great app / business giving you the opportunity to share your opinions / feedback that help to shape current / future products. highest paying app in this category, you have to be open to recording yourself on video, speaking and with writing there are live interviews with researchers and diary entries. I am giving them four stars because some missions that have been in person requiring you to go to a location to record video, purchase an item, my experience is that some of these studies were put together poorly so I think DScout needs to micromanage researchers better to make sure that these type of studies are not inconvenient or lack details for participants. Another thing would be screeners that ask for video, written entries and multiple choice questions that have 6 questions or more that then tell you that you are not a good fit, this tells me that the screener still gave the researcher enough info to do their work despite them rejecting you, I have had those screeners come up more often which is a complete waste of time.edit update: Forgot to mention I have been a Scout for 2 1/2 years and have made $7000 so it is not a scam but you will not be qualified for every study so be prepared to spend some time on the screeners, too.

I joined dscout about a month or 2 ago and I was very excited as I had heard amazing things about it. I got 3 “missions” as soon as I joined the app and submitted my application the next day with what I thought were very thorough answers and a good quality video ( good lighting, blank wall behind me, microphone attached to my shirt, etc) that I tried very hard on. I had heard from reviews that sometimes you don’t get the first things you apply for even if the application was really good. I also heard that you might not get a yes/no response until about a month after. I wasn’t too concerned about these things, I just thought I would eventually get one. It has been at least a month and a half and I have gotten no responses at all. I would have been fine with a simple no (as I understand that not everyone can get a mission and I just probably wasn’t the best option) but I have gotten nothing back. So now I am confused, did I just not get the job or have they not made their decision yet? Since the first three I have gotten around 3 or 4 new mission applications and I have not heard about any of them since. All I want to know is, am I doing something wrong? On a positive note, besides that I absolutely love the app and the concept. I would love to start being able to use it all the time. I hope I can get a answer soon.

I would give Dscout 5/5 but I’m taking a star away bc their “express” missions have been less accurate lately IMO. I’ve been doing DScout since Sept 2021 and I’ve been picked for a ton of Live, diary and express missions- basically averaging a few hundred dollars a month. If you are honest and apply to the right opportunities that you can actually contribute to you will be picked- don’t apply to everything, it’s a waste if you do! I always get picked when I apply to things that actually apply to me, my lifestyle and family. My negative feedback would be this: the express missions have really changed since starting a few years ago… they do give you more money now, but I’ve been accepted to a bunch of them over the years and in the past 6 months or so, I’ve noticed that my completed and thoughtful express missions were rejected (only a few of them) but it feels odd because of how many I do, apply for and are successful- some randomly get rejected and it feels off because I know the drill, speak clearly in well lit area etc. In general I absolutely recommend dscout- as I’ve made over 5k doing this the past few years (2 years and 4 months of doing missions) but the express missions needs some help!

2 express mission submissions, complete in entirety and in quality, whereby I gave truthful answers were not paid to me. I went to check and have found my submissions were listed as rejected. This theft…again!!! And the 2nd and 3rd time that I have given my feedback and the reward lied about. My submissions were completed as asked AND the researching company has MY FEEDBACK WITHOUT PAYING ME AND DSCOUT KEEPS ALLOWING THIS THEFT! I have been loyal and professional despite this happening within the last 2 months already. Money stolen by researchers after you give your feedback and the express mission payments are no longer express but the same timeframe as regular missions. I have had a lot of good missions but 3 times in the last 2 months my perfect submissions were not paid and that is after still waiting for payments and the payments getting lower over the years. Feel free to find out on your own despite good reviews…it will cost you your feedback and money due to you and Dscout will allow it to happen when they have already been paid by the researchers for your participation alone. Cut out the middleman and go directly to companies and charge them for your feedback or make them pay YOU in advance as without consumer participation, both Dscout and the researching companies will not have what they need.