The #1 bracket app is back and better than ever for the 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball tournaments! Compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities to see who finishes with the best bracket. It’s completely free to play with over $370K in total prizes across all four bracket games!
- In each bracket game (Men’s, Women’s, Men’s Second Chance and Women’s Second Chance) create up to 25 brackets and enter each bracket in up to 10 different groups to play against friends, celebrities, ESPN personalities, and fans across the nation.
- Use ESPN Bracket Predictor and Bracket Analyzer to take your bracket experience to the next level with the tools and data you’ll need to gain an edge on your competition.
- Use Quick Bracket to auto-fill a bracket in seconds with top seeds, random teams, Smart Picks powered ESPN Analytics, and more!
- Short on time? No problem. Pick from a few simple options in the ‘Finish My Bracket’ menu and ESPN will automatically complete your bracket. Unsure about a game or two? You can also import a bracket that you’ve already filled out in the app, make some tweaks and submit it again to increase your chances of winning.
- Make picks directly from Matchup Preview screens, with key stats, information, and historical insights for each team to help you make the most informed selections.
- Use the Bracketcast tab once games tip off to follow scores and your bracket's performance in real time, all in one view.
- Check out the ESPN Perfect Bracket Tracker to see how many perfect brackets remain in both the Men’s and Women’s tourneys as the upsets start rolling in.
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ESPN Tournament Challenge Positive Reviews
Miss seeing how far people had teams going from the bracket cast viewProps to ESPN for correcting the complaint I had. They added into bracket cast how far a team is going in your bracket when you click on a game. Life saver!!
Previous feedback: In the old app layout, you could click on a game and see what you or a member of your group picked AND it would show how far a given bracket had that team going. Is a game outcome going to affect my sweet 16? my final 4? only the round of 32? Now, I have to individually go into every single bracket — my own brackets or my competitors within my group — to answer those questions. That is a waste of time. You’re telling my the “what”, but what about the “so what”? Impacts, people! We care about impacts! I have money and a reputation on the line! Otherwise, app is great. Thank you for your time..KathrynL.87Version: 12.0.2
Thank youFor years, I dreaded the filling out of paper brackets...not quite understanding the scoring involved as I picked teams based on favorite colors and underdogs (whether I’d heard of them or not). No judging...I’ve come a far way from there although I think I was somehow more successful back then in my clueless years. Anyways, thanks for creating an app that makes it easy to fill out and calculates my points so I can easily rub my predictions (that are still horridly off) in my friends faces. It has made March Madness fun instead of a yearly dread of watching friends lose their minds...now I can join the madness too. :).ZigzagCatcherVersion: 7.0.1
Don’t bury the women’s tournamentThe app is a lot of fun. I appreciate the opportunity to fill out lots of brackets (one in which my fave teams win, one in which I predict lots of upsets, etc.). I like the auto fill options as well. But I care as much about the women’s tournament as the men’s, and I’m surprised that the women’s tournament is still an afterthought. It is a hassle to have to dig for it (and dig even deeper to get the game times). What’s worse, after I dig down to game level within my bracket, there is no way to go back one screen to the bracket. The only option is to hit exit, which sends you back to “Play More Games” level, where you have to select “play” the women’s tournament. Come on! Maybe you should just create a separate app for the women’s tournament. But I’ll give you credit for including the women’s tournament in the app; the NCAA’s own March Madness app doesn’t include anything about the women’s tournament! Crazy!.Lisa in DaytonVersion: 7.0.1
A fun APP!I fill out a bracket every year from the paper & by the time it gets to the Final Four, it looks like a book report graded by a strict teacher with red circles & corrections all over it.
This was easy & I did multiple brackets. I can see my ranking compared to everyone else. I won't win any prizes; but, it is a fun activity.
