Cookie Tally vs Cookie Management
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cookie Tally
Easily track Girl Scout cookie sales with activity-based logging for deliveries, pickups, and booth sales. Modernized interface allows for notes on payments and delivery instructions. Offers a free tier for basic tracking and a Pro upgrade for unlimited use.
- Activity-based sales tracking
- Modernized intuitive interface
- Add notes for payments/delivery
- Free tier for limited tallies
- Pro upgrade for unlimited tallies
- Color-coded cookie varieties
- Inventory management for managers
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It's cookie time again! Cookie Tally v3.0 is here with a complete redesign to make tracking your cookie sales easier than ever! WHAT'S NEW IN v3.0: - Activity-based tracking for deliveries, pickups, booth sales, and more - Modernized interface with intuitive navigation - Add notes to track payment methods and delivery instructions - Free tier: Track up to 5 tally sheets at no cost - Pro upgrade unlocks unlimited tallies and advanced features EASY COOKIE COUNTING: Start by creating a Tally Sheet and choose your baker (Little Brownie Baker, ABC Bakers, or create custom cookie names). Standard cookies are color-coded to match official marketing materials. FOR SCOUTS: Track your cookie sales by delivery, pickup, or simple inventory. See your total package count and stay motivated as you work toward your goal! Add notes to remember customer details and payment information. FOR COOKIE CHAIRS & MANAGERS: Manage inventory across multiple activities. Track booth sales with booth start and booth end tallies to automatically calculate what was sold. Count boxes and cases to stay organized during the busy cookie season. SIMPLE & INTUITIVE: - Tap to edit tally names inline - Use buttons to add/remove cookies or type quantities directly - Swipe left to delete items - Color-coded cookies match standard marketing materials - Activities organized by type - Total boxes displayed at the top of each tally ACTIVITY TYPES: - Delivery: Track boxes delivered to customers with payment notes - Pickup: Record customer pickups with contact information - Simple Tally: Basic inventory counting for general use PERFECT FOR: Individual Girl Scouts tracking personal sales, Troop Cookie Chairs managing distribution, Service Unit Managers coordinating multiple troops, parents helping scouts stay organized, booth coordinators, and anyone involved in Girl Scout cookie season. COOKIE VARIETIES: Little Brownie Baker: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils, Lemonades, S'mores, Toffee-tastic, Adventurefuls, Raspberry Rally ABC Bakers: Thin Mints, Caramel Coconut, Peanut Butter Patties, Shortbread, Lemon-Ups, plus seasonal varieties Custom baker option lets you create your own cookie names! OUR STORY: Cookie Tally was born from real-world need. As a Cookie Dad helping manage troop inventory, I found myself drowning in spreadsheets and manual counts during the busy cookie season. Tracking cases and boxes across deliveries, pickups, and booth sales was overwhelming. So I built Cookie Tally to solve this exact problem. What started as a simple counting tool has grown into a full-featured inventory management system used by thousands of scouts, parents, and troop leaders. Every feature is designed by someone who's been in the trenches of cookie season. Cookie Tally is built by the cookie community, for the cookie community. DATA & PRIVACY: All data stored locally on your device. No account required. Your cookie counts stay private. Questions or feedback? Visit our website from the Settings tab!
Cookie Management
Manage Girl Scout cookie sales and inventory for an entire troop or individual scouts. Track orders, booth sales, payments, and transfers in real-time across devices. Facilitates data entry for other platforms and supports various payment methods.
- Real-time inventory tracking
- Order and booth sale management
- Troop and individual sales tracking
- Payment and transfer management
- Data synchronization across devices
- Reporting for eBuddy, COCO, Snap
- Square payment integration
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The Cookie Management app provides an easy and convenient way to track your Girl Scout cookie inventory and sales across the entire troop. It supports actions such as orders, pickups, booth sales, transfers, and many more. This is your one-stop shop for all your cookie season needs - no need to buy multiple apps! The data is sync'd across devices so all members in the troop will see the same real time data. This app can also be used by a single Girl Scout in case the entire troop does not want to adopt it. See the app in action! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUcKRFoa35EjPcyF2nB_9VHHVlh6v-MLQ Feature summary: - Both TCMs and parents can use it - Supports both Little Brownie Bakers and ABC Bakers with the ability to customize cookie list and pricing - Real time inventory breakdown - TCMs can manage orders, Girl Scouts (including parents), warehouse pickups, Girl Scout pickups, individual & troop booth sales, cookie transfers (both Girl Scout and troop), and payments - Parents can manage their orders and individual booth sales, as well as see all the Girl Scouts in the troop along with parent contact information - Convenient reports to facilitate entering data into eBuddy, COCO, or Snap - Supports paying with Square - And much more. Inventory features: - Single page to get an overview of inventory distribution between all Girl Scouts and the troop - Includes a breakdown by Girl Scout of owed/paid to the troop - Includes a breakdown of individual cookie counts (inventory/sold) - Numbers are real time - when members of your troop enter their orders/booth sales, the inventory is automatically updated on your device. Girl Scout profile features: - Upload a picture of your Girl Scout - Add multiple users for each Girl Scout - each one will be able to log into the app for free and enter orders for that Girl Scout. This is great for also letting grandmas, uncles, etc. enter orders for you as well. - Parents can be assigned to multiple Girl Scouts - See a breakdown of each Girl Scout's inventory, sold, and payment statuses - Ability to call or text parents/Girl Scout directly from profile page - Set goals per Girl Scout Cookie order features: - Back-order support so you can keep track of what customers want when you don't have the cookies in stock - Digital Cookie / Smart Cookie support - Filter orders by delivered, paid, and back ordered statuses - Ability to search orders - TCMs can view orders for every Girl Scout in the troop - Color coded order list to quickly identify order statuses - Track troop donations and troop to troop donations - Track which orders are delivered and which are paid (including payment method) - Optional notes for each order Booth sale features: - Multiple parents can use the app at the same time at the same booth sale and it will automatically synchronize between all devices - See a history of all sales with the ability to modify or delete any of them - Auditing - track starting and ending inventory and the app will tell you if your counts are off or sales are unaccounted for - Capture signatures for both cookie pickups and returns - Track which Girl Scouts attended troop booth sales along with their start and end times - Intuitive UI for quickly entering sales - Also track troop donations/tips, troop to troop donations, and payment method Cookie pickup features: - Warehouse pickups to represent picking up cookies from the warehouse - Girl Scout pickups to represent picking up cookies from the TCM - Auto-emails a receipt to all TCMs and parents of the Girl Scout when a Girl Scout pickup is created - Capture a signature for Girl Scout pickups - Filter Girl Scout pickup list by individual Girl Scout Payment features: - Track payments to the troop - See how much each Girl Scout has paid and how much they owe - Capture signatures for payments Transfer features: - Transfer cookies between Girl Scouts - Transfer cookies from Girl Scouts back into the troop - Transfer cookies between troops
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cookie Management at fortnightly against Cookie Tally's every 7 months. Cookie Management also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (62% vs 46%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Cookie Tally sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cookie Management sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cookie Management holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Cookie Tally's written reviews are positive against 62% of Cookie Management's.
Cookie Tally ships an update every 7 months, Cookie Management fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cookie Tally | Cookie Management |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (20 ratings) | 3.9 (55 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 62.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Tsouris | Michael Berman |
Customer experience
Cookie Tally
Cookie Management
In-app purchases
Cookie Tally
- Upgrade to CookieTally Pro$2.99
Cookie Management
- Girl Scout Slot$0.99
- Family Account$1.99
- Troop Account$5.99
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