Scouz | Amateur football app for players, scouts and clubs

What we built

Two connected products on a single platform: one for the talent, one for those looking for it.

Sports profile

Player profile with position, number, stats, rating and visibility metrics.

Player video

Upload and playback of plays recorded on the phone — the core of the product.

Talent discovery

Exploration and following of players and clubs by scouts and agencies.

Community and following

Followers, views and interaction between players, teams and professionals.

Events and trials

A space to organise and take part in exclusive trials and sports events.

iOS and Android app

Hybrid application published on App Store and Google Play from one codebase.

Context and need

Grassroots football is a huge and deeply inefficient market. On one side, hundreds of thousands of ambitious young players with no channel; on the other, thousands of scouts, agencies and clubs spending time and budget travelling to pitches to watch a handful of players every weekend.

The platform itself shows the size of the ecosystem it wants to connect: hundreds of thousands of young footballers, thousands of scouts, representation agencies and tens of thousands of clubs and teams. All that supply and demand already existed; what was missing was a common place to meet.

The problem to solve

The technical challenge in a platform like this is not the profile screen: it is video. Players record on their phones, in highly variable conditions, and expect to upload plays without friction and see them play back instantly. Any failure in that flow breaks the whole product, because video is the proof of talent.

On top of that, two sides of the same market had to be served with opposite needs. Players want visibility, followers and a sense of progress. Scouts want to filter, compare and discover fast. One system had to serve both without becoming yet another generic social network.

The solution built by Digitup

The application was built as a hybrid app for iOS and Android, reaching the entire user base from a single codebase — decisive in a product whose value depends on community size: a discovery platform only works if everyone is inside it.

On that base we built the player's sports profile — position, number, stats, rating, views, followers and videos —, the publishing and playback system, following between users and clubs, and the discovery layer that lets scouts explore talent and players take part in trials and sports events.

The result is an app that turns something as intangible as “getting a club's attention” into concrete, measurable actions: publish, share, gain visibility, keep improving.

Project summary

Scouz is a mobile app for the amateur football community. Its promise is straightforward: thousands of scouts from clubs worldwide are constantly looking for talent, yet a kid playing on a neighbourhood pitch had no realistic way of being seen. Scouz turns that distance into a profile, a video and a follow button.

Digitup took part in building the application, structured as two connected products: Scouz Player, for players who want to show their progress and be discovered, and Scouz Pro, for scouts, agencies and clubs looking for talent, running trials and managing sports events.

The product on screen

Main hero of the official Scouz by AS website showing a young footballer with arms outstretched in an empty stadium.

Key features

Sign-up and player profile
Video upload from the phone
Content playback in the feed
Player stats and rating
Followers, following and profile views
Talent search and discovery
Club and team profiles
Professional mode for scouts and agencies
Sports events and trials
App Store and Google Play release

How we worked

Defining the two user roles
Designing the player profile and card
Video upload and consumption flows
Hybrid development for iOS and Android
Backend and API integration
Testing with real grassroots users
Store release
Iterating on the product in production

Architecture and technology

Scouz relies on an architecture designed for audiovisual content and community growth: a hybrid client application, an API and backend for profiles, relationships and activity, and video storage with optimised delivery so playback works as well on a recent iPhone as on a modest Android over mobile data.

The hybrid approach — the same Digitup has applied in other sports and mobility apps — keeps one codebase for both platforms, enabling fast iteration and parallel releases, which is critical when the product grows by listening to its community.

Ionic Angular iOS Android REST APIs Backend Video storage Push notifications User profiles

Project impact

Scouz opened a direct channel between amateur and professional football: a player can build their sports record digitally and get it in front of scouts and clubs without depending on someone walking past their pitch on a Sunday.

For Digitup, the project consolidated its experience in mobile apps with community and content: products where value doesn't come from an isolated feature but from thousands of people using them at once and everything still working.

Frequently asked questions

What is Scouz?

Scouz is a mobile app for amateur football where players create their sports profile, publish videos of their plays and gain visibility with scouts, representation agencies and clubs.

What did Digitup do on the Scouz project?

Digitup Studio took part in building the iOS and Android mobile app: sports profiles, video publishing and playback, community and following, talent discovery, and the professional version for scouts and clubs.

What is the difference between Scouz Player and Scouz Pro?

Scouz Player is for players who want to show their talent and track their progress. Scouz Pro is aimed at scouts, agencies and clubs that look for footballers, run trials and manage sports events.

How much does it cost to build a sports app with video and community?

It depends mostly on how video is handled and on the number of user roles. A first version with profiles, content publishing and discovery is usually phased, starting with an MVP that validates real usage before scaling the infrastructure.

Does Digitup build apps for sports startups?

Yes. Digitup Studio is a technical studio based in Madrid that designs and builds mobile apps, community platforms and marketplaces for startups and companies, from MVP to production.