I enjoy checking out the Celebrity picks as I am hanging in there with them as far as points earned. (In some brackets).Tji77Version: 5.5.3
Groups not easyAdding to a group is not easy. Several of us created our profiles and then the brackets became available a couple days later we attempted to build our brackets and they kept creating a new profile and then you couldn’t attach them easily into the gam adding to a group is not easy. Several of us created our profiles and then the brackets became available a couple days later we attempted to build our brackets and they kept creating a new profile and then you couldn’t attach them easily into the group. My bracket didn’t make it into the group when I thought it did..DJ 7578537Version: 7.0.1
Updates are awfulIt’s a good app, but the new updates are terrible. much more difficult this year to see which picks were correct and incorrect. it was so much better when incorrect picks were just crossed out throughout the bracket instead of the “my pick” tab on each game. in general it’s much busier visually which is unnecessary for what used to be an essentially perfect app. it seems everyone involved just wanted to push through some project for their resume/portfolio. trying to fix what wasn’t broken, and just making it worse in the process..Jackc5Version: 12.0.2
Internet!I love this app but in the past week, whenever I try to open it and look at my groups or whatever, it always says “you do not appear to be connected to the internet” when I am connected and literally every other app that requires Wi-Fi, is working like normal. Idk if this is a bug or whatever but please try to fix it. Or I won’t be able to fill out brackets for march madness which I do every year for fun. Everything besides that about this app is amazing. I just can’t get in the app with it telling me that I’m not connected..BananajammerVersion: 12.0
Not so easyI was excited for the tournament looking forward to filling out my bracket, but as I got going it became quite obvious that it will require more work and maneuvering around the app than it really should. Inviting friends and family to play along and join our private group was painful and way more complicated than expected. My hope that next year ESPN puts in a little bit more work on developing more user friendly features within the signing up process...go Zags!.Dole BVersion: 7.0.1
Suggested Improvements1) If you didn’t pick the two teams correctly to be in the game, it doesn’t display the date and time of the game. No reason it shouldn’t still show you when the game is!
2) You should create a quick-view where you can select a game, and see who every player in your pool picked to win it.
3) You should also create quick-view where you can select a team, and see how far each player in your pool has them going in the tourney.Aqyv8siVersion: 12.0.3
I love the bracketcast featureIn bracket cast u can see what other people in your groups picked and see whose in the lead and see who has the best potential. u can even click on a certain game and see what everyone picked to win that and how far they have that team going. its the best place to make a bracket and i hav experience so i highly recommended. also u can read abt tournament news in the app! GREAT tournament app..ShaehawnVersion: 7.0.1
Could be easier to useNot great, but it is fine.
The viewer is rough, your different brackets are hard to get to, and it doesn’t reload very well.
You would think that you could make all the brackets you’re in as a favorite or a quick click, and some kind of customize bar, but no.
I have to shut the app down and restart it for it to reload properly.
You would think it would be easier to read the brackets. It’s not a good app..Player9764447Version: 12.0.2
Love this appI find this app easy to use, easy to navigate. Brackets were easy to complete. Now I'm wondering if I'm using it right. Save button would be helpful. If I could rename the bracket before I filled it out, I didn't figure it out. We used this app to track different groups, plus we put the entire family on one account for easy tracking and trash talking..BobbbbbbbygjldyuoVersion: 5.5.3
Update is not helpful for less updated phonesThis app totally worked for me last year, but this year the update won’t allow me to do anything in the app without 16.0. It allowed me to download it, but the recommendation to update it keeps popping up and doesn’t allow me to do anything on it. Does anyone know how to get around this?.Yoyo44!!Version: 11.0.2
What happen to bracket cast **update**The bracket cast feature use to be amazing. It would show live scores, the teams you picked, and the effect of the outcome on your point total based on the current game leader. It was an all in one station to see multiple games at once. Now it’s barely better than just looking at a paper bracket. **update** they she the scores live now which is a great improvement..Nomoney$$$Version: 12.0.2
Great appI hated putting in work to print out brackets and just took too long but then I discovered this app and they make it so much easier and they aren’t money grabbers limited sign in and sorry to get off subject but imma get a perfect bracket this year just watch btw my name is CJ and you will see me on ESPN because I have the perfect bracket..SkurtmasterVersion: 14.0.3
Can we pick for the First Four in future?I have loved this app for the past few years. The brackets are simple, easy to fill out, and fun (especially in groups/with friends). I have noticed one thing this year and that is that we can’t pick for the first four. I know the official March Madness app has that feature and I wish that could be carried over here..Mattg519Version: 10.0.3
Good but could be betterI agree with Lisa from Dayton regarding the app and the women's brackets - while the mens regular and second chance brackets were easy to maneuver to and manage it was difficult to get to to the women's bracket and never found the second chance bracket.
