Comparison

Tournament Bracket Maker Kit vs Tournament Bracket Maker App

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

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Tournament Bracket Maker Kit

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Run your own tournament in seconds. Tournament Bracket Maker builds a clean, seeded bracket for any number of teams or players — then you just tap the winner of each match and they advance automatically, all the way to the champion. Perfect for weekend sports, office competitions, gaming and esports nights, classroom contests, board-game tournaments, and any time you need to organize a knockout or a league fast. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your teams or players — type them in, in any order. 2. Pick a format — single elimination or round robin. 3. Tap Create — the bracket is generated and seeded, with byes handled automatically for odd numbers. 4. Play — tap the winner of each match and watch them move to the next round until someone lifts the trophy. SINGLE ELIMINATION Classic knockout brackets for any size field. Entrants are seeded so the top spots don't meet too early, byes are added automatically when your count isn't a power of two, and the bracket lays out cleanly with quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. Change your mind? Tap a different winner and the rest of the bracket updates. ROUND ROBIN LEAGUE Everyone plays everyone. Tap the winner of each fixture and a live standings table ranks every team by wins, breaking ties by fewest losses — great for group stages and small leagues. EVERYTHING ON YOUR DEVICE No account, no sign-up, and nothing is uploaded. Your tournaments are saved locally on your phone, so they're always there and always private. Works completely offline. FEATURES • Auto-generated, seeded single-elimination brackets. • Automatic byes for any number of entrants. • Tap to advance winners; re-tap to change a result. • Champion crowned automatically at the final. • Round robin format with a live standings table. • Save and reopen as many tournaments as you like. • Shuffle seeds for a random draw. FREE VS PRO Free includes single-elimination brackets for up to 16 entrants and two saved tournaments — enough to run a real event. Tournament Bracket Maker Pro unlocks: • Round Robin league format with live standings. • Unlimited teams and unlimited saved tournaments. • Share your bracket or results as an image. SUBSCRIPTION Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription: • Weekly — $3.99 per week, with a 3-day free trial. • Yearly — $17.99 per year. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Download Tournament Bracket Maker and get your competition started.

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Tournament Bracket Maker App

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BUILD YOUR TOURNAMENT Tournament Bracket Maker gives you everything you need to create and run a knockout tournament from the first draw to the final. Whether you're organizing a football tournament, soccer competition, esports event, school tournament, club competition, workplace competition, or simply a tournament with friends, create your bracket in minutes and let the app handle the tournament flow. CHOOSE HOW YOUR TOURNAMENT WORKS Run your competition your way with: • Single elimination • Double elimination with Winners and Losers brackets • Groups to bracket • Single-leg or two-legged matches • Optional 3rd place match • Automatic byes • Score-based matches or tap-to-declare-winner matches Double elimination gives participants a second chance after their first loss, with the Winners bracket and Losers bracket eventually coming together in the Grand Final. Two-legged matches let opponents play twice, with aggregate scoring deciding who progresses. CONTROL THE DRAW Add participants manually, load teams you've already created, or choose from a library of country teams. Use Random Draw when you want the bracket shuffled automatically, or Manual Order when you want complete control over every starting position. Need a large tournament? Build brackets with up to 256 participants. FOLLOW EVERY MATCH Your bracket updates as the tournament progresses. See exactly who advances, who drops out or drops into the Losers bracket, which fixtures are waiting for participants, and which matches still need a result. Pan and zoom around large brackets, jump to fixtures that need attention, and follow your tournament all the way to the champion. SIMULATE THE ACTION Don't want to enter every result yourself or want to enjoy a game feel? Simulate your tournament and watch it play out. Matches progress over time, with simulated goals appearing naturally throughout the match. Choose how long simulations should take, from 9 seconds all the way up to 1 minute. It's an easy way to see your bracket come alive, test a tournament setup, or simply find out who comes out on top. BUILD YOUR TEAM COLLECTION Create custom teams and reuse them across tournaments. Add team images, manage your roster, or choose from country teams and their flags. Tournament results feed back into your team records, so you can see how many tournaments each team has played, won, or earned 2nd or 3rd place medals from. KEEP YOUR TOURNAMENT HISTORY Your completed tournaments don't disappear when the final is over. They move to your history, so you can revisit previous results, duplicate tournaments to create another edition, or start a new season using an existing competition as your starting point. MAKE IT YOURS Set your preferred tournament defaults in Settings - Presets. Choose your default simulation duration, elimination format, scoring method, match format, and 3rd place match setting. Your preferences can then be carried into the tournament creation flow, saving you from configuring the same options every time. FROM FIRST DRAW TO FINAL WHISTLE Tournament Bracket Maker is a tournament manager built to make running a knockout tournament feel simple. Create the bracket. Make the draw. Play the matches. Follow every result. And when the tournament is finished, know exactly who lifted the trophy. Tournament Bracket Maker fixtures manager supports 6 languages - English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español, Português(Br) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Tournament Bracket Maker Kit4 screens
Tournament Bracket Maker App4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tournament Bracket Maker Kit and Tournament Bracket Maker App 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. Tournament Bracket Maker Kit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Tournament Bracket Maker App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tournament Bracket Maker Kit versus Tournament Bracket Maker App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournament Bracket Maker KitTournament Bracket Maker App
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmine SaridoganDave Baller

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tournament Bracket Maker Kit

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$17.991 Year
3 purchases

Tournament Bracket Maker App

Subscriptions2
  • TBM Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • TBM Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • TBM Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

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

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