Comparison

Kickoff 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

Kickoff

Features
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Kickoff is the simplest way to follow the world's top football leagues. Pick the clubs you care about and get notified the moment they matter — no clutter, no 400-league bloat, just your teams and the competitions that count. TOP COMPETITIONS, ONE APP • Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Liga MX, MLS, Serie A and Bundesliga. • Live scores and fixtures for every match, grouped by day. • League tables, conference standings and top-scorer rankings for each competition. FOLLOW YOUR CLUBS • Follow a club once and get alerts across every competition it plays in. • A notification before kick-off so you never miss the start. • Goal alerts with the scorer's name, a silent live score, and full-time results. • Turn each alert type on or off — match start, goals, live score, final result, morning digest. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Upcoming and Results views — see what's next or catch up on what you missed. • A calendar to jump to any match day, plus a live countdown to your team's next kick-off. • Tap any match for goal scorers, match stats, head-to-head and recent form. BUILT FOR iOS • A clean, native design that feels right at home on iPhone. • Fast, lightweight, and works offline for the schedule. • No account required — open it and go. Kickoff keeps it simple: your teams, your alerts, your football. Match data from publicly available sports data feeds. Kickoff is an independent, unofficial app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any league, club or governing body.

About

Bracket Maker

Easily create and manage private tournaments for various sports and games. Supports multiple formats like Swiss, single/double elimination, and round robin. Works offline and exports brackets as images or PDFs.

Highlights
  • Multiple tournament formats (Swiss, elimination, round robin)
  • Offline functionality
  • Private by design, no account needed
  • Supports 2-256 participants
  • Export brackets as image or PDF
  • Undo/redo match results
  • Customizable appearance (light/dark mode)
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Bracket Maker is a fast, private tournament manager for creating brackets, recording scores, and keeping every round on track. Choose a format, add players or teams, and start playing. Tap any match to enter the score - Bracket Maker updates the results and keeps the tournament moving. CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT • League phase - one table for everyone, opponents drawn from seeding pots, then a play-in and a knockout for the top places • Swiss - players meet opponents with the same score each round, ranked with Buchholz tiebreaks • Single elimination - one loss and you are out, with an optional third-place match • Double elimination - a losers bracket, so nobody goes home after one bad match • Round robin - everyone plays everyone, once or home and away, with a live standings table • Groups + playoffs - group stage first, then a knockout bracket for the ones who made it Draws count wherever a table decides, with your own points for a win, a draw and a loss. A match can be a single game or a best of three, five or seven, entered set by set. A bracket that holds up: byes are handed out evenly at any number of participants, seeding is respected, and the double elimination bracket avoids early rematches. Got a result wrong? Undo it, and only the matches that depended on it are cleared. RUN IT YOUR WAY • Create brackets for 2 to 256 participants • Add names one at a time or paste the full list • Drag players to set the seeding • Shuffle participants into teams • Zoom in, zoom out, or fit the whole bracket on screen • Keep all your tournaments in one place • Play again: rerun a finished tournament with the same players, reshuffled • Pick your main color, in light or dark • Export any bracket as an image or PDF • Save and share a backup file • Works on iPhone and iPad FREE SCORE COUNTER Not every game needs a bracket. Start a game, add the players, give each one a color, and tap + or − as the points come in, or tap a score and type it. The leader is highlighted, and any change can be undone. The score counter is free for everyone - no Pro needed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No internet required. Everything works offline, and nothing you create reaches a server of ours - your tournaments and games live on your device, with a private copy in your own iCloud so the library survives reinstalling the app. YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT IS FREE The first tournament is the whole app: every format, any size up to 256 participants, image and PDF export, and it stays yours forever. Creating more tournaments takes Bracket Maker Pro. From sports and esports to board games, school events, and friendly competitions, Bracket Maker makes tournaments simple - from the first match to the champion. Terms of Use: https://bracketpad.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bracketpad.com/privacy

Screenshots

Kickoff4 screens
Bracket Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kickoff at none against Bracket Maker's 3. Kickoff also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). Bracket Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Bracket Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Kickoff asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kickoff ships an update every 3 weeks, Bracket Maker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Kickoff versus Bracket Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKickoffBracket Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAKHA GIORGASHVILIYvgen Troshchiy

In-app purchases

None

Kickoff

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bracket Maker

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tournament Pass$4.99
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Kickoff free?
Kickoff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bracket Maker free?
Bracket Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kickoff or Bracket Maker have ads?
Bracket Maker shows ads; Kickoff does not.
Which is updated more often, Kickoff or Bracket Maker?
Kickoff ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bracket Maker every 8 days. Most recently, Kickoff was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bracket Maker on November 2, 2026.

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