Trail’s End vs ActivateNB!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trail’s End
This app assists Scouts with fundraising by allowing them to easily record sales and securely accept credit card payments. Users can sign up for storefront shifts and track their progress towards earning rewards while staying informed about their fundraiser.
- Record sales
- Accept credit card payments
- Sign up for storefront shifts
- Earn rewards
- Stay informed
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Welcome to Trail’s End - the app that helps Scouts with their fundraising. Easily record sales, securely accept credit card payments, and sign up to sell with storefront shifts. Trail’s End helps you earn rewards and stay informed throughout your fundraiser.
ActivateNB!
Manage your fitness facility access and bookings with ease. Check in, reserve equipment and classes, and view schedules and activity history. Stay informed with facility news and participate in fitness challenges.
- Contactless facility check-in
- Book equipment, classes, and facilities
- View class wait times and schedules
- Track favorite and completed activities
- Share classes with friends
- Receive facility news and notifications
- Integrates with Apple HealthKit
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Our facilities, in the palm of your hand! With this app, you can: Check-in to our facility with quick, easy, contactless check-in Book your favorite equipment, classes, and facilities from anywhere, any time View class wait times and schedules View favorite and completed classes/activities Share classes with your friends via email, text or social media Stay up-to-date with facility news and notifications This app offers fitness challenges which users can join and integrates with Apple’s HealthKit to collect user's calories burned, distance walked/ran and steps climbed. Everything you need all in one easy-to-use app. Download now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trail’s End at 3.4 against ActivateNB!'s 3.0. Trail’s End also leads on ratings volume (52 vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). ActivateNB!'s advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 30%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Trail’s End holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trail’s End has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Trail’s End's written reviews are positive against 50% of ActivateNB!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trail’s End ships an update fortnightly, ActivateNB! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trail’s End | ActivateNB! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (52 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weaver Fundraising, LLC | Park Northbrook District |
Customer experience
Trail’s End
ActivateNB!
Bugs and requests
Trail’s End
Reported bugs
20 issues- Login screen loops and fails at CAPTCHA verification
- App freezes after login and won't proceed
- Biometric login not working despite successful registration
- Bluetooth reader registration not persisting
- App times out after 2 seconds of switching apps
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- Cannot complete registration - stuck on birthday screen
- Profile overlay hides username field during editing
- Error message 'There was an error updating your unit' during setup
- Credit card reader not connecting or recognized
- Sales data not syncing correctly with server
- App crashes when processing orders
- Network errors despite working internet connection
- Session establishment faults when switching between scouts
- Rewards tab and total sales not displaying
- Updates erasing previous sales and order data
- App hanging on password submission
- Inventory not updating after pickup
- Share payment link returns 'order not found' error
- Inconsistent pricing between app and order forms
- iPad crashing entirely when creating password
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to edit customer information after saving
- Paid/unpaid status tracking for orders
- Summary reports for daily cash/credit/total sales
- Ability to split storefront proceeds among multiple scouts per shift
- Camera-based credit card scanning at checkout
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- Merged account management for multi-scout families
- Offline mode for order entry
- Multiple payment methods for single transaction
- Improved password requirement documentation
- Desktop app for profile management
- Granular notification controls
- Inventory editing capability
- Delivery status filtering by street address
ActivateNB!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trail’s End
No in-app purchases
ActivateNB!
No in-app purchases
