Scouting app for iPhone and Android helps Scouts track advancement on the go

By Bryan Wendell | May 8, 2018

Scouting adventures can happen anywhere. With the new Scouting app for iPhone and Android, you can track those adventures anywhere, too.

The Scouting app, developed by the Boy Scouts of America, allows youth members and their parents to view and track advancement within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing.

It’s free and available on iOS and Android devices.

The BSA’s Information Technology Group, along with a throng of volunteer beta testers, wanted families to have an easier way to view and track a young person’s advancement. So they built the attractive, easy-to-use, official app.

The Scouting app connects to Scoutbook.com to sync existing advancement data. Because this information is stored on your device, you can use the Scouting app offline. That means parents and youth (13 and older) can access their advancement data anywhere, at any time.

How to begin

After downloading the Scouting app, parents and youth use their Scoutbook.com credentials to login.

Don’t yet have a Scoutbook account? Visit Scoutbook.com to create one for free. Note: a youth and parent can set up an account for the new mobile app even if their pack, troop or crew doesn’t have a unit-level subscription to Scoutbook.com.

What the app can do

The initial release (version 1.0) of the app includes the following functions:

Track a Scout’s advancement
Track logs like service hours, hiking and camping
View parent and/or Scout profile
Submit feedback
Provide parent access to your Scout(s) account

Under settings, the new app also supports a night-mode feature, user default data settings and offline capabilities.

What’s coming soon

Additional features will be introduced later in 2018, including:

Scout community
Notifications
Positions of leadership/responsbility
Calendar
Scout challenges

Feedback is a gift

If you find any issues with the new Scouting app, use the “Submit Feedback” feature in the app for the quickest way to share those concerns.

Look for the “gear” icon within the app.

The ‘other’ Scouting app

Scouting magazine has an app, too. Enjoy every issue of Scouting magazine ever printed — from 1913 to today — for just $4.99 a year.

Search “Scouting magazine” on your device’s app store.