myNILpay vs Catapult Scout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myNILpay
This platform enables fans and businesses to directly pay college student athletes in an NCAA-compliant manner. It empowers athletes across all divisions and sports to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) through direct deposits and provides support services.
- Direct NIL payments to college athletes
- NCAA compliant transactions
- Support for all divisions and sports
- Monetize Name, Image, and Likeness
- Direct deposit to athlete bank accounts
- Resources for tax, career, and financial literacy
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myNILpay is a first-of-its-kind digital platform that allows any fan, or business, or collective an NCAA compliant way to direct-pay college student athletes. All 1,000+ schools and 500,000+ NCAA athletes, providing an opportunity for athletes at all levels (D1-D2-D3) and all sports and all genders to monetize their Name. Image. and Likeness (N.I.L.). HOW IT WORKS: The fan selects the athlete to receive funds Email is sent directly to Athlete school email (.edu) The athlete accepts and the funds get deposited directly to their bank account. That’s it. No other action by the athlete is required. FOR STUDENT ATHLETES: N.I.L. monetization has been focused on high-profile players in revenue sports leaving out the 450,000+ student athletes that play all sports at all levels of competition. myNILpay is for all student athletes that have family, friends, alumni, hometown support, social media followers, anyone they can think of, that wants to help support them while they are attending college. myNILpay will provide direct support for tax services, career services, wealth management, NIL education and financial literacy resources to qualified athletes utilizing the app. FOR BUSINESS & CHARITIES: myNILpay offers a centralized hub for businesses and charities to contact student athletes to initiate traditional sponsorship opportunities, reducing the friction of the transaction and providing increased financial value for both the business and the student athlete. COMPLIANCE: myNILpay will keep athletes compliant by keeping track of the transactions and reporting the results monthly to their schools. myNILpay’s approach can protect fans from issues with the facilitation of questionable or illegal NIL transactions by facilitating a taxable transaction.
Catapult Scout
Access extensive biographical and talent data for over 100,000 high school and JUCO athletes. Organize and search for prospects to streamline recruiting, campus visits, and travel periods.
- Comprehensive athlete data
- High School & JUCO coverage
- Prospect search and organization
- Recruiting trip planning
- Campus visit management
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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 update cadence: myNILpay at every 3 weeks against Catapult Scout's every 3 months. myNILpay also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1). Catapult Scout's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (4 vs 2). 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.
Catapult Scout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myNILpay has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
myNILpay ships an update every 3 weeks, Catapult Scout every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myNILpay | Catapult Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | myNILpay, Inc. | Catapult Sports Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
myNILpay
No in-app purchases
Catapult Scout
No in-app purchases
