Comparison

Winner 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

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 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

Winner4 screens
Bracket Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Winner at freemium against Bracket Builder's subscription. Winner also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 49%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Bracket Builder's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Builder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. 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 4.4 for Bracket Builder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 2.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Winner's written reviews are positive against 49% of Bracket Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Winner ships an update every 9 days, Bracket Builder every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Winner versus Bracket Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinnerBracket Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.5K ratings)4.4 (2.5K ratings)
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better49.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K2.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTal PoratAberkane Software House FZ-LLC

Customer experience

Winner

All ratings1,514 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews640 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.2%

Bracket Builder

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

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 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

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 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

3 purchases

Winner

Subscriptions3
  • Winner PRO Bronze$2.491 Month
  • Winner PRO Silver$6.993 Months
  • Winner PRO Gold$22.491 Year
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 Winner free?
Winner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bracket Builder free?
Bracket Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Winner or Bracket Builder?
Winner and Bracket Builder are both rated 4.4 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.5K and 2.5K ratings respectively.
Do Winner or Bracket Builder have ads?
Neither Winner nor Bracket Builder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Winner or Bracket Builder?
Winner ships an update every 9 days, and Bracket Builder every 4 days. Most recently, Winner was updated on September 24, 2026 and Bracket Builder on September 24, 2026.

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