Robotics Scouting Tool vs VRC RoboScout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Robotics Scouting Tool
This app helps robotics competitors track team statistics and competition details. Users can view registered competitions, see competing teams, and record notes on individual teams. All notes are synced across an organization for easy collaboration.
- View registered competitions
- See competing teams
- View team stats and skills scores
- Add and sync personal notes
- Organization-wide note syncing
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An app created by a robotics competitor for robotic competitors. Just enter your name and team number. You will automatically see all the competitions you have signed up for. Click one to view all the teams competing in that comp. Click the team to see stats like skills scores, and add your own notes. Any notes you take will automatically be synced with the rest of your school/organization. Scouting has never been so easy.
VRC RoboScout
This app revolutionizes team and event tracking for robotics competitions. It allows users to record match notes, export data, view leaderboards, and even predict match outcomes. It supports multiple competition modes and seasons, offering a comprehensive scouting solution.
- Favorite teams and events
- Universal team and event lookup
- World Skills and TrueSkill leaderboards
- In-app match notes
- Data export
- Match predictions
- Multi-season and multi-mode support
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Whether you want to keep track of all your favorite teams and events, check the World Skills leaderboard with a single tap, take in-app match notes for individual teams, export scouting spreadsheets, check the vrc-data-analysis TrueSkill leaderboard, or predict the outcome of every single match at an event, VRC RoboScout is the definitive scouting app. Open-source and community-focused, take your scouting to the next level. Features include: - Favorite teams and events - Universal team and event lookup - World Skills leaderboard - World TrueSkill leaderboard - Customizable appearance - Multi-season functionality - VEXU, VRC MS, and VRC HS modes - Event information, teams, divisions, and rankings - Excellence eligibility calculator - Match Notes - Data exporter - Match predictions Coming soon: - Cloud syncing for Match Notes between teammates - Match widgets - Match and rankings notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VRC RoboScout at 100% against Robotics Scouting Tool's 33%. VRC RoboScout also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (135 vs 15). Robotics Scouting Tool's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
VRC RoboScout holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VRC RoboScout has 135 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Robotics Scouting Tool's written reviews are positive against 100% of VRC RoboScout's.
| Parameter | Robotics Scouting Tool | VRC RoboScout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (15 ratings) | 4.9 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karthik Sankar | William Castro |
Customer experience
Robotics Scouting Tool
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In-app purchases
Robotics Scouting Tool
No in-app purchases
VRC RoboScout
No in-app purchases
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