Kickstarter vs ScoutPass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kickstarter
Explore and support innovative projects across various creative fields. Discover groundbreaking ideas in games, technology, art, and more. Pledge to projects that inspire you and stay updated on their progress.
- Discover creative projects globally
- Pledge to projects
- Receive project updates
- Track backings
- Join a global creative community
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Discover, back, and bring bold ideas to life. The Kickstarter app connects you with groundbreaking projects across games, publishing, technology, comics, and film. Whether you’re passionate about design, gadgets, stories, or innovation, there’s something for everyone. Use the app to: • Browse creative projects from around the world • Pledge to projects that align with your passions • Stay in the loop with updates and reminders • Follow your backings in one place • Join a global movement that fuels ideas worth sharing Start discovering today and help the next big idea take off.
ScoutPass
This official digital wallet for Scouts lets users earn and share digital credentials, including badges, skills, and accomplishments. Track your Scouting journey and showcase your achievements within the Scouting community.
- Digital badge and skill earning
- Shareable accomplishment tracking
- Scouting journey documentation
- Official World Scouting platform
- Credential sharing
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World Scouting’s official digital wallet allows Scouts to earn and share credentials like Scout badges, skills, accomplishments, and details of their Scouting journey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kickstarter at 4.8 against ScoutPass's 3.7. Kickstarter also leads on ratings volume (60K vs 6) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). ScoutPass's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, 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.
Kickstarter holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kickstarter has 60K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Kickstarter's written reviews are positive against 50% of ScoutPass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, ScoutPass every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kickstarter | ScoutPass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (60K ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #183 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kickstarter, PBC | Learning Economy |
Customer experience
Kickstarter
ScoutPass
Bugs and requests
Kickstarter
Reported bugs
5 issues- Explore tab broken in latest update
- Notifications not working correctly
- Activity feed not updating
- Issues with submitting surveys through the app
- Clunky UI, especially when updating pledges
Requested features
6 requests- Allow filtering backed projects by status (received, active, closed)
- Ability to follow creators directly in the app
- Improve comments section (threading, search, etc.)
- Add an archive/delete function for completed/cancelled projects
- Introduce a read/unread project status
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- Allow users to block problematic creators
ScoutPass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kickstarter
No in-app purchases
ScoutPass
No in-app purchases
