VEX via vs Robot Stats
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.
Robot Stats
This app assists VEX Robotics teams in scouting, tracking performance, and preparing for competitions. It provides tools to analyze rankings, predict match outcomes, and generate detailed event reports using real competition data.
- Advanced team rankings
- Event report generation
- Match outcome prediction
- Integrated scouting lists
- Event and match analysis
- Region and team insights
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Look up VEX Robotics teams by number, compare team statistics and rankings, follow events and skills standings, and prepare for competitions with scouting and match-prediction tools. Features Rankings and Team Insights View event rankings, season rankings, skills rankings, top scores, awards, and TrueSkill-based ratings for V5RC and VIQRC teams. Match Predictor and Event Analysis Compare alliances, estimate matchups, review participating teams, explore divisions, and keep match schedules and results close on competition day. Scouting and Watchlists Follow teams, save scouting context, and keep important teams and events easy to return to. Event Reports Generate event reports from rankings, matches, skills, awards, statistics, and your own notes. Team Hub Run one team with checklists, packing lists, match prep, announcements, event notes, practice plans, deadline tracking, logbook entries, receipt tracking, permission-slip forms, Notebook Prep exports, and private Team Hub alerts. Coach Cockpit See connected coach teams, jump into each Team Hub, review event-day notes, open tasks, deadlines, permission-slip gaps, expenses, announcements, and recent team updates from one coach view. Notifications Use timed Team Hails or persistent Team Updates with the notifications inbox and native push delivery. Pinned Team Announcements remain passive Hub context. Robot Tools Use quick tools for gear ratios, drive speed, intake grip, rotating arm output, and V5RC or VIQRC match timing. Coach Pro Optional Coach Pro is built for coaches and mentors managing more than one team. It unlocks active management for additional attached teams beyond your free Home Team, expanded follow capacity, and personal coach workflow upgrades in the native app. Robot Stats is an independent app for the VEX Robotics community. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by VEX Robotics, RECF, or Innovation First International. Privacy Policy: https://robotstatistics.com/privacy Standard Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Robot Stats at 100% against VEX via's 38%. Robot Stats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). VEX via's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (24 vs 5). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Robot Stats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. VEX via asks for nothing beyond the download.
Robot Stats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of VEX via's written reviews are positive against 100% of Robot Stats's.
VEX via ships an update every 3 weeks, Robot Stats every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VEX via | Robot Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DWAB Technology, LLC | Lucian Badea |
Customer experience
VEX via
Robot Stats
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
Robot Stats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VEX via
No in-app purchases
Robot Stats
- Coach Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- Coach Pro Yearly$119.001 Year
