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NCSA Athletic Recruiting vs NextUpRecruitment

NCSA Athletic Recruiting 2.8★ · Free to download 30
Winner NextUpRecruitment
NextUpRecruitment 4.1★ · Free to download 85

NextUpRecruitment appears to be a more reliable and positively reviewed option for athletic recruiting, despite its limited user base, while NCSA Athletic Recruiting suffers from widespread complaints about app functionality and perceived scam-like practices.

Full reviews: NCSA Athletic Recruiting · NextUpRecruitment

NCSA Athletic Recruiting, despite its large user base, is plagued with critical issues like login problems, glitches, and accusations of being a scam, with many users feeling pressured into expensive paid plans that offer little value. NextUpRecruitment, though having far fewer reviews, is consistently praised for its effectiveness in connecting athletes with colleges and coaches, particularly for basketball, and has no significant complaints about app functionality or predatory pricing.

Head to head

Features and Effectiveness edge: NextUpRecruitmentR7R8R11R14
NCSA Athletic Recruiting NCSA Athletic Recruiting offers tools to contact coaches and match athletes with schools, with some users finding it effective for getting college offers and connecting with D1 schools R8R11. However, many users report that the app's features are broken or unavailable, making it useless R7. Some also complain about a lack of multi-sport support and an inability to use email templates from the app R14.
NextUpRecruitment NextUpRecruitment is highly praised for its effectiveness in helping unknown players get seen by colleges and connect with coaches, with users reporting successful athletic career progression . However, some users question if the app is only for basketball, indicating a potential limitation in sports offered R63R68.
Ease of Use and Reliability edge: NextUpRecruitmentR3R6R9R12
NCSA Athletic Recruiting Users frequently report significant issues with NCSA Athletic Recruiting's app, including login problems, inability to create accounts, constant errors, and general unreliability R3R6R16. The app is described as slow, clunky, glitchy, and not as smooth as the website, with notifications not disappearing and screens getting stuck R9R12.
NextUpRecruitment NextUpRecruitment receives positive feedback for being a 'great app' and 'just what's needed' . The primary complaint about reliability is one report of the app crashing and the search function not working for a coach .
Price and Value edge: NextUpRecruitmentR8R17R19R28
NCSA Athletic Recruiting Many NCSA Athletic Recruiting users describe it as a scam and a waste of money, feeling pressured to pay large sums (e.g., $200, $2500, $103/month) for services that offer little personalized help or value R17R19R28R36. Users report that the free version is limited or access is removed if they don't pay R45R53. Some acknowledge it's expensive but believe it's worth it for new recruits R8.
NextUpRecruitment NextUpRecruitment reviews do not mention pricing, paid tiers, or any pressure to pay. Users praise the service as 'great' and 'effective' without any financial complaints, suggesting a positive value proposition .
Support and Account Management edge: NCSA Athletic RecruitingR1R16R18R48
NCSA Athletic Recruiting NCSA Athletic Recruiting users report difficulty deleting accounts, with requests going unanswered for over a year R1. Customer service is described as unresponsive and unhelpful, with users unable to get assistance for login issues or account changes R16R18R48.
NextUpRecruitment NextUpRecruitment reviews do not contain any specific feedback regarding customer support or account management, either positive or negative.
Pick NCSA Athletic Recruiting if

You are new to recruitment and believe the extensive network and matching capabilities of NCSA Athletic Recruiting could be beneficial, and you are prepared for potential app glitches and significant costs R8R11.

Pick NextUpRecruitment if

You are an athlete, particularly in basketball, looking for a reliable and effective platform to connect with college coaches and get recruited, and you value positive user experiences over a large user base .

Evidence note: NextUpRecruitment has a very small number of reviews (34) compared to NCSA Athletic Recruiting (1374), making the evidence for NextUpRecruitment less comprehensive. However, the reviews for NextUpRecruitment are overwhelmingly positive, while NCSA Athletic Recruiting has a significantly lower lifetime rating and a high volume of negative feedback, especially concerning app functionality and perceived value for money.

