Comparison

Scoutly vs OpenScout

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

Head to head
About

Scoutly

This app streamlines VEX Robotics event scouting and performance analysis. It allows teams to record match data, track robot capabilities, and review competition trends with an intuitive interface. Designed for offline use and cross-device compatibility, it helps teams organize and analyze their performance effectively.

Highlights
  • Record match performance by team and alliance
  • Capture structured notes during live competition
  • Track robot capabilities and configuration
  • Browse events, matches, and schedules
  • Compare team performance summaries
  • Organize scouting data by team and season
  • Work with or without an internet connection
Features
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Scoutly is built for VEX V5RC teams who need the right information quickly on competition day. Search current-season teams and events, then open schedules, results, rankings, skills scores, elimination brackets, and event agendas. Follow your team's next matches from Home. Open Match Prep to compare the teams in an upcoming match, and use ScoutScore-based predictions when enough data is available. Whiteboard gives you Match and Skills field layouts for planning routes and autonomous runs. Draw on the field, add labels, zoom and pan to inspect a section, save a preferred orientation, and share the finished plan as an image. The built-in calculator, official game manual, and Q&A keep common event-day tools in one place. Watch teams, review team statistics, compare alliances, filter leaderboards, and create a Tournament Recap after an event. Contact QR cards let you share only the details you choose to enter. Scoutly uses public competition data. Schedules, rankings, team details, and predictions can be delayed or unavailable. Predictions are estimates, not official results. Scoutly marks stale or unavailable data when it can. Scoutly is made by Control Studios. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by VEX Robotics, RECF, RobotEvents, or any event partner.

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

Scoutly4 screens
OpenScout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scoutly at every 4 days against OpenScout's every 3 weeks. Scoutly also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scoutly against 4.8 for OpenScout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scoutly ships an update every 4 days, OpenScout every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scoutly versus OpenScout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScoutlyOpenScout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (17 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperControl StudiosROBOSTEM FOUNDATION INC

Customer experience

Scoutly

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OpenScout

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

In-app purchases

None

Scoutly

No in-app purchases

None

OpenScout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scoutly free?
Scoutly 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, Scoutly or OpenScout?
Scoutly is rated higher. Scoutly averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while OpenScout averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Scoutly or OpenScout have ads?
Neither Scoutly nor OpenScout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scoutly or OpenScout?
Scoutly ships an update every 4 days, and OpenScout every 3 weeks. Most recently, Scoutly was updated on October 6, 2026 and OpenScout on October 8, 2026.

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