VEX via vs Robotics Nexus
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.
Robotics Nexus
Access real-time team data, event schedules, match results, and rankings for various robotics competitions. Features include favorite tracking, notes, search functionality, and scoring calculators for specific programs.
- Real-time team and event information
- Match results and rankings
- Scoring calculators
- Favorites tracking
- Team and event search
- Game manual access
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Robotics Nexus provides real-time access to team information, events, matches, rankings, leaderboards, and Scoring Calculators for robotics competitions Please Note that this app is Unofficial and created by a third party. Features: Favorites Tracking Notes on Matches and Teams Team and Event Search World Skills Rankings Event Details Game Manual Access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Robotics Nexus at 100% against VEX via's 38%. Robotics Nexus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Robotics Nexus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of VEX via's written reviews are positive against 100% of Robotics Nexus's.
VEX via ships an update every 3 weeks, Robotics Nexus monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VEX via | Robotics Nexus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DWAB Technology, LLC | Skyler Clagg |
Customer experience
VEX via
Robotics Nexus
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
Robotics Nexus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VEX via
No in-app purchases
Robotics Nexus
No in-app purchases
