Comments on: Scouting Magazine Announces iPhone App for Boy Scouts

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:06:34 +0000

When will it be in the Android market?

By: Richard Luten

Richard Luten — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:04:12 +0000

When do you think this will be ready for the blackberry.

By: Will Richmond

Will Richmond — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:27:44 +0000

This is a great app for Boy & Cub scout leaders alike. It gives you all the information that you need in the palm of your hand. I am the Cub Master & Pack leader of Pack 816 and it comes in very useful. It is one of my favorite apps on my phone.

By: Kazooty

Kazooty — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:02:32 +0000

I’m intrigued by the hype that BSA places on the “app” for the BSA Handbook and now Scouting Magazine. Most units that I’m associated with (and I’m a District Chairman) don’t allow the use of electronic devices on outings. A second reaction is that the iPhone only works with AT&T, and in my rural area, that generally means that it doesn’t work at all. This would negate any interactive features, I think. The vision of a group of Scouts hiking in the woods, iPhones in hand, rockin’ to their favorite tunes and texting their friends while reviewing rank requirements in the Scout Handbook is a nightmare I think I’d like to avoid.

By: Jake Curren

Jake Curren — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:23:34 +0000

It’s a book. Not a record keeper. not a video game. Just a book. I am grateful for it.

By: Dan - Scouting News

Dan - Scouting News — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:26:35 +0000

I’m still trying to find someone who will write a full “honest” review on the iphone app. I even offered two people who posted their opinions on Scouts-L to pay the cost of the app.

What I’ve heard so far is that they tried but kind of failed. Instead of making it interactive its basically just an electronic version of the handbook. You can’t store requirement information, they recommend printing the requirements checkoff sheets, and some pages you have to scroll in order to read them.