SCOUT Locations vs PL scout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCOUT Locations
Discover and share film and photo locations with a global community. Find spots near you using map view or tags, and publish your own discoveries with photos and descriptions. Save your favorite locations for future reference.
- Discover film and photo locations
- Publish new locations
- View locations on a map
- Search by tags
- Save favorite locations
- Add photos and descriptions
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SCOUT offers you the opportunity to find and publish film and photo locations in your surroundings. Our goal with SCOUT is to provide photographers and filmmakers a huge and open archive of locations. To reach this goal all users can publish locations in SCOUT and share them with the whole community. Don't search, find! Find locations near by and view them on a map. Or look for Tags, to find locations according to your imagination. Publish Locations! Publish gorgeous places and share them with photographers and filmmakers all over the world. Add photos, a description and tags to your locations. Favorites Add locations to your favorites, to view them later.
PL scout
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Location Scouts can use this app for gathering location data (address, GPS, Contact Information, etc) and taking pictures of locations to be used for the Advertising, Television, and Motion Picture Industries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SCOUT Locations at 8.0 against PL scout's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCOUT Locations | PL scout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jonas Ester | Kiote Productions |
In-app purchases
SCOUT Locations
No in-app purchases
PL scout
No in-app purchases
