Comparison

dill. vs Brackly

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

Head to head
About

dill.

Features
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FEATURES • Round Robin tournaments with automatic scheduling and court assignments • Single and Double Elimination brackets • Best-of-1 or Best-of-3 game formats • Multi-court support — assign games across multiple courts • Skill-balanced team pairing — mix high and low skill players for fair matchups • Built-in game timer for each match • Live standings with point differentials • Save and reuse player pools for your regular group • Full tournament history — review past results anytime • Works offline — no internet needed to run a tournament Perfect for rec leagues, club play, neighborhood meetups, and weekend warriors. Download Dill and get your next tournament started in under a minute.

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Brackly

Features
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Create tournaments, brackets, leagues, and competitions in seconds with Brackly — an easy tournament bracket maker for sports, eSports, leagues, teams, coaches, and friends. Brackly is the all-in-one tournament maker for coaches, league organizers, and weekend warriors. Create a bracket in seconds, invite your players, track scores live, and let Bracket handle the math — seeding, byes, standings, and who plays who next. Run any tournament like a pro — right from your phone. BUILT FOR EVERY FORMAT Single Elimination — fast, simple, winner takes all Double Elimination — every team gets a second chance Round Robin — everyone plays everyone, best record wins Groups + Knockout — group stage into a knockout bracket, World Cup style EVERY SPORT, ONE APP Football, Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Badminton, plus a flexible best-of-N mode for eSports, chess, or anything else you compete in. Each sport gets its own scoring — goals, points, sets, you name it. YOUR SQUAD, SAVED Build a player roster once — name, jersey number, custom photo, shirt color — then drop them into any tournament instead of retyping names every time. LIVE BRACKETS THAT UPDATE THEMSELVES Enter a score and watch the winner advance automatically. Byes resolve on their own. Standings recalculate instantly. Made a mistake? Fix a score after the fact — safely, without breaking the bracket. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE — YOUR CALL Keep a tournament just for you, or make it public so anyone can find it in Discover and follow along in real time. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Get started in seconds with Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — your data syncs securely across devices. MODERN, FAST, NO CLUTTER A clean, card-based design built for iPhone and iPad, with dark mode support and zero learning curve. Whether it's a backyard ping-pong championship or a citywide football league, Bracket keeps everyone on the same page — no spreadsheets, no whiteboards, no arguments about who's up next. Download Brackly and run your next tournament the easy way.

Screenshots

dill.3 screens
Brackly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: dill. at 17.6 against Brackly's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
dill. versus Brackly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterdill.Brackly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis CozzaHamid Sher agha

In-app purchases

None

dill.

No in-app purchases

None

Brackly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is dill. free?
dill. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brackly free?
Brackly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do dill. or Brackly have ads?
Neither dill. nor Brackly shows ads.

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