Lovat Collection vs VRC RoboScout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lovat Collection
Scout FIRST Robotics Competition matches with an intuitive interface, contextual game screen, and haptic feedback. This app supports offline tournament scouting by storing data locally, allowing uploads when connectivity is restored. It offers a quick onboarding process and easy-to-manage settings.
- Contextualized game screen
- Haptic feedback
- Offline tournament support
- Local data storage
- Quick onboarding with team code
- Match assignment via Lovat Dashboard
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Lovat Collection makes it easy to scout FIRST Robotics Competition matches with a contextualized game screen, haptics, and an intuitive layout. It supports tournaments without an internet connection by storing data locally and allowing users to upload at any time. The app features a quick onboarding process using a team code that you will receive from your scouting lead. Once connected, scouters can see all of the matches that their scouting lead has assigned to them using Lovat Dashboard. If needed, scouters can also enter the match information on their own. All settings in the app are easy to understand and can be changed whenever necessary.
VRC RoboScout
This app revolutionizes team and event tracking for robotics competitions. It allows users to record match notes, export data, view leaderboards, and even predict match outcomes. It supports multiple competition modes and seasons, offering a comprehensive scouting solution.
- Favorite teams and events
- Universal team and event lookup
- World Skills and TrueSkill leaderboards
- In-app match notes
- Data export
- Match predictions
- Multi-season and multi-mode support
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Whether you want to keep track of all your favorite teams and events, check the World Skills leaderboard with a single tap, take in-app match notes for individual teams, export scouting spreadsheets, check the vrc-data-analysis TrueSkill leaderboard, or predict the outcome of every single match at an event, VRC RoboScout is the definitive scouting app. Open-source and community-focused, take your scouting to the next level. Features include: - Favorite teams and events - Universal team and event lookup - World Skills leaderboard - World TrueSkill leaderboard - Customizable appearance - Multi-season functionality - VEXU, VRC MS, and VRC HS modes - Event information, teams, divisions, and rankings - Excellence eligibility calculator - Match Notes - Data exporter - Match predictions Coming soon: - Cloud syncing for Match Notes between teammates - Match widgets - Match and rankings notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VRC RoboScout at 100% against Lovat Collection's 79%. VRC RoboScout also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and ratings volume (135 vs 27). Lovat Collection's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
VRC RoboScout holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VRC RoboScout has 135 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Lovat Collection's written reviews are positive against 100% of VRC RoboScout's.
Lovat Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, VRC RoboScout every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lovat Collection | VRC RoboScout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) | 4.9 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piedmont Makers | William Castro |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Lovat Collection
No in-app purchases
VRC RoboScout
No in-app purchases
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