Scoutabout vs Rewind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scoutabout
This app helps you create professional notes and reports for tradeshows. Document suppliers, their products with pictures, and share your findings easily via PDF through various methods. It's designed for professional usability on iPads.
- Create tradeshow and supplier information
- Document products with pictures
- Import supplier data via QR code
- Share reports via AirDrop, email, or cloud
- Print and open reports in other apps
- Professional usability design
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Welcome to Scoutabout, the powerful app to create notes and professional reports of tradeshows. You can use iPad, iPad Air and iPad mini to report easily the tradeshows, the suppliers you visited and document their products. Create: • tradeshows and type in the information which will be shown on your report • supplier information and type in contact details • detailed product information and add pictures • use the QR Code (needs internet connection) to import all information provided from supplier (if supplier also use scoutabout) and add pictures Share: • send your PDF with Air Drop to others near you • send your report by email • open your PDF in other Applications • print your report • save your report in iBooks, dropbox or in any other cloud Scoutabout was carefully designed to experience a professional usability.
Rewind
This app automatically tracks your time based on your location, requiring minimal user input after initial setup. It offers insights into how you spend your time at various locations and can sync data to your calendar. A Pro version unlocks advanced reporting and more location tracking.
- Automatic background time tracking
- Location-based tracking
- Calendar view
- Insightful statistics
- Calendar sync
- Pro version reporting and backup
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The best time tracking solution is the one you don’t even have to think about. Rewind automatically tracks your time based on your location. You just have to set up your important places and you’re done. Use it to track your work time, time you spend with clients, in the gym, at home, in your favourite coffee shop or restaurant. The possibilities are endless. You can even have it push all your time intervals to your calendar (for example iCloud calendar). • Works fully automatically in the background, so you don’t even have to open it • But you’ll want to open it: to check the beautiful and useful calendar view • Insightful statistics • Excel/Number reports (Pro version) • Backup (Pro version) • Free version lets you try it with one location, Pro version let’s you track up to 20 places
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scoutabout at 100% against Rewind's 49%. Scoutabout also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Rewind sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Scoutabout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scoutabout ships an update every 2 months, Rewind every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scoutabout | Rewind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (249 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 48.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 249 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mi Appsolutions KG | Sandro Pennisi |
Customer experience
Scoutabout
Rewind
Bugs and requests
Scoutabout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rewind
Reported bugs
14 issues- iOS 16.4+ background update compatibility broken
- iOS 15 compatibility issues - not ending timeframes properly
- iOS 10 calendar sync functionality broken
- Calendar export toggle doesn't persist
- Feedback menu crashes app
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- Location tracking fails after iOS updates
- Inconsistent data between daily and weekly views
- App stops tracking after force close
- Fails to detect location exits
- Duplicate location tracking simultaneously
- Missing saved locations after iOS update
- Calendar access permission not available in settings
- Inaccurate time calculations
- App crashes on first launch
Requested features
14 requests- iPad version
- Ability to track unknown/new locations automatically
- Grouping/categorizing locations (e.g., all Starbucks locations)
- Manual marker placement on map
- Ability to set minimum time threshold before recording location
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- Smaller geofence radius options
- Export notes along with time and location data
- Configurable first day of week (Monday option)
- Category grouping for combined reporting
- Untracked time visualization in pie charts
- Tip/donation option for developers
- Trial period with multiple locations
- Notification when app is force-closed
- Persistent export settings
In-app purchases
Scoutabout
No in-app purchases
Rewind
- Rewind Pro Free TrialFree
- Rewind Pro$3.79









