Bracket App vs Tourney
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Tourney
Easily manage sports tournaments and leagues with customizable brackets, live score tracking, and automatic scheduling. Supports various competition formats, up to 64 participants, and offers AI-powered participant import. Share results and collaborate with organizers and spectators in real-time.
- Customizable bracket and league formats
- Live score tracking and updates
- Automatic schedule generation
- AI-powered participant import
- Real-time collaboration and sharing
- Participant registration and management
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The best tournament app for managing brackets, leagues and individual scoreboards for any sport or game. Track scores live, create schedules, and share results instantly. Competition formats: • Create clear, visual structures. You can choose from Single Elimination, Double Elimination, Group Stage, Round Robin, Swiss System and Scorecard options. • Customize group stages, qualifiers, and participant flow according to your needs. • Accommodate up to 64 players/teams, complete with personalized graphics, names, and avatars. • 100+ Presets to choose from for participants and backgrounds and team shirt creator. • Multiple Seeding methods: Standard bracket (1st vs 16th), Pot system (like Champions League), or Sequential order. Drag & drop adjustments available Shareable instances: • Collaborate with other organizers and keep everyone updated by sharing. • Cross-platform support to share or get invitation from. • Real-time updates and collaborative editing ensure that everyone stays informed about scores, match results, and overall progress. • Spectators can also view matches in a read-only mode. Organization: • Overview for sharing essential details in one place. • Participant registration with two modes: Invite specific players/teams or allow open signups before event start and verification codes. • Set dates, times, and locations for matches across all formats. • Follow specific matches and automatically receive calendar invites to your default calendar app for any changes. Simple Interface: • Tourney features an intuitive, minimalist design for both beginners and seasoned organizers. • AI-powered text scanning to import participants from images. Works with handwritten lists, photos, and also text or csv file reader. • Update winners, scores and match details with just a tap. Store players/teams to create even more, save time and merge them together. Get started now. Core features are free to use and no ads. https://tourneymaker.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tourney at none against Bracket App's shown. Tourney also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and device support (3 vs 1). Bracket App's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 53%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Bracket App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Tourney sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tourney holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 166 and 469 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Bracket App's written reviews are positive against 53% of Tourney's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Bracket App | Tourney |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (166 ratings) | 4.5 (469 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better | 53.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 166 | 469 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Postler | Eric Karlsson |
Customer experience
Bracket App
Tourney
User reviews
Bracket App
From 166 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Tourney
From 469 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Customizable team creation with image uploads
- 💡 Multiple tournament format options (single elimination, round robin, double elimination, Swiss bracket)
- 📊 Detailed tournament management and standings display
- 🎯 Flexible bracket customization and editing
Room to improve
- 💰 Extremely expensive premium pricing (£70/year or £13/month)
- 🔒 Severely limited free version functionality
- 📉 Premium paywall for basic features
- 🐛 Photo/image persistence issues after app restart
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and stability problems
Bugs and requests
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
Tourney
Reported bugs
9 issues- Round robin tournament logic errors (incorrect tie calculations, teams marked tied without playing)
- 3rd place matchup causes app crashes
- Teams disappear from tournament display
- Teams deleted unexpectedly in edit bracket option
- Photo/logo data lost on app restart or closure
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- Premium features inaccessible despite active subscription
- Frequent app crashes requiring reinstallation
- Inconsistent team capacity display
- Logo reset when editing round robin tournaments in progress
Requested features
18 requests- One-time lifetime purchase option instead of recurring subscription
- Increase free team limit to 24-32 teams
- Free access to all tournament styles and formats
- Grid view option for tournaments and groups
- Ability to reorganize tournaments and groups freely
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- Color-coding for qualified/eliminated teams
- Promotion and relegation system for league play
- Teams play multiple times without premium
- Swiss bracket advancement based on win/loss records (3 wins advance, 3 losses eliminate)
- Randomized game outcomes based on team ratings
- Zoom functionality for better viewing
- Group stage with knockout progression (groups to round of 16, quarterfinals, etc.)
- Series options for tournaments
- Edit team names and logos after tournament starts
- Seeding display in brackets
- Adjustable round robin match frequency
- Live game filming/streaming integration
- Cut and paste capability for team management
In-app purchases
Bracket App
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
Tourney
- Monthly$14.991 Month
- Club Monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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- Enterprise Monthly7 Days trial$89.991 Month
- Club Yearly7 Days trial$399.991 Year
- Enterprise Yearly7 Days trial$699.991 Year
- One-time access$12.99
