Downpour vs ScoutChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Downpour
Experience a streamlined way to view content from a popular blogging platform. This app offers faster loading and a focused interface for videos, photos, and text posts, avoiding issues found in other clients.
- Lightweight third-party client
- Focused content viewing
- Faster loading times
- Dashboard viewing
- Supports videos, photos, and text
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Downpour is a lightweight third party Tumblr client. No more crashes in the official app. With Downpour, you will be focused on videos, photos, or text of a post. Viewing your Dashboard has never been such easy. Also enjoy faster loading. Let us know in the review if you have any question, suggestion or feedback. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ScoutChat
This app facilitates communication and event management for youth groups, prioritizing safety with features like automatic participation tracking and optional e-permission slips. It ensures youth protection by requiring multiple adults in groups and offers message moderation tools.
- Automatic participation tracking
- Optional e-permission slips
- Youth protection measures
- Message moderation tools
- Event and shift management
- Supply and RSVP tracking
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All youth and adults are automatically in the unit's main chat group. Additional chat groups can be created for adults, patrols, etc. Participation tracking for outings is automatic based on RSVPs. Optional E-Permission Slips are available, parent approves outing, leaders can review list. Youth phone numbers are entered by their parents and are only displayed as "On File"; if parents do not wish to participate, they need only use the app once to enter phone numbers for their scout. Youth email addresses are not used. Adult email and phone numbers are not visible to youth. For youth protection youth cannot be added to a group unless there are at least two adults. If the number of adults in a group falls below 2, youth are blocked from the group. The adults in a group should review messages regularly. An audit report is available to show when adults last reviewed messages. Extensive event management is included. Events can be added to the calendar with optional reminder messages and an optional linked chat group. If an event requires shifts, shifts can be defined. If an event that requires supplies, like refreshments for a Court of Honor, things to bring can be defined. The RSVP process allows members to select Yes/Maybe/No, and to claim a shift and item to bring. Adults can RSVP for others in their family. Popup reports are available to show who is going, who is covering shifts, and who is bringing supplies. E-Permissions: Parents can grant permission for their child when RSVPing for them, or any time before the event ends. If a youth RSVPs Yes, their parents are notified that permission is needed. Leaders can check the RSVP report for the outing to make sure all permissions are granted. Although any filter can be evaded, messages are scanned for common profanity before posting. Administrators (Chatmasters) can delete offensive messages after posting; ScoutChat will prevent further distribution and send recall messages to all recipients. If necessary, members can be placed on moderation so their messages can be reviewed before posting. Members can also be placed in read-only status for any or all groups. The troop (or crew or other youth group) can import youth and adult members from ScoutBook exports or enter them manually.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScoutChat at 100% against Downpour's 33%. ScoutChat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Downpour's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Downpour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. ScoutChat asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScoutChat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Downpour's written reviews are positive against 100% of ScoutChat's.
Downpour ships an update monthly, ScoutChat fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Downpour | ScoutChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yao Fan | Brask Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Downpour
ScoutChat
In-app purchases
Downpour
- Downpour Ad Free Browsing3 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Downpour Ad-Free Browsing7 Days trial$3.991 Month
ScoutChat
No in-app purchases









