Beanstalk Learning vs Digital Cookie Mobile App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beanstalk Learning
This interactive eBook reader allows students to download and access their digital textbooks offline. Users can customize their reading experience with portrait or landscape views and easily navigate through content. The app also provides tools for making notes and highlighting text for effective study and review.
- Offline eBook access
- Portrait and landscape view
- Thumbnail navigation
- Note-taking
- Text highlighting
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Beanstalk is an interactive eBook reader app for Students. With Beanstalk Reader you can: 1) Download your Beanstalk eBooks and access them offline, where and when you choose 2) Select portrait or landscape view with thumbnail-based navigation 3) Make notes and highlight text as you go, or view all for convenient review
Digital Cookie Mobile App
This app allows Girl Scouts to manage their cookie sales online, accept various payment methods, and track orders for delivery or shipping. It helps young entrepreneurs develop digital marketing skills while managing their cookie business on the go.
- Online cookie sales
- Accept credit card, Venmo, PayPal
- Order delivery and shipping options
- Track goal progress
- Manage cookie orders
- Process booth sales payments
- Log cash transactions
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The app enables girls in the Girl Scout Cookie Program to bring their cookie business online as they take customer orders and grow their digital marketing skills. The mobile app is free to use and is designed for Girl Scouts, Caregivers, and Volunteers participating in Digital Cookie. You'll need a secure internet connection when using the app and data transfer charges might apply. Use the app to sell Girl Scout Cookies on your phone or tablet. It’s easy to help customers order, pay by credit card, Venmo, or PayPal, and choose whether to have their cookies handed to them, delivered, or shipped right to their home! Girl Scouts: Check your goal progress, place a new cookie order for a customer, and share your cookie site URL via email. Caregivers: With quick access to order details, you can manage cookie orders no matter where you are. See the latest cookie sales and approve orders on-the-spot. Volunteers: Use the app for convenient Cookie Booth sales payment processing and tracking, as well as viewing all orders for the troop. NEW: Cash Order Tracking Log cash transactions for ‘Give now’ orders. Track cash received, change given, and send customers receipts. NEW: Push Notifications Allow notifications to receive reminders of in-person delivery orders pending approval. Use your Digital Cookie platform login to get into the app. Don't have an account yet? No problem! If your council is participating in Digital Cookie, go to https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/ to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Digital Cookie Mobile App at every 3 weeks against Beanstalk Learning's every 9 months. Digital Cookie Mobile App also leads on rating (2.9 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (158 vs 10). Beanstalk Learning's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Digital Cookie Mobile App holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Cookie Mobile App has 158 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Beanstalk Learning's written reviews are positive against 19% of Digital Cookie Mobile App's.
Beanstalk Learning ships an update every 9 months, Digital Cookie Mobile App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beanstalk Learning | Digital Cookie Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (10 ratings) | 2.9 (158 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 19.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 158 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beanstalk Learning | Girl Scouts of the USA |
Customer experience
Beanstalk Learning
Digital Cookie Mobile App
Bugs and requests
Beanstalk Learning
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Digital Cookie Mobile App
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and password reset problems
- Frequent crashes and app failures
- Inaccurate cookie inventory and sales data
Requested features
5 requests- Add cash payment option
- Improve sales tracking and reporting
- Streamline login process
- Integrate with other Girl Scout platforms
- Implement tap-to-pay functionality
In-app purchases
Beanstalk Learning
No in-app purchases
Digital Cookie Mobile App
No in-app purchases
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