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Tournament Bracket Maker vs Bracket Maker

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

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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

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BUILD YOUR TOURNAMENT Create a tournament, make the draw, and follow every match to the final. Tournament Bracket Maker is a tournament organizer for knockout brackets, group stages and Swiss competitions, whether you're running an esports event, football or soccer tournament, school competition, club event, or a contest with friends. Choose your format, add your teams or players, and let the tournament take shape. CHOOSE YOUR COMPETITION FORMAT • Single Elimination Bracket: Make every match count. Winners advance through the knockout rounds until two finalists compete for the trophy. Add a 3rd place match for the losing semifinalists. • Double Elimination Bracket: One loss doesn't have to end the journey. Participants who lose enter the Losers Bracket for another chance to reach the Grand Final against the Championship Bracket winner. • Groups to Bracket: Begin with a group stage before the knockout rounds. Set group sizes, choose how many teams qualify, and customize points and tiebreakers. Follow the group tables and fixtures as the bracket takes shape. • Swiss to Bracket: Give participants multiple rounds to compete for a knockout place. Choose a fixed number of Swiss rounds or a win/loss limit, track the standings, and seed the qualifiers into the bracket. • Consolation Bracket: Give eliminated participants another chance to compete. Choose whether first-round losers only enter, or whether participants eliminated through the quarterfinals can join. Follow their progress as they play for the consolation title. • Two-Legged Matches: Play each knockout tie over two matches. The combined score determines who advances. Prefer a quicker competition? Choose single-leg matches instead. MAKE THE DRAW Add participants manually, bring in your saved teams or players, or choose from country teams. Shuffle the draw with Random Draw or use Manual Order to decide the starting positions yourself. Run brackets with up to 256 participants. Automatic byes help complete the draw when needed. Enter scores as matches are played, or tap to declare winners when you don't need to track scores. FOLLOW THE ACTION See who's through, which fixtures are ready, and where participants go next. Pan and zoom around large brackets, follow group tables and Swiss standings, and keep track of the competition from the opening matches to the champion. SIMULATE YOUR TOURNAMENT Want to see how a draw might play out or enjoy a game-like tournament? Simulate matches and watch scores develop over time. Choose your simulation duration, then follow the action through each round. BUILD YOUR TEAMS AND PLAYERS Create custom teams and players, add images, and reuse them in future competitions. You can also choose country teams and their flags. As tournaments are completed, see medals and match statistics build up. Sort by trophies to compare records and see who has earned their place at the top. COMPARE HEAD TO HEAD Want to know how two rivals stack up? Long-press a team or player and select Head to Head to compare their record, scores, percentages and recent meetings against an opponent. SAVE YOUR TOURNAMENT HISTORY Revisit completed competitions and their results whenever you want to look back. Duplicate a tournament to create another edition, or start a new season using an existing competition as your starting point. SET YOUR PREFERENCES Use Settings → Presets to choose defaults for your tournament setup, including elimination format, scoring, match format, and simulation duration. Your preferences can carry into the creation flow when you're ready to set up the next one. FROM FIRST DRAW TO FINAL WHISTLE Create the bracket. Play or simulate the matches. Follow every result. And when the tournament is over, see 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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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bracket Maker at none against Tournament Bracket Maker's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

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Tournament Bracket Maker versus Bracket Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournament Bracket MakerBracket Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGamePlayLabs LLCDave Baller

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tournament Bracket Maker

One-time1
  • GG Pro$5.99
5 purchases

Bracket Maker

Subscriptions3
  • TBM Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • TBM Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • TBM Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • TBM Pro Lifetime Lite$9.99
  • TBM Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

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

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