Comparison

Bracket Builder vs Tournament Pro

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

Tournament Pro

Features
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Tournament Pro by Duck Snort Labs is the all-in-one tournament management app built for youth baseball. Whether you're running a weekend tournament or a week-long showcase, Tournament Pro gives you everything you need to organize, score, and share your tournament — all from your phone. FOR TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: - Create tournaments with multiple age groups (8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, and more) - Build pools and divisions, add teams, and generate round-robin schedules - Enter scores in real time — standings update instantly - Create single-elimination brackets for 4 to 16 teams with proper seeding and byes - Set customizable tiebreaker rules: head-to-head, run differential, runs allowed, runs scored, and coin flip — in any order you choose - Set a max run differential cap per game to keep standings fair - Schedule games across multiple days with time and field assignments - Publish your tournament so parents, coaches, and fans can follow along live FOR PARENTS, COACHES & FANS: - Find your tournament and follow along — completely free - View live standings with full tiebreaker detail - Check game schedules organized by day - Follow bracket results as teams advance - No account required to view published tournaments DESIGNED FOR BASEBALL: Tournament Pro is built by people who understand youth baseball. The tiebreaker system handles circular head-to-head ties correctly (when A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A, it falls to the next tiebreaker). Run differential caps keep blowouts from skewing standings. Bracket seeding follows standard tournament convention with byes awarded to top seeds. PRICING: Tournament creation is a one-time purchase per tournament, based on your team count: - 0-20 Teams: $19.99 - 21-40 Teams: $39.99 - 41-60 Teams: $49.99 - 61+ Teams: $59.99 Viewing tournaments is always free. No subscriptions. No ads. Built by Duck Snort Labs — for the love of the game.

Screenshots

Bracket Builder4 screens
Tournament Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bracket Builder and Tournament Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Tournament Pro sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bracket Builder versus Tournament Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBracket BuilderTournament Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAberkane Software House FZ-LLCDuck Snort Labs LLC

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

Tournament Pro

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
4 purchases

Tournament Pro

One-time4
  • Tournament (0-20 Teams)$4.99
  • Tournament (21-40 Teams)$9.99
  • Tournament (41-60 Teams)$14.99
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  • Tournament (61+ Teams)$19.99

Questions

Is Bracket Builder free?
Bracket Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tournament Pro free?
Tournament Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bracket Builder or Tournament Pro have ads?
Neither Bracket Builder nor Tournament Pro shows ads.

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