Comparison

Scout Champ vs AutoPylot For Drones

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Scout advancement tracking
  • Merit badge progress
  • Requirement status
  • Digital signatures
  • PDF blue card generation
  • Visual progress charts
Features
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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

About

AutoPylot For Drones

This app provides FAA-approved services for drone pilots, including B4UFLY status, LAANC airspace authorizations, and operational awareness. It simplifies flight planning with airspace visualization, weather tools, and customizable safety checklists.

Highlights
  • FAA-approved B4UFLY and LAANC services
  • Instant flight readiness indicator
  • Simplified airspace visualization
  • Near real-time LAANC authorizations
  • Operational awareness of airspace restrictions
  • Customizable safety checklists
  • All-in-one mission management
Features
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AutoPylot: The #1 Rated FAA-Approved Provider of B4UFLY and LAANC AutoPylot is the highest-rated FAA-approved provider of B4UFLY and LAANC services and is trusted by over 100K drone pilots for its seamless user experience and powerful features. Whether you’re a recreational flyer or a professional operator, AutoPylot makes flying drones safer, easier, and stress-free. Why AutoPylot? FAA-Approved (B4UFLY & LAANC) & Trusted: AutoPylot is the easiest-to-use FAA-approved app, offering unparalleled reliability and a user-friendly interface. Top-Rated by Pilots: Join the over 100K+ satisfied pilots and enthusiasts who have made AutoPylot the highest-rated drone app on the market. Key Features - Instant Flight Readiness (B4UFLY Status Indicator): Instantly know if you are good to fly, need approval (LAANC), or cannot fly in your planned flight area. - Simplified Airspace Visualization: Take the guesswork out of airspace with clear, easy-to-read maps and advisories to remove uncertainty from your flight planning. - Near Real-Time Authorizations (LAANC Approvals): AutoPylot is an FAA-approved LAANC provider that helps pilots get fast, near-real-time authorizations for flights in controlled airspace. - Operational Awareness: B4UFLY, stay informed with detailed data on local drone rules, Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), National Parks, wilderness areas, and wildlife refuges. - Customizable Safety Checklists: Build pre-, during-, and post-flight checklists and add them to any missions to improve safety. Make tasks time-sensitive to receive reminders via push notifications. - All-in-One Mission Management: Log, monitor, and edit mission details, access advisories, track weather, create notes, share flights, and more—all in one place. - Mission-Specific Weather Tools: Plan with precise mission-specific weather insights, including hourly updates, 10-day forecasts, and wind/precipitation maps. Sign up for a free trial of AutoPylot+, our advanced pre-flight planning weather features! Fly Smarter, Fly Safer AutoPylot takes the guesswork out of drone flying, helping you confidently focus on your mission. Download the highest-rated FAA-approved app and experience the easiest way to manage your drone operations. Download AutoPylot today and take flight like never before! https://www.autopylot.io AutoPylot: Ready, Set, Fly! Terms: https://www.autopylot.io/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.autopylot.io/privacy/

Screenshots

Scout Champ4 screens
AutoPylot For Drones4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AutoPylot For Drones at 4.9 against Scout Champ's 4.3. AutoPylot For Drones also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (5.4K vs 53). Scout Champ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (85% vs 76%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AutoPylot For Drones sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Scout Champ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AutoPylot For Drones holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AutoPylot For Drones has 5.4K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Scout Champ's written reviews are positive against 76% of AutoPylot For Drones's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scout Champ ships an update every 19 months, AutoPylot For Drones monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scout Champ versus AutoPylot For Drones: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScout ChampAutoPylot For Drones
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (53 ratings)4.9 (5.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better76.0% of reviews
Number of ratings535.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMana PassAutoPylot, INC

Customer experience

Scout Champ

All ratings53 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative3.6%

AutoPylot For Drones

All ratings5,393 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative19.8%

User reviews

Scout Champ

From 53 App Store ratings

What 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

AutoPylot For Drones

From 5.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast LAANC approval
  • 🚀 Intuitive app
  • 🚀 Streamlined flight planning
  • 👍 Polished weather maps

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Missing controlled airspaces
  • 🐛 Lack of local/regional restriction maps
  • 🐛 No iPad support
  • 🐛 Inability to edit missions
  • 🐛 Restrictive LAANC request shapes

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

AutoPylot For Drones

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Miscategorizing flights as requiring ATC approval
  • Lack of controlled airspace information in certain regions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit missions
  • Support for polygonal LAANC requests
  • Integration with FAA TFR website
  • Access to weather data before LAANC submission
  • Support for Part 107 and recreational missions

In-app purchases

None

Scout Champ

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

AutoPylot For Drones

Subscriptions4
  • AutoPylot+ (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • AutoPylot+ (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • AutoPylot+ (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • AutoPylot+ (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Scout Champ free?
Scout Champ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AutoPylot For Drones free?
AutoPylot For Drones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scout Champ or AutoPylot For Drones?
AutoPylot For Drones is rated higher. Scout Champ averages 4.3 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while AutoPylot For Drones averages 4.9 from 5.4K ratings.
Do Scout Champ or AutoPylot For Drones have ads?
Neither Scout Champ nor AutoPylot For Drones shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scout Champ or AutoPylot For Drones?
Scout Champ ships an update every 19 months, and AutoPylot For Drones monthly. Most recently, Scout Champ was updated on October 26, 2026 and AutoPylot For Drones on October 30, 2026.

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