Comparison

Brackify vs Heliochron

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

Head to head
About

Brackify

Features
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Brackify makes tournament organizing simple. Create an event, add your player roster, generate balanced random teams, and run a live bracket from one place. Choose from single elimination, double elimination, or round robin formats. Customize team names and colors, record scores, and let results advance through the tournament as matches finish. Share an invite code so players can join and follow updates live on mobile or web. Whether you are running a backyard competition, school event, league playoff, or office tournament, Brackify keeps teams, brackets, and results organized

About

Heliochron

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Follow the sun. Look at a familiar place differently. Heliochron is a pocket instrument for light, time, and place. Use the AR view to see the calculated sun path over your surroundings, then explore the day and year with two slim, tactile thumbwheels. Notice a courtyard on an architectural walk. Explore a roofline in another season. Look from a possible planter position, or find a reason to return to a favorite view. THE PLACE COMES FIRST On first launch, a short explanation shows why location and camera access are useful. Sun calculations happen on your iPhone, without uploading your location. Allow access to start exploring, or enter coordinates manually in Settings. Narrow azimuth and elevation rulers leave room for the world outside. TIME AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Use Sun to change the time of day and date with separate black-metal wheels. Compare seasonal paths or return to Now with a tap. With obstacle editing off, drag the sun or its path to explore another time; the wheels follow your movement. COMPARE THE YEAR Turn on Year paths in Sun to compare seven representative trajectories, pairing months with similar sun paths. Month labels start in a column on the right and can be dragged along their paths. The overlay starts off and remembers your choice. The paths approximate the 21st of the first named month. MARK WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY Optionally paint trees, buildings, or hills with your finger. Fine diagonal hatching shows your marks, and the sun path dims behind them. Open Obstacles to paint, erase, undo, adjust the brush, or save and restore a named place. KEEP THE VIEW Tap the camera button to save the current sun view, including the camera scene, path, and obstacle marks, to Photos. Photos access is requested only when saving. Saved places and drawings stay locally on your iPhone. No account is required. STAY CURIOUS. KNOW THE LIMITS. Heliochron shows calculated sun positions, not weather or shadows moving across buildings. Obstacle painting is manual, not automatic detection. Marks describe one viewpoint and need checking when you move or return. Alignment depends on location, compass heading, camera tracking, and conditions. Settings includes compass correction and tracking recovery. Avoid pointing the camera directly at the sun for prolonged periods: this may damage the camera. The in-app warning and camera pause are reminders, not physical protection. Pausing capture cannot block sunlight; turn the lens away. For architects and urban planners exploring off duty, garden and balcony growers, and anyone who enjoys looking closer. Not a certified survey, building-compliance, PV-design, or professional solar-assessment tool.

Screenshots

Brackify3 screens
Heliochron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Brackify at 15.1 against Heliochron's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Brackify versus Heliochron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrackifyHeliochron
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size35 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCADE ALAN SCHIANOViSSee AG

In-app purchases

None

Brackify

No in-app purchases

None

Heliochron

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brackify free?
Brackify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heliochron free?
Heliochron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brackify or Heliochron have ads?
Neither Brackify nor Heliochron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brackify or Heliochron?
Brackify ships an update weekly, and Heliochron weekly. Most recently, Brackify was updated on October 6, 2026 and Heliochron on October 13, 2026.

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