
Negative39.8%

Bracket Builder

All ratings2,514 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive49.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative45.8%

User reviews

Tournament Mgr

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient tournament management
  • 💡 Customizable tournament options
  • 🎨 Visually appealing interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 💤 Slow performance and responsiveness
  • 🔁 Losing progress and tournament data
  • 🔒 Login and account issues

Bracket Builder

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 💡 Completely free to use
  • 🚀 Efficient bracket creation
  • 😊 Great for tournaments and competitions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 💰 Paywall for advanced features
  • 🔒 Lack of account/data sync
  • 🔍 Limited customization options

Bugs and requests

Tournament Mgr

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to update scores and tournament details
  • Crashes when trying to access existing tournaments
  • Deleted tournaments and lost progress
  • Compatibility issues with newer device updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add double elimination tournament option
  • Implement round-robin and other tournament formats
  • Introduce standings and schedule features
  • Allow saving and reusing teams/players

Bracket Builder

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when creating large brackets
  • Deleted brackets not recoverable
  • Inability to edit created brackets

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add bulk/batch team entry
  • Implement double-sided brackets
  • Include scoreboard and scoring features
  • Ability to rearrange/reorder teams

In-app purchases

None

Tournament Mgr

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Bracket Builder

Subscriptions2
  • Full access for 1 year$4.991 Year
  • Full access for 1 year$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Full access for Lifetime$14.99
  • Full access for Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Tournament Mgr free?
Tournament Mgr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bracket Builder free?
Bracket Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tournament Mgr or Bracket Builder?
Tournament Mgr is rated higher. Tournament Mgr averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Bracket Builder averages 4.4 from 2.5K ratings.
Do Tournament Mgr or Bracket Builder have ads?
Tournament Mgr shows ads; Bracket Builder does not.
Which is updated more often, Tournament Mgr or Bracket Builder?
Tournament Mgr ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bracket Builder every 4 days. Most recently, Tournament Mgr was updated on September 22, 2026 and Bracket Builder on September 24, 2026.

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