Comparison

Scouting vs Hape Junior Inventor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Scouting

This app helps parents and Scouts track their journey from Lion to Eagle Scout. It focuses on individual progress and requires a my.scouting.org login for parents or youth accounts.

Highlights
  • Track progress from Lion to Eagle Scout
  • Parent and youth account support
  • Individual experience tracking
  • Requires my.scouting.org login
Features
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For parents and Scouts to track the Scouting Experience from Lion to Eagle Scout This app is for parents and scouts only, it is not for adult leaders to track scouts. A http://my.scouting.org/ log in is required and your account must either be connected to a Scout as a parent or be a youth account.

About

Hape Junior Inventor

This app guides children aged four and up in building various STEAM-focused toys. It provides detailed instructions and a sample display to help young inventors create diggers, mechanical arms, and more, fostering logical thinking and creativity.

Highlights
  • Builds STEAM toys
  • Detailed instructions
  • Sample experiment display
  • Develops logical thinking
  • Encourages creativity
  • In-app sharing gallery
Features
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To be a scientist is the ambition many children embrace while they are young. With sophisticated research and design, our Junior Inventor series of toys are capable of giving children as young as four the chance to interact with physical world. With well-crafted components, your little inventor will create a digger, a mechanical arm, a gravity vehicle, a crane, a rotating light, and much more. All tools and parts are designed for children's hands and skill levels and it’s great for developing children’s logical thinking and an understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) principles. The completed experiments offer children great fun to operate and interact with friends – wave “hands” to say “hello”, drag a frog crossing between tables, or watch a moving picture through the zoetrope. How about inventing a never-tried gadget using your imagination? To help you start, Hape releases this "Know-how" APP with a finished sample display and detailed instructions teaching you how to build the experiments. Once your junior inventor become “senior”, they can always get full use of the components and tools to create wonders like a real inventor. Use the in-App sharing functions to upload your masterpieces in the GALLERY or post on social media. For safety reasons this product is not recommended for children under the age of three as it contains small components.

Screenshots

Scouting4 screens
Hape Junior Inventor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hape Junior Inventor at 5.0 against Scouting's 2.0. Scouting's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (936 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hape Junior Inventor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scouting has 936 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scouting ships an update fortnightly, Hape Junior Inventor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scouting versus Hape Junior Inventor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScoutingHape Junior Inventor
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (936 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings936 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Scouts of AmericaHape

Customer experience

Scouting

All ratings930 ratings
Positive20.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative72.8%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive12.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative79.6%

Hape Junior Inventor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Scouting

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Incorrect rank and requirement completion tracking
  • Unable to submit advancement requirements
  • Inability to remove guardians
  • Outdated merit badge listings
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • PDF version of scout handbook
  • Integration with device calendar
  • Ability to add photos and comments
  • Better notifications and alerts
  • Improved tracking for merit badges and advancements

Hape Junior Inventor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scouting

No in-app purchases

None

Hape Junior Inventor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scouting free?
Scouting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hape Junior Inventor free?
Hape Junior Inventor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scouting or Hape Junior Inventor?
Hape Junior Inventor is rated higher. Scouting averages 2.0 out of 5 from 936 ratings, while Hape Junior Inventor averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Scouting or Hape Junior Inventor have ads?
Neither Scouting nor Hape Junior Inventor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scouting or Hape Junior Inventor?
Scouting ships an update fortnightly, and Hape Junior Inventor every 4 months. Most recently, Scouting was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hape Junior Inventor on October 25, 2026.

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