Scouting

This app used to be not so good but after it went through some changes, this app is exceptional other than a few bugs here and there. I appreciate that I can track my progress directly from my phone, anywhere in the world! This is written from a person that has been in scouting since I was just a cub scout and now I’m on track to get my eagle by the age of 16! This is an amazing app for scouting and the other reviews were before the changes that occurred, now not just is it useable, it’s a great

I had the app downloaded and tried to link my child to me. I got error messages and I uninstalled and reinstalled it. Now all I get is to update the app and I did it and still get the message to update. Also I am his den leader. I am suppose to be able to update his completed requirements as well as the other kids in the den. I dont always have a computer available to do updates. I now can’t do that. That is what this app was suppose to do was help leaders, parents, and scouts. I’m disappointed

Updating the progress of my scouts is difficult when the app is down what feels like consistently. Currently, I am unable to access anything because it says that I need to update the app. I have gone through and updated the app through the App Store, deleted and reinstalled the app, and ensured that there are no other software updates on my phone. None of these have worked. When the app does work, signing in is an unnecessarily drawn out process forcing me to sign in 2 or more times every time I

Currently, I’m stuck in an update screen upon launch where it appears the app has jumped two major versions from 2.7 to 4.7. Deleting the app and reinstalling doesn’t fix the issue. I’d therefore assume no pull requests or QA is occurring before deployment to catch obvious issues like this. If true, that’s also worrisome considering the handling of our and our children’s data. Aside from the above, as a parent and UX professional, this app could use a lot of love. It’s difficult to understand a

I was able to track everything for my son’s activities through his Lion rank, but since completing have not been able to log anything for his Tiger rank even though it shows Lion as 100% completed. It says he isn’t eligible for Tiger rank though I’m not sure how if the previous rank is marked as 100% complete. No one seems to know how to fix it. It would be nice to be able to log more than just one rank and then never again. I also have to log in several times in order to use each feature of the

If you want to link your account with your youth scout and see their calendar for meetings days then you’re in luck. Otherwise, the app is mostly functionless. You can’t add service work or activities or any other projects. You can enter all the information but it won’t save. You’ll just receive an error message. You can update the app or uninstall and redownload it. It doesn’t fix anything. Menus pop up at odd screen locations when typing making it difficult to read what is being entered. I can

As a parent this app provides an easy way to view my Scout’s progress. I wish the notifications would work for calendar events on iOS but with notifications on I have yet to see this work. One issue that makes this app difficult to use is the social login (Google) hangs at a screen “We are loading your experience” and the only way to get past this is to close and reopen the app. Not a great login experience but since I need to use the same account for the other Scouting apps as Cubmaster I canno

I would request that you remove the following discontinued merit badges from your listing within the Advancement section: carpentry, computers, medicine, pathfinding, signaling, and tracking. One of our scouts started working on Tracking without checking with the Troop leadership because it was in the app. We had to tell him he could not earn it, and he was disappointed because he had already done a lot of the requirements. It would eliminate confusion for those scouts who use the app for most

As a scouter with two scouts, I find this app reliable, attractive, and useful. It’s easy to navigate and the look and feel is consistent with the newer Scoutbook+Internet Advancement. I mostly use the calendar rsvp to events (it’s so quick and easy) and to see where my scouts are at in their merit badge or rank work. Our troop relies on the hard copy Scout Handbook as primary record and my scouts are responsible for those, but having an electronic copy for me is quite useful in having conv

Recently, I downloaded this app because I believed it would work to solve all my online scouting record issues. I got things fixed, but this app is very slow, and worst of all is not updated. I was trying to get my Eagle application printed, and this had nothing filled out automatically. I thought, “Huh, weird. Must be an error on my end.” Then, I filled the whole form. Went down to the council office today, and turns out it’s the WRONG FORM. They updated it for June 2022, and I had to go to My

The idea of this app is excellent. However, each update seems to randomly break bits and pieces of its basic functionality. The latest update (2.5.20) will not allow you to scroll down on an individual Scout’s profile, advancement, activities, or payment log, and it is pulling unit data (e.g. charter org, unit POC, address, etc.) from an obsolete database. This makes the app relatively useless and issues like this have been par for the course since it’s introduction. These very basic issues make

It would be nice if the most recent update for ineligibility of age wasn’t all blacked out. The cub scouts have to do not only their age, but if they haven’t done Bobcat, they have to get that too! Trying to work on my children’s Bear, Tiger, & both on Bobcat and now I can’t pull it up. Ridiculous. My older Scout’s rank percentage is never accurate. 1 day it will say 68% complete the next it will say only 13% complete. And it almost never shows what she has pending or complete. This is such a h

I would love to track my scout’s progress, but I have had two major problems: 1) the app continually crashes when I try to log in. It seems the only way I can get into my account lately is to delete and reinstall the app and log in fresh. Any attempt to log in after that, and the app will just crash at the login screen. 2) when I was *able* to log in, I went to look at my Scout’s rank requirements, but for each rank I opened, it automatically set it to 100% complete (I did nothing) even though h

I’ve been in scouting for about 3 years and have been using the app for about 2. Up til now I have had a few issues but have been able to over look them, but the recent update makes it impossible for me to look at my merit badge completion. Which was one of the major reasons I had and liked the app. Without being able to look at merit badge completion I can’t look at what I need to work on or see what merit badges I have earned. I used it a lot when working with a merit badge councilors. I am a

I have been using this app for my tracking for several years, im still a scout and still use it as so. But several time Ive been booted from my account then log back in to find my account is now an adult account with no access to my info. Is this just a bug? If so how do I work around? Also, the load up times for ranks take quite a while, and then the requirements also take a while, usually 6-10 minutes. But other than these problems I enjoy the app and have no further problems I can think of.

Updated review: It just keeps getting worse. The calendar is now grey text on grey background. It’s unreadable. Nothing makes sense. Navigation is missing in action. Still don’t see any way to enter service hours. The flopping back and forth between the app and internet advancement is something no one was looking for, no was needs and no one (that I’ve spoken with) wants. Who ever is in charge of this is out of their depth. Is any user interface testing going on? Original review: Up until now

As a mobile app developer and Scouter I find the quality and user experience of this app to be greatly disappointing. There are numerous bugs that inhibit my ability to gain any value from this app. When I try to view my scouts’ advancements I always get an error message stating that it is unable to fetch advancement data. The notifications are very broken. I’ve seen a badge over the app icon for months saying I have 155 unread messages, yet when I try to tap on the messages to read or dismiss t

This Scouting app is a great and easy way for me (as a Scout) to check my rank and merit badge requirements. The app is pleasing aesthetically, although I have two main issues with it (minor but noticeable. First, for some reason, every time I open the app, a message comes up saying “RefreshSessionFailed”. After sign in, that issue goes away until the next time I open the app. The second issue is that the pages, especially when clicking on a rank, take a long time to load. However, neither of

This app is frustrating and provides little to no help. Feedback from another dad was that it was one of the reasons that he is probably going to not continue next year because the process is so difficult. I think he needs to work harder for his son on that but i get it. It seems like all this needs to be just a little bit easier to lead us down the path of rank advancement, activities and communication. Considering the times this app should be used to communicate at different levels Pack/tr

I am a scout and I love the app a lot but sometimes it’s a little glitchy and you have to click twice to actually have the function to work. A think I would recommend the developers to add is a pdf version of the actual scout book that’s what the all purpose of calling the app “ScoutBook” at first I actually thought it would have the actual pages and that’s the only thing I hate about the app I still would have to carry my book to scout meetings instead of just my iPad or iPhone. If you guys add