The first LoL app for Apple Watch: Scout Ahead - iPhone & Apple Watch match scouter

clogg·Jul 30, 2015·18 votes·2,704 views

Hey guys, we’ve just released our match scouting app for iPhone and Apple Watch and we'd love to hear what you think of it! It's the very first League of Legends app for Apple Watch and we had a lot of fun designing it in the image of Teemo for the iPhone version (please don't hate us). ;)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scout-ahead/id991695928?mt=8

http://www.scoutaheadapp.com

The goal was to create something that is really quick and easy to use, while still providing detailed information. Now you can avoid having to alt-tab, and simply ‘scout ahead’ on your iPhone, and for those with an Apple Watch, you won’t even have to pick up your phone!

If you check it out please let us know what you think :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlGlgMChycY

http://www.scoutaheadapp.com/mediakit/product/ScoutAhead-Gradient.png

“Never underestimate the power of the Scout's code.”

17 Comments

Renegade Angel95Jul 31, 20154 votes

Thank you. I've been wanting an app like this for so long. I hate the lolnexus app. This one is awesome.

And it offers Apple watch as well. I usually set my phone down since I can text from my Macbook, and look at some things on watch. Basically when I'm home I very seldom have my phone in my hand, so the Watch app is nice. No looking for my phone or leaning over from my PC to text on my Macbook. This is awesome. Used it 5 minutes and decided to pay the 4.99 price.

Good work, very solid app.

PixileMichaelJul 31, 20151 votes

Thanks, it means so much to hear that!! We felt exactly the same way with the lolnexus app and other options available so that was a big reason why we built it. :)

Br4ndonJul 31, 20153 votes

Looks really good. Do you think you coujld make it so instead of saying how many of a rune they have it could list how much theyre getting in total in stats?

Right now it shows blue/red/yellow, stats of rune then how many. It would be more convenient if it just showed the total amount of stats from runes.

The apps works fast, easy to use and very concise. Which is great. Thank you for making it!

cloggJul 31, 20151 votes

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Looks really good. Do you think you coujld make it so instead of saying how many of a rune they have it could list how much theyre getting in total in stats?

Right now it shows blue/red/yellow, stats of rune then how many. It would be more convenient if it just showed the total amount of stats from runes.

The apps works fast, easy to use and very concise. Which is great. Thank you for making it!

Oh yeah this is something we wanted to do at the start, but it was actually kinda complex. You make a good point though and I agree it would be nice, so we'll take another look and try to add that in the future!

PixileMichaelJul 30, 20152 votes

By the way, the app works on iPhone too so you don't need an Apple Watch to check it out, and we put a ton of effort into making it really fast, clean, and easy to read on a phone. The app also provide summoner links straight to LoL King, op.gg and champion builds on champion.gg which you can access from any summoner in the app. We're hoping this can provide your entire dashboard for a game and is much faster than going to any individual website and searching.

We're really proud of how it turned out but we'd love to hear what the community thinks so please let us know and feel free to provide suggestions!

Teemo ...and here's a gif courtesy of teemo:

http://www.gfycat.com/WelcomeGrayBarbet

P.S. Anyone know if it's possible to embed gfycats?

skkkrtJul 30, 20152 votes

I'm about to download this, and it seems like a great idea! Job well done, I hope!

PixileMichaelJul 31, 20151 votes

Thanks, hope you like it! :) Are you using it on iPhone or Apple Watch?

SulghunterJul 30, 20151 votes

What, no dragon ball reference? You guys should feel ashamed of yourselves.

PixileMichaelJul 31, 20151 votes

Haha dragon ball Teemo? I really want to understand this reference.

DylightfullJul 31, 20151 votes

I haven't watched/read Dragon Ball, but if I'm correct, I think that the Scouters are headwear used by the characters to determine each other's power level. Example:

What does the scouter say about his power level? IT'S OVER 9,000!!!

PS- Downloading the app now. Seems really cool!

PixileMichaelJul 31, 20151 votes

OH! It makes so much sense now. I actually watched some of Dragon Ball but it has been so long since I saw an episode. I just get so much joy from saying "I'll Scout Ahead" in my best teemo expression to troll my friends every time we play. I'm terrible and I know it.

Teemo

NautodayJul 31, 20151 votes

I checked it out, but one of the things that I liked is knowing how many times that person has played that champ in Ranked games as well as knowing their KDA. It is nice and convenient though to know their masteries and runes.

cloggJul 31, 20151 votes

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I checked it out, but one of the things that I liked is knowing how many times that person has played that champ in Ranked games as well as knowing their KDA. It is nice and convenient though to know their masteries and runes.

Yeah I like this feature a lot too, but we decided not to implement it (for now) because of how heavy it would be on our API rate limit. We will see in the future though!

DeckbarbJul 31, 20151 votes

Would be awesome to get this on Android too! Looks cool!

PixileMichaelAug 2, 20151 votes

Thanks! We're definitely looking into it :). If we do it we want to do it right though so it could take some time. The more success we have with the iPhone / Apple Watch version the more likely we'll be to be able to support more platforms!

DragonStrykerAug 1, 20151 votes

This is so cool and deserves more attention!

PixileMichaelAug 2, 20151 votes

Thanks, glad you like it!! :) We're trying to spread the word as best we can so lots of people can try it out. It's definitely tough these days for apps to get noticed.