My Bracket vs Bracket Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Bracket
Easily create, track, and share tournament brackets for various sports and games. Supports multiple elimination formats and round robin play, with automatic seeding and organization features. Share live updates with participants to keep everyone informed.
- Build brackets in under a minute
- Supports single/double elimination and round robin
- Automatic seeding and bye management
- Organize brackets with groups
- Share live brackets via import/export
- Save brackets as images
- Works for diverse sports and games
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THE #1 BRACKET APP ON THE APP STORE — SINCE 2012. Over a decade of running tournaments for millions of users. No other bracket app comes close. My Bracket lets you build, track, and share tournament brackets in seconds. Single elimination, double elimination, round robin — whatever format you need, it’s here. WHY MY BRACKET • Set up a bracket in under a minute — add your teams, tap go • Supports up to 64 teams per bracket • Single and double elimination with integrated losers bracket • Round robin format for league-style play • Automatic seeding and bye management • Seed randomization when you want it fair • Smart Edit remembers team names when you adjust numbers • Groups menu keeps all your brackets organized in one place SHARE WITH EVERYONE This is where My Bracket stands alone. Share your brackets with anyone, any way you want: • Send live brackets to other My Bracket users with import/export • Share multiple brackets at once via email or social media • Save brackets as images and text them to your group • Everyone stays in the loop — no more "what’s the score?" WORKS FOR EVERYTHING Pool, tennis, ping pong, darts, basketball, volleyball, soccer, cornhole, pickleball, softball, curling, squash — if it has a winner, My Bracket runs it. Built for backyard tournaments, office competitions, league nights, and everything in between. GET STARTED FREE Try it free with brackets up to 8 teams. Unlock unlimited brackets and all pro features with a subscription. My Bracket offers auto-renewing subscription options including weekly, monthly, and yearly plans. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: http://totoventures.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://totoventures.com/privacy-policy/
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.
- Complete tournament history (1939-present)
- 85+ championship brackets to examine
- Detailed team and game accounts
- Bracket picking assistance
- Automatic bracket generation
- Tournament field simulation
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bracket Master at none against My Bracket's 6. Bracket Master also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 48%). My Bracket's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5.3K vs 118). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. My Bracket sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Bracket Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bracket Master holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Bracket has 5.3K ratings behind it against 118, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of My Bracket's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bracket Master's.
My Bracket ships an update weekly, Bracket Master every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Bracket | Bracket Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (5.3K ratings) | 4.1 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.3K — better | 118 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toto Ventures Inc. | Scrutinous, LLC |
Customer experience
My Bracket
Bracket Master
User reviews
My Bracket
From 5.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple, powerful, inspiring
- 👍 Great app to make having fun with any sport extremely smooth
- 👍 Extremely useful
- 👍 This app has been a lifesaver
- 👍 Awesome design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Can't even use it, prompts to pay for premium
- 💰 Can't do anything without paying
- 💰 Greedy, everything costs money
- 💰 Poor system, premium version is worse than free
- 💰 Problems, everything requires payment
Bracket Master
From 118 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great historical data
- 👍 Love the app
- 👍 Excellent for March Madness
- 👍 Simulates tournaments well
- 👍 Informative and fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads are intrusive
- 🐛 App makes phone hot/slow
- 🐛 Slow typing and loading speed
- 🐛 Incorrect team data
- 🐛 Can't make custom brackets
Bugs and requests
My Bracket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Automatic byes in small brackets
- Resets bracket when saving changes
- Freezes when entering team names
- Deletes all data every 30 seconds
Requested features
6 requests- Allow more than 8 teams in free version
- Add round robin and double elimination options
- Ability to edit/delete winners
- Option to sync brackets online
- Larger text boxes for team names
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- More customization options
Bracket Master
Reported bugs
7 issues- Long Beach State team name incorrect
- NW State and SLU teams missing
- Oklahoma State championship count incorrect
- Down arrow doesn't work when making picks
- App shows glimpse of next round instead of allowing picks
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- 2019 tournament teams brackets shown incorrectly
- Marquette team in wrong conferences
Requested features
35 requests- Add custom bracket builder
- Add NCAA Football, NFL Football, MLB
- Option to pay to remove ads
- Add rival teams feature
- Simulate brackets back to 1939
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- Pick brackets back to 1939
- Add conference tournaments
- Add NIT results
- Add custom tournament builder
- Add women's brackets
- See NIT results
- See conference tournament results
- Create own brackets
- See rosters for other teams
- Simulate a season with own team
- Add team stats (points per game, etc.)
- Print created brackets
- Add Strength of Schedule (SOS) stat
- Update bracket weekly
- Add Duke to bracket
- Add college football version
- Ability to change teams in projected/old brackets
- See Monte Carlo simulation wins per team
- Custom tournament with teams from any year
- Custom tournament with teams from a specific year
- Option to turn off pick feedback (red/green)
- Simulate with different team overalls
- Update team data for conferences
- Add more teams from scrapped conferences
- Add game summaries
- Add roster information
- Add stats
- Add game summaries
- Add roster information
- Add stats
In-app purchases
My Bracket
- My Bracket: One Week7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Unlock Pro 1 Week Subscription7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Unlock 1 Month Subscription$9.991 Month
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- Unlock Pro 1 Year Subscription$39.991 Year
- Annual subscription for My Bracket7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Pro Upgrade$3.99
Bracket Master
No in-app purchases
Questions
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