Comparison

Clutch Tournament vs BracketKeepers

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

Head to head
About

Clutch Tournament

Features
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Clutch Tournament - Every organiser's co-pilot The app for tournament organisers to create, manage, and run sports tournaments end-to-end. Less spreadsheet juggling, fewer WhatsApp groups, more time on the courts. What you can do: Create tournaments in minutes — Set up tournament and category details, pick your bracket type, and go-live for players to register. Flexible entry management — Swap, edit, or remove any entry, anytime. Early bird and waitlist pricing — Offer discounted entry fees for early participants and allow players to join waitlists. Auto-schedule matches — AI will generate match schedules across courts and time slots in one click. Manage walkovers, results, and live updates from one screen. Player directory at a glance — See every participant across all your tournaments, searchable by name or number. Built for all sports across pickleball, padel, badminton, tennis, table tennis, squash, box cricket, and turf football. Part of the Clutch Sports ecosystem.

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BracketKeepers

Features
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Make a bracket in a minute and put it on the TV. No account, no ads, no subscription. BracketKeepers runs your tournament from your phone while everyone follows it live. Cornhole night, pickleball, padel, darts, office ping pong, school intramurals: type or paste the names, pick a format, tap Go. Every phone, tablet, or TV browser that opens your link shows the same live bracket, with who is playing now and who is up next. Nothing to install on the TV. FORMATS - Single elimination, with an optional consolation bracket so everyone plays at least twice. - Double elimination with a Second chance bracket and a Fair final. - Round robin with an automatic schedule and standings. - Pools, then playoff. - Americano and Mexicano for 4 to 24 players: 2 v 2, a new partner every round, ranked by points scored. - King / Queen of the Beach: sign up solo, new partner every game. - Best of 3 or best of 5, plus ladder, league table, and house points. - Any number of teams. Byes are shown clearly. FAST TO SET UP - Saved player lists: last week's names are one tap away. - Paste a list from anywhere or import a CSV from a spreadsheet. - Help me choose suggests a format for your time and courts. ONE TAP TO RUN - Who won? Tap the winner. Add a score if you want one. - Mark games as playing on Court 1 or Board 2, and the TV shows it. - Undo instead of pop-ups. ON THE BIG SCREEN - Share by link, QR code, or 5 letter code to any number of screens. - AirPlay or HDMI on iPhone and iPad, Present mode on iPad. - When the final is decided, the champion gets a big moment on every screen. SHARE AND PRINT - Share result card: a clean picture of the champion and the final for your group chat. - Print or save a PDF of any bracket, sized for Letter or A4, with a QR code back to the live board. LEAGUES AND SEASONS - Make any tournament a league: the same players week after week, and every night adds into one season table. - League home shows the standings, nights, players, and past seasons. Export a CSV or a backup at any time. - The first 2 nights of every league are free. - Sign in if you like, and your leagues follow you to your other devices. BRACKETKEEPERS PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Leagues: every night after the first 2, the season table on the TV, a court and time schedule for every game, and the season recap (a PDF and cards to share). - 12 Pro board skins, from Fight Night to Trophy Room, each with its own champion moment. Try one free for a whole event. - Your club's name and logo on every screen, no Made with BracketKeepers mark. - Every saved tournament stays open. - A permanent code for your venue TV. Every format stays free, with no team cap and no viewer cap.

Screenshots

Clutch Tournament4 screens
BracketKeepers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clutch Tournament at none against BracketKeepers's 1. BracketKeepers's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BracketKeepers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clutch Tournament asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clutch Tournament ships an update every 2 weeks, BracketKeepers every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Clutch Tournament versus BracketKeepers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClutch TournamentBracketKeepers
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Clutch SportsJoseph Ting

In-app purchases

None

Clutch Tournament

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BracketKeepers

One-time1
  • RankKeepers Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Clutch Tournament free?
Clutch Tournament is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BracketKeepers free?
BracketKeepers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clutch Tournament or BracketKeepers have ads?
Neither Clutch Tournament nor BracketKeepers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clutch Tournament or BracketKeepers?
Clutch Tournament ships an update every 2 weeks, and BracketKeepers every 2 days. Most recently, Clutch Tournament was updated on October 31, 2026 and BracketKeepers on November 1, 2026.

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