Cookie Management vs SignUpGenius
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cookie Management
Manage Girl Scout cookie sales and inventory for an entire troop or individual scouts. Track orders, booth sales, payments, and transfers in real-time across devices. Facilitates data entry for other platforms and supports various payment methods.
- Real-time inventory tracking
- Order and booth sale management
- Troop and individual sales tracking
- Payment and transfer management
- Data synchronization across devices
- Reporting for eBuddy, COCO, Snap
- Square payment integration
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The Cookie Management app provides an easy and convenient way to track your Girl Scout cookie inventory and sales across the entire troop. It supports actions such as orders, pickups, booth sales, transfers, and many more. This is your one-stop shop for all your cookie season needs - no need to buy multiple apps! The data is sync'd across devices so all members in the troop will see the same real time data. This app can also be used by a single Girl Scout in case the entire troop does not want to adopt it. See the app in action! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUcKRFoa35EjPcyF2nB_9VHHVlh6v-MLQ Feature summary: - Both TCMs and parents can use it - Supports both Little Brownie Bakers and ABC Bakers with the ability to customize cookie list and pricing - Real time inventory breakdown - TCMs can manage orders, Girl Scouts (including parents), warehouse pickups, Girl Scout pickups, individual & troop booth sales, cookie transfers (both Girl Scout and troop), and payments - Parents can manage their orders and individual booth sales, as well as see all the Girl Scouts in the troop along with parent contact information - Convenient reports to facilitate entering data into eBuddy, COCO, or Snap - Supports paying with Square - And much more. Inventory features: - Single page to get an overview of inventory distribution between all Girl Scouts and the troop - Includes a breakdown by Girl Scout of owed/paid to the troop - Includes a breakdown of individual cookie counts (inventory/sold) - Numbers are real time - when members of your troop enter their orders/booth sales, the inventory is automatically updated on your device. Girl Scout profile features: - Upload a picture of your Girl Scout - Add multiple users for each Girl Scout - each one will be able to log into the app for free and enter orders for that Girl Scout. This is great for also letting grandmas, uncles, etc. enter orders for you as well. - Parents can be assigned to multiple Girl Scouts - See a breakdown of each Girl Scout's inventory, sold, and payment statuses - Ability to call or text parents/Girl Scout directly from profile page - Set goals per Girl Scout Cookie order features: - Back-order support so you can keep track of what customers want when you don't have the cookies in stock - Digital Cookie / Smart Cookie support - Filter orders by delivered, paid, and back ordered statuses - Ability to search orders - TCMs can view orders for every Girl Scout in the troop - Color coded order list to quickly identify order statuses - Track troop donations and troop to troop donations - Track which orders are delivered and which are paid (including payment method) - Optional notes for each order Booth sale features: - Multiple parents can use the app at the same time at the same booth sale and it will automatically synchronize between all devices - See a history of all sales with the ability to modify or delete any of them - Auditing - track starting and ending inventory and the app will tell you if your counts are off or sales are unaccounted for - Capture signatures for both cookie pickups and returns - Track which Girl Scouts attended troop booth sales along with their start and end times - Intuitive UI for quickly entering sales - Also track troop donations/tips, troop to troop donations, and payment method Cookie pickup features: - Warehouse pickups to represent picking up cookies from the warehouse - Girl Scout pickups to represent picking up cookies from the TCM - Auto-emails a receipt to all TCMs and parents of the Girl Scout when a Girl Scout pickup is created - Capture a signature for Girl Scout pickups - Filter Girl Scout pickup list by individual Girl Scout Payment features: - Track payments to the troop - See how much each Girl Scout has paid and how much they owe - Capture signatures for payments Transfer features: - Transfer cookies between Girl Scouts - Transfer cookies from Girl Scouts back into the troop - Transfer cookies between troops
SignUpGenius
Easily create and manage event sign-ups, volunteer schedules, and group activities from your phone. Coordinate participants, track RSVPs, send automated reminders, and collect payments securely. This tool streamlines event planning for schools, nonprofits, and community groups.
