Comparison

SnoutScout vs Cheqmate.

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

Head to head
About

SnoutScout

Turn your daily walks into exciting adventures by discovering and collecting virtual dogs. Create profiles for your own dog and track the ones you encounter, building a unique pupdex. Connect with a community of dog lovers and plan future meetups.

Highlights
  • Create and customize dog profiles
  • Discover and collect virtual dogs
  • Track encountered dogs
  • Plan dog playdates
  • Join a dog-loving community
Features
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SnoutScout makes everyday walks feel like little adventures. Head outside, explore your world, and see what pups cross your path. Create a profile for your dog, or collect the ones you meet, and watch your pupdex grow with every hello. Join a growing community of dogs, their people, and anyone who loves crossing paths with them. With SnoutScout you can: ⁃ Create and customize your dog’s profile. - Meet new dogs as you explore your neighborhood or travels. ⁃ Plan future playdates with your pup and their new friends. Go out, explore, and see whose path you cross next!- Be part of a playful dog-loving community.

About

Cheqmate.

Discover real-time activity in your city through live photos and videos from users at various locations. Ask questions to people on-site for instant intel on crowds, wait times, and the general vibe. Connect with friends who are also out and explore new places.

Highlights
  • Live map of city activity
  • Real-time photos and videos
  • Ask questions to users on-site
  • See friends' current locations
  • Explore new venues
  • Anonymized check-ins
Features
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It's 11pm. You walk out of a bar and the night's not over — but now what? You text three group chats: "anyone out?" … "where are you?" … "come meet us?" Half don't answer. The ones who do are across town. By the time you've pieced it together, the moment's gone. Cheqmate fixes that. Open the app and see a live, anonymized map of where your city is actually going — right now. The bars and spots lighting up tonight, in real photos and video from the people already there. Tap a spot and you're watching it live. And here's the part that changes everything: you can ask. Drop a comment on any live cheq-in — "how long's the line?" … "any free tables?" … "is it worth the trek?" — and hear back from people who are literally standing there. No more guessing. No more group-chat roulette. HOW IT WORKS • The Live Map — See where your city's going in real time, in live photos and video. Filter by your friends or by everyone. • Cheq-Ins — A quick photo or video from the spot. One tap tells your friends you're out and lights up the map. Anonymous to strangers, visible to your friends. • Ask the room — Comment on any live cheq-in and get real-time answers from the people there: the line, the wait, the vibe, the cover. Intel you can't get from a week-old review. • Friends out — See which friends are out right now and where, so you can go meet them instead of hunting them down. • Explore — A grid of what's good across the city. Stumble onto spots you'd never have found. WHY CHEQMATE It can't be faked from a couch. A cheq-in happens at the place — so "it's poppin' right now" is real, not a post, and the person you're asking is actually there. Stop texting five group chats. Open Cheqmate and see where the night's going.

Screenshots

SnoutScout4 screens
Cheqmate.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cheqmate. at weekly against SnoutScout's every 6 weeks. SnoutScout's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SnoutScout against 5.0 for Cheqmate.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SnoutScout ships an update every 6 weeks, Cheqmate. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SnoutScout versus Cheqmate.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnoutScoutCheqmate.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings79 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB121 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDoggone LLCAkwi Ohiaeri

Customer experience

SnoutScout

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cheqmate.

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SnoutScout

No in-app purchases

None

Cheqmate.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SnoutScout free?
SnoutScout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cheqmate. free?
Cheqmate. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SnoutScout or Cheqmate.?
SnoutScout and Cheqmate. are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do SnoutScout or Cheqmate. have ads?
Neither SnoutScout nor Cheqmate. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SnoutScout or Cheqmate.?
SnoutScout ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cheqmate. weekly. Most recently, SnoutScout was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cheqmate. on November 5, 2026.

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