The basketball tournament app that handles the money, too

Most tournament tools solve half the problem. Bracket makers draw a nice bracket but leave you chasing entry fees over Venmo and group chats. Registration tools collect money but hand you a spreadsheet on game day. Tipoff does both in one place, built for the person running the event from the sideline — not from a desk.

Creating a tournament takes about two minutes: name it, set up your divisions, set your entry fee, and share one link. From then on, the app does the paperwork.

Captains open your link, create their team, and pay the entry fee by card. Their teammates join with an invite link and get their own player profiles. When the field fills up, new teams go on a waitlist automatically, and you can promote them if a spot opens. Refunds take one tap.

Fees are transparent. You set the entry fee and keep all of it — a small platform fee and card processing are added at checkout and shown to the team before they pay. For a $60.00 entry, the team pays $64.02 and you receive $60.00. Free tournaments never touch a card at all.

Pick a format — single elimination, double elimination, round robin, or pool play into playoffs — and Tipoff seeds the bracket and schedules every game across your courts in one step, including multi-day events with a last-game-of-the-day cutoff. Need a plan before teams sign up? Preview and print the full bracket and timed schedule for any field size.

Every tournament gets a public page with a live bracket, schedule, and standings, plus a printable schedule sheet you can post at the gym or send to every team.

Enter a final score from your phone and the bracket advances instantly — the next matchup fills in and the public page updates live for every player and parent watching. Share a scorekeeper link with court volunteers so results come in from every court at once. Champions and runners-up are recorded automatically when the final is decided.

Players search for tournaments by name or join code — or browse by city — register their team, and follow the bracket live. Every player gets a profile with their record and tournament history, and reminder emails arrive before game day so nobody misses tip-off.

Get the Tipoff app on the App Store, or use it in any phone browser — no download required.

Run middle school, high school, and adult brackets in the same event. Each division has its own format, team cap, entry fee, and its own set of courts, so divisions schedule independently and never collide. Formats from 1v1 through 5v5 are supported, so 3v3 street-ball events, 5v5 leagues, and 1v1 king-of-the-court nights all fit.

Connect your debit card or bank once through Stripe — it takes about two minutes — and entry fees flow to your own payout account. Your balance shows what's available and what's still settling, and you can cash out whenever you want. Tipoff never holds your money, and there are no monthly fees.

Comparing options? See how Tipoff stacks up as a Tourney Machine alternative and against Exposure Events.