Comparison

Bracket Builder vs ELO Rankings

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

Head to head
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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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

About

ELO Rankings

This app helps you create and manage competitive rankings for any game or sport. It uses the ELO rating system to accurately reflect player skill based on match outcomes. Easily invite participants and track results to see who truly reigns supreme.

Highlights
  • ELO rating system for accurate skill assessment
  • Create custom rankings for any game or sport
  • Invite players via QR code or link
  • Record match results quickly
  • View player stats and match history
  • Admin controls for managing rankings
Features
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Who's best at table tennis at work? The family chess champion? Your crew's football video game king? ELO Rankings gives you the answer. The ELO system is used officially in international chess and is built to rank players fairly over time. What counts most is who you beat, not how much you play. Beat someone better than you and you climb more. Lose to someone weaker and you drop more. Create a scoreboard in seconds. Share a QR code or link, and players land right in the scoreboard. Log a match in seconds. Pick the players, tap the winner, done. Tap a player to see detailed stats. As the owner, you control who can log matches: just you, everyone, or selected players. Every scoreboard has its own chat, so you can plan the next session and talk through the matches. Turn on notifications to keep up with what's happening. Start locally with guest players. Sign in whenever you want to sync across devices and invite others. Free. No ads. Works for table tennis, chess, pool, football video games, tennis, badminton, darts, foosball, board games, and pretty much anything else you compete in.

Screenshots

Bracket Builder4 screens
ELO Rankings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ELO Rankings at 5.0 against Bracket Builder's 4.4. ELO Rankings also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Bracket Builder's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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. Bracket Builder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. ELO Rankings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ELO Rankings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bracket Builder has 2.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bracket Builder ships an update every 6 days, ELO Rankings every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bracket Builder versus ELO Rankings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBracket BuilderELO Rankings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAberkane Software House FZ-LLCOLE HENRIK ESPELAND

Customer experience

Bracket Builder

All ratings2,692 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive49.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative45.8%

ELO Rankings

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

ELO Rankings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
None

ELO Rankings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bracket Builder free?
Bracket Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ELO Rankings free?
ELO Rankings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bracket Builder or ELO Rankings?
ELO Rankings is rated higher. Bracket Builder averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while ELO Rankings averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bracket Builder or ELO Rankings have ads?
Neither Bracket Builder nor ELO Rankings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bracket Builder or ELO Rankings?
Bracket Builder ships an update every 6 days, and ELO Rankings every 5 weeks. Most recently, Bracket Builder was updated on October 16, 2026 and ELO Rankings on October 7, 2026.

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