Tourney vs BracketKeepers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tourney
Easily manage sports and game tournaments with customizable brackets, leagues, and scoreboards. Track live scores, create schedules, and share results instantly with organizers and spectators. Features AI-powered participant import and multiple seeding methods.
- Multiple tournament formats (Single Elimination, Round Robin, Swiss)
- Live score tracking and real-time updates
- Participant registration and management
- AI-powered participant import from images
- Customizable brackets and seeding methods
- Shareable tournament instances for collaboration
- Spectator read-only mode
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The best tournament app for managing brackets, leagues and individual scoreboards for any sport or game. Track scores live, create schedules, and share results instantly. Competition formats: • Create clear, visual structures. You can choose from Single Elimination, Double Elimination, Group Stage, Round Robin, Swiss System and Scorecard options. • Customize group stages, qualifiers, and participant flow according to your needs. • Accommodate up to 64 players/teams, complete with personalized graphics, names, and avatars. • 100+ Presets to choose from for participants and backgrounds and team shirt creator. • Multiple Seeding methods: Standard bracket (1st vs 16th), Pot system (like Champions League), or Sequential order. Drag & drop adjustments available Shareable instances: • Collaborate with other organizers and keep everyone updated by sharing. • Cross-platform support to share or get invitation from. • Real-time updates and collaborative editing ensure that everyone stays informed about scores, match results, and overall progress. • Spectators can also view matches in a read-only mode. Organization: • Overview for sharing essential details in one place. • Participant registration with two modes: Invite specific players/teams or allow open signups before event start and verification codes. • Set dates, times, and locations for matches across all formats. • Follow specific matches and automatically receive calendar invites to your default calendar app for any changes. Simple Interface: • Tourney features an intuitive, minimalist design for both beginners and seasoned organizers. • AI-powered text scanning to import participants from images. Works with handwritten lists, photos, and also text or csv file reader. • Update winners, scores and match details with just a tap. Store players/teams to create even more, save time and merge them together. Get started now. Core features are free to use and no ads. https://tourneymaker.app/terms-of-use
BracketKeepers
Easily create and manage tournament brackets for various sports and games. Share live updates with participants and spectators on any screen, with multiple format options and quick setup.
- Create brackets in minutes
- Live updates on any screen
- Multiple tournament formats
- Saved player lists
- Printable bracket PDFs
- League and season management
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Make a bracket in a minute and put it on the TV. No account, no ads, no subscription. BracketKeepers runs your tournament from your phone while everyone follows it live. Cornhole night, pickleball, padel, darts, office ping pong, school intramurals: type or paste the names, pick a format, tap Go. Every phone, tablet, or TV browser that opens your link shows the same live bracket, with who is playing now and who is up next. Nothing to install on the TV. FORMATS - Single elimination, with an optional consolation bracket so everyone plays at least twice. - Double elimination with a Second chance bracket and a Fair final. - Round robin with an automatic schedule and standings. - Pools, then playoff. - Americano and Mexicano for 4 to 24 players: 2 v 2, a new partner every round, ranked by points scored. - King / Queen of the Beach: sign up solo, new partner every game. - Best of 3 or best of 5, plus ladder, league table, and house points. - Any number of teams. Byes are shown clearly. FAST TO SET UP - Saved player lists: last week's names are one tap away. - Paste a list from anywhere or import a CSV from a spreadsheet. - Help me choose suggests a format for your time and courts. ONE TAP TO RUN - Who won? Tap the winner. Add a score if you want one. - Mark games as playing on Court 1 or Board 2, and the TV shows it. - Undo instead of pop-ups. ON THE BIG SCREEN - Share by link, QR code, or 5 letter code to any number of screens. - AirPlay or HDMI on iPhone and iPad, Present mode on iPad. - When the final is decided, the champion gets a big moment on every screen. SHARE AND PRINT - Share result card: a clean picture of the champion and the final for your group chat. - Print or save a PDF of any bracket, sized for Letter or A4, with a QR code back to the live board. LEAGUES AND SEASONS - Make any tournament a league: the same players week after week, and every night adds into one season table. - League home shows the standings, nights, players, and past seasons. Export a CSV or a backup at any time. - The first 2 nights of every league are free. - Sign in if you like, and your leagues follow you to your other devices. BRACKETKEEPERS PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Leagues: every night after the first 2, the season table on the TV, a court and time schedule for every game, and the season recap (a PDF and cards to share). - 12 Pro board skins, from Fight Night to Trophy Room, each with its own champion moment. Try one free for a whole event. - Your club's name and logo on every screen, no Made with BracketKeepers mark. - Every saved tournament stays open. - A permanent code for your venue TV. Every format stays free, with no team cap and no viewer cap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BracketKeepers at 5.0 against Tourney's 4.5. BracketKeepers also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Tourney's advantage is ratings volume (471 vs 1). 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. Tourney sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and BracketKeepers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BracketKeepers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tourney has 471 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tourney ships an update every 3 weeks, BracketKeepers every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tourney | BracketKeepers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (471 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 471 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Karlsson | Joseph Ting |
Customer experience
Tourney
BracketKeepers
Bugs and requests
Tourney
Reported bugs
9 issues- Round robin tournament logic errors (incorrect tie calculations, teams marked tied without playing)
- 3rd place matchup causes app crashes
- Teams disappear from tournament display
- Teams deleted unexpectedly in edit bracket option
- Photo/logo data lost on app restart or closure
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- Premium features inaccessible despite active subscription
- Frequent app crashes requiring reinstallation
- Inconsistent team capacity display
- Logo reset when editing round robin tournaments in progress
Requested features
18 requests- One-time lifetime purchase option instead of recurring subscription
- Increase free team limit to 24-32 teams
- Free access to all tournament styles and formats
- Grid view option for tournaments and groups
- Ability to reorganize tournaments and groups freely
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- Color-coding for qualified/eliminated teams
- Promotion and relegation system for league play
- Teams play multiple times without premium
- Swiss bracket advancement based on win/loss records (3 wins advance, 3 losses eliminate)
- Randomized game outcomes based on team ratings
- Zoom functionality for better viewing
- Group stage with knockout progression (groups to round of 16, quarterfinals, etc.)
- Series options for tournaments
- Edit team names and logos after tournament starts
- Seeding display in brackets
- Adjustable round robin match frequency
- Live game filming/streaming integration
- Cut and paste capability for team management
BracketKeepers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tourney
- Monthly$14.991 Month
- Club Monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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- Enterprise Monthly7 Days trial$89.991 Month
- Club Yearly7 Days trial$399.991 Year
- Enterprise Yearly7 Days trial$699.991 Year
- One-time access$12.99
BracketKeepers
- BracketKeepers Pro$6.99
Questions
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