Comparison

Bracket Maker vs Ply

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

Head to head
About

Bracket Maker

Easily create and manage various tournament formats, from single elimination to round robin leagues. Track scores in real-time, share live updates with participants, and export results. Ideal for sports, games, and any competitive event.

Highlights
  • Single elimination brackets
  • Double elimination brackets
  • Round robin with live standings
  • League/season mode
  • Real-time score entry
  • Live link sharing
  • PDF and image export
Features
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Bracket Maker is the fastest way to run a tournament from your phone. Build a bracket in under a minute, enter scores courtside, and watch winners advance automatically. FORMATS FOR ANY EVENT • Single elimination with automatic seeding, byes, and an optional 3rd-place match • Double elimination with a full losers bracket — one loss won't end your day • Round robin with live standings and tiebreakers • League / season mode that tracks cumulative standings across every event BUILT FOR THE VENUE • Pinch-to-zoom, fit-to-screen bracket that stays readable from 4 to 128 players • Tap a match to enter the score — the winner advances instantly • Edit or undo any result, add or remove players mid-tournament, reset and re-run • Points-to-win and win-by-2 scoring (perfect for pickleball to 11) • Random or manual seeding, team colors and emoji SHARE IT LIVE • Publish a read-only live link + QR code so players and fans follow along on any phone — no app, no account • Export a clean bracket image or PDF for the group chat or the wall MADE FOR PICKLEBALL, CORNHOLE & MORE Tennis, ping pong, darts, esports, office pools, classroom and family game nights — if it has a bracket, this runs it. Free for your first tournament. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited tournaments, double elimination, league mode, live links, and watermark-free exports. Some of the features requires paid subscription. SUBSCRIPTION & LEGAL Bracket Maker Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription: • Monthly — 4,99$, billed every month • Yearly — 29,99$, billed every 12 months • One time — 49,99$, billed once (A one-time Lifetime unlock is also available as a non-consumable purchase.) Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ai-assist-virid.vercel.app/privacypolicy.html

About

Ply

Features
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Ply is the chess clock that never misses a tap. Open it, tap a time, and play: two taps to a running game. THE CLOCK • The switch happens the moment your finger lands, not when it lifts. Slap the whole half of the screen, with any number of fingers. • The time never drifts and never jumps: every move is measured on the phone's own clock, not counted in ticks. • The side to move is bright. The side that waits is dim. You can see whose turn it is from across the room. • At 10 seconds the clock turns red. Warnings at one minute, 30 and 10 seconds, a beep for each of the last 5, and an alarm when a flag falls. • A click on every move, made so that fast bullet taps do not cut it off. Loud Sounds for a noisy room. A light tap of the phone on each switch. • One small pause button in the middle, away from your hand. Turn on Hold to Pause, and a stray finger in blitz does not stop the game. • Add or take away time for a penalty, take back the last tap, restart, or end the game. • Upright, or on its side beside the board. On iPad too. TIME CONTROLS • Bullet, blitz, rapid and classical presets: 1+0, 2+1, 3+0, 3+2, 5+0, 5+3, 10+0, 15+10, 30+0. • Your own control: minutes and seconds, an increment, and its kind: Fischer, Bronstein or US delay. Save it as a tile. • Time odds: give one player more time than the other. • Keep Running After a Flag, for US Chess rules. AFTER THE GAME • A summary when a game ends: the time each side used, the average and the longest move, and a chart of the seconds for each move. • Your games stay on your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking. PLY PRO • Board games for 2 to 8 players: names and colors, one tap passes the turn. Time bank, time per turn, or count up. For Catan, Scrabble, Rummikub, backgammon, wargames and more. • Byo-yomi for Go and shogi: main time, then periods. • The FIDE tournament control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 more, with 30 seconds a move. • A mechanical clock face in 3D: hands, a button that goes down, and a flag that falls. • The OLED Black clock theme, wood-and-bell sounds, and a voice that says "one minute", "thirty seconds" and "ten seconds". • Every game in charts: games by week and by weekday, what you play, how your games end, and where your time goes. Ply speaks 58 languages. Ply Pro is a weekly subscription, with a free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews each week unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your account settings on the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://theflynch.com/e8c62569-7aa8-4720-8e43-b24e1833b75d/ply/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://theflynch.com/e8c62569-7aa8-4720-8e43-b24e1833b75d/ply/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Bracket Maker4 screens
Ply4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bracket Maker and Ply are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Bracket Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Ply sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bracket Maker versus Ply: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBracket MakerPly
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB51 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAzat GoktasFlynch MB

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bracket Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Bracket Maker Pro$4.991 Month
  • Bracket Maker Pro$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bracket Maker Pro$49.99
2 purchases

Ply

Subscriptions1
  • Ply Pro Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Ply Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Bracket Maker free?
Bracket Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ply free?
Ply is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bracket Maker or Ply have ads?
Neither Bracket Maker nor Ply shows ads.

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