Comparison

Padelyst vs Bracket Maker

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

Head to head
About

Padelyst

Effortlessly score padel matches directly from your wrist, tracking games, sets, and match details. Review detailed statistics and manage tournament play with real-time updates. Prioritizes privacy with optional sign-in for data backup.

Highlights
  • Score from Apple Watch
  • Customizable rulesets
  • Detailed match statistics
  • Live tournament management
  • Automatic sync to iPhone
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Padelyst is the fastest way to score a padel match — built Watch-first, so you keep score from your wrist and never break the rhythm of a game. SCORE FROM YOUR WRIST • Tap who won the point on Apple Watch — Padelyst tracks games, sets and the match for you. • Every common ruleset: golden point, advantage, limited deuces, and the FIP star point. • Tiebreaks and a super tiebreak as a deciding set, best-of-1 or best-of-3, 4- or 6-game sets. • Simple two-tap scoring, or switch to detailed mode to log winners and unforced/forced errors for post-match stats. • Undo any point. Your match keeps running in the background so the screen never costs you the score. YOUR HISTORY, ON YOUR IPHONE • Finished matches sync to your iPhone automatically — opponents, partners, location and notes. • Review point-by-point stats and set scores for every match. • Add the partners and opponents you play with for cleaner history. RUN A LIVE TOURNAMENT • Set up an Americano, Mexicano or round robin in seconds. • Players join from any phone with a link or QR code — no app or account required. • Standings update live as scores come in; everyone follows along in real time. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account, no email, no sign-up to score and keep your history. • Optional sign-in — with Apple, Google, Facebook or email — to back up your history and sync it across your devices. • Delete all your data — and your account, if you made one — any time, right from Settings. Free. Padel-obsessed. Made for players and organizers.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Padelyst4 screens
Bracket Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Padelyst and Bracket Maker are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Padelyst against 5.0 for Bracket Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Padelyst versus Bracket Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPadelystBracket Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAVENS TECH LAB INC.Mobin Akhter

Customer experience

Padelyst

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bracket Maker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Padelyst

No in-app purchases

None

Bracket Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Padelyst free?
Padelyst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bracket Maker free?
Bracket Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Padelyst or Bracket Maker?
Padelyst and Bracket Maker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Padelyst or Bracket Maker have ads?
Neither Padelyst nor Bracket Maker shows ads.

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