Racemate vs Bracket Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Racemate
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Racemate puts the race in your pocket. Open it during a session and you see the running order, the gaps and the pit stops as they happen. Lock your phone and the lap, the flag and the top three stay on your lock screen and Dynamic Island until the chequered flag. LIVE DURING EVERY SESSION • Positions with the gap to the leader or the car ahead, places gained or lost, and pit stops • Pit window: see where any driver would rejoin if they pitted now • Battles: tap a driver to see how many laps until they catch the car ahead • Live standings: the championship as it would stand if the race finished now • Time penalties shown by the driver, and counted in the gaps when you want them • Live Activity: qualifying, sprints and races start on your lock screen by themselves WIDGETS IN YOUR TEAM COLOUR • Countdown to the next session, in Mono, Solid or Liquid Glass • The race weekend with the track map and every session in your time • Driver and constructor standings, or just your driver THE REST OF THE SEASON • Full calendar with every practice, qualifying, sprint and race • Championship Calculator: play out the title fight with your own results • Head to head for any drivers: qualifying, races and points, round by round • Spoiler mode keeps results hidden until you have watched • Race data: the fastest car, gears, speed traces and tyre wear Pick your favourite driver and team when you start and the whole app takes on their colours. Racemate Pro unlocks the Pit window, Live standings, Battles, every widget layout, head to head, spoiler mode and the deeper race data. Monthly and yearly plans are available, and the yearly plan starts with a one week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Racemate is an unofficial fan app and is not affiliated with Formula 1, the FIA or any team. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://racemate.io/privacy
Bracket Maker
Easily create, manage, and share tournament brackets for various events, from sports to casual competitions. This app allows for offline use and requires no account, offering a private and efficient way to run any tournament.
- Create brackets for up to 128 entries
- Supports 8 tournament formats
- Offline bracket management
- No account required
- Shareable bracket images and PDFs
- Private by design, no tracking
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Create, seed, schedule, run, and share polished tournament brackets—without an account or internet connection. Roundra turns a pasted roster into a complete tournament command center. Pick the format that fits, enter results as matches happen, keep every court or station moving, and share a bracket everyone can follow. BUILD A TOURNAMENT IN MINUTES • Paste names from any list or add teams, players, songs, movies, foods, or custom entries • Use guided setup when you are not sure which format fits • Seed as entered, shuffle, reorder manually, sort alphabetically, reverse seeds, or spread affiliations • Save favorite rosters and reuse them for future events • Create brackets for up to 128 entries on supported formats CHOOSE FROM 8 FORMATS • Single Elimination • Double Elimination • Round Robin • League + Playoff • Pools + Playoff • Swiss • King of the Hill • Ladder RUN THE EVENT FROM ONE DESK • Record winners, scores, best-of series, forfeits, and no-shows • Track live standings with configurable tiebreakers • Add bronze and consolation matches where supported • Schedule courts, tables, stations, or lanes in smart match waves • Set match length, buffers, breaks, statuses, assignments, and notes • See what is ready now, what is up next, and the projected finish time • Repair downstream results safely when an earlier winner changes MAKE THE TOURNAMENT EASY TO FOLLOW • Open a presentation view for a venue display • Show the next matchup, progress, standings, and champion • Export polished bracket or standings images • Create clean, dark, or scoreboard-style PDFs • Share run sheets, results CSV files, and tournament summaries PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your brackets and rosters are saved locally on your device. Roundra requires no account, includes no third-party ads, and does not track you. Back up and restore your tournament library whenever you choose. MADE FOR MORE THAN SPORTS Run club tournaments, rec leagues, school or PE events, esports brackets, office competitions, game nights, or just-for-fun showdowns between songs, movies, foods, and ideas. Roundra is built for iPhone and iPad and is available in 37 languages, including full right-to-left support for Arabic and Hebrew.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bracket Maker at none against Racemate's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Racemate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Bracket Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Racemate | Bracket Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taras Lanchev | Mobin Akhter |
In-app purchases
Racemate
- Racemate Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Bracket Maker
No in-app purchases









