Comparison

Lovat Collection vs Verso

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Contextualized game screen
  • Haptic feedback
  • Offline tournament support
  • Local data storage
  • Quick onboarding with team code
  • Match assignment via Lovat Dashboard
Features
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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.

About

Verso

This app provides a dedicated space for reading and listening to fanfiction and EPUBs. It offers customizable reading modes, text-to-speech narration with highlighting, and automatic chapter update notifications. Importing content is free and straightforward.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech narration
  • Word-by-word highlighting
  • Customizable reading modes
  • Automatic chapter updates
  • Import from web links
  • Import EPUB and TXT files
Features
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Verso is a quiet, beautiful home for fan fiction — and it reads to you. Paste a link to a public work on Archive of Our Own or Quotev — or tap Share right in Safari — and the whole story lands on your shelf: title, author, tags, and every chapter. Importing is free, always. LISTEN • Narration reads any story aloud, with word-by-word highlighting that follows along • Keeps reading with your phone locked — play, pause, and skip 15 seconds from the lock screen • Choose your voice and speed; a sleep timer stops when you drift off • Your place is saved to the word, in every story READ • Typography that takes long-form fiction seriously — adjustable size, margins, and line height • Scroll or page-turn mode, whichever your thumbs prefer • Light, sepia, dark, and high-contrast modes, free for everyone NEVER MISS AN UPDATE • Verso Premium watches your works-in-progress and badges them the moment new chapters arrive • Premium also unlocks the Hush and Codex themes, in every mode IMPORT • Fan fiction import — works with Archive of Our Own and Quotev links • Import straight from Safari: tap Share, choose Verso • One-tap import when a story link is on your clipboard • Paste any text — chapters are detected automatically • Open .txt and DRM-free EPUB files QUIET BY DESIGN • No ads. No accounts. No tracking. • Your library lives on your device. Verso Premium is $1.99/month, $19.99/year, or $29.99 once. Reading, narration, and importing are free forever. Unofficial — not affiliated with the OTW (Organization for Transformative Works) or Quotev or AO3.

Screenshots

Lovat Collection4 screens
Verso4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Lovat Collection at free against Verso's freemium. Lovat Collection also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Verso's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Verso holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lovat Collection has 31 ratings behind it against 1, 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 Verso's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lovat Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, Verso every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lovat Collection versus Verso: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLovat CollectionVerso
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPiedmont MakersTesoro Industries Apps

Customer experience

Lovat Collection

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

Verso

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lovat Collection

No in-app purchases

None

Verso

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lovat Collection free?
Lovat Collection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verso free?
Verso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lovat Collection or Verso?
Verso is rated higher. Lovat Collection averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Verso averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lovat Collection or Verso have ads?
Neither Lovat Collection nor Verso shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lovat Collection or Verso?
Lovat Collection ships an update every 2 weeks, and Verso every 5 days. Most recently, Lovat Collection was updated on November 3, 2026 and Verso on October 31, 2026.

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