if you make it as easy as the mens bracket to use, more players would take the time to play, as there are a lot of fantasy sports players around the world.SingerjanVersion: 7.0.1
Overall good but some changes would be greatThis app is good overall but it could use some work. I don’t know what changes happened, but now every time you create a bracket and try to join a group it automatically adds the bracket you made into the group you’re trying to join. I don’t like that because then you can’t fix it. It also doesn’t save the name changes for your brackets like ever..User500wVersion: 12.0.2
Always a great experienceI like the app but agree with a previous poster. I like women’s college basketball as much as the men’s. Women’s basketball is to far down the menu and when you do get to it, it looks like building the interface was an afterthought. NCAA women’s basketball should be right under (or above) men’s basketball in the menu and should be formatted exactly like the men’s. Women’s basketball is equally as important as men’s and should be reflected in this fun app. Looking forward to an updated, five-star app next year!.Fly6387Version: 7.0.1
Messaging so we can talk smack ☺️For real! Need to open chats up on here! What’s the point of making a group if we can’t talk smack or arrange a place to meet.
The whole not being able to view a whole bracket thing stinks too, would like to toggle between people to see theirs as well. Viewing in vertical columns isn’t ideal.
Other than that, love it! Oh would be neat if you could see which of your contacts also have the app then you could join more groups or make yours larger!.BfidgekcisbVersion: 7.0.1
What to add to the appWe love the app and me and my family do a bracket tournament against each other, but we wish there was a way to send a text or a message some how, maybe have a point system that each round it goes up, so it gives the guy at the bottom a chance to come back, thanks.$ilky$limVersion: 7.0.1
Great app, But...I have had a good experience with this app but some of my friends that are in the same pool as me have had trouble, some of them had a bracket filled out and when the tourney started theirs didn't show up and they didn't have a bracket in the pool, and their should be a "save and finish later" button so If I have some thing else to do on my phone or I'm not ready to pick some I can look at some things and come back and finish it.NBA live ballerVersion: 5.5.3
IncompleteThe app is excellent for creating brackets. No doubt. EYE had no problem with that. It was difficult to figure out how to see channel listings for games. But they are listed. one can not really see the next round of the tournament. It’s all subdued text. Very hard to see for seeing impaire. Please consider addressing these issues next time around..Welcome4awhileVersion: 7.0.1
NCAA tournament bracket on ESPNWas a lot of fun , it should have a award for players that fill out only one bracket. Picking 25 brackets takes the skill and some fun out of it. I'm sure others would agree. Thanks for the chance and I'll only be doing one pick again next year. Anyone can get lucky with 25 picks it takes skill to make a good run with one bracket..Rug dryVersion: 5.5.3
Awesome App!This app is great! I enjoy working on the bracket. It’s a lot of fun. I enjoy talking to my friends and comparing perspectives of each game and watching our points go up and down depending on who wins or loses. I also like that I see when each game is and what channel the games are on. This season’s March Madness has been a crazy mad house. Love it!.Play ball!!!!Version: 7.0.1
Worse UI than last yearMore difficult on the eyes to track scores and results. With bracketcast, it should also tell you how far you have each team going. When looking at the bracket to see future rounds, they have the team you have losing in such small font and so much wasted space on the screen.
