Comparison

Bracket Maker vs Bracket Pad

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Fast bracket generation
  • Flexible customization
  • Live progress tracking
  • Real-time sharing
  • Automatic bracket updates
  • Score updating by participants
Features
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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

About

Bracket Pad

Easily create and manage private tournaments for various sports and games. Supports multiple formats like Swiss, single/double elimination, and round robin. Works offline and exports brackets as images or PDFs.

Highlights
  • Multiple tournament formats (Swiss, elimination, round robin)
  • Offline functionality
  • Private by design, no account needed
  • Supports 2-256 participants
  • Export brackets as image or PDF
  • Undo/redo match results
  • Customizable appearance (light/dark mode)
Features
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Bracket Pad is a fast, private tournament manager for creating brackets, recording scores, and keeping every round on track. Choose a format, add players or teams, and start playing. Tap any match to enter the score - Bracket Pad updates the results and keeps the tournament moving. CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT • Swiss - players meet opponents with the same score each round, ranked with Buchholz tiebreaks • Single elimination - one loss and you are out, with an optional third-place match • Double elimination - a losers bracket, so nobody goes home after one bad match • Round robin - everyone plays everyone, with a live standings table • Groups + playoffs - group stage first, then a knockout bracket for the ones who made it A bracket that holds up: byes are handed out evenly at any number of participants, seeding is respected, and the double elimination bracket avoids early rematches. Got a result wrong? Undo it, and only the matches that depended on it are cleared. RUN IT YOUR WAY • Create brackets for 2 to 256 participants • Add names one at a time or paste the full list • Drag players to set the seeding • Shuffle participants into teams • Zoom in, zoom out, or fit the whole bracket on screen • Keep all your tournaments in one place • Play again: rerun a finished tournament with the same players, reshuffled • Pick your main color, in light or dark • Export any bracket as an image or PDF • Save and share a backup file • Works on iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No internet required. Everything works offline, and nothing you create reaches a server of ours - your tournaments live on your device, with a private copy in your own iCloud so the library survives reinstalling the app. YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT IS FREE The first tournament is the whole app: every format, any size up to 256 participants, image and PDF export, and it stays yours forever. Creating more tournaments takes Bracket Pad Pro. From sports and esports to board games, school events, and friendly competitions, Bracket Pad makes tournaments simple - from the first match to the champion. Terms of Use: https://bracketpad.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bracketpad.com/privacy

Screenshots

Bracket Maker4 screens
Bracket Pad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bracket Pad at every 8 days against Bracket Maker's monthly. Bracket Maker's advantage is ratings volume (84 vs 3). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bracket Maker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Bracket Pad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bracket Maker against 4.7 for Bracket Pad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bracket Maker has 84 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bracket Maker ships an update monthly, Bracket Pad every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bracket Maker versus Bracket Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBracket MakerBracket Pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (84 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles-Adrien FournierYvgen Troshchiy

Customer experience

Bracket Maker

All ratings84 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bracket Pad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bracket Maker

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time2
  • Unlock pro$5.99
  • Clashly Premium$34.99
3 purchases

Bracket Pad

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tournament Pass$4.99
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Bracket Maker free?
Bracket Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bracket Pad free?
Bracket Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bracket Maker or Bracket Pad?
Bracket Maker and Bracket Pad are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 84 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Bracket Maker or Bracket Pad have ads?
Neither Bracket Maker nor Bracket Pad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bracket Maker or Bracket Pad?
Bracket Maker ships an update monthly, and Bracket Pad every 8 days. Most recently, Bracket Maker was updated on September 20, 2026 and Bracket Pad on October 1, 2026.

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