Catapult Scout vs UCWatchList
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catapult Scout
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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.
UCWatchList
This app helps college athletic staff manage athlete recruitment. It allows users to search for athletes, add them to watchlists, and view their media, metrics, and offers. Users can also save notes and track daily college offers.
- Search for athletes
- Add athletes to watchlist
- View athlete media and metrics
- Track college offers
- Save athlete notes
- Runs on phone and tablet
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UCWatchlist is the companion mobile application for UCReport The UCWatchlist and UCReport offer the most comprehensive recruiting database in the industry allowing college staffs to make the most accurate evaluation in today’s accelerated recruiting calendar. The UCWatchlist gives college staff the ability to: Search for athletes of interest Add athletes to a watchlist. View athlete's media, information, metrics and offers. Save notes on an athlete. View daily college offers. The UCWatchlist runs on both phone and tablet. When UCWatchlist is installed, college staff should log in using their UCReport credentials.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: UCWatchList at 13.4 against Catapult Scout's 15.0. 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.
Catapult Scout ships an update every 3 months, UCWatchList every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catapult Scout | UCWatchList |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catapult Sports Pty Ltd | 3 Step Sports LLC |
In-app purchases
Catapult Scout
No in-app purchases
UCWatchList
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Catapult Scout free?
Is UCWatchList free?
Do Catapult Scout or UCWatchList have ads?
Which is updated more often, Catapult Scout or UCWatchList?
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