BracketKeepers vs Roundivo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BracketKeepers
Easily create and manage tournament brackets for various sports and games. Share live updates with participants and spectators on any screen, with multiple format options and no ads or subscriptions required for core features.
- Create brackets in minutes
- Live bracket updates on any screen
- Multiple tournament formats
- Saved player lists and import options
- Printable or shareable bracket PDFs
- League and season management
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Make a bracket in a minute and put it on the TV. No account, no ads, no subscription. BracketKeepers runs your tournament from your phone while everyone follows it live. Cornhole night, pickleball, padel, darts, office ping pong, school intramurals: type or paste the names, pick a format, tap Go. Every phone, tablet, or TV browser that opens your link shows the same live bracket, with who is playing now and who is up next. Nothing to install on the TV. FORMATS - Single elimination, with an optional consolation bracket so everyone plays at least twice. - Double elimination with a Second chance bracket and a Fair final. - Round robin with an automatic schedule and standings. - Pools, then playoff. - Americano and Mexicano for 4 to 24 players: 2 v 2, a new partner every round, ranked by points scored. - King / Queen of the Beach: sign up solo, new partner every game. - Best of 3 or best of 5, plus ladder, league table, and house points. - Any number of teams. Byes are shown clearly. FAST TO SET UP - Saved player lists: last week's names are one tap away. - Paste a list from anywhere or import a CSV from a spreadsheet. - Help me choose suggests a format for your time and courts. ONE TAP TO RUN - Who won? Tap the winner. Add a score if you want one. - Mark games as playing on Court 1 or Board 2, and the TV shows it. - Undo instead of pop-ups. ON THE BIG SCREEN - Share by link, QR code, or 5 letter code to any number of screens. - AirPlay or HDMI on iPhone and iPad, Present mode on iPad. - When the final is decided, the champion gets a big moment on every screen. SHARE AND PRINT - Share result card: a clean picture of the champion and the final for your group chat. - Print or save a PDF of any bracket, sized for Letter or A4, with a QR code back to the live board. LEAGUES AND SEASONS - Make any tournament a league: the same players week after week, and every night adds into one season table. - League home shows the standings, nights, players, and past seasons. Export a CSV or a backup at any time. - The first 2 nights of every league are free. - Sign in if you like, and your leagues follow you to your other devices. BRACKETKEEPERS PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Leagues: every night after the first 2, the season table on the TV, a court and time schedule for every game, and the season recap (a PDF and cards to share). - 12 Pro board skins, from Fight Night to Trophy Room, each with its own champion moment. Try one free for a whole event. - Your club's name and logo on every screen, no Made with BracketKeepers mark. - Every saved tournament stays open. - A permanent code for your venue TV. Every format stays free, with no team cap and no viewer cap.
Roundivo
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Roundivo runs a tournament evening in one room. Paste the names, pick a format, and the app shows everyone who plays where and what comes next. No account, no ads, and the whole tournament works offline; only the Live Board needs a connection. Built for your iPhone or iPad. Four formats • Knockout: lose once and you're out • Double chance: out after the second loss • Round robin: everyone plays everyone once • Groups & finals: groups first, then a knockout Run the room Set up stations for your tables, courts or consoles. The cockpit shows what is on now, what is up next and who is sitting out. It suggests a match for a free station and you start it with one tap. Move or swap running matches, and let the round timer sound an alarm when time is up. Fix mistakes without fear Entered the wrong result? Edit it. Before you confirm, Roundivo lists every later match it will reset, and Undo is always one tap away. The history keeps every change. Walkovers, withdrawals and late entries are covered too. Show it to the room Presentation mode puts the standings and the next matches on a big screen that reads from across the room. The Live Board lets your guests follow the scores in their browser: they scan a QR code, no app needed. It is end-to-end encrypted, so the server only ever holds data it cannot read. Share the final result as an image. Free and Pro Free is a complete first tournament: all four formats with up to 16 players, 1 or 2 stations, corrections and undo, image export, one backup and a Live Board for 24 hours and 10 viewers. It stays usable, readable and exportable for good. Roundivo Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It adds unlimited tournaments, bigger fields (up to 64 players), up to 8 stations, best-of-3, 5 and 7, your own points and tie-break order, rule templates, saved player lists, archive search, PDF and CSV export, a backup of all tournaments and a Live Board for 7 days with 100 viewers. Private by design Your tournaments stay on your device. Roundivo has no account, no ads and no tracking. If you start a Live Board, the tournament is encrypted on your device first; the key lives only in the link and the QR code. Purchases are handled by the store and RevenueCat. For game nights, table tennis, darts, foosball, console evenings and club or office events. In English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Dutch, Polish, Japanese and Indonesian, with light and dark appearance and large text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BracketKeepers at every 2 days against Roundivo's weekly. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. BracketKeepers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Roundivo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BracketKeepers ships an update every 2 days, Roundivo weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BracketKeepers | Roundivo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Ting | PATRICK 1. WAGNER |
In-app purchases
BracketKeepers
- RankKeepers Pro$6.99
Roundivo
- Roundivo Pro Lifetime$12.99