Still would rather do ESPN tc over any other brackets.Big guy 1011Version: 12.0.2
Bug foundThere is a bug when you switch between men and womens tourneys at the top, the page reverts to the “My Brackets” section even if you are in a different section like News. I don’t think clicking womens tournament at the top shoudl switch which section you are in at the bottom..BanalanajanVersion: 13.0.2
BracketCastWhat was the idea behind remodeling the bracketcast?? This app was great because you could track easily the implications for each game for all the members in my group. The potential points lost was an incredible feature and so was the ability to view others and your brackets easily. ESPN gave up a functional app for a more “sleek” design and it’s incredibly disappointing..Jyoung2024Version: 12.0.2
Good appGood app.GdhdhxhxVersion: 10.0.1
Easy to Use!Easy to set up and follow from multiple devices. It doesn’t hurt that I have two picks in the Final Four and won our office pool!.D-D-D-Diaper DandyVersion: 7.0.1
Tournament challengeI love this challenge. Excitement everyday. Easy to follow your personal result with millions of participants..Seamonster49Version: 8.0.4
AppLove this app and the easy access to brackets and the updates......Ambus123Version: 7.0.1
Career communityI was not able to change brackets easily. It was too complicated for me.CcareercommunityVersion: 7.0.1
Explain the ranking and score columnsLike to understand the rank rating and score.Tb3lVersion: 7.0.1
Yeah!Love the access to my brackets!.Rott3n_egg5Version: 7.0.1
A++++ Easy to useAwesome app easy to use and great for making pools. Scores play by play and more.... point system is decent.WatmurdaVersion: 5.5.3
TeeurupThe Bracket makes following that much more interesting. My team is out but the bracket keeps my interest up..TeeurupVersion: 5.5.3
Great appCan make multiple brackets and create your own groups.Flynner333Version: 5.5.3
GREAT!Great way to keep updated on your bracket!.Prince DaneVersion: 5.4
Wish it had it's own 'score' component...After using a few other tournament apps, this one is probably the easiest to use and the most user-friendly. I only wish ESPN didn't make you install it's own 'scores' app if you want to use the navigational tab at the bottom of this app..ThisJayGuyVersion: 5.1.1
Great appGreat quality, lots of detail and offers you help from experts on ESPN on who they think you should choose.Anonymous Giants FanVersion: 5.4
GreatPerfect way to fill out brackets, makes it so easy to make a pool for people..Pitch97Version: 5.4
BracketcastDoes anybody know how to access Bracketcast on the IPad? I can easily access it on my IPhone and it is the best feature but I can not find it anywhere on my iPad. I love this app.Bulldog 57Version: 5.4
GreatFun, simple way to fill out brackets..This is amazing!!!!!!!Version: 5.4
Great App!Really helps with picking teams, makes enjoying March Madness very easy.ZachlionVersion: 5.4
GodBlessDoes not get more convenient than this, awesome job.WaldarooVersion: 5.4
BracketAwesome.Brian009Version: 5.1.1
Awesome!So good👍.Swag_Monster002Version: 5.1.1
EspnAwesome,a great way to participate in the bracket..SytyctVersion: 5.1.1
Scores at your finger tipsScores update quickly and keep u up to date on who is in and who is out.Platypus1222Version: 5.0.2
OkayWhy do i need a different app for scores?.DrdtroitVersion: 5.1.1
Good appKeeps scores up to date quickly.Applegeorge0Version: 5.0.2
Great appAwesome.Tbc2901Version: 5.0.2
Always up to dateGreat app. Scores are very quickly updated!.E97rfgVersion: 5.0.2
Pretty goodOnly if i could watch highlights on it though.PhenobeVersion: 5.0.2
Great!Good app and easy to use..Asuako18Version: 5.0.2
Simply to use; easy to follow resultsI don't have much to compare it to, but it was easy to enter my bracket picks and the reporting as the tournaments progress is easy to follow..TylersanVersion: 5.0.2
It's Great And Very Easy To UseI like the in bracket scores, the featured section with celebrities and VIP like Obama. Can't think of any bad things to say. Would be nice to get instant updates, but so would dating Kate Upton. Maybe don't cut off the ranking numbers and list total users like 103,453rd out of 1,446,782..Cuban AssassinVersion: 5.0.2
Love this appI look forward to the Tourney, just so I can start using this app. Has everything you need. This new version seems to update the scores of other participants in your pool a little slower than the old version, but the app is still the best out there..SmknhrbVersion: 5.0.2
Exceeds Expectation ⚡️💡💣Outstanding! Really enjoy the stats!.EuthimiousVersion: 5.0.2
BoomAwesome app. Keeps the tournament at my fingertips 24-7..Chris2206Version: 5.0.2
AppVery simple to use and easy to read excellent app for the tourney.Work on it 1Version: 5.0.1
EZ activationEasy to set up, that's what counts. The scores weren't up to date until day 2 but otherwise so far so good.
