6 vs Splash Bracket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
6
This platform replaces traditional pen-and-paper scoring for water polo matches. It meticulously tracks every action, linking it to individual athletes and providing detailed statistics post-game. Designed for officials, coaches, teams, and parents, it offers comprehensive game analysis and sharing capabilities.
- Create and save team rosters
- Track all in-game actions
- Assign actions to individual athletes
- Detailed player and team statistics
- Edit and delete actions
- Overtime support
- Share game summaries via email
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The 6-8 Game Desk is a data driven scoring platform created by water polo Olympians Tony Azevedo & Maggie Steffens. Beyond replacing pen and paper, the Game Desk is designed to track all actions that occur during an official match and connect those actions to individual athletes via the 6-8 mobile app. After games, each official athlete's results and statistics export directly to their mobile app profiles. The Game Desk is designed for desk officials, coaches, clubs/ teams and parents. How it works/ Product Highlights: - Create and save team rosters - Ability to search database for official 6-8 athletes and assign them to a team roster (see 6-8 Sports Mobile app) - Ability to create games and select rosters for Light and Dark teams (rosters will automatically load to the game scoring screen) - When the game starts, select a player and then an action from the action panel to assign the action to the player - Major actions such as goal, exclusion, penalty, etc will prompt you to add more information such as time and specific details about the action for further analysis - Team actions such as timeout and cards can be added by pressing on team details button - If you need to edit an action during the game, all actions are editable and deletable in the actions log - If a game goes into overtime, you have the capability to add periods in the top right corner of the action logs screen - Once a game ends, you can submit all actions and include a referee’s name and signature to be saved - Upon submission, you will receive a team summary and quarter break down of all actions in your application - You will also see individual player stats from each team - You have the ability to share the game to yourself or others through email, and can upload the score of the game to our 6-8 Sports public website. (www.6-8sports.com/scores)
Splash Bracket
Follow your water polo team's tournament journey with real-time updates on games, scores, and standings. Track bracket progression and projected opponents automatically. Get notifications for your team's upcoming games and final scores.
- Real-time game updates
- Live scores
- Up-to-date division standings
- Automatic bracket tracking
- Projected opponent visibility
- Team-specific notifications
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Live brackets, scores and schedules for water polo tournaments — Junior Olympics, Futures, Club Championships, high school invitationals, fall leagues, winter leagues, spring leagues, and summer tournaments. Pick your tournament and your team, and see everything that matters in one place. Upcoming games with times, dates and pool locations, live scores as they're posted, and up-to-date standings for every division — refreshed automatically, no need to ask around the pool deck. PATH TO THE FINISH Splash Bracket goes further than a schedule — it tracks the bracket itself. See every game your team could still play with real dates and times, exactly what happens if they win or lose the next one, and their best-case and worst-case finish, recalculated after every result. When an opponent is still "Winner of QF1," you'll see that too — and it resolves the moment it's decided. View it as a simple list or as a visual bracket. THE WHOLE BRACKET, ONE FLICK AWAY Pinch, drag and search the entire division on one map. Your team's next game is always highlighted, and every game links onward. LIVE SCORES AND BOX SCORES Tournaments scored with 6-8 Sports stream live scores straight into every game page, with the full box score one tap away. NOTIFICATIONS FOR YOUR TEAM Follow your team and get a reminder before each game starts, the final score once it's posted, and the next matchup as soon as it's known. EVERYTHING IS ONE TAP AWAY • Placement Tracker: a live projected finish for every team in the division, locked when it's official. • Club Dashboard: every team from your club, across every division, on one screen. • Locations: every game at a specific pool, across divisions — perfect for the deck. • All Games: the full schedule in order. • Tap any score for the full game detail, or any team name to jump straight to their schedule and results. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE SEASON Junior Olympics sessions, US Club Championships, Futures Superfinals and Fall League, high school tournaments and invitationals, and local club events — boys, girls and coed, 10U through 18U and varsity. New tournaments are added throughout the year. Tournament brackets made easy… by a player, for the community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 6 at none against Splash Bracket's shown. Splash Bracket's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Splash Bracket holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 16 respectively.
6 ships an update monthly, Splash Bracket every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 6 | Splash Bracket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 6-8 Sports Inc. | Splash Bracket, LLC |
Customer experience
6
Splash Bracket
In-app purchases
6
No in-app purchases
Splash Bracket
No in-app purchases









