Comparison

Positive Discipline vs Scouting

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

Head to head
About

Positive Discipline

Offers parenting tools that teach children valuable life skills like self-discipline and responsibility without punishment or rewards. Focuses on fostering intrinsic motivation for children to become self-reliant and successful.

Highlights
  • Alternatives to punishment
  • Teaches social and life skills
  • Fosters self-discipline and responsibility
  • Promotes intrinsic motivation
  • Meets Five Criteria for Positive Discipline
  • Develops self-reliance and capability
Features
Currently charting
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These Positive Discipline Parenting Tools provide many alternatives to punishment that also teach children valuable social and life skills such as self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and problem-solving skills. These skills help children develop a sense of self-reliance and capability that will serve them throughout their lives. You’ll notice that none of these tools include any kind of punishment, rewards, or praise (all extrinsic motivators that research keeps showing over and over again do not work). These are tools that provide intrinsic motivation to develop self-reliant children that become happy, successful, contributing members of society. Every tool meets all of the Five Criteria for Positive Discipline: 1. Helps children feel a sense of connection? (Belonging and Significance) 2. Is kind and firm at the same time (Respectful and Encouraging) 3. Is effective long-term, (See the following two criteria) 4. Teaches valuable social and life skills for good character? (Respect, concern for others, problem-solving, cooperation) 5. Invites children to discover how capable they are? (Encourages the constructive use of personal power and autonomy) For more information or customer service, please go to our contact information at www.positivediscipline.com where you will also find other Positive Discipline products.

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.

Screenshots

Positive Discipline3 screens
Scouting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Positive Discipline at 80% against Scouting's 13%. Positive Discipline also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). Scouting's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Scouting is free to download; Positive Discipline costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Positive Discipline holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scouting has 930 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Positive Discipline's written reviews are positive against 13% of Scouting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Positive Discipline ships an update every 9 months, Scouting fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Positive Discipline versus Scouting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPositive DisciplineScouting
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better2.0 (930 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better12.6% of reviews
Number of ratings9930 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#52 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPositive DisciplineBoy Scouts of America

Customer experience

Positive Discipline

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

Scouting

All ratings930 ratings
Positive20.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative72.8%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive12.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative78.9%

Bugs and requests

Positive Discipline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

Positive Discipline

No in-app purchases

None

Scouting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Positive Discipline free?
Positive Discipline costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scouting free?
Scouting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Positive Discipline or Scouting?
Positive Discipline is rated higher. Positive Discipline averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Scouting averages 2.0 from 930 ratings.
Do Positive Discipline or Scouting have ads?
Neither Positive Discipline nor Scouting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Positive Discipline or Scouting?
Positive Discipline ships an update every 9 months, and Scouting fortnightly. Most recently, Positive Discipline was updated on October 8, 2026 and Scouting on October 19, 2026.

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