VIQRC Hub vs Robotics TIPS App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIQRC Hub
This app serves as a comprehensive guide and scoring tool for the VEX IQ Robotics Competition. It offers a searchable game manual, an intuitive scoring calculator, and a practice match timer with official sounds.
- Searchable official game manual
- Intuitive scoring calculator
- Practice match timer with official sounds
- Competition companion
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The VIQRC Hub app is the ideal competition companion for teams, spectators, and event planners involved in the VEX IQ 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!)
Robotics TIPS App
This app offers resources and tools for FIRST® Robotics teams, coaches, and mentors. It provides access to rubrics, challenge information, expert videos, judging tips, and contact points to aid in navigating the robotics season and achieving success.
- FIRST Robotics season tools
- Rubrics and challenge information
- Expert videos
- Judging tips
- Core Value activity links
- Points of contact
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The Robotics Training, Instructions, Presentations, & Sources (TIPS) App is designed to help coaches, mentors, and teams navigate the FIRST® Robotics season. The app provides access to tools and resources needed to help make the seasonal challenge a success! The app includes resources such as Rubrics, Challenge information, Videos from experts, Judging Tips for the Territory of South Carolina, points of contact, links for Core Value activities, and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Robotics TIPS App at 5.0 against VIQRC Hub's 4.5. Robotics TIPS App also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). VIQRC Hub's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 3). 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.
Robotics TIPS App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VIQRC Hub has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VIQRC Hub ships an update every 3 months, Robotics TIPS App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIQRC Hub | Robotics TIPS App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VEX Robotics, Inc. | Naval Information Warfare Center |
Customer experience
VIQRC Hub
Robotics TIPS App
In-app purchases
VIQRC Hub
No in-app purchases
Robotics TIPS App
No in-app purchases
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