Tourney Maker vs Team Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tourney Maker
Easily create and manage sports tournaments with flexible bracket options and real-time updates. Participants and fans can follow matches, receive notifications, and access venue information.
- Flexible tournament creation
- Interactive bracket view
- Interactive map view
- Personal team view
- Participant notifications
- Fan notifications
- Organizer info sharing
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Welcome to Tourney Maker, your companion for creating and running tournaments. Creating tournaments is free, so give it a try. Publishing and running tournaments comes with a fee, depending on size and sport. If you are interested, please contact us without obligation at info@tourney-maker.com. Tourney Maker is accessible in two ways: • As a mobile app, available to download from your device's app store. • Via our web application at https://app.tourney-maker.com. Core functions for organizers and participants: • Flexible tournament creation: Once you have determined the number of participants, you can choose from existing templates or customize the tournament tree exactly to your own ideas. You can combine pool stages, knockout rounds and Swiss Draw rounds as you wish. • Interactive bracket view: Follow the competition in real time. Our clear, dynamic bracket view updates instantly and keeps everyone up to date. • Interactive map view: Easily find your way to the right pitch. The map shows all locations and is overlaid with current tournament data. • Personal team view: Once you have subscribed to your team, you can see exactly when and where your next match is taking place. You can also see directly which matches your team could potentially still play, even if the opponents have not yet been determined. • Notifications for participants: Receive important notifications about the start of matches or last-minute changes to the schedule so that you can concentrate on playing. • Notifications for fans: Follow your favorite teams or players and receive instant notifications about scores and final results. • Infos & news from the organizer: Organizers can share important info, news updates and pictures to keep everyone up to date. • Other useful features: Discover functions such as the automatic scheduling, authorization management via link/QR code, presentation screens and helper management to support your tournament.
Team Maker
Quickly set up single-elimination or round-robin tournaments for various sports. Add players, track scores, and share results without needing an account or internet connection. Supports multiple formats and sports with smart defaults.
- Multiple tournament formats (single elimination, double elimination, round robin, group stage)
- Supports 20+ sports with smart defaults
- Offline functionality, no account required
- Automatic score tracking and bracket progression
- Export and share brackets as PNG or PDF
- Pinch-to-zoom for large brackets
- Dark mode and 24 language support
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Set up a tournament bracket in under 30 seconds. Pick your sport, add your players, and start competing — no account, no signup, no internet required. Tournament Brackets is the fastest way to run tournaments for ping pong at Thanksgiving, beer pong at a party, foosball at the office, or chess in the park. Just pick a sport, choose a format, enter names, and your bracket is ready. FOUR TOURNAMENT FORMATS Single Elimination — Classic bracket where one loss means you're out. Supports 2 to 32 players with automatic byes for odd numbers. Double Elimination — Everyone gets a second chance. Winners bracket, losers bracket, and grand final. Supports 4 to 16 players. Group Stage + Playoffs — Round-robin groups feed into a single elimination playoff. Standings update automatically. Perfect for 8, 16, or 32 players. Round Robin — Everyone plays everyone. Full standings table with wins, losses, draws, points, and goal difference. Supports 3 to 32 players. 20 SPORTS WITH SMART DEFAULTS Basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, soccer, badminton, chess, bowling, pickleball, pool, cornhole, darts, beer pong, spikeball, foosball, ultimate frisbee, air hockey, kickball, esports — or create your own. Each sport comes with the right scoring method, recommended format, and team labels already set. Chess uses half-point scoring. Tennis and table tennis use sets. Soccer uses 3-1-0 standings. Everything just works. SCORE TRACKING & BRACKET PROGRESSION Tap any match to enter scores. The winner advances to the next round automatically. In double elimination, losers get routed to the losers bracket. In group stages, standings recalculate after every match. When groups are done, advance the top teams to playoffs with one tap. Supports points-based and sets-based scoring with configurable points per set. PINCH TO ZOOM Brackets can get big. Pinch to zoom in on any match or zoom out to see the full picture. Smooth, native scrolling that follows your fingers. EXPORT & SHARE Export your bracket as a PNG image or PDF. Share it on iMessage, Slack, WhatsApp, or wherever your group hangs out. WORKS OFFLINE All data stays on your device. No account needed. No internet required. Create and run tournaments anywhere — at a campsite, in a gym, or at a house party with no Wi-Fi. DARK MODE & 24 LANGUAGES Full dark mode support. Localized in 24 languages so everyone can follow along. Terms Of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tourney Maker at none against Team Maker's 2. Tourney Maker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Team Maker's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Team Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Tourney Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tourney Maker against 4.9 for Team Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Team Maker has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tourney Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Team Maker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tourney Maker | Team Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Tim Baumgart | Oleksandr Ohurtsov |
Customer experience
Tourney Maker
Team Maker
In-app purchases
Tourney Maker
No in-app purchases
Team Maker
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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