Bracket Maker vs Rack IQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bracket Maker
Easily create and manage single-elimination tournaments for gaming, school, or sports events. Set up brackets instantly, customize matchups, and track progress live. Share tournaments with others for real-time updates.
- Fast bracket generation
- Flexible customization
- Live progress tracking
- Real-time sharing
- Automatic bracket updates
- Score updating by participants
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Create brackets, round robin schedules, league tables, standings, and shareable tournament pages in minutes. Clashly helps you organize sports events, school competitions, game nights, and local leagues from setup to final score. Build the format you need Start with single elimination, double elimination, or round robin. Add teams or players, generate matchups, and keep every round organized in one place. Track scores and standings Update match results as the tournament unfolds. Brackets advance automatically, while round robin events keep schedules and standings clear for everyone. Share with participants Send a live tournament link so players, parents, teammates, and spectators can follow results. Allow score updates from others when you want help managing the event. Made for real competitions Use Clashly for sports brackets, esports tournaments, school contests, office events, local clubs, board game nights, and any competition that needs a clean bracket or league table. Clashly gives you the tournament maker you need to plan faster, run smoother events, and share results without spreadsheets. ---- Privacy policy: https://cafournier.com/BracketMaker/privacypolicy.html Terms of use: https://cafournier.com/BracketMaker/terms.html
Rack IQ
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Rack IQ is the bridge between amateur and professional pocket billiards — a precision scoring, rating, and tournament platform built by a former NASA engineer. EVERY SHOT COUNTS Score matches shot by shot in three quick taps. Rack IQ knows the rules of the game — banks, kicks, jumps, massé, combos, safeties, break bonuses — and turns every match into real statistics: your strengths, your weaknesses, and how you actually perform under pressure. TWO RATINGS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Your Competitive rating tracks who you beat. Your Rack IQ Score (0–100) tracks how you shoot — accuracy, errors, safety quality, and advanced-shot success, computed from a permanent shot-by-shot record that can never be hand-edited. RUN REAL TOURNAMENTS Directors get the full toolkit: certified random draws, single and double elimination brackets from 8 to 1,024 players following the industry-standard chart, live scorekeeping with player verification, automatic pool-table assignment with player call notifications, and a public TV display any smart TV can show — live brackets, table status, and streams, no cables needed. WATCH AND STREAM Broadcast matches on your own YouTube or Twitch channel and Rack IQ embeds them for fans, with live score overlays on the venue TVs. Replays stay linked to the match record. MEMBERSHIP TIERS - Basic (free): your player profile, one-on-one scored matches, and your personal stats. - Premium: create and run tournaments, live brackets and dashboards, table management, TV display, full analytics. - Top Tier: everything in Premium plus the Calcutta auction system for managing player auctions at your events. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple account, monthly or annually. Whether you are grinding league night or running a 128-player open, Rack IQ gives your game the numbers it deserves. Rack IQ offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions (Premium and Top Tier, monthly or annual). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rackiq.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://www.rackiq.app/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Rack IQ at 3 against Bracket Maker's 1. Rack IQ also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Bracket Maker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Rack IQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bracket Maker ships an update monthly, Rack IQ every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bracket Maker | Rack IQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (85 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Charles-Adrien Fournier | Michael McDonald |
In-app purchases
Bracket Maker
- Clashly Premium$3.997 Days
- Clashly Premium Weekly$4.497 Days
- Clashly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Clashly Premium Annual3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Unlock pro$5.99
- Clashly Premium$34.99
Rack IQ
- Premium Tier Monthly$9.991 Month
- Top Tier Monthly$19.991 Month
- Premium Tier Yearly$79.991 Year
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- Top Tier Yearly$159.991 Year
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