JohnnyRockafella' "90-Now Past 2-thou' make the heads in da' house out there wonder how" OGC represent Strang-Wonda'.Titofuentez85Version: 5.0.2
What more to like?This is a great app to keep you in touch with your bracket..ChuckiaVersion: 5.0.1
PerfectEasy and quick.Dooling88Version: 5.0.1
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ESPN Tournament Challenge Negative Reviews
The Bracketcast update has made it practically unusableThe bracketcast on previous versions of the app would show how far each person in a group had the winning team from each game going. So if one team lost you could tell which people in your group had them going the farthest and how many points that lost cost them towards there potential total. The current version only tells you if the person had them winning or losing. No impact of the loss whatsoever. So if you wanted that info you’d have to go into everyone’s bracket and manually see how far they had them.
On top of that, they increased the size of the text/widget for each person in your group and you can only see 3 to 4 teams at once. The previous versions you could see 10ish teams at once. I haven’t found any updates that actually improve the app at all. In fact the only updates with new functionality are ice cube and fire emojis to tell you if a team hasn’t gotten a lot of picks right or if they have. It’s a head scratcher for why they chose this direction..Garry GarrooVersion: 12.0.2
Disappointing updateThis used to be a great app, but the developers seemed to have gotten rid of some very helpful features. For instance, previously in the bracketcast tab, all at once you could see who you had picked for the game, how far you had them going, and how the result affected your point total. Now all it shows you is who you have winning. You have to scroll and swipe through each bracket to see how far that team is going, and no data is available for point effects. Also, they used to cross out the team in your bracket if they lost like in a paper bracket, but now they have some tiny writing that says what you picked, and then a big logo with the result. Really confusing. I used to check the app constantly during March madness, but now I find myself doing this far, far less because it’s so much more difficult to find the info i’m looking for. Really hope this app will reconsider going back to these functions..AR6483Version: 12.0.2
App has seriously taken a turn for the worstThis app used to be a 5 star, best out of the tournament pick apps. It was the cleanest and most efficient way to preview the matchups, see the actual results vs your picks, and join and manage your groups.
All of these things are now significantly more difficult/less usable. The matchups used to display both teams at once, now you have to click between them to read the info. It’s now next to impossible to view your picks and your progression of teams through the tournament on the mobile app than it was last year. It’s also much more difficult to manage your brackets and what you’re joining groups with. Additionally, the “how far did other people have this team in the group” option wasn’t even ready until the second weekend.
A really disappointing iteration of the app that I hope they improve upon next year..Spurs716Version: 12.0.3
TerribleDestroying the traditional four quadrant view of the tournament bracket makes it hard to see how the games come together.
There are frequent issues with the real-time coding of winners & losers - the team names are right, but sometimes your eliminated picks show in crossed-out red type and sometimes just in crossed-out grey type. BEWARE: Your “correct” picks are only shown in green in the first round, so just when you get used to reading the bracket layout it changes. Why don’t your advancing teams keep displaying in green? 🤷♀️
Hey Disney - Hire some graphic/UI designers (maybe not just sports enthusiasts) and better coding QA personnel!
I have followed the tournament for 35 years, and have filled out many amateur “just for fun” brackets. This app is not intuitive, and the amount of study you have to undertake to understand what your own bracket is telling you is not worth it. Not to mention how the poor design makes it impossible to include more casual tournament fans… 🤦♀️.Espanfan1753728Version: 10.0.3
Devs/Product Don’t Use the AppRecent changes have worsened the experience - both in app and in a browser, everything is worse, less user-friendly behavior.
Why do I have to login every time I pull up the app on my phone? Brackets used to update quickly and now take ages. Creating new brackets from existing brackets is an exercise in frustration since the app automatically jumps to the end after each pick once all picks are entered - which they are when you’re using a previously filled bracket. Clearly no one working on this actually uses it.
