VEX via vs Eventlink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VEX via
Track the progress and results of various VEX Robotics Competition programs. Access team lists, schedules, rankings, and skills challenge results, with real-time updates and score alerts for your favorite teams.
- Follow VEX Robotics Competition events
- View team lists and schedules
- Access match and skills results
- Sort data by event or team
- Download event updates
- Receive instant score alerts
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VEX via allows you to follow the progress and results of the VEX Robotics Competition programs, including VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC), VEX U Robotics Competition (VURC), VEX AI Robotics Competition (VAIRC), and VEX IQ Robotics Competition (VIQRC). Team lists, match schedules, match results, rankings, and skills challenge results are easy to access and can be sorted by event or by team. Result updates can be downloaded as the events unfold, and you can also register to receive instant score alerts for your favorite teams.
Eventlink
Stay informed about school activities like sports, clubs, and arts. Receive real-time updates, cancellations, and summaries directly from your school. Organize your schedule and never miss an important event.
- Real-time event updates
- Customizable calendar following
- Daily summaries and alerts
- Event scheduling and management
- Communication tools for teams
- Official assignment tracking
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Eventlink® keeps you in the loop with everything happening at your school: sports, clubs, fine arts, and more. With the Eventlink® app, you can create an account, follow only the calendars you care about, and get real-time updates. It's all organized in one app, intentionally built for your needs. For the Parents: Stay Connected Your kids enjoy sports, clubs, theater and band, but keeping up with them is challenging. Avoid missed games, last-minute surprises, or searching for updates. Eventlink® sends daily summaries, real-time changes, cancellations, weather alerts and more, directly from your school's administration. For the Students: Stay Organized Never miss a game, practice, or performance. The Eventlink® app gives you the latest information for all of the events and activities you choose to follow from your school or university, or any other school registered with Eventlink®. Stay up-to-date in one personalized calendar. For the School Staff: Simplify the Day-to-Day Manage your responsibilities from anywhere. Use the app to schedule games and events, cancel activities, post announcements, pay officials, and more. The tools you use on the web are now just as easy to access on your phone. For the Coaches: Keep Your Team on Track Manage team schedules, send quick updates, and stay connected with players and parents. Whether you're on the field or on the go, Eventlink® helps keep everything running smoothly. For the Officials: Keep Everything in One Spot View assignments, manage your availability, track your travel details, and update your payment and tax info right from the app. Eventlink® helps you stay ready and up to date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VEX via at 4.1 against Eventlink's 3.0. VEX via also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 17%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
VEX via holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of VEX via's written reviews are positive against 17% of Eventlink's.
VEX via ships an update every 3 weeks, Eventlink every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VEX via | Eventlink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (23 ratings) — better | 3.0 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DWAB Technology, LLC | School Datebooks Inc |
Customer experience
VEX via
Eventlink
Bugs and requests
VEX via
Reported bugs
36 issues- Match scores take too long to update
- Updated app doesn't show school team
- App not getting any data after iOS upgrade
- No information shows up when searching for events on iPhone
- App is super glitchy, cannot load basic functions
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- App opens to white space for match details
- UI design is inconsistent
- App crashes frequently
- App is extremely laggy and might crash
- Scores for teams never change
- App is very glitchy and lags
- No notifications on iOS version
- Notification prompt not appearing
- Favorite teams not highlighted in schedule
- App only shows last year's events
- App is poorly programmed, data not stored locally
- Slow to download events and scores on iPhone
- App not optimized for all specs, infrequent crashes
- Star icon used for favorites instead of heart icon
- App not working on iPhone, showing nothing for events/teams
- No events listed, developer doesn't respond to emails
- App needs fixing on the App Store
- Will not pull in current data
- All events are out of date, only shows for 2017
- App never worked properly during events
- Scheduling, results, notifications never worked
- App too busy trying to refresh, never updated info
- Difficult to navigate, no way to search
- Competitions listed in no particular order
- No search function
- Refresh needed many times for latest data
- No real replacement app
- Large amounts of teams and events are missing
- Rankings and teams show a blank screen
- App needs to be updated to the new game
- Data does not show up half the time
Requested features
11 requests- Update match scores faster
- Add scoring and stat explanations
- Highlight favorite teams in schedule
- Add team search function
- Advertise app more
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- Allow viewing past competitions for teams
- Search competitions by city/state
- Background update for app
- User login for automatic competition population
- Fully optimize for iPad
- Page dedicated to scoring
Eventlink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VEX via
No in-app purchases
Eventlink
No in-app purchases
