Comparison

Brackdown vs Elo

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

Head to head
About

Brackdown

Features
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Brackdown is the universal scoreboard for every sport, video game, and backyard tournament you play — now with a built-in community. FIND PLAYERS, NOT JUST SCORES The Discover tab surfaces other Brackdown players ranked by the sports you both play. Tap Quick Match for a random opponent in seconds. Filter by sport, sort by ELO. Become discoverable and let others challenge you back — only your name, top sports, and ELO are shared. No accounts, no servers, just iCloud. MESSAGE YOUR FRIENDS Built-in 1:1 chat with friends. iMessage-style bubbles, read receipts, push notifications when a friend messages you, block and report tools built in. All over iCloud, no separate login. KEEP REAL ELO RATINGS Every match — Tennis, FIFA, pickleball, chess, bowling, you name it — feeds your per-sport ELO and a weighted overall rating that follows you across every game. Adaptive USCF-style scaling means new players move faster and masters move slower, just like in real chess. 120+ SPORTS, VIDEO GAMES, AND TABLETOP - Specialist engines for Tennis (with proper deuce, sets, tiebreaks), Chess (W/L/D), Golf (per-hole stroke entry, lowest wins), and Bowling (10-frame with strikes, spares, and 10th-frame bonus). - Curated presets for FIFA, NBA 2K, Madden, NHL, MLB The Show, Rocket League, Call of Duty, Valorant, CS2, Fortnite, Apex, Halo, Splatoon, Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Magic, Catan, Settlers, Wingspan, Cornhole, Spikeball, Kan Jam, Ladder Ball, and dozens more. - Add your own custom games in 30 seconds — pick rules, give it a name, it'''s in the catalog forever. TOURNAMENTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK Single elimination with seeding, byes, and best-of-N series (best of 3, 5, 7). Round robin with live standings. Visual bracket tree with animated reveal and glowing trail for advancing winners. ELO-based seeding so top players don'''t meet in round 1. Share the bracket as an image with one tap. DOUBLES + MULTIPLAYER Form teams of two for tennis doubles, golf best-ball, bowling, cornhole — anything. Free-for-all matches up to 8 players with proper pairwise ELO updates. Join a friend'''s match in person via Bluetooth + Wi-Fi (no internet needed) and bring your real ELO with you. POSTGAME MOMENTS Confetti in sport colors, ELO milestone celebrations with sparkle bursts (cross 1500, 2000, 2400), trash-talk lines, signed scorecards, photos and notes per match, auto-generated share cards for iMessage. Year in Review dashboard. Charts of your ELO over time and head-to-head records. iOS-NATIVE Live Activities show your in-progress score on the lock screen and Dynamic Island. Home screen widgets show your overall ELO and recent matches. Spotlight search surfaces your matches and players. AR scoreboard projects the live score onto your court or table. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything is on your device unless you choose to publish. Discoverability is opt-in. iCloud sync is optional. Profiles only sync when you explicitly share them. Chat and Discover are powered by iCloud Public — no accounts to create, sign in with your Apple ID like every iCloud app.

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Elo

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Most of the real-life matches are forgotten as soon as they're over. Elo-X changes that. Save your results, build your rating, and keep every match in one place. Confirmed rated matches update your Elo-style rating automatically, giving you a competitive history and a leaderboard worth climbing. Create private groups for any activity you play, with your own matches and leaderboard. We're starting with a focused set of activities and expanding over time. The community decides what gets added next by voting for new activities. Play in real life. Track it with Elo-X.

Screenshots

Brackdown4 screens
Elo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brackdown at daily against Elo's every 10 days. Elo's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

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

Brackdown ships an update daily, Elo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Brackdown versus Elo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrackdownElo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB66 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperCaden BartlettBhan AS

In-app purchases

None

Brackdown

No in-app purchases

None

Elo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brackdown free?
Brackdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elo free?
Elo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brackdown or Elo have ads?
Neither Brackdown nor Elo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brackdown or Elo?
Brackdown ships an update daily, and Elo every 10 days. Most recently, Brackdown was updated on October 25, 2026 and Elo on October 28, 2026.

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