While the app is a better experience than the website, because the website is outright broken and scroll-heavy, you shouldn’t be competing against yourself. What a terrible time to unveil poorly planned workflows because I have time to look at the other options.m and forget this one..PolerandVersion: 12.0.2
Why was the app changedUsed this app many years and really dislike it this year, first off it constantly logs me out like there is sensitive info in this app…it’s a Bracket app not a medical app. Also it seemed a lot of people had issues joining groups correctly so would have to resend links. Lastly I hate the bracket cast or whatever bc first off every time I have to re-sign in and go to that part it gives me a walk through which I don’t need, but also I liked in past seasons it would tell you how far people had certain teams going in the tourney and how many possible points they would be down if their picked team lost. Now it’s like a mystery until the game is completed which is annoying and makes it more difficult to know if I can really trash talk a friend for putting a team on the brink of losing all the way to the final four..BryballVersion: 12.0.2
UX is worse nowThe user experience for being able to view information about the group bracket is not sufficient. There is no way to adequately compare between different brackets in a group. There used to be ways to see information such as how a loss would impact the total potential score. Instead there are many screens that don’t matter, like “Celebrity” brackets and a “Forecast” screen that doesn’t even show anything until sweet 16. There are some obvious ways to improve UX that are missing. For example in the Bracketcast page, If I click on my bracket, there is no way to directly go to see the full bracket. That seems obvious. There are no ways to compare between different people on how that loss will impact their bracket. That would be an easy addition to the UI. There is no way to see who each person picked for a specific game outside of the current round games shown in Bracketcast..Scknight4Version: 12.0.2
New User Interface Is AwefulThe new UI took all the fun out of the bracket. Every change is negative. I can’t see more than 2 live games at once, I can’t see the potential points each group member will win / lose. I can’t see everyone in the group ranked in a list by points. I can’t see potential points remaining. I can only see 2 group members at a time. I have the women’s bracket in my face all the time when I want to turn it off for more space. I wish they still had the old, pre-Disney app where everything was intuitive and enjoyable. I don’t think Disney cares about Sports. I have no idea how to track the tournament now that they decided to replace the bracket cast with such a poor redesign. I think they had someone design it that doesn’t understand or use it, and they should revert back to the old design quickly..S. JamesVersion: 12.0.2
Great app if you’re sighted. Extremely inaccessible.I’m a sighted person and use this app every year for March madness. I didn’t realize how inaccessible the app is until I organized a league for my coworkers this year. We have 4 or 5 blind coworkers participating and all of them needed some level of assistance filling out their brackets, which is a shame because the app should really be compatible with Voice Over. Most of the buttons don’t have labels, and the elements aren’t being selected as a group when picking a team, so you can’t even tell which team you’re selecting. I design our accessible mobile app for our company and baking in accessibility really isn’t that hard. Disappointed in ESPN and hope you make changes for next year, even if it’s using a promotion with Aira to provide on demand assistance for the BLV community..Kaykay3303Version: 7.0.1
Used to be a game changerHonestly, this is one of the worst updates I’ve ever seen. The more I use it, the more frustrated I become.
Why would you take out essential functionality and make things more difficult for the user? When I am in bracket cast and I see the another bracket has picked the game differently than me, why (WHY?) do I have to leave bracket cast, go back into my group, find their bracket, and select it. Why in god’s name can I not just select their bracket from bracket cast?
And why can’t I zoom out on their bracket? In mine, I can zoom out to see the all of my selections. I have to scroll through their selections, round by round, to see their picks. Why can’t I have the zoomed out view on theirs?
Plus, submitting a bracket in a group is busted. All of my groups defaulted to the same bracket. Why would you have the player create a bracket outside of the group and then choose to import? Just let me create the bracket within the group. I don’t need to see how I compare to President Biden or Stephen A Smith. I don’t care.
This use to be the best way to track/watch March Madness and it’s almost unusable after this update..Dsmith.8311Version: 12.0.2
2024 update is horribleWhat was the thought process behind all these changes? The app looks worse, works worse, is more confusing, and provides less information than in years past. The new bracketcast makes it impossible to see what the effect of games has on your (or other people in your groups) brackets and half the screen is basically useless massive boxes. Everything across the board is the same but worse. Truly an incredible feat to have an update have zero redeeming qualities. I tip my cap, ESPN, you’ve made your product worse yet again!.Jacob c Jr.Version: 12.0.2
BustedI want to preface this review with a statement about gambling. Don’t do it!
