Comparison

Winner vs Bracket App

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

Head to head
About

Winner

Easily create and manage tournaments for any sport with flexible formats and scheduling. Share your tournament progress with others and track match events. Offers offline access and customization options.

Highlights
  • Fast tournament creation
  • Multiple sports types supported
  • Various tournament formats
  • Automated match scheduling
  • Tournament sharing and following
  • Match event tracking
  • Offline and online mode
Features
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Welcome to Winner, the best tournament manager and tournament organizer app. With Winner, creating your dream tournament is just a few clicks away! Try our tournament manager app now, it's free! - Main Features - - Fast tournament creation - With Winner creating a tournament is fast and easy. You can create multiple teams, multiple players or an entire match schedule with just a single click! - Multiple sports types - With Winner you can create a tournament for any sports type: football, soccer, basketball, tennis, cricket, ice hockey and many more. - Multiple tournament formats - With Winner setting your tournament format is easy. You can choose from a predefined set of formats: league, cup, group stage, round robin, playoffs, series, knockout, single elimination bracket, double elimination bracket or create your own custom format. - Match schedule - With Winner you can create a match schedule for your tournament manually or randomly, and edit the match teams or players, date, time and location. - Tournament sharing - With Winner sharing your tournament is easy. You can make your tournament public and let friends and family follow your tournament matches. - Match events - With Winner you can add events to your matches. Goals, assists, penalty kicks, yellow cards, red cards and substitutions. - Match venues - With Winner you can set up your own match venues to host your tournament matches. - Offline and online mode - With Winner you can update your tournament from any place and at any time, even when you're offline! - Customized logos for tournaments, teams and players (PRO) - With Winner you can further customize your tournaments by setting custom logos and pictures for tournaments, teams, players and venues. - Multiple admins - With Winner you can set your tournament followers as admins. Admins can also update match results and help you manage your tournament easily. - Winner PRO Auto-renewable Subscriptions - Winner offers 3 different PRO subscriptions: • Bronze- 1 month (1.49$) • Silver - 3 months (4.49$) • Gold - 1 year (12.99$) With Winner PRO you can: • Enjoy the app with no ads • Create more tournaments, teams and players • Customize the icons of tournaments, teams and players • Edit the date, time and location of the matches - Winner PRO Subscriptions Details - • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • 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, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Looking for a tournament manager app? A league or cup maker? Winner is the app for you! Terms of use: https://iltalentapps.wixsite.com/talent-apps/terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://iltalentapps.wixsite.com/talent-apps/privacy-policy

About

Bracket App

Easily create and manage single or double elimination tournament brackets for up to 64 teams. Offers manual or randomized seeding, light/dark modes, and cross-device syncing. Ideal for organizing competitions.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited brackets
  • Single and double elimination support
  • Up to 64 teams per bracket
  • Manual or random seeding
  • Light and dark modes
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Bracket App is a simple way to create single and double elimination tournament brackets. FEATURES - No limit on the amount of brackets you can create. - Supports single and double elimination. - Can have up to 64 teams in a bracket. - Manually manage or randomize team seeding. - Light and Dark mode support plus personalized color customization. - Brackets sync across iPhone/iPad associated with Apple Id. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Winner4 screens
Bracket App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Winner at none against Bracket App's shown. Winner also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 123) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Winner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Bracket App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Winner against 4.3 for Bracket App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Winner has 1.5K ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Winner's written reviews are positive against 71% of Bracket App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Winner ships an update every 9 days, Bracket App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Winner versus Bracket App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinnerBracket App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better4.3 (123 ratings)
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better70.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better123
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTal PoratSean Postler

Customer experience

Winner

All ratings1,514 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews641 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.2%

Bracket App

All ratings123 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative22.1%

User reviews

Winner

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Amazing app
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💰 Free to use
  • 🏆 Best tournament maker app
  • 🎨 Customizable teams and logos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 💸 Pro subscription problems
  • ⚠️ Unreliable purchases
  • 🔍 Limited team/player slots in free version
  • 🕰️ Slow performance and glitches

Bracket App

From 123 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Free to use
  • 👍 Supports large team numbers (64+)
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Good for various tournament types
  • 👍 Effective for casual games

Room to improve

  • 🐌 Slow performance
  • 💥 Frequent crashes/kicking out
  • 💸 Paid features for animations
  • ⚠️ Ads present
  • 🐛 Buggy in double elimination

Bugs and requests

Winner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Logos disappearing from teams
  • Inconsistent scoring and results
  • Inability to delete rounds or teams
  • Ads causing app crashes or progress loss

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more sports like F1, rugby, cricket, etc.
  • Improve tournament formats (e.g. Swiss system, conferences/divisions)
  • Allow more teams/players in free version
  • Add player stats tracking (goals, assists, cards, etc.)
  • Implement auto-save and better organization features

Bracket App

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Runs slower than molasses
  • Kicks user out when executing commands
  • Double elimination bracket doesn't work correctly
  • Teams not popping up in loser's bracket
  • Stuck on TBD in matches
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  • Bracket resets when switching apps
  • Deleted players in double elimination
  • Cannot pick winner of each round
  • First round byes for most seeds
  • Teams go straight to second round
  • Can't handle large brackets, inserts multiple people into one match
  • Loses teams in the mix
  • Freezes when switching from single to double elimination
  • Seed numbers not showing up, only '...'
  • Team in Round 2 has no opponent when Round 1 is complete
  • First 15 songs are solo and not in the first round

Requested features

26 requests
  • Round robin tournaments
  • Different bracket layouts
  • Third place matches
  • Champion animations (free)
  • Better presentation (trophy logo, background)
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  • Standings (win/loss record)
  • Tab for all winners
  • Confetti/trophy animation on win
  • Delete brackets
  • Create conferences
  • Edit bracket without resetting
  • Duplicate brackets
  • Labels for stages (quarter-finals, etc.)
  • Customize stage names
  • Add more teams (beyond 9)
  • Separate conferences
  • Bracket history/results tab
  • Actual bracket view (like Bracket Builder)
  • Duplicate or reset a bracket
  • Add scores to games
  • Full view of brackets
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd ranking
  • Un-click a winner (undo accidental click)
  • Add pools/group stages
  • Keep seed numbers visible
  • Start tournament option/button

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Winner

Subscriptions3
  • Winner PRO Bronze$2.491 Month
  • Winner PRO Silver$6.993 Months
  • Winner PRO Gold$22.491 Year
2 purchases

Bracket App

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Winner free?
Winner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bracket App free?
Bracket App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Winner or Bracket App?
Winner is rated higher. Winner averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Bracket App averages 4.3 from 123 ratings.
Do Winner or Bracket App have ads?
Bracket App shows ads; Winner does not.
Which is updated more often, Winner or Bracket App?
Winner ships an update every 9 days, and Bracket App every 3 weeks. Most recently, Winner was updated on September 30, 2026 and Bracket App on September 29, 2026.

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