- Create online sign ups
- Manage RSVPs and schedules
- Send automated reminders
- Collect payments and donations
- Organize school and nonprofit events
- Access sign ups on mobile
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The SignUpGenius app gives you instant access to the mobile SignUpGenius platform, the easiest way to create sign ups, manage volunteers, coordinate events, and collect payments from your phone. SignUpGenius helps organizers plan school events, volunteer schedules, fundraisers, group activities, and community programs in minutes. If you need a simple way to organize people, track RSVPs, and keep everyone informed, this app connects you directly to your SignUpGenius account wherever you are. Use SignUpGenius to: • Create online sign ups for events and volunteer shifts • Manage RSVPs and participant schedules • Send reminders and updates automatically • Collect payments and donations securely • Organize school, nonprofit, church, and team events • Access your sign ups anytime on mobile Trusted by millions of organizers, SignUpGenius replaces messy email chains and spreadsheets with a simple, reliable sign up system that keeps groups running smoothly. Download SignUpGenius for fast mobile access to your events, volunteers, and sign ups — and make organizing easier everywhere you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cookie Management at 62% against SignUpGenius's 2%. Cookie Management also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.2) and ads (none vs shown). SignUpGenius's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#203 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Cookie Management sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SignUpGenius asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cookie Management holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 155 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Cookie Management's written reviews are positive against 2% of SignUpGenius's.
Cookie Management ships an update fortnightly, SignUpGenius every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cookie Management | SignUpGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (58 ratings) — better | 1.2 (155 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews — better | 2.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 58 | 155 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #203 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Berman | SignUpGenius, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cookie Management
SignUpGenius
User reviews
Cookie Management
From 58 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use for tracking
- 👍 Lifesaver for cookie season
- 👍 Great for inventory tracking
- 👍 Helpful for dividing booth sales
- 👍 Tracks troop inventory
Room to improve
- 🐛 Cannot access app
- 🐛 Won't let login
- 🐛 Password reset issues
- 🐛 No email for password reset
- 🐛 App not working
SignUpGenius
From 155 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to view signups you've joined
- 📱 Convenient mobile access to existing signups
- ✅ Website version works well for creation
- 🎯 Useful for quick signup verification
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements covering screen
- 🔄 Requires re-login every time app opens
- 📝 Cannot create or edit signups in app
- 🖥️ Desktop website layout forced on mobile
- ⚠️ Blank screens and navigation failures
Bugs and requests
Cookie Management
Reported bugs
17 issues- Cannot access the app
- Won't let me login
- Won't let me reset password
- No email received for password reset
- App is not working
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- Developer's site is down
- Error occurred fetching information from the server
- Charged 3 times for the app
- Cannot re-edit some things
- Cannot delete account
- Reports are useless and do not update
- Prices are wrong for some cookies
- Selected family app, still had to use troop format
- Individual users not able to sign in
- Forgot password link never sent an email
- Cannot get single family to work
- Needs update for new cookie types
Requested features
23 requests- Update for Android users
- Allow families to make girl-to-girl transfers
- Make email optional
- Add credit card swipe functionality
- Sync with GS software like Digital Cookie or Smart Cookies
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- Ability to export reports to Excel
- Improve reports functionality
- Add dark mode
- Develop a meeting/troop management app that works with cookie app
- Automated 'add your troop' wizard
- Ability to do starting and ending inventory without entering sales
- Allow users to pay per season instead of annually
- Improve user interface for families
- Add ability to delete account
- Allow re-editing of entries
- Support for pre-orders
- Improve individual user sign-in
- Fix password reset email delivery
- Make app free for troop use
- Improve app description regarding costs
- Better support for booth sales tracking
- Allow users to bypass email entry
- Integrate with GSUSA
SignUpGenius
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on startup or during use
- Login fails with correct credentials
- Blank/white screens after navigation
- Password entry causes app shutdown
- App locks out users after failed login attempts
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- Ads accumulate and cover entire screen over time
- Full-screen ads interrupt workflow constantly
- Ads reset view position, requiring re-scrolling
- App freezes when typing in text fields
- Navigation back button loops or resets to beginning
- Session not saved between app closes
- Signups disappear or don't save
- Time zone display incorrect
- Facebook login not supported in app
- Mobile browser version glitches and fails
- App doesn't show all user signups
- Clicking signup takes to wrong location
- Ad code broken, creating multiple ad rows
- Rogue ad links install tracking data
- Page turns white with blocking message
Requested features
16 requests- Create and manage signups directly in app
- Push notifications for signup changes and events
- Favorites or bookmarks for frequently used signups
- Calendar view with date filtering
- Admin tools to edit volunteer assignments
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- Share signup links directly from app
- Persistent login/session management
- Mobile-optimized interface separate from desktop
- Search functionality for finding signups
- View all signups on single page without pagination
- Collapse past dates to reduce scrolling
- Direct calendar app integration
- Ad-free premium version option
- Contact information access for signed-up users
- Report generation features
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Cookie Management
- Girl Scout Slot$0.99
- Family Account$1.99
- Troop Account$5.99
SignUpGenius
No in-app purchases
Questions
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