Comparison

CyberBrick vs OpenScout

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

Head to head
About

CyberBrick

Control and configure microcontroller projects wirelessly via Bluetooth. Browse, download, and load projects directly from your smartphone. Preview assembly instructions and control configurations before implementation.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth microcontroller connection
  • Remote project loading
  • Control configuration preview
  • Assembly instruction preview
  • Project browsing and downloading
Features
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- Preview items in the project, such as control configuration, assembly instructions, and more - Connecting to microcontroller units via Bluetooth - Remotely loading downloaded projects into the microcontroller Users can browse, download, load and configure these projects with their smartphone, wirelessly connected to the CyberBrick microcontrollers via Bluetooth.

About

OpenScout

Follow VEX Robotics tournaments, track teams, and scout competitors. Features include live event updates, match notes, picklists, and practice tools. Sync data across devices with optional account sign-in.

Highlights
  • Follow VEX Robotics teams and events
  • Real-time rankings and match results
  • Scout teams and build picklists
  • Sync notes and picklists across devices
  • Tournament mode for quick event access
  • World Skills rankings
  • Practice field and timer tools
Features
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OpenScout helps you follow your VEX Robotics team through an entire tournament. OpenScout is an independent app from RoboSTEM Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by VEX Robotics, Innovation First International, or the Global Robotics & Science Foundation. Competition data comes from public event and team information on events.vex.com. FOLLOW YOUR TEAM Set your team number once. Home shows their next match, current ranking, and skills scores, and you arrange it from blocks for the events and teams you follow. SEARCH ACROSS VEX Explore searches across the entire program instead of just the page you're viewing. It understands common terms like sig, states, champs, and worlds. Search a full team number to see the events that team has competed at. FOLLOW A LIVE EVENT Open an event to see rankings, match results, elimination brackets, division standings, skills rankings, awards, and the venue agenda. Results update as the event runs. If a match has video, you can watch it inside OpenScout. Turn on predictions to see the win chances for each unplayed match, from OpenScout Score. SCOUT TEAMS Compare teams side by side, take match notes, build a picklist, work through alliance selection, and follow the bracket. Export an event to CSV, or save it to read offline. Make a Cloud team with your scouting group, and everyone's favorites, notes, and picklists stay in sync. TOURNAMENT MODE A single screen for the event you're attending. See your next match, which field you're on, and your current standing without digging through event pages. WORLD SKILLS STANDINGS View full-season World Skills rankings across every supported program and grade level. FIELD AND TIMER TOOLS Use the built-in match timer, score calculator, and whiteboard for practice and strategy. NOTIFICATIONS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES Get match results for the teams you favorite, and follow your team's matches on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. TRANSLATION Event and team names appear in the language entered by the event organizer. OpenScout can translate them automatically or whenever you request it. ACCOUNT OPTIONAL You don't need an account to use OpenScout. Signing in with Apple, Google, or Discord lets you sync your followed team, favorites, notes, and picklists across devices, and join Cloud teams. You can delete your account directly inside the app at any time. FREE, NO ADS, NO TRACKING OpenScout is free. There are no ads, no subscription, no third-party analytics, and no tracking across other apps and websites. Terms of Service: https://openscout.ing/terms Privacy Policy: https://openscout.ing/privacy Questions: contact@robostem.org

Screenshots

CyberBrick3 screens
OpenScout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OpenScout at 4.9 against CyberBrick's 3.8. OpenScout also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (83 vs 11). CyberBrick's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

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

OpenScout holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenScout has 83 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CyberBrick ships an update every 2 months, OpenScout every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CyberBrick versus OpenScout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCyberBrickOpenScout
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11 ratings)4.9 (83 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1183 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer上海轮廓科技有限公司ROBOSTEM FOUNDATION INC

Customer experience

CyberBrick

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral18.2%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

OpenScout

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CyberBrick

No in-app purchases

None

OpenScout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CyberBrick free?
CyberBrick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenScout free?
OpenScout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CyberBrick or OpenScout?
OpenScout is rated higher. CyberBrick averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while OpenScout averages 4.9 from 83 ratings.
Do CyberBrick or OpenScout have ads?
Neither CyberBrick nor OpenScout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CyberBrick or OpenScout?
CyberBrick ships an update every 2 months, and OpenScout every 3 weeks. Most recently, CyberBrick was updated on November 6, 2026 and OpenScout on November 6, 2026.

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