Frequently asked

Is NCSA Athletic Recruiting worth the money?
Many users of NCSA Athletic Recruiting describe it as a scam and a waste of money, feeling pressured to pay significant amounts (e.g., over $200, $2500, or $103 per month) for services that they claim offer little personalized help or value R17R36R37R38.
Does NCSA Athletic Recruiting have a free version?
Yes, NCSA Athletic Recruiting has a free version, but some users report that access to it can be limited or even removed if they decline to pay for a premium plan, and they felt pressured to upgrade R45R53.
Is NextUpRecruitment only for basketball?
Some users of NextUpRecruitment have asked if the app is only for basketball, indicating that the sport options might be limited or unclear, as they could not select other sports like football R63R68.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 72 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R7] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Broken/ Unavailable: All the services in the app are unavailable. It is totally useless.
  2. [R8] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 4/5 · US Expensive, but worth it.: If you are new to recruitment, this is defiantly the right app for you. You can literally contact any coach through this, and if you don’t answer you on here it has there contacts for other social media. You send your highlight to NCSA and they will match you up with schools that fit you and your level. I played D3 because I chose that path, but it matched me with D1 scho
  3. [R11] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 5/5 · US Great recruiting app: Try this app and try to get recruited, it’s such a great app to get college offers.
  4. [R14] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 4/5 · US Game changer!: Using the checklists that they provide, NCSA is the perfect tool to search for, research, and communicate with college coaches. The app would set itself above everyone is they allowed the ability to use your email templates from your app instead of having to log onto a computer to do it.
  5. [R3] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 3/5 · US please fix login: app works pretty good, the login process is just really flawed. I cant even get into the app and its very inconveniet that I have to call someone to actually fix it.
  6. [R6] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 3/5 · US Idkkk: It’s so hard to create a account it says the email is already taken but I’ve never used it
  7. [R9] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 3/5 · US Not User Friendly: This is nice to have on your phone because it is easier to access without going on the website or going on your computer. The app is a little inefficient. It doesn’t work as smoothly as the website on a computer or laptop. There are also times where I can't scroll down all the way and click things that I want to. Basically I use this app to see when I have a notification but oth
  8. [R12] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 3/5 · US Notifications won’t disappear: Are y’all aware that since the last update, notifications simply accumulate regardless of reviewing them in the app? Kind of annoying. Can you please fix this?
  9. [R17] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 5/5 · US taylor h: do not waste your money!!! App is super glitchy and most of the emails for coaches are not updated. You are much better off using your other resources for recruiting.
  10. [R19] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Waste of money and coaches lie to you: I first looked at Ncsa my freshman year in 2022 when I got on the call with the Ncsa Coach the call is about two hours. The coach said he was from Chicago and that he could help me get to the next level. The coach positioned me as an athlete because I had played wide receiver, running back and quarterback in middle school. And then the coach told me at the en
  11. [R28] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Sucks: It’s all a scam
  12. [R1] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 2/5 · US Won’t delete my account: I’ve wrote several deactivation requests and they still won’t delete my account
  13. [R16] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Doesn’t work can’t sign in error every time: Every time i try to sign in it just says error and i waited on there website for someone to chat with about it no one said anything
  14. [R18] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 3/5 · US Undecided at the moment: Currently my daughter is not recruitable so her profile is not complete. However I cannot log into the app because I used my Google account to create the profile on a web server. The app does not allow the user to choose Google as a method of logging in. Likewise, I called the phone number to request help changing my password so I can use the app because the change passwor
  15. [R48] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US hassle: as of right now i don’t have an account because i can’t sign up and for some odd reason this multi hundred thousand dollar company doesn’t have a support number easy to find.
  16. [R36] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Scam: The first few days of you using it it’s pretty good you get emails from the site trying to get you to like go on phone calls, but once you get on the phone call and you’re actually like get into a conversation all they want is your money and don’t help you in the slightest bit. don’t fall for this. There’s better ways for you and your athlete.
  17. [R37] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US terrible site: went to a team camp one day after the sign up process i saw something for NCSA checked a box not knowing what it was. shortly after the team camp i got multiple emails telling me about this program. after persuading my parents to pay almost over 200$ . they have not helped one bit . all of the zoom meetings are the same information . they do not care about type personally . and they
  18. [R38] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US ts a scam: did not do nothing whatsoever paid 103 a month for nothing
  19. [R45] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Free version but made to pay: Last year when I went to a basketball camp I was told to come use this app/ website and I was doing it I got a call by the guy and he wanted me to pay like 2500 a month and all that and I told my athletic director about it and he had told me about this app has a free version when I told the guy about it he double down and said I had to pay and gave me a discount to ma
  20. [R53] NCSA Athletic Recruiting 1/5 · US Negative Experience: We created a profile on the app and then when we wouldn’t agree to a paid version the specialist was extremely condescending & took away access to the free version for us.
  21. [R63] NextUpRecruitment 2/5 · US ??: Only for basketball??
  22. [R68] NextUpRecruitment 5/5 · US Sports: Is it only basketball? I can’t choose football or any other sport.

Synthesized from 72 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store