Comparison

Tournament Bracket Maker vs CupMaker

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.

About

CupMaker

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CupMaker is a tournament bracket app that lets you generate a complete bracket just by entering participant names. Supports three formats: Single Elimination, Double Elimination, and Round Robin (league play). Perfect for school clubs, community sports leagues, esports tournaments, and more. ■ Key Features ・Generate a bracket instantly — just enter participant names ・Single Elimination, Double Elimination, and Round Robin all supported ・Byes are automatically distributed fairly across the bracket ・Manual seeding is also available ・Tap any match to enter results on the spot ・Round Robin rankings use wins, point difference, points for/against — plus your own custom tiebreaker criteria ・Swap opponents or edit participants at any time ・Save or share brackets and standings as an image ・Regenerate the whole bracket whenever you need to ■ Great For ・Running a tournament for your school club or team ・Organizing a company event or recreational tournament ・Hosting an esports or board game tournament ・Anyone tired of building brackets by hand in Excel ■ No Server, No Sign-Up No account needed — everything is stored on your device. Create and run your tournament anytime, even without an internet connection. ■ Supported Languages 日本語・English・简体中文・繁體中文 Stop wrestling with bracket-making and focus on running your event. Try CupMaker today.

Screenshots

Tournament Bracket Maker4 screens
CupMaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CupMaker at none against Tournament Bracket Maker's 1. CupMaker also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. CupMaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Tournament Bracket Maker versus CupMaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournament Bracket MakerCupMaker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGamePlayLabs LLCKAIYOKAN, Y.K.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tournament Bracket Maker

One-time1
  • GG Pro$5.99
None

CupMaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tournament Bracket Maker free?
Tournament Bracket Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CupMaker free?
CupMaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tournament Bracket Maker or CupMaker have ads?
Both Tournament Bracket Maker and CupMaker show ads.

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