Scouting 4+

Would be great if it were stable

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 he is nowhere near complete for those ranks. The details show he has many requirements that are not complete. My SM was very confused, as was I.

**Update 08/23: I updated to the newest version and it still crashes when it tries to bring up the google account login pop-up screen

Developer Response ,

Try updating to the latest version. I think your problem will be fixed :)

Needs a ton of help

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 them (not sure what functionality is supposed to happen there), nothing changes and messages are still marked as unread. A couple weeks ago, the badge started displaying 3, yet I still have the 155 unread messages that I can’t dismiss. Besides that, the user experience is often confusing and unintuitive. I’m at the point where I’m going to delete the app. It’s embarrassing when parents find and download this app, experience these issues and then ask unit leaders why it’s broken and when it’ll be fixed. The only advice I can give is to write their concerns in a review and hope that someone sees it some day.

Don’t bother

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/troop/den/patrol/parent/committee. Additionally why can’t it be used to plan events too for the scouts. Create meal plans, schedule events and more. How about a chat feature with your den/patrol or with your pack/troop leaders. So much this could do but doesn’t. Shoot why can’t you link this to a scout store and buy badges, awards, uniforms and everything else. Make this the true e-platform fo scouting! Someone please step in and help!