Score7 vs Tourney Maker: Which Tournament Tool Is Better?
Tourney Maker — the app at tourneymaker.app by EK Innovations (Play Store ID com.t3rraform.Tourneymaker, not to be confused with tourney-maker.com by Tim Baumgart) — is a mobile-first tournament app with 100K+ downloads and a 4.0-star rating on Google Play. It runs on iOS and Android first, with a web version as a secondary surface. Score7 is web-first, subscription-priced, and built around deeper formats and scheduling.
Both tools build brackets. They're tuned for different organizers.
Quick comparison
| Feature | Score7 | Tourney Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Single elimination | Yes (free) | Yes (free) |
| Double elimination | Yes (free) | Yes (IAP / subscription) |
| Round-robin | Yes (free) | Yes (free) |
| Group stage | Yes (free) | Yes (free up to 16; larger groups behind IAP) |
| Swiss | Yes (free) | Yes |
| Multi-stage (groups → knockout) | Yes | Partial |
| Cup & consolation brackets | Yes | No |
| Participant cap on free plan | 1 active tournament, no player cap | 25 participants (free), 64 on $9.99/month plan |
| AI participant import (photos, handwriting, OCR) | No | Yes |
| Auto-scheduler with venues & referees | Yes (Premium) | No (match scheduling behind IAP) |
| Player-level statistics | Yes (4 sports) | Scorecard / individual stats |
| Standings criteria customization | Yes (Premium) | Limited |
| Embeddable widgets | Yes (Premium) | No |
| Native mobile app | No (responsive web) | Yes (iOS + Android primary) |
| Web version | Yes (first-class) | Yes (secondary, behind subscription) |
| Pricing model | Monthly subscription | Free core + per-feature IAP / tiered subscriptions |
| Ads | No | No (per store listing) |
Formats and structure
On the list of formats, Tourney Maker and Score7 overlap: single elimination, double elimination, group stage, round-robin, and Swiss. The catch is what's free. On Tourney Maker's free tier, double elimination and group stages larger than 16 participants require an in-app purchase or a subscription. On Score7, every format is unlocked on the free plan.
Score7 also adds cup & consolation brackets and deeper multi-stage chaining (Swiss → knockout with custom seeding rules), which Tourney Maker doesn't advertise as first-class templates.
Participant cap — the wedge
This is the most concrete difference:
- Score7 free: 1 active tournament, no per-tournament participant cap.
- Tourney Maker free: up to 25 participants per tournament.
- Tourney Maker $9.99/month: up to 64 participants.
- Tourney Maker Club ($49.99/month): up to 300 members. Enterprise ($99.99/month): up to 1,000.
If your event has 30 teams, Score7 handles it on the free plan. Tourney Maker asks for a subscription before you've entered the second round.
AI participant import
Tourney Maker's AI-powered text scanning is a genuine strength. Point the camera at a handwritten team list or an uploaded image and it imports participants directly. Score7 doesn't have an OCR participant importer — CSV import is Premium, and handwritten lists need manual entry or a third-party OCR step first.
For one-off casual events where someone hands you a paper sign-up sheet, Tourney Maker's import is faster.
Scheduling
Tourney Maker's match scheduling is gated behind IAP or the subscription. Even then, it handles match times and a simple schedule view — not venue pools, referee assignments, or rest-time constraints.
Score7's auto-scheduler (Premium) generates a full schedule with venues, referees, match duration, and minimum rest time between matches — no double-booking. For physical events with multiple courts, pitches, or tables, this is the biggest gap.
Pricing
Tourney Maker's pricing is a mix:
- Free: core formats, up to 25 participants, basic sharing.
- Monthly ($9.99): up to 64 participants, double elimination, match scheduling, real-time updates, web access.
- Club ($49.99/month): up to 300 members.
- Enterprise ($99.99/month): up to 1,000 members.
Mobile IAP SKUs change frequently — check the current pricing in-app before committing.
Score7 is a flat subscription — roughly $9/month for 3 active tournaments, $18/month for 10, $27/month for unlimited — with all formats unlocked on the free plan and no participant cap per tournament.
Where Tourney Maker wins
- Native mobile app — tuned for iOS and Android first. If you organize from a phone in the middle of an event, this is the more natural fit.
- AI participant import — OCR on handwritten sign-up sheets and photos. Genuinely useful for casual walk-up tournaments.
- Individual stat scorecards — per-participant stats across the formats it supports.
- Free core with no ads — basic single elimination, round-robin, and Swiss are free forever with no ad load.
- Walk-up friendly — no account required for the basics.
Where Score7 wins
- All formats on the free plan — double elimination, group stages larger than 16, Swiss, cup & consolation, and multi-stage are free. No IAP gates.
- No 25-participant cap — the free plan handles any single tournament size; paid tiers scale on active-tournament count, not participant count.
- Real scheduling — auto-scheduler with venues, referees, match duration, and rest-time constraints. Tourney Maker's scheduling is match-time only, and it's paid.
- Player stats for 4 sports — football, basketball, rugby, volleyball with automatic leaderboards and 15+ standings criteria.
- Web-first organizing — large-screen scheduling, embeddable public pages, PDF export (Premium).
- Cup & consolation — native format. Not available on Tourney Maker.
- Flat subscription — no IAP maze. Pay for active tournaments, not per-feature unlocks.
Bottom line
Choose Tourney Maker if you run small mobile-first brackets (25 participants or fewer), want an AI import for handwritten sign-up sheets, or prefer a native mobile app over responsive web.
Choose Score7 if you run leagues, school tournaments, or semi-pro events with 30+ participants, need double elimination or group stages larger than 16 without paying, want real scheduling with venues and referees, or organize from a laptop.
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