Comparison

Tournament Bracket Maker vs Bracket Maker Tournaments

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

Head to head
About

Tournament Bracket Maker

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Run your whole tournament from your phone. Set up a bracket in under a minute, enter scores as the games finish, and share a card that looks like it came from a broadcast. UNLIMITED TEAMS, EVERY FORMAT — FREE No cap on entrants and no format locked behind a purchase. Pick the shape your event actually needs: • Single elimination — with an optional third-place match • Double elimination — full losers bracket and grand final reset • Round robin — everyone plays everyone, with live standings • Swiss — pair on record, nobody goes home early • Groups then knockout — pool play into a cross-seeded bracket • Leaderboard — score-per-round events with no bracket at all BUILT FOR 48 SPORTS AND GAMES Soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, pickleball, chess, TCG, esports, bowling, golf, darts, running, karting, trivia and more — or make your own category. Each one knows how its results are scored, so a chess match asks for games and a bowling round asks for pins. SCORE ENTRY THAT KEEPS UP WITH THE GAMES Two taps to record a result. Walkovers, byes and third-place matches are handled for you, and the bracket redraws itself the moment a score lands. Made a mistake? Undo puts it back, and every match that depended on it follows. SHARE SOMETHING WORTH POSTING Result cards, champion posters and 9:16 story cards, rendered on device and ready for wherever you post them. Add a cover photo, team logos and player photos to make the bracket yours. WORKS WHEREVER YOU ARE No account. No cloud. No sign-in. Your tournaments live on this device, so a gym with no signal, a park, or a plane are all fine. Nothing about running your event needs a connection. GG PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Everything above stays free. GG Pro is a single purchase that unlocks the finishing touches: • No ads • Watermark-free exports • Custom covers and the full preset pack • Team logos and player photos • Match story cards for Stories • Win-rate stats, titles and Player of the Match across events • Premium colour themes Pay once, keep it forever. No subscription, no renewal, no tiers. WHO IT IS FOR League organisers, tournament directors, coaches, teachers, esports admins, chess clubs, pub quiz hosts, office competitions, and anyone who has ever drawn a bracket on a whiteboard and lost track of it. A note on very large fields: creating is instant at any size, but drawing a bracket of several hundred teams can slow older phones. Questions or a format you want next? Get in touch from Settings — we read everything.

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Bracket Maker Tournaments

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Run a tournament from the first draw to the trophy, on the phone in your pocket. Type the names, pick a format, and Bracket Maker builds the whole thing — seeding, byes, every round. Enter a score at the desk and the winner is already in the next match. When it's over, print the bracket for the wall or send it to the group chat. BUILT FOR THE PERSON RUNNING IT - Type or paste a list of names — one per line, straight from Notes or a spreadsheet - Seeding and byes worked out for you, or draw at random - Score by points or just tap the winner — plenty of events don't track points - Best-of series, draws, forfeits and no-shows all handled - Fix a wrong score any time; everything after it follows - Save a squad once and reuse it next season EVERY FORMAT - Single elimination, with an optional third-place match - Double elimination, with or without a bracket reset - Round robin, single or double, with a live table - Swiss — set the number of rounds, paired by score, nobody knocked out - Pools into a playoff — set how many advance from each group THE WHOLE DAY, COURT BY COURT - Deal every match across your courts with start times - Rest between rounds so nobody plays back to back - Override the court or the time on any single match - The match in progress on your Lock Screen, score and all SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR IT - Vector PDF, US Letter or A4, sharp at any size — for the noticeboard - An image for the group chat - A 9:16 card for stories - A live link anyone can open — the bracket updates as you score it - Team logos on screen and in every export FROM 2 TO 99 COMPETITORS Teams or individuals. Pickleball, basketball, soccer, darts, cornhole, pool, volleyball, board games, esports — or anything else with a winner. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN Built for iPhone and iPad, with the list beside the draw on the bigger screen. Your tournaments follow you between them through your own iCloud — no account to make, nothing to log into. WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Everything is stored on your device first and syncs when it can. Gyms and community halls have famously bad reception and a tournament can't stop because the Wi-Fi did. FREE AND PRO Free covers a real event: one tournament at a time, single elimination, up to 8 competitors, start to finish. Pro adds: - Every other format - Up to 99 competitors - Unlimited tournaments - Court and time scheduling - PDF, image and story export - A live link to share - Team logos Pro is $5.99 per week with a 3-day free trial, or $16.99 per month. Cancel anytime. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://sharonlouisedev.github.io/support/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://sharonlouisedev.github.io/support/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tournament Bracket Maker4 screens
Bracket Maker Tournaments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bracket Maker Tournaments at none against Tournament Bracket Maker's shown. Tournament Bracket Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Tournament Bracket Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bracket Maker Tournaments sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Tournament Bracket Maker versus Bracket Maker Tournaments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournament Bracket MakerBracket Maker Tournaments
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGamePlayLabs LLCGlobal Tax Assistant

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tournament Bracket Maker

One-time1
  • GG Pro$5.99
3 purchases

Bracket Maker Tournaments

Subscriptions3
  • Bracket maker USA Weekly Pro$5.997 Days
  • Bracket maker USA Weekly Trial3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Monthly$16.991 Month

Questions

Is Tournament Bracket Maker free?
Tournament Bracket Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bracket Maker Tournaments free?
Bracket Maker Tournaments is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tournament Bracket Maker or Bracket Maker Tournaments have ads?
Tournament Bracket Maker shows ads; Bracket Maker Tournaments does not.

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