ESPN Tournament Challenge vs Tracks.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESPN Tournament Challenge
Create and manage brackets for college basketball tournaments. Compete with friends and experts for prizes, utilize prediction tools, and track your bracket's performance in real-time. Offers quick fill options and team insights to help you make informed picks.
- Create multiple brackets
- Compete in groups
- Predictor and Analyzer tools
- Quick Bracket auto-fill
- Finish My Bracket option
- Real-time score tracking
- Perfect Bracket Tracker
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The #1 bracket app is back and better than ever for the 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball tournaments! Compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities to see who finishes with the best bracket. It’s completely free to play with over $370K in total prizes across all four bracket games! - In each bracket game (Men’s, Women’s, Men’s Second Chance and Women’s Second Chance) create up to 25 brackets and enter each bracket in up to 10 different groups to play against friends, celebrities, ESPN personalities, and fans across the nation. - Use ESPN Bracket Predictor and Bracket Analyzer to take your bracket experience to the next level with the tools and data you’ll need to gain an edge on your competition. - Use Quick Bracket to auto-fill a bracket in seconds with top seeds, random teams, Smart Picks powered ESPN Analytics, and more! - Short on time? No problem. Pick from a few simple options in the ‘Finish My Bracket’ menu and ESPN will automatically complete your bracket. Unsure about a game or two? You can also import a bracket that you’ve already filled out in the app, make some tweaks and submit it again to increase your chances of winning. - Make picks directly from Matchup Preview screens, with key stats, information, and historical insights for each team to help you make the most informed selections. - Use the Bracketcast tab once games tip off to follow scores and your bracket's performance in real time, all in one view. - Check out the ESPN Perfect Bracket Tracker to see how many perfect brackets remain in both the Men’s and Women’s tourneys as the upsets start rolling in. Before you download this app, please consider that it includes advertising, some of which may be targeted to your interests. You may choose to control targeted advertising within mobile applications by using your mobile device settings (for example, by re-setting your device’s advertising identifier and/or opting out of interest based ads). Please note: this app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen’s TV Ratings. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information. You may also visit Settings in the app to opt out of Nielsen measurement. - Terms of use - https://disneytermsofuse.com/ - Privacy Policy - https://www.disneyprivacycenter.com/ - Your US State Privacy Rights - https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/current-privacy-policy/your-us-state-privacy-rights/ - Do Not Sell My Personal Information - https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/dnsmi - Children’s Online Privacy Policy - https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/for-parents/childrens-online-privacy-policy/
Tracks.
Record your runs, bike rides, or walks to monitor duration, distance, and speed. Enjoy an integrated music player and share your activity routes with friends.
- Track activities (running, biking, walking)
- Log duration, distance, and speed
- Built-in music player
- Share activity tracks with friends
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If you are runner, biker or simply walks to stay in shape Use Tracks to track and log your activities, duration, distance and speed. Listen to your music using the built in music player. Share your track with friend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tracks. at 100% against ESPN Tournament Challenge's 34%. Tracks. also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). ESPN Tournament Challenge's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. ESPN Tournament Challenge sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month and Tracks. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ESPN Tournament Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESPN Tournament Challenge has 44K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of ESPN Tournament Challenge's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tracks.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ESPN Tournament Challenge ships an update every 9 days, Tracks. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESPN Tournament Challenge | Tracks. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (44K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Disney | Kobi Snir |
Customer experience
ESPN Tournament Challenge
Tracks.
Bugs and requests
ESPN Tournament Challenge
Reported bugs
4 issues- Brackets getting wiped
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Frequent app crashes
- Login and sign-up problems
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save and resume brackets
- More customization options
- Improved group management tools
- Better analytics and scoring features
Tracks.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ESPN Tournament Challenge
- ESPN+ Monthly2 variants$13.991 Month
- ESPN+ 7 Day Trial (Monthly)7 Days trial$13.991 Month
- ESPN+ (Monthly)$13.991 Month
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- Tournament ESPN+ Monthly 2024$13.991 Month
- ESPN+ (Yearly)$139.991 Year
- ESPN 7 Day Trial (Yearly)7 Days trial$139.991 Year
- ESPN+ 14 Day Trial (Yearly)14 Days trial$139.991 Year
- ESPN+ 30 Day Trial (Yearly)$139.991 Year
- ESPN+ 90 Day Trial (Yearly)3 Months trial$139.991 Year
Tracks.
- הסרת פרסומות$19.99
Questions
Is ESPN Tournament Challenge free?
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Which has better reviews, ESPN Tournament Challenge or Tracks.?
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