bearTracks vs Spike Scout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bearTracks
Access and visualize scouting data for FIRST Robotics competitions. Plan match strategies with team performance graphs, cycle times, and qualitative responses. Quickly review team rankings, game records, and predictions for upcoming matches.
- Access match and pit scouting data
- Visualize team performance with graphs
- Analyze cycle times and qualitative responses
- Plan match strategy with team details
- Quick team summary and event state
- RP based rank and game record display
- Regional points system calculator
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- Access match and pit scouting data created by your scouts from your team and every other bearTracks user. - Graphs help visualize a team's performance over time. - Match data includes cycle times and long form qualitative responses. - Match list tab allows you to easily plan strategy for your upcoming matches, providing easy access to details on each team in a match and a match result prediction. - The team list tab provides a quick summary of the state of your current event. - Team details include RP based rank, game record, and all data about the team. - Calculator to demystify the new regional points system. FIRST® and FIRST® Robotics Competition are registered trademarks of FIRST® (www.firstinspires.org) which is not overseeing, involved with, or responsible for this activity, product, or service.
Spike Scout
This application facilitates collaborative scouting for FRC teams, allowing them to coordinate match and pit scouting efforts efficiently. It provides a modern platform for teams to work together on data collection during competitions.
- Collaborative scouting
- Match scouting assignments
- Pit scouting assignments
- Modern FRC platform
- Team coordination
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SpikeScout is a modern FRC scouting application that enables teams to collaborate on both match and pit scouting assignments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spike Scout at daily against bearTracks's weekly. bearTracks's advantage is device support (7 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for bearTracks against 5.0 for Spike Scout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
bearTracks ships an update weekly, Spike Scout daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bearTracks | Spike Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jayen Agrawal | Charles Daly |
Customer experience
bearTracks
Spike Scout
In-app purchases
bearTracks
No in-app purchases
Spike Scout
No in-app purchases