I wasn’t 45 minutes into the madness when my bracket busted. And then I realized that gambling my life savings on winning a college tournament challenge might not have been the smartest move this weekend.
After the men who collect debts for the gamblers association stopped by and picked up my furniture and a couple of pints of blood, I visited St. Mary’s. Not the college i bet it all on, but the hospital. They stitched me up and I was able to see out of my one remaining good eye - thank goodness.
It took another 45 minutes to remove the remnants of my phone from my neighbors dog. Who knew that dog would actually try and protect those debt collectors from my flailing and drunken “air punches”.
Word to the wise, people... when they say you have to settle debts immediately, they are serious. My app is busted. My brackets busted. My uncle is busted and headed to jail now... who knew it was a crime to try and protect your sole nephew with that rocket
launcher you brought back from the Iraq war...
Busted. This app is busted!.ClaireandTomVersion: 7.0
Unable to sort by possible points leftThis app is far inferior in comparison to the CBS Sports app. The reason is you can't look at the bracket as a whole you can only look at it on the left-hand side which makes it difficult to oversee the whole bracket. Also it is hard to really determine who is going to win a private pool because there's no ability to sort by the available points that you can still get which is very very frustrating. I wish this app and ESPN would really get it together because they are clearly the leaders and sports yet they don't put any effort toward something like this which is one of the most popular things in the nation.Jthoms1149Version: 5.5.3
They completely got rid of the best bracket cast functionNo more seeing how far everyone picked each team to go. No more seeing how many points everyone in your group has to lose or gain, no more showing if you’ve lost or won on previous games.
How are we supposed to have every persons brackets memorized? The most fun part of the app was comparing how you were doing with the rest of your group in real time. Why would you ever get rid of this feature?? This app is now essentially a glorified paper bracket.
I can check scores on other apps so why get rid of the one feature that made you unique?.GrandpaTheCatVersion: 12.0.2
IOS 15.7.8 canNOT run appThis app will not run with my current iOS version, 15.7.8. Is there any sane reason why this app is not backwards compatible? If I upgrade to iOS 15.8.2 will I be able to use your app? When I try to run the app I get caught in a loop asking to install a new version of the app, which I can’t.
I have an old iPhone, so I cannot get a much newer OS. The way I see, if Google Maps, US Bank, NPR, and Venmo can work on my phone, your should not have an issue .
The app works beautifully last year. I’m just trying to get the older version working..Jxsn00Version: 11.0.2
ImprovementsOn a scale of 1-10, this would get a 5 at best. Very easy to fill out brackets but I lost mine twice before I was done- UGH! My women's bracket completely disappeared and I didn't know until it was too late. As everyone has said- SAVE button please! I find it very hard to see who I picked relative to who is playing. Hard to move bracket forward and backward to see who might match in the future and who won or loss if I miss a game. I have no idea how many I have right/wrong and I don't understand how percents are calculated or what the prp means. Overall, it works but could be better..SusiebrphVersion: 5.5.3
Inescapable Ad Makes the Women’s Brackets UnusableEvery time I’m in Bracket Cast and click over to the Women’s tournament, the app acts like I’ve clicked on an ad and brings me to Safari where I get to look at an all white screen and some random banner ad centered on the page. It doesn’t matter how I click into the Women’s tournament, or how many times I close out of this new safari tab and switch back over to the app. As long as I’m trying to view the Women’s tournament bracket cast, I get a maximum of 1 second before I am brought back to Safari to view a random ad I never tapped. Despise this bug..Marianela caVersion: 13.0.2
Unusably slow and laggyThe amount of lag in the app is unreal. I tried to log in and when I typed my email, the characters didn’t show up on screen until several seconds after I hit the buttons on the keyboard. Given that the login screen was already so bad, I gave up trying to use the app because I can’t imagine the rest of it is much better, and frankly I didn’t have the patience to try and find out.
