V5RC Hub vs Play700
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
V5RC Hub
This app serves as a comprehensive companion for VEX V5 Robotics Competition participants. It provides easy access to the official game manual, a scoring calculator for practice, and a timer with official sounds for running matches.
- Searchable official game manual
- Intuitive scoring calculator
- Practice match timer
- Official game sounds
- Competition companion
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The V5RC Hub app is the ideal competition companion for teams, spectators, and event planners involved in the VEX V5 Robotics Competition! * Become an expert with a searchable, easy-to-use official game manual * Keep score at home with an intuitive calculator for the current game * Use the included timer to run your own practice matches (featuring official sounds!)
Play700
Control robot kits using your smartphone with simple programming. This app offers features for vision detection, displaying information, multimedia playback, and sensor input.
- Robot control via smartphone
- Simple programming interface
- Vision detection (face, color, motion, line)
- Display image, shape, character, number
- Multimedia playback (voice, audio, video)
- Sensor input (shaking, gradient, illumination)
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Applicaton 'R+ Play700' can use smart phone utility such as sensor, image processing with camera, video and audio or more. You can control robot kit by using smart phone with simple programming. Currently, It supports 4 kinds of robot sample in Play 700, 1 stage. [Main Function] 1. Vision It supports face, color, motion and line detection. 2. Display It supports image, shape, character, number displaying. 3. Multimedia It supports function of voice output(TTS), voice input, play audio or video. 4. Sensor It supports function which relate with shaking, gradient, illumination or other several senses. 5. etc. It supports for using messenger receiving, vibration, email sending. # roboplus Play700, R+ Play700
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: V5RC Hub at 4.6 against Play700's 3.0. V5RC Hub also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 5). Play700's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
V5RC Hub holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: V5RC Hub has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
V5RC Hub ships an update every 6 weeks, Play700 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | V5RC Hub | Play700 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (36 ratings) — better | 3.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VEX Robotics, Inc. | ROBOTIS CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
V5RC Hub
Play700
In-app purchases
V5RC Hub
No in-app purchases
Play700
No in-app purchases
