scoutSMART Basic vs Catapult Scout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
scoutSMART Basic
This app streamlines the college sports recruiting process by delivering potential recruits directly to your phone weekly. Review detailed player profiles, stats, and scores to identify and track athletes for your team.
- Weekly recruit delivery
- Full recruit profiles
- Stats and scores
- Player analysis and tracking
- Streamlined recruiting
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We help teams win by taking the guess work and the hard work out of recruiting. We’ll deliver 11 recruits directly to you on your phone each week. You can review the full recruit profiles including stats and scores and select the players that you want to analyze and track.
Catapult Scout
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Catapult Scout contains the most comprehensive coverage of biographical and talent information on over 100,000 active High School and JUCO athletes. Search for and organize prospects to facilitate travel periods, recruiting meetings and organize campus visits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Catapult Scout at 4 against scoutSMART Basic's 2. 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.
scoutSMART Basic ships an update every 4 months, Catapult Scout every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | scoutSMART Basic | Catapult Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Competitive Sports Analysis, LLC | Catapult Sports Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
scoutSMART Basic
No in-app purchases
Catapult Scout
No in-app purchases
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