It’s unfortunate because I was pretty excited to fill out a bracket this year, but trying to use the app just destroyed that excitement.ArthurlafranceVersion: 10.0.3
Doesn’t even work on my deviceAdmittedly, I only have an iPhone 7, which is pretty ancient in this day and age. But when I tried to download this year, it told me that my version of iOS didn’t support the latest version of the app, but I could still download the latest available version to me. I figured this wasn’t too big of a deal, but whenever I open the app, a text box immediately pops up telling me that I need to download the latest version of the app, and it takes me to the App Store. I’m unable to do anything in the app..Natepierce96Version: 11.0.2
Not a very good appNavigation is awkward. Doesn't give very basic info about your pools like what your rank is (i.e. 4/55). Doesn't show you how many picks you gotten correct/incorrect (just points). I haven't found a way to view the full bracket of the other people in my group. When looking at upcoming rounds in your bracket it's not very obvious which picks have already been eliminated. If I were developing this app I would just go look at the design of almost and every other bracket site or app and do what they did because this is the worst I've seen..Ffplayer99Version: 5.5.3
Come during March, stay for the madnessVery stiff bracket movement. I want to view my bracket and other brackets easily, swiping and scrolling and sliding seamlessly. Yet we are stuck choosing between rounds. And when you do skip between rounds, you vertically lose your position. Obviously hasn’t been tested thoroughly and they needed to push this out sooner than they wanted to make the March deadline. Also, wish it was more visible what I, and others, chose for later rounds. Very subdued grey text, and strike-out if they were knocked out. Visually and functionally, very frustrating app..Aseef111111Version: 7.0.1
Skips to end every timeLoved this app in the past- this year super frustrating. I like doing an autofill option then going back and changing some of the autofills to my own picks. This year, if you make a change, it skips all the way to championship game then you have to scroll all the way back and figure out where you left off. Every time you make a switch it jumps to the championship game….. so frustrating.Tyla ShoVersion: 12.0.2
Bracket cast not working on iPad versionNewest update doesn't have working bracketcast on iPad version..DevyRoxVersion: 5.5.3
Terrible update2024 has the worst update they’ve ever done. Very difficult to compare to other people in your group..MikeDietsch14Version: 12.0.2
Seems to be falling behindUsed to be the best app for March Madness. UI has fallen behind, made some negative changes. My friends and I have switched to another provider, I’d recommend trying others out as well, unfortunately no longer the leader..CivilizedDigitalVersion: 12.0.2
Previous Years Was BetterBring back bracket cast where you can see how each outcome of the current scores affects each person in the groups total score. Ie if the team they chose to win 3 games is losing it would show -70..Riley O IVVersion: 12.0.2
Why did you change it?!New updates for 2024 are TERRIBLE! Lost so many of the BracketCast features (points won/lost, how far the team was chosen to go) that were actually good. The whole My Bracket interface is SO much worse than last year. You took what was good and ruined it..HordsauceVersion: 12.0.2
No viewI was hopeful to watch March Madness as per Apple TV and ESPN’s hype but ended up being all hype. There’s no apparent option for Canadians to stream NCAA’s major event of the year that unless you have a cable subscription in the US. Or can someone a challenge that “accurate” info?.CardioChefVersion: 6.0.2
No bracketcastBracketcast is a great feature that's oddly absent. Also, no what if scenarios.•Flow3rs•Version: 5.5.3
You had one jobDownloaded this app to fill out my bracket easier. Halfway through filling it out, it crashes and doesn't save any of my picks..Riley44144144Version: 5.5.2
Change it back to last years versionIt's impossible to tell which teams you got right or wrong. This grey of faded thing is awful..TurbopanVersion: 5.1.1
CrapDid my bracket a few days prior. But because there are so many sign in screens, it didn't save. Sweet. No madness this year.EnnskiVersion: 5.1.1
Doesn't updateIt's a POS.Me12321reteVersion: 5.0.2
Needs improvementApp is great for making and reviewing your own brackets but when looking at your league none of your fellow competitors scores are updated. Once an update for this is released, the app will be better.
Also, it is connected to the Sports Centre app in a confusing way that requires you to download the second app instead of having scores for individual games available for viewing in the app. Seems like the app would be a smoother experience if it didn't transfer you to another app. Either embed the other app with this or remove that option altogether. I an completely capable of switching apps on my own..LaidlawrVersion: 5.0.1
What's up with thisNot sure why but the app will not work for me on my IPhone 😣.Vinny 54Version: 5.0.1
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