Scout Champ vs Bark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scout Champ
This app simplifies tracking scout advancement, merit badges, and requirements. It provides visual progress reports and generates printable PDF blue cards, saving time on paperwork and helping scouts see what to work on next.
- Scout advancement tracking
- Merit badge progress
- Requirement status
- Digital signatures
- PDF blue card generation
- Visual progress charts
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Award-winning, super simple and intuitive scout advancement tracking. Designed and built by a scoutmaster specifically to help scouts advance without bogging them down with paperwork. It will quickly give you a view into the status of your troop broken down by scout, rank, merit badge, and even by each requirement. (It can be really handy for parents too) It helps answer the constant questions: "What should we work on?" "What is his status?" It can also be used by individuals to track their own progress. I have been using this for my own troop for quite some time and it was a big hit with the boys at scout camp. They earned several extra merit badges just because it was so easy to see what needed to be done and get it signed off. It also saved me hours of filling out blue cards because you can generate a double-sided pdf from within the app and then print it out. Features: - Digital signatures - Pie chart showing each boy for each rank/badge/requirement - PDF blue cards. (Huge time saver!) - Made and tested by real scoutmaster and troop
Bark
This service helps families manage their children's digital lives by monitoring online content, managing screen time, and filtering websites. It alerts parents to potential issues like cyberbullying or adult content, offering peace of mind.
- Content monitoring for texts, email, YouTube, and social media
- Alerts for cyberbullying, adult content, and threats
- Screen time limits and scheduling
- Website filtering by category or specific sites
- Monitors 30+ apps and social media platforms
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Bark provides families with all the tools they need to raise kids in the digital age. Our comprehensive service lets you monitor content, manage screen time, and filter websites so you can get peace of mind while your child is online. CONTENT MONITORING Bark monitors your child’s texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for issues like cyberbullying, adult content, sexual predators, profanity, suicidal ideation, threats of violence, and more. Parents receive alerts only when something potentially problematic occurs online. You won’t have full access to everything on your child’s phone — just the things you might need to know about. SCREEN TIME MANAGEMENT Families can set healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children’s devices can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi). WEB FILTERING Our web filter lets you select which websites your child can access on their devices. You can allow or block specific sites — or even whole categories like streaming services, online gaming, sexual content, and more. BARK TESTIMONIALS • "My wife and I LOVE Bark. We've had some tough but productive conversations with our 13-year-old son. It's proving to be extremely valuable." — Josh L. • “It’s just another set of protections we as parents give our kids for the digital environment (or as my 10-year-old calls it, a “cell phone seat belt”). My oldest is a 9th grader, and while I trust her, I’ve come to realize through the alerts that some of her friends aren’t truly her friends. It’s led to some amazing conversations about choosing friends wisely and recognizing toxic people. While she wasn’t for Bark at first, she’s since said she’s grateful that I saw those messages because it reaffirmed what she was feeling but didn’t know how to verbalize without sounding sensitive.” — Bark Parent • "Bark notified me that my young daughter had unknowingly revealed her phone number to strangers on Twitter. The fact that Bark notified me was impressive and led to an informative discussion with her the same day." — Jon B. • “Since Bark alerted us to the suicidal language used in the Google doc that was being used in a chat document with a friend, we have seen both a pediatrician and a licensed counselor. We are hopeful for a positive outcome. Thanks to Bark for letting us peek into our child’s mind!” — Bark Parent • “This app is a lifesaver! It has allowed us to catch so many “red flags” in the content my kids have accessed on their devices and in their interactions with friends and other people online that I wouldn’t have ever known about otherwise. The big difference between Bark and other “Parental Control” software is that Bark allows your kids to have so much more privacy. It doesn’t show you everything they do, but sends an instant alert regarding any activity that might be concerning. Highly recommended!” — Bark Parent With Bark, you can help keep your kids safe both online and in real life. Try it out for seven days absolutely free! Our Family Online Safety Specialists are standing by to help answer any questions you may have. Email help@bark.us or visit help.bark.us to get answers and advice from the Bark Team. Terms of Use https://www.bark.us/terms
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Verdict
Scout Champ and Bark both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Scout Champ's written reviews are positive against 13% of Bark's. Scout Champ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). Bark's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (36K vs 53). On price, rating, ads 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. Bark sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Scout Champ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Scout Champ against 4.3 for Bark. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 36K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Scout Champ's written reviews are positive against 13% of Bark's.
Scout Champ ships an update every 19 months, Bark every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scout Champ | Bark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (53 ratings) — better | 4.3 (36K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 12.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 36K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #81 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mana Pass | Bark Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Scout Champ
Bark
User reviews
Scout Champ
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- ✅ Tracks rank progress well
- 📚 Contains merit badge requirements
- 🎯 Helps scouts get organized
- 📱 Great for on-the-go tracking
Room to improve
- ⚠️ Missing recent badge updates
- ❌ Outdated requirements
- 🔄 Migration issues
- 🗄️ Scoutbook is a joke
- 🚫 Lacks Android support
Bark
From 36K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💯 Solid recommendation
- 🔒 Helps keep watch over family
- 🔒 Necessary for child safety
- 🚀 Disturbingly good app so far
- 🚀 Unique helpful tracker
Room to improve
- 🐛 Very hard to navigate
- 🐛 Can't install
- 🐛 Annoying features
- 🐛 Useless, don't waste money
- 🐛 Confusion during setup
Bugs and requests
Scout Champ
Reported bugs
6 issues- Migration to new requirements doesn't work
- Migration took forever and didn't load
- Troop number, council, and district not populating on PDF for blue card
- Notes field does not save
- Cannot add unit or personal info for scouts
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- Cannot delete scouts
Requested features
36 requests- Update to include new badges (Citizenship in Society)
- Allow sub-points to have their own checks
- Change 'Boys' to 'Scouts' for inclusivity
- Add support for Cub Scouts
- Add yearly updates for new badges/requirements
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- Update to reflect new Eagle required badges
- Add support for signing off individual skills/tasks within a requirement
- Add an organizing tool for scouts (alphabetical, rank, age)
- Add logging for camping nights, service hours, hiking miles
- Add Order of the Arrow feature
- Add a 'report' function
- Add a sync function
- Allow data transfer to another leader
- Add cloud data development
- Ability to hide or delete scouts
- Ability to organize boys into patrols
- Link databases amongst leaders
- Communicate with Scoutbook
- Make a separate group of boys for tracking
- Include a 'parent' role
- Allow checking off partial progress on a requirement
- Add Eagle Palms
- Add a sash feature
- Allow choosing the date earned
- Print a summary for each boy
- Cloud upload
- Export report function
- Share data between devices/users
- Link accounts for syncing
- Make signature box larger
- Store database in the cloud (Dropbox)
- Add a 'settings' screen
- Tie into unit and council data for updates
- Add missing merit badges (Automotive Maintenance, Woodwork, Architecture, Animation, Exploration, Sustainability)
- Update requirements to 2016/2019 standards
- Add Android version
Bark
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent disconnections and reconnections required
- Inability to monitor certain popular apps like TikTok and Snapchat
- Delayed alerts and notifications
- Unexpected phone performance issues like slower speeds and battery drain
Requested features
4 requests- Improve compatibility with iOS devices
- Provide cloud-based backups instead of manual device backups
- Add password protection to prevent app uninstallation
- Improve sensitivity settings and notification management
In-app purchases
Scout Champ
No in-app purchases
Bark
- Bark Jr Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Bark Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Bark Jr Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Bark Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year








