Scopely Explore Campfire vs VRC RoboLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scopely Explore Campfire
Discover and connect with nearby players for real-world gaming experiences. Plan activities, find communities, and communicate with friends to accomplish in-game quests and schedule gatherings.
- Discover real-time activities
- Plan ahead with Campfire Map
- Find game communities
- Connect with new players
- Direct and group messaging
- Schedule group gatherings
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Campfire gives the Scopely Explore community a new way to experience the joy of real-world gameplay. Find and connect with nearby players to accomplish in-game activities and quests! • Discover real-time activities and plan ahead using the Campfire Map • Find game communities and meet new players in your area • Connect with players through direct messages and group messages • Schedule group gatherings with old and new groups • Manage your Scopely Explorer ID and Scopely Explore friends
VRC RoboLink
This app is a scouting companion for competitive robotics teams. It helps track team performance, analyze event data, and calculate match scores. Future updates will include AI-powered vision scoring.
- Team scouting and performance tracking
- Event insights and analysis
- Match score calculator
- AI-powered vision scoring (coming soon)
- Streamlined competition strategy
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Level Up Your VEX Robotics Game with the Ultimate Scouting Tool Built by and for competitive VEX Robotics Competition (VRC/VEXU) teams, this is your all-in-one scouting companion — designed to streamline your competition strategy and keep you ahead of the game. Whether you're at a local scrimmage or prepping for a Signature Event, this app gives you the data and tools to make smarter alliance decisions and elevate your match performance. Key Features: Team Scouting Made Simple Browse and track other teams' profiles, event history, and performance metrics in one clean interface. Create your own team profile, invite teammates with a join code, and control exactly what other teams can see with granular privacy settings. Team Analytics Go beyond the raw stats with a blended performance score that combines win rate, World Skills rank, and TrueSkill rank into one easy-to-read number — so you know at a glance how a team is really performing. Event Insights Follow any VEX event from qualifiers through the elimination bracket. Live matches, rankings, awards, and skills standings update automatically as the event progresses, so you always know where you and your alliance partners stand. Match Score Calculator Calculate match and skills scores instantly with calculators built for the current season — VEX V5RC Override, RECF Pinnacle, and last season's Push Back for reference. No more guesswork, just clean, accurate results. New: On-Device Rules Agent (Beta) Ask rules questions in plain English and get instant answers powered by Apple Intelligence, processed entirely on your device — nothing leaves your phone. Requires iOS 26 and an Apple Intelligence–compatible device. Coming Soon: AI-Powered Vision Scoring We're building a cutting-edge computer vision feature that will let your camera do the scoring for you — automatically detecting game elements and calculating match scores using AI. Stay tuned for updates!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VRC RoboLink at 4.5 against Scopely Explore Campfire's 3.1. VRC RoboLink also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 21%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Scopely Explore Campfire's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 13) and chart position (#138 vs unranked). 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.
VRC RoboLink holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scopely Explore Campfire has 1.4K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Scopely Explore Campfire's written reviews are positive against 63% of VRC RoboLink's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scopely Explore Campfire | VRC RoboLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (1.4K ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #138 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scopely Explore, Inc. | Evan Wesley Boyle |
Customer experience
Scopely Explore Campfire
VRC RoboLink
Bugs and requests
Scopely Explore Campfire
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to host or join raids
- Constantly asks to download Pokémon GO
- Notifications not working properly
- Crashes and freezes on login
Requested features
5 requests- Add pokestop locations to map
- Implement dark mode
- Allow filtering and searching for specific raids
- Improve group chat and messaging features
- Integrate with Pokémon GO more seamlessly
VRC RoboLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scopely Explore Campfire
No in-app purchases
VRC RoboLink
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Scopely Explore Campfire free?
Is VRC RoboLink free?
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