On your iPhone
Put Scout on your Home Screen
It opens full screen like an app, one tap from your Home Screen, and updates itself.
This is a temporary option. Our iPhone app is waiting on App Store approval. Use this until it's out, then switch to the App Store app with the same account.
You're using the Home Screen version of Scout.
Sign in once in here and your plan comes with it. When our App Store app is out, download it and sign in with the same account.
Open my mapFirst, open this page in Safari or Chrome
The browser inside this app can't add Scout to your Home Screen. Tap the ··· or share icon in a corner of the screen and choose Open in Safari or Open in browser.
The web app is the same Scout. In Chrome you can also tap the menu, then Add to Home screen.
Scan with your phone's camera
Your phone opens this page with the right steps for Safari or Chrome.
The steps on the phone
Which browser are you using?
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Tap the ··· button
Look at the bottom of your screen. Just right of the web address is a round button with three dots. Tap it.
No three-dot button? Your Safari shows the Share button instead, a square with an arrow pointing up. Tap it and go to step 3.
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Tap Share
A menu opens. Tap Share , the square with an arrow pointing up.
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Tap Add to Home Screen
A list slides up from the bottom. Scroll down until you see Add to Home Screen and tap it.
Not in the list? Scroll to the very bottom and tap Edit Actions. Tap the + next to Add to Home Screen, then tap Done and scroll back down to it.
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Turn on Open as Web App, then tap Add
Check that the Open as Web App switch is on. Leave the name as Scout. Tap Add in the top right corner.
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Open Scout from your Home Screen
Go to your Home Screen and find the new Scout icon, a dark square with a bow and arrow. Tap it and sign in.
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Tap the Share button
Look at the address bar at the top of the screen, where the web address shows. At its right end is the Share button, a square with an arrow pointing up. Tap it.
Moved your address bar to the bottom? The Share button is at the right end of it down there.
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Tap Add to Home Screen
A list slides up from the bottom. Scroll down until you see Add to Home Screen and tap it.
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Tap Add
Leave the name as Scout. Tap Add in the top right corner.
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Open Scout from your Home Screen
Go to your Home Screen and find the new Scout icon, a dark square with a bow and arrow. Tap it and sign in.
Using Firefox, Edge or another browser? Open its menu, tap Share, then tap Add to Home Screen and Add.
- Sign in once inside the Home Screen app. Your plan comes with your account.
- Scout updates itself. You never need to reinstall it.
- When our App Store app is out, download it and sign in with the same account. You can then delete the Home Screen icon.