Comparison

MakePaper vs Scout

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

Head to head
About

MakePaper

Create personalized wallpapers using custom text and backgrounds. Choose solid colors, images, or text patterns for your background, and add styled text elements that you can position freely. Express yourself with unique, word-based designs for your device.

Highlights
  • Customizable text and emoji input
  • Solid color backgrounds
  • Image-based backgrounds with adjustments
  • Text pattern backgrounds
  • Drag-and-drop text element positioning
  • Dynamic preset effects for text
Features
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Focus on quality wallpapers, generate a unique wallpaper that belongs to you with one click. Privacy Policy: https://www.kpaxian.io/makepaper/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.kpaxian.io/makepaper/terms

About

Scout

View Mixpanel events directly from your device. Configure projects using service accounts to see default and custom parameters. Offers preset time periods and advanced features for managing multiple projects and renaming events.

Highlights
  • View Mixpanel events
  • Includes default and custom parameters
  • Preset time period selection
  • Manage multiple projects (Pro)
  • Rename events (Pro)
  • Secure project settings storage
Features
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See a list of events for your Mixpanel project, including all default Mixpanel parameters and your custom parameters. Simply configure your Mixpanel project using a service account, and start viewing events from your device. Select from a series of simple preset time periods; Today, Yesterday, Last 3 Days, or the Last 7 Days. If you're a power user, you can even create as many projects as you like (Scout Pro) and easily switch between them. With Scout Pro, you can also rename events. If you don't like the way an event name looks, you can do a simple name replacement to clean things up. Project settings are stored securely in your devices keychain and are never sent off device.

Screenshots

MakePaper4 screens
Scout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MakePaper at weekly against Scout's every 3 months. MakePaper also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

Both are free to download. MakePaper sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Scout sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MakePaper against 5.0 for Scout. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MakePaper has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MakePaper ships an update weekly, Scout every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MakePaper versus Scout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMakePaperScout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泽龙 王Zane Carter

Customer experience

MakePaper

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scout

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

MakePaper

Subscriptions3
  • MakePaper Pro(Monthly)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • MakePaper Pro(Quarter)$4.993 Months
  • MakePaper Pro(SemiAnnual)$9.996 Months
One-time1
  • MakePaper Pro(Lifetime)$17.99
1 purchases

Scout

One-time1
  • Scout Pro$9.99

Questions

Is MakePaper free?
MakePaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scout free?
Scout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MakePaper or Scout?
MakePaper and Scout are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do MakePaper or Scout have ads?
Neither MakePaper nor Scout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MakePaper or Scout?
MakePaper ships an update weekly, and Scout every 3 months. Most recently, MakePaper was updated on October 30, 2026 and Scout on October 22, 2026.

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