Which Tool Do You Need?

Not sure which page to start on? It comes down to how many sides are competing and how the competition is structured. Two teams or players going head-to-head — basketball, soccer, tennis, or anything with a running score — use a scoreboard. Three or more participants ranked against each other by score, time, or any other metric — sales contests, race results, fitness challenges — use a leaderboard instead; it sorts automatically as numbers change, which a scoreboard doesn't do. Running a single-elimination competition where losing once means you're out — March Madness pools, esports brackets, office trivia playoffs — use a tournament bracket. Prefer everyone plays everyone before an elimination round? Set up pool play first with the round robin generator, then feed the results into a bracket. And when the situation is simpler than any of that — you just need one number to go up or down, like people through a door, reps at the gym, or votes in a meeting — skip the setup entirely and use the tally counter.