Comparison

Tick Tock Poker Clock 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

Tick Tock Poker Clock

A reliable poker tournament timer designed for home games. Easily set up tournament structures with customizable blind levels, antes, and breaks. Features a clear, readable display and spoken announcements for key moments.

Highlights
  • Customizable blind structures
  • Integrated ante options
  • Clear, readable clock display
  • Spoken announcements for blinds and breaks
  • Pause between rounds functionality
  • Companion Apple TV app
  • Remote control via iPhone
Features
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Tick Tock Poker Clock is a focused poker timer for home games, where reliability matters more than endless configuration menus. Set up a tournament in seconds and let the app run the night. Building a structure is fast. Choose a format inspired by the World Series of Poker or the European Poker Tour, pick a faster paced turbo, or build something for your own game. Blinds are not locked to simple doubling either: a level can run 200/300 the way real deep stack ladders actually step, and chip up breaks retire the small denominations once nothing needs them. Antes are built in. Run a big blind ante or traditional antes, and the creator works out sensible amounts for every level. Already have a structure you like? Fill Antes adds them in one go, and you can still adjust any level by hand. Turn antes off and they are hidden, not erased. The clock itself is bold and readable from any seat at the table. Choose the look that suits your game: the original ring with the blind schedule either side, a rolling number wheel, or a Now & Next board that shows the coming level and how long until the next break. You can switch mid-game without stopping the clock, and the controls change color with the game: red during a level, green on a break, orange before a scheduled start. It speaks up when it matters. Every level is announced out loud with its blinds and ante, with a warning two minutes before the blinds go up, so nobody is caught halfway through a decision. Breaks are announced too, along with when play resumes. Give a break a message, such as when the kitchen opens or which chips to color up, and it stays on screen for as long as the break lasts. Some games wait for the table. Turn on Pause Between Rounds and the clock holds each new level until you press play, so the blinds go up when everyone is ready rather than in the middle of a hand. Hold after every level, or only after breaks, so play runs straight through and waits only for everyone to sit back down. A free companion app puts the clock on your Apple TV. This is not screen mirroring. The TV draws the clock itself, in whichever face you chose, so your iPhone or iPad stays free to use, and there is nothing to configure beyond both devices being on the same network. You can also run the game from an iPhone. Pause, resume, skip forward or back, change the clock face on the big screen, or start the next tournament from wherever you are sitting. When the game ends, the remote gets out of the way by itself. Made for iPhone Duo as well: the clock fits the tall inner screen, the half folded phone and the outer display. If the app is ever closed mid-game, it picks up where you left off. And a scheduled start counts down to the first level and starts it on time, with a spoken warning two minutes before. The app is free to use, with a full tournament structure included that you are free to edit. Premium adds the blind structure creator, multiple saved tournaments, antes, a choice of clock faces, Pause Between Rounds, scheduled starts, voice selection, Apple TV syncing and the iPhone remote, available monthly, annually or as a single one time purchase. Tick Tock Poker Clock offers optional in-app purchases: Premium Access Monthly: $2.99 per month Premium Access Annually: $19.99 per year, with one month free Premium Access Lifetime: $59.99, a one-time purchase that does not renew Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://ticktockpokerclock.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://ticktockpokerclock.com/privacy.html

About

Bracket Builder

Easily create and manage various tournament formats, from single elimination to round-robin. Track scores live, share brackets, and organize entire seasons. Save team rosters for future use and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Multiple tournament formats
  • Live score tracking
  • Bracket sharing and display
  • Team roster saving
  • Season and league management
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Make a tournament bracket in seconds and follow every game to the final. Bracket Builder is a bracket maker for iPhone and iPad. Create single-elimination, double-elimination, round-robin and group-stage tournaments, enter scores as you play, then share the bracket or show it live on a TV. No account needed. FORMATS - Single elimination, up to 128 teams - Double elimination with a losers bracket, up to 64 teams - Round robin, up to 50 teams, with random doubles for pickleball, tennis and padel - Group stage to knockout, up to 128 teams - Best of 3, 5 or 7 series, a third-place match and two-sided brackets DURING THE TOURNAMENT - Tap a team to pick the winner; press and hold to enter the score - Winners move on by themselves, and the path to the title lights up - Undo any pick at any time - Live standings: wins, draws, losses, goals for and against, and goal difference - Automatic seeding with byes placed for you, or a random draw SEASONS AND LEAGUES - Run a league with its own schedule, table, play-in and playoffs - Or group your brackets into a season and see every team's record in one table SHOW IT OFF - Show on TV: put the live bracket on an Apple TV or any AirPlay TV - Share the bracket as an image or PDF, or print a scoresheet - Pick your app icon, including a new gold trophy YOUR TEAMS - Save teams in rosters once and reuse them in every tournament - Add a photo and a color for every team or player - Rename, reorder or remove teams even after the bracket is made SYNC AND BACKUP - iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, with no sign-up - Import and export brackets as files - Bring back a deleted bracket from the Trash Made for pool and darts leagues, pickleball and tennis clubs, cornhole, soccer and basketball, esports, PE classes, office pools, family game night, or a bracket of anything: songs, movies, snacks. SUBSCRIPTION PLANS - Yearly Plan - Lifetime Plan Terms: https://aberkane.io/terms Privacy: https://aberkane.io/privacy

Screenshots

Tick Tock Poker Clock4 screens
Bracket Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bracket Builder at 4.5 against Tick Tock Poker Clock's 3.6. Bracket Builder also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 8) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ads, 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. Tick Tock Poker Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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

Bracket Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bracket Builder has 2.8K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Tick Tock Poker Clock's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bracket Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tick Tock Poker Clock ships an update fortnightly, Bracket Builder every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tick Tock Poker Clock versus Bracket Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTick Tock Poker ClockBracket Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (8 ratings)4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews49.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings82.8K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB43 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSwiftVisions LLCAberkane Software House FZ-LLC

Customer experience

Tick Tock Poker Clock

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bracket Builder

All ratings2,761 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews277 reviews
Positive49.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

Tick Tock Poker Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Tick Tock Poker Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$44.99
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 Tick Tock Poker Clock free?
Tick Tock Poker Clock 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, Tick Tock Poker Clock or Bracket Builder?
Bracket Builder is rated higher. Tick Tock Poker Clock averages 3.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Bracket Builder averages 4.5 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Tick Tock Poker Clock or Bracket Builder have ads?
Neither Tick Tock Poker Clock nor Bracket Builder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tick Tock Poker Clock or Bracket Builder?
Tick Tock Poker Clock ships an update fortnightly, and Bracket Builder every 6 days. Most recently, Tick Tock Poker Clock was updated on November 7, 2026 and Bracket Builder on November 12, 2026.

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