Tournament Bracket Maker Cup vs Bracket HQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tournament Bracket Maker Cup
Effortlessly create tournament brackets for any event, from casual game nights to competitive leagues. Add participants, track winners with a simple tap, and generate a shareable, professional-looking bracket instantly. Enjoy offline functionality and pre-set game modes.
- Instant bracket creation
- Tap to advance winners
- Shareable bracket designs
- 100% offline functionality
- 20+ game presets
- Full-screen champion celebration
- Double elimination and league support (Pro)
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Make a tournament bracket in seconds — for beer pong, ping pong, FIFA night, the office, or game night. Add players, tap to pick winners, and the bracket builds itself all the way to the champion. No account. No internet. No spreadsheets, no math. Just tap and play. WHY BRACKETS • A bracket in 30 seconds — type names, tap go, done • Tap a name to advance the winner — it moves up automatically • A beautiful, shareable bracket straight to the group chat • 100% offline — no sign-up, no ads, no tracking • 20+ game presets (beer pong, pickleball, chess, FIFA…) with scoring set up for you • Pinch, zoom and pan a clean bracket that looks pro • Crown your champion with a full-screen celebration BRACKETS PRO • Up to 64 players • Double elimination & full leagues (round robin + standings) • Custom team names & accent colors • Remove the watermark • Manual seeding Perfect for parties, friend tournaments, and office competitions. Made with Brackets. —— Brackets Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: • Weekly — $4.99 • Yearly — $29.99 Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-zelat/inicio Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bracket HQ
Easily create, manage, and share tournament brackets for various sports and custom formats. Track live updates, schedule games, and invite others to follow along or help manage.
- Create any bracket format
- Sport-specific templates
- Custom tournament rules
- Live bracket updates
- Web-based sharing
- Game scheduling
- Co-editor invites
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Bracket HQ makes running a tournament simple. Build a bracket, invite your players, and track it all live straight from your phone. CREATE ANY FORMAT • Single elimination, double elimination, pools + playoff, or round robin • Sport templates with built-in settings for tennis, volleyball, pickleball, and more • Or build a custom tournament with your own rules and scoring TRACK IT LIVE • Enter scores as games finish and watch the bracket update in real time • Switch between tree, radial, and list views to see the whole tournament at a glance SHARE WITH ANYONE • Send a link. Players, parents, and fans can follow along live on the web, no account or app needed on their end • Invite co-editors to help enter scores, set dates and times, and more SCHEDULE & ORGANIZE • Set dates, times, and locations for every game • Pin your active tournaments to the top of your home screen so you never lose track GO PRO • Free forever up to 16 teams. Pro unlocks unlimited brackets and 128 teams • Saved teams & locations you can reuse across events, plus cloud backup that keeps your brackets safe across multiple devices Whether it's a weekend pickup tournament, a league playoff, or a full-scale event, Bracket HQ keeps it organized from the first game to the championship. It runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Let's play! Made by a solo developer (hi, I'm Carson) who runs weekend tournaments with this app too. Bracket HQ Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy: https://bracket-hq.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bracket HQ at 5.0 against Tournament Bracket Maker Cup's 4.0. Bracket HQ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Tournament Bracket Maker Cup sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Bracket HQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bracket HQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively.
| Parameter | Tournament Bracket Maker Cup | Bracket HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohammed Baydi | CARSON GRANT |
In-app purchases
Tournament Bracket Maker Cup
- Brackets Pro$4.997 Days
- Brackets Pro$29.991 Year
Bracket HQ
No in-app purchases
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