Elo Challenge vs Libra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elo Challenge
This app helps casual players track their skill level in 1-on-1 sports like tennis and chess. It automatically updates player rankings based on match results, providing instant insights into player performance and statistics. Share your progress and compare with others.
- Automatic Elo point ranking
- 1-on-1 sports support
- Instant player rating display
- Performance statistics
- Head-to-head comparison
- Shareable ranking results
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In most sports, the world top players has rating to reflect their relative strength among peers. Usually the player rating is based on past win-loss records in major tournaments. Some schools and sports club does maintain player rating for their members. However, these rating system are not available for casual players like you and me. Elo Challenge is a type of competition where members play matches against each other and move up and down in the ranking as they win or lose. Elo Challenge makes 1-on-1 sports such as badminton, tennis, squash, table tennis, martial art, fencing, chess more engaging, competitive and fun. This app automatically maintain player ranking using Elo points upon submission of match scoresheet. You can view player rating and Elo point graph instantly. You can also see player's overall and head to head performance statistics in terms of match winning percentage, point winning percentage and average score. You can share ranking result on WhatsApp, SMS, social network, etc. Please email your feedback and feature request to nebitrams@gmail.com.
Libra
This app allows you to create leagues and record match results to measure player skill using a flexible rating system. It supports various team and player configurations across different matches. The system is based on TrueSkill and displays ratings with lower bound, mean, and upper bound values.
- Create custom leagues
- Record match results
- View player leaderboards
- Flexible team and player sizes
- TrueSkill-based rating system
- Gaussian skill model display
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Measure the skill of individuals within a range of competitive environments using the Libra app. • Create leagues to track a set of players across a series of matches • Record your match results • Check the leaderboard to see the ratings of players in your league The Libra rating system is very flexible • Supports any number of teams • Supports different numbers of players per team • Supports different team and player sizes across matches The current rating system is a poor fit for some games • Those that include draws • Those where players can change teams during a match • Those where some teams are systematically advantaged The rating system used by Libra is based on TrueSkill, which models the skills of players as a Gaussian. The ratings in the app are displayed using three numbers, which represent the lower bound, mean, and upper bound of the Gaussian, where the bounds are set three standard deviations away from the mean.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Libra at 5.0 against Elo Challenge's 3.0. On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Libra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Elo Challenge | Libra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seet Chong Lua | Cameron Mulhern |
Customer experience
Elo Challenge
Libra
In-app purchases
Elo Challenge
No in-app purchases
Libra
No in-app purchases








