Comparison

Bear vs ScrollSnap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bear

A beautiful and simple Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing your thoughts and ideas. It offers a distraction-free writing environment, flexible formatting, and powerful organizational tools like tags and tasks. Ideal for anyone looking to streamline their note-taking and creative processes.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing environment
  • Flexible Markdown formatting
  • Tag-based organization
  • Task management
  • Note linking (WikiLinks)
  • Web clipping extension
  • Apple Pencil sketching
Features
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Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension - The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks - Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes - Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian - Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts - Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else ​ ## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN ​ - Work in plain text - easy to move between apps - Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown - Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings - Markdown hides for a clean reading experience - Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool ​ ## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more ​ - Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar - Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons - Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks - Fold sections to get them out of the way ​ ## SHARING MADE EASY ​ - Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text - Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required) - Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet ​ ## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE ​ - Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere - Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required) - Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday ​ ## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE ​ * Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required) * Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required) * Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code * Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more ​ ## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO ​ One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming. ​ - Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud - Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you - Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID - Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub - Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes - Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons ​ $2.99 monthly $29.99 yearly 14-day free trial ​ ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ----- ​ bear@shinyfrog.net Twitter: BearNotesApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp Facebook: BearNotes Instagram: BearNotesApp Privacy Policy: http://www.bear.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://www.bear.app/terms/

About

ScrollSnap

Effortlessly convert scrolling screen recordings into a single, seamless long screenshot. This tool automatically stitches video frames, eliminating manual cropping and alignment for clean, shareable images. Perfect for capturing web pages, chat logs, and app tutorials.

Highlights
  • Stitches scroll videos into long screenshots
  • Automatic frame stitching
  • Trims clips with a timeline
  • Built-in library for generated images
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Saves and shares screenshots
Features
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Turn any scrolling screen recording into one seamless long screenshot — in seconds. ScrollSnap automatically stitches your scroll videos into a single tall image. No cropping. No manual alignment. Just a clean, shareable screenshot ready to save or send. HOW IT WORKS Pick a screen recording from your Photos library. ScrollSnap detects the scroll motion and stitches every frame together. Save to Photos or share instantly. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Seamless stitching — intelligent overlap detection removes duplicate content automatically. • Trim your clip — use the timeline to process only the section you need. • Built-in library — all your generated images in one place, always at hand. • Privacy-first — all processing happens on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. Perfect for capturing long web pages, chat histories, app walkthroughs, and more. Download ScrollSnap and turn your scroll videos into shareable screenshots today.

Screenshots

Bear4 screens
ScrollSnap3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bear at 6.9K against ScrollSnap's 5. Bear also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). ScrollSnap's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ScrollSnap sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bear against 4.8 for ScrollSnap. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear has 6.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Bear's written reviews are positive against 100% of ScrollSnap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear ships an update every 9 days, ScrollSnap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bear versus ScrollSnap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBearScrollSnap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.9K ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.9K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiny Frog Ltd.晔斌 范

Customer experience

Bear

All ratings6,864 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews1,753 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative13.7%

ScrollSnap

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bear

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sync issues causing note conflicts and data loss
  • Cursor jumping and input issues on iPad
  • Inconsistent behavior when importing/exporting content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add password protection for individual notes
  • Improve search capabilities to find text within notes
  • Implement table support for more robust note-taking
  • Develop a web-based version for broader accessibility
  • Allow manual sorting and organization of notes

ScrollSnap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bear

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

ScrollSnap

One-time3
  • A coffee$0.99
  • Two Coffees$2.99
  • Three Coffees$4.99

Questions

Is Bear free?
Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScrollSnap free?
ScrollSnap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bear or ScrollSnap?
ScrollSnap is rated higher. Bear averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while ScrollSnap averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Bear or ScrollSