Comparison

Bracket Maker for the iPad vs Bracket Master

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

Head to head
About

Bracket Maker for the iPad

Easily create and manage tournament brackets for various competitions, from sports to parties. This app handles the complex pairings and advancements, allowing you to focus on the event. Update brackets in real-time, even offline, and share results via email or print.

Highlights
  • Advance winners with a touch
  • Pair players by seeding, random, or manual assignment
  • Support for single, double, triple elimination, round robin, consolation, and compass tournaments
  • Enter scores and game dates/locations
  • Email or print bracket displays and results
  • Add players from contacts
  • Edit mistakes and save bracket images
Features
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This is a great portable program to help you create brackets for tournaments, friendly competition, small leagues, ping pong, bowling, volleyball, parties, beer pong, curling round robins, scout derby races, tennis tournaments and more. It's easy to use and it does the hard part of figuring out who goes where! Features: 1) Easy to advance the winners. Just touch the player to advance. 2) Pair the players using seedings or by random assignments or by manual assignment 3) Create tournaments for 4 to 32 players depending on tournament type: __* For single elimination brackets, the limit is 32 players. __* For double elimination brackets, the limit is 32 players. __* For Triple elimination brackets, the limit is 8 players. __* For Round Robin tournaments, the limit is 16 players (multiple pools available). __* For Consolation tournaments, you must use 8 or 16 players. __* For Compass tournaments, you must use 8 players. 4) You can enter scores. 5) Load previously saved tournaments 6) Email or print your bracket display. Including send results in a CSV format for elimination brackets. 7) Add players from your contact list. 8) Edit/erase mistakes (even after the tournament starts). 9) On single and double elim. tournaments, you enter game date and location. 10) You can setup doubles or partner play tournaments 11) Save bracket images to your photo album 12) Play unlimited number of round robin games. Also supports Ties! Having this program on your iPad makes it perfect for on-site and real time updating of the brackets. No wi-fi or internet needed. Print or email the results to participants when the competition is over. You can also setup a consolation tournament where each team/player plays exactly 3 games when 8 players or 4 games when 16 players. The Round Robin style is limited to 16 players but is a great way to keep track of wins and losses and ties. The iPad does it for you! You can even have up to four pools in one tournament. The iPad automatically matches each team to ensure everyone plays around. The program automatically adjusts the brackets for the number of players. Instead of showing "byes", it will automatically advance a player appropriately when the tournament is first setup. So, you can have 4 to 32 players. The program automatically adjust the brackets so you don't have to. Plus, you can load player names from your contact list to save typing. You can start a new tournament with as little as 4 players. Then select Copy to start your tournament. In the players list, you can re-arrange the order or delete an entry using the edit button. You can also edit a bracket after it is created. The program supports multiple ways to setup bracket assignments. a) Copy using seedings: it will put the names on the bracket based on seeding. (For example, Player ranked #1 plays player ranked #16) b) Copy using random draws, it will randomize the pairings using your list of players/teams. c) Copy using manual selection, it will put the selected player/team on the bracket in your selection order. d) Copy using top 4 seedings will place top 4 seeds on separate bracket sections (so they meet in the later rounds) while randomizing the other player placements. This is often used for Tennis tournaments. d) copy using partners will allow you set up doubles matches. Either random pairing or controlled pairing. e) copy names in list order. Great feature if you want to completely control the assignments. Features are constantly added. I want this to be the best tournament bracket program in the app store. Email support or visit facebook if you want to see a particular feature added or you have an issue. I can't respond to review comments. Now with color. Choose team/player colors. IT EVEN HAS A HELP DOCUMENT for beginners. See this program in action before buying it. Find it on youtube or watch the app preview. There are also more tutorial videos on the support website.

About

Bracket Master

Explore the complete history of the Men's College Basketball Tournament, from 1939 to the present. Examine over 85 championship brackets and detailed team histories. Perfect for bracketology enthusiasts and novices looking to create tournament pools.

Highlights
  • Complete tournament history (1939-present)
  • 85+ championship brackets to examine
  • Detailed team and game accounts
  • Bracket picking assistance
  • Automatic bracket generation
  • Tournament field simulation
Features
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Bracket Master delivers the complete history of the Men's College Basketball Tournament. Every tourney game is presented, from the inaugural 1939 championship to the current day.  Each of the 85+ championship brackets can be examined within the app. View detailed accounts of every team that has appeared in the tourney.  From Cinderella upstart to Blue-Blood favorite, reminisce over each game of your team's magical run through the bracket. Designed for bracketology experts and novices alike, Bracket Master helps you pick a bracket for all your March pools.  Use the extensive team, seed, and conference data to meticulously pick every tournament game, or have Bracket Master automatically fill in your bracket using one of several winning team rating methodologies. Simulate tournament fields of the past - try to get your favorite team to win the championship!

Screenshots

Bracket Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bracket Master at Free against Bracket Maker for the iPad's $0.99. Bracket Master also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Bracket Maker for the iPad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bracket Master is free to download; Bracket Maker for the iPad costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Bracket Maker for the iPad against 4.1 for Bracket Master. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 118 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Bracket Maker for the iPad's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bracket Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bracket Maker for the iPad ships an update every 2 months, Bracket Master every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bracket Maker for the iPad versus Bracket Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBracket Maker for the iPadBracket Master
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (44 ratings)4.1 (118 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews82.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacques RomanoScrutinous, LLC

Customer experience

Bracket Maker for the iPad

All ratings44 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative26.1%

Bracket Master

All ratings112 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative10.9%

In-app purchases

None

Bracket Maker for the iPad

No in-app purchases

None

Bracket Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bracket Maker for the iPad free?
Bracket Maker for the iPad costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bracket Master free?
Bracket Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bracket Maker for the iPad or Bracket Master?
Bracket Master is rated higher. Bracket Maker for the iPad averages 4.0 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Bracket Master averages 4.1 from 118 ratings.
Do Bracket Maker for the iPad or Bracket Master have ads?
Bracket Master shows ads; Bracket Maker for the iPad does not.
Which is updated more often, Bracket Maker for the iPad or Bracket Master?
Bracket Maker for the iPad ships an update every 2 months, and Bracket Master every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bracket Maker for the iPad was updated on October 6, 2026 and Bracket Master on September 19, 2026.

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