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Messi or Ronaldo. In-N-Out or Whataburger. The argument your chat has been running since 2019 finally gets a score.
Add contenders, share a six-character code, and the whole group votes head-to-head until one pick wins.
Good forpizza night
Free · No sign-up · 2–512 contenders
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A scripted room on loop. Tap a card to stuff the ballot, or pick a different fight.
The short version
Two contenders at a time. Everyone votes. The winner advances until one is left.
Classic bracket sites give you a chart to fill in yourself. Here the bracket is a live room: you add the contenders, share a code, and every vote lands on everyone's screen in real time.
Any size fight
One room fits both. The field halves every round, so brackets stay quick even when they're huge: 512 contenders is only nine rounds, and the whole group votes on every matchup together, so nobody sits out waiting for their turn.
Over 64 contenders, flip on “Large bracket” in the room settings. One switch, still free.
Good for movie night or an album ranking
NewStarter links
Built a great bracket? Don't let it die after one champion. A starter link snapshots the whole setup, so the same fight can run in every group chat you're in: each on its own fresh room, with its own crowd and its own winner.
Host any bracket, then open Settings, Advanced, Starter link.
The lineup, title, and description get frozen into one short URL.
Post it anywhere, forever. Every open spins up a fresh room, and whoever opened it hosts.
rankbrawl.com/bracket/new/W9xFpGxC
Pick your weapon
A chat poll asks one flat question. A bracket generator hands you homework. A live voting bracket gives the argument rounds, stakes, and a champion.
| Rankbrawl | Bracket generators | Group-chat polls | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who fills in the winners | The crowd, voting live | You, by hand | One flat question |
| Sign-up | None, for anyone | Usually an account | None |
| Joining | 6-character code, any device | Link, often desktop-first | Already in the chat |
| Bracket size | Up to 512 contenders | Up to 64 contenders | n/a |
| Tied vote | Sudden death, then a coin flip | You decide | Stays tied |
| Price | Free, no tiers | Free + paid tiers | Free |
Any crowd
Messi or Ronaldo. In-N-Out or Whataburger. The argument your chat has been running since 2019 finally gets a score.
Greek gods, Shakespeare villains, the summer reading list: March Madness for whatever you're teaching this week.
Chat picks the next playthrough: Elden Ring vs Baldur's Gate 3. Or run clip of the month, 64 entries deep.
Best lunch spot within ten minutes, worst corporate jargon, the name for the softball team. Five minutes at standup.
Chili cook-off judging, the wedding-playlist final, an open-mic audience pick. The whole room votes from their seats.
Best Breaking Bad episode. Best Zelda boss. Every Taylor Swift bridge, seeded 1 through 128.
FAQ
No. Voters open the six-character room code in any browser, on any phone or laptop, and vote. Nothing to install or sign up for, for the host or the voters.
There's no limit. Everyone with the code votes on the same matchup at the same time, and the tallies update live for the whole room.
2 to 512 contenders. Brackets over 64 need the "Large bracket" switch in the room settings, which is free; it exists so you know a 512-slot bracket means 511 matchups before you start one.
One vote window per matchup; you set it anywhere from 10 to 90 seconds. Eight contenders is seven matchups, roughly five minutes at the default 30 seconds. Bigger fields scale the same way.
The matchup revotes in sudden death. You choose how many revotes to allow (one to five); if it's still tied after that, a coin flip decides it so the bracket never stalls.
Yes. Late joiners come in as spectators and can vote on the remaining matchups. If you'd rather lock voting to the starting group, turn off spectator voting in settings.
Private by default; only people with the code can join. Turn on "List this bracket publicly" in settings and it appears on the public brackets page for anyone to join.
Yes, with a starter link. In the room, open Settings, then Advanced, then Starter link. Anyone who opens that URL becomes the host of a brand-new room with the same contenders, title, and description.
Yes. No paywall, no pro tier, no limits on brackets or voters, and no ads. The only analytics are cookieless page counts and anonymized session insight.
Add contenders, share the code, and vote. Free, no sign-up.
Or join an existing bracket