Comparison

ELO Rankings vs Bracket Bay

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

Head to head
About

ELO Rankings

This app helps you create and manage competitive rankings for any game or sport. It uses the ELO rating system to accurately reflect player skill based on match outcomes. Easily invite participants and track results to see who truly reigns supreme.

Highlights
  • ELO rating system for accurate skill assessment
  • Create custom rankings for any game or sport
  • Invite players via QR code or link
  • Record match results quickly
  • View player stats and match history
  • Admin controls for managing rankings
Features
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Who's best at table tennis at work? The family chess champion? Your crew's football video game king? ELO Rankings gives you the answer. The ELO system is used officially in international chess and is built to rank players fairly over time. What counts most is who you beat, not how much you play. Beat someone better than you and you climb more. Lose to someone weaker and you drop more. Create a scoreboard in seconds. Share a QR code or link, and players land right in the scoreboard. Log a match in seconds. Pick the players, tap the winner, done. Tap a player to see detailed stats. As the owner, you control who can log matches: just you, everyone, or selected players. Every scoreboard has its own chat, so you can plan the next session and talk through the matches. Turn on notifications to keep up with what's happening. Start locally with guest players. Sign in whenever you want to sync across devices and invite others. Free. No ads. Works for table tennis, chess, pool, football video games, tennis, badminton, darts, foosball, board games, and pretty much anything else you compete in.

About

Bracket Bay

Features
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Bracket Bay is the free, all-in-one tournament manager built for Warhammer 40,000. Whether you're running a local game-store event or a multi-round championship, Bracket Bay handles the hard parts — pairings, standings, lists, and stats — so you can focus on the games. SMART SWISS PAIRINGS Generate fair, balanced rounds in seconds. Bracket Bay's smart Swiss engine lets you prioritize the constraints that matter to you: • Avoid repeat matchups • Avoid same-faction pairings • Avoid same-nationality pairings Drag to reorder priorities and toggle each rule on or off — the pairings adapt to your event. FULL TOURNAMENT CONTROL • Create open, request-to-join, or invite-only tournaments • In-person or online events • Set player limits, rounds, deadlines, and scoring • Manage rounds: generate pairings, enter results, track standings live • Invite players by email and review army lists before play RANKINGS & STATISTICS • Season-based leaderboards • Player win rates, records, and average scores • Faction performance stats with win/loss/draw breakdowns • Personal profile tracking your games, factions, and recent tournaments LISTFORGE INTEGRATION Connect your ListForge account to pull your army lists straight into a tournament — faction and detachment fill in automatically, and you can sync results back. Prefer to keep it simple? Paste any list in manually. OPTIONAL PAID REGISTRATION Bracket Bay is completely free to use. Organizers who want to sell event tickets can enable secure payments powered by Stripe, with optional discount coupons. Attendees pay quickly with Apple Pay or card. WHY BRACKET BAY • 100% free tournament management • Built specifically for Warhammer 40K • Works for organizers and players alike • Light and dark themes Download Bracket Bay and run your best event yet. Warhammer 40,000 is a trademark of Games Workshop Ltd. Bracket Bay is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Games Workshop. ListForge is a product of CodeSeed.

Screenshots

ELO Rankings4 screens
Bracket Bay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bracket Bay at every 9 days against ELO Rankings's every 5 weeks. ELO Rankings's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ELO Rankings ships an update every 5 weeks, Bracket Bay every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ELO Rankings versus Bracket Bay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterELO RankingsBracket Bay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOLE HENRIK ESPELANDCLEMENS SAMUEL PROBST

In-app purchases

None

ELO Rankings

No in-app purchases

None

Bracket Bay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ELO Rankings free?
ELO Rankings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bracket Bay free?
Bracket Bay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ELO Rankings or Bracket Bay have ads?
Neither ELO Rankings nor Bracket Bay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ELO Rankings or Bracket Bay?
ELO Rankings ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bracket Bay every 9 days. Most recently, ELO Rankings was updated on November 5, 2026 and Bracket Bay on October 25, 2026.

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