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Bracket Ace is a tournament management app created by tournament directors for both tournament directors and spectators. Bracket Ace takes advantage of iPad's touch screen capabilities to greatly simplify tournament management. Drag and drop entrants directly to the bracket to their appropriate seed. Select a court assignment by tapping an open position on the court grid. Bracket Ace's advanced algorithms prevent scheduling conflicts.

Tournament directors set up and publish tournaments using an iPad. Participants register for the tournament (including online payments) via BracketAce.com. Once the entry deadline has passed, the tournament director assigns seeds, allocates courts, assembles doubles teams and other related director activities using the iPad.

Fans and spectators can use Bracket Ace on iPhone or iPad to view brackets, see past results, video and even navigate to the tournament venue.

Tournament directors can generate a printable PDF with brackets for all events and grid sheets for each tournament day. Scorecards, accounting data and waiver forms can also be created.

Bracket Ace can launch one of its companion scoring apps (Ace Referee, Pickle Pointer, Umpire Live). By scanning a QR code on a scorecard, matches officiated using a scoring app will have results posted to Bracket Ace automatically. Tournament staff can see the status of the entire tournament via a live score grid.

Tournament hosts can also direct spectators to live video feeds of their events by adding live video embed codes for locations where video production is happening during the event.

Version History Minor fix to profile edit on iPhone. Removed group points in first round when event has a down event. 1.40 02/11/2024 Support for second round down event links. Group points added to spectator brackets. Floating control bar fixed in spectator brackets. 1.39 01/21/2024 Adds the ability to select the initial event bracket prior to the main bracket screen, and adds a recently viewed section to the event list. These features can be enabled/disabled via the settings menu. 1.38 12/31/2023 Enhancements for Spikeball/Roundnet tournaments. Event abbreviation enhancements. 1.37 06/06/2023 Support for custom match formats for sports that use the Ace Referee scoring app. 1.36 04/27/2023 Allows tournament hosts to accept calls from patrons using the Bracket Ace app on an iOS® device, removing the need to publish personal contact info on a public website. 1.35 03/22/2023 Fix to tournament director's scorecard scanner. 1.34 02/14/2023 Scorecard scanning for result entry. Bug fixes related to link handling when bracket sizes change. 1.33 01/25/2023 Support for multiple venues, abbreviated event names in tab bar when necessary, expiration dates for discount items. 1.32 01/03/2023 Fix for disappearing control bar. Adds support for the new Pickle Pointer app. 1.31 12/07/2022 Enhancements for finding ongoing live stream feeds via user notification or via button in the bracket. Brackets and scorecards now contain QR codes for easy access to brackets and scoring. 1.30 11/04/2022 Support for account deletion. Follow player capability added. Improved player results. 1.29 10/19/2022 Fix for iPhone users creating an account. 1.28 09/08/2021 Fix for iPhone users using the tournament search function 1.27 04/10/2021 Support for referee notifications when using Bracket Ace with Ace Referee. Minor fixes. 1.26 11/10/2020 Altered sign-on experience including adding Sign-In with Apple. Visual enhancements added for a more intuitive experience. 1.25 06/22/2020 Fixes missing media link buttons, and other minor issues. 
This version adds the ability to link events together such that consolation/drop-down and play-in events can establish destination points prior to the tournament start. Seeding and court allocation have been enhanced such that conflicts are prevented instead of relying on an error check as a final verification.
A live scoring grid has been added for handball, racquetball and squash tournaments that allows the tournament staff to see the status of the entire tournament from one screen when the Ace Referee companion scoring app is in use. 1.24 05/29/2020 This version adds the ability to link events together such that consolation/drop-down and play-in events can establish destination points prior to the tournament start. Seeding and court allocation have been enhanced such that conflicts are prevented instead of relying on an error check as a final verification.
A live scoring grid has been added for handball, racquetball and squash tournaments that allows the tournament staff to see the status of the entire tournament from one screen when the Ace Referee companion scoring app is in use. 1.23 05/25/2020 Fixes an issue where PDF brackets were not being generated under certain scenarios. 1.22 01/13/2018 Fix to login process that was not sending the complete password in all cases. 1.21 12/07/2017 Support for granting access to other users for various features using Shared Access tool. 1.20 07/09/2017 Added barcodes to printed score sheets that can be read by companion scoring apps (currently Ace Referee only). 1.19 06/20/2017 Fixes a crash when tournament directors add an 'Other Info' heading. 1.18 04/10/2017 Added support for an extended deadline with a late fee. Improvements in the way Other Items are handled. Added support for tournament specific bracket logos. UI enhancements. 1.17 03/29/2017 Fix to allow underdog victors to advance in court grids and scorecards. Minor UI improvements. 1.16 02/15/2017