Tournament Buddy vs Bracket 48
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tournament Buddy
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Tournament Buddy is your personal tournament manager—create a professional tournament schedule or bracket in seconds for any sport or game. FEATURES • Create tournament schedules & brackets • Group stage, knockout rounds & round robin • League management & playoff brackets • Enter results & track them live • Display tournament results clearly • Share the tournament with all participants PERFECT FOR • Amateur teams & club tournaments • Table tennis, soccer, basketball, darts & more • Office tournaments & recreational events • School championships & youth tournaments No Excel spreadsheets, no paperwork—Tournament Buddy makes tournament organization a breeze. Simply enter participants, generate a schedule, and get started. Create your first tournament schedule now—for free!
Bracket 48
Create and share private soccer tournament brackets with friends. Predict group stage outcomes, including third-place advancers, and follow along through the knockout rounds. Designed purely for entertainment, this app allows friendly competition without any betting or gambling.
- Private group bracket creation
- Third-place advancer picks
- Knockout stage prediction
- Friend invite links
- Compare picks with friends
- Sign in with Apple
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Bracket 48 is a friendly soccer tournament bracket app for private groups. Sign in with Apple, create a bracket, rank every group, pick third-place advancers, and continue into the knockout stage. Create private groups, share invite links, and compare picks with friends as the tournament unfolds. Bracket 48 is designed for entertainment only. It is independent and unofficial, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by tournament organizers, teams, or federations. The app does not offer cash rewards, prizes, betting, or gambling. Features: - Sign in with Apple - Create group-stage and knockout-stage brackets - Pick third-place group-stage advancers - Create private groups - Share invite links with friends - View saved brackets - Delete your account in app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tournament Buddy at every 2 days against Bracket 48's every 6 days. Tournament Buddy also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tournament Buddy ships an update every 2 days, Bracket 48 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tournament Buddy | Bracket 48 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dennis Pierre Ronny Frank Hundertmark | Ryan Gilbert1750630871 |
In-app purchases
Tournament Buddy
No in-app purchases
Bracket 48
No in-app purchases
