Comparison

Tournaments vs Tournament Maker

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

Head to head
About

Tournaments

Easily create and manage sports competitions of various formats, from casual family events to structured club tournaments. Generate draws, track results, and share event details effortlessly. Supports knockout and round-robin styles with player management and photo sharing.

Highlights
  • Create various tournament formats (round-robin, elimination)
  • Add players from contacts or manually
  • Generate and share draws
  • Enter and track match results
  • Share results via print, email, or social media
  • Manage and share event photos
Features
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The Tournaments app is a powerful yet simple app for running your competition events across a variety of sports. Ideal for family, social or more structured club events. Enjoy knockout/elimination or round robin style draws and share the results with ease. • Create a tournament (round-robin, elimination, compass, matchplay) • Add players (from your contacts or manually) • Select your seeds • Generate the draw • Enter match results • Share the draw (print, email, facebook, twitter) • Manage and share photos from your events

About

Tournament Maker

Easily create and manage various sports tournaments, including round robin and knockout formats. Automatically generate schedules, track scores, calculate player ratings, and share results with participants. Organize all your events and player databases in one convenient application.

Highlights
  • Round robin and knockout tournament formats
  • Automatic schedule generation with bye rounds
  • Score tracking and rating calculation
  • Player database management
  • Tournament result sharing
  • View results in grid or standings
Features
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- Sets, for sports like tennis and volleyball - Cup, organize playoff/knockout/cup tournaments - Rating calculator. Calculate new ratings for all the tournament participants. - Scores. Finally, you are able to add scores to matches, so you can organise sports tournaments as well - Manage players. Now you can easily edit players after they have been created - Manage all your tournaments in one app - Add and remove players to your player database, where you can easily choose players for each tournament - Generate a tournament schedule automatically, including Bye rounds in case you have an odd number of players - View results in a tournament grid or sorted by current standings - Share the tournament schedule, table or final results with all the players Tournament Manager Pro version of the app is available as a one-time purchase or as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Subscription terms: - The subscription auto-renews at the end of each term. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy and Terms of Use: https://oval.fi/privacy-round-robin/

Screenshots

Tournaments1 screens
Tournament Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tournament Maker at 4.2 against Tournaments's 3.7. Tournament Maker also leads on ratings volume (774 vs 11). Tournaments's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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 Maker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tournaments asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tournament Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tournament Maker has 774 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Tournaments's written reviews are positive against 57% of Tournament Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tournaments ships an update weekly, Tournament Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tournaments versus Tournament Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTournamentsTournament Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (11 ratings)4.2 (774 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews — better57.3% of reviews
Number of ratings11774 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClubspark Group LimitedApplorium Ltd

Customer experience

Tournaments

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Tournament Maker

All ratings774 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive57.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative30.7%

Bugs and requests

Tournaments

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tournament Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to delete tournaments
  • Inconsistent player/team management
  • Ratings calculation issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Double elimination tournaments
  • Ability to edit tournament details
  • Customizable scoring and ratings systems
  • Improved sharing and collaboration features

In-app purchases

None

Tournaments

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Tournament Maker

Subscriptions6
  • Tournament Manager Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Tournament Manager Pro Month3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Tournament Manager Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
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  • Tournament Manager Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
  • Tournament Manager Pro Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Tournament Manager Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tournament Manager Lifetime$29.99
  • Tournament Manager Pro$39.99

Questions

Is Tournaments free?
Tournaments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tournament Maker free?
Tournament Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tournaments or Tournament Maker?
Tournament Maker is rated higher. Tournaments averages 3.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Tournament Maker averages 4.2 from 774 ratings.
Do Tournaments or Tournament Maker have ads?
Neither Tournaments nor Tournament Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tournaments or Tournament Maker?
Tournaments ships an update weekly, and Tournament Maker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tournaments was updated on August 15, 2026 and Tournament Maker on September 24, 2026.

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