AskScout vs Van Alen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AskScout
This app helps users visualize and reduce personal risks by providing hourly risk scores for physical locations. It uses patented classification systems and prediction algorithms, incorporating time-series and spatial data with machine learning.
- Personal risk visualization
- Quantified Risk Index (QRI)
- Prediction algorithms
- Time-series and spatial data analysis
- Machine learning techniques
- Location-based risk scores
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AskScout is a data and technology company with a mission to empower everyday people to visualize and mitigate known, and unknown personal risks. By developing a series of patented classification systems and prediction algorithms, partially based upon the Rutgers Crime Prediction Risk-Terrain modeling method, we take advantage of both time-series and spatial data sets, as well as modern ML techniques, to create a measurement for physical risk, called the AskScout Quantified Risk Index (QRI). Each hourly score is constantly tested against actual incident data and is accurate within a 24-36 hour period, declining in accuracy thereafter. To access the in depth risk details within our QRI, simply tap the map or search for locations of your interest.
Van Alen
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Welcome to elevated living in the palm of your hand! This new, cutting-edge platform provides Van Alen residents with high-tech convenience at the touch of their fingertips. Download the app to: • Access the payment portal • Submit maintenance requests 24/7 and receive status updates • Receive important updates & communication from the community manager • Meet your neighbors through resident interest groups • Participate in our hotel style concierge services program • Reserve amenity spaces within the property • Sign up for building events & fitness classes • Get rewards and discounts to local stores & restaurants • Manage your visitors and send virtual keys • Access all of your digital keys from a single device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AskScout at every 3 weeks against Van Alen's every 7 months. 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.
AskScout ships an update every 3 weeks, Van Alen every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AskScout | Van Alen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Civitas Secure, LLC | Elevated Lifestyles Inc |
In-app purchases
AskScout
No in-app purchases
Van Alen
No in-app purchases









