Round Robin vs Bracket Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Round Robin
Easily create round robin tournament schedules for any number of participants. Track wins, losses, and draws, and email the results. Tournaments are automatically saved for later access and can be deleted with a simple swipe.
- Generate round robin tournament schedules
- Record wins, losses, and draws
- Email schedules and results
- Automatic tournament saving
- Swipe-to-delete tournaments
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Generate Round Robin Tournament Schedules based on the number of teams/players. Wins, losses, and draws can be recorded. The resulting schedule and results can be emailed. Tournaments are automatically saved and can be deleted with a swipe.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bracket Builder at Free against Round Robin's $0.99. Bracket Builder also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 7 months). Round Robin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support 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
Bracket Builder is free to download; Round Robin costs $0.99 up front. Bracket Builder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Round Robin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bracket Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bracket Builder has 2.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Round Robin's written reviews are positive against 49% of Bracket Builder's.
Round Robin ships an update every 7 months, Bracket Builder every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Round Robin | Bracket Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (2.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 49.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 2.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | brian drye | Aberkane Software House FZ-LLC |
Customer experience
Round Robin
Bracket Builder
Bugs and requests
Round Robin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
Round Robin
No in-app purchases
Bracket Builder
- Full access for 1 year$4.991 Year
- Full access for 1 year$9.991 Year
- Full access for Lifetime$14.99
- Full access for Lifetime$19.99
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