scoutSMART Basic vs Athlete Narrative
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.
Athlete Narrative
This app connects aspiring athletes with college coaches, helping them get discovered and recruited. Create a profile, showcase your skills, and reach coaches nationwide to play at the next level.
- Create athlete profile (Radar Page)
- Connect with college coaches
- Reach coaches nationwide
- Import existing profiles
- Launch recruitment tools
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A coach can't recruit you if they don't know you exist. The #1 Solution for athletes and their parents to GET CONNECTED...BE RECRUITED. Step 1 - Download app and sign up. Step 2 - Take 3 minutes to build the foundation, your Radar Page. Step 3- Launch The Recruiter and get in front of coaches at ALL division levels, all over the country. Step 4 - Launch Email. It's THAT easy. Bring existing profiles as well to put them to use and get in front of coaches. Finally, an app that works as hard as you do to play at the next level. EULA can be found here: https://athletenarrative.com/software-license-agreement/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: scoutSMART Basic at 5.0 against Athlete Narrative's 4.5. scoutSMART Basic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Athlete Narrative's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (36 vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Athlete Narrative sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. scoutSMART Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.
scoutSMART Basic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Athlete Narrative has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
scoutSMART Basic ships an update every 4 months, Athlete Narrative fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | scoutSMART Basic | Athlete Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 89.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Competitive Sports Analysis, LLC | Drisan James |
Customer experience
scoutSMART Basic
Athlete Narrative
In-app purchases
scoutSMART Basic
No in-app purchases
Athlete Narrative
- Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$24.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$174.991 Year
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- Yearly Subscription$224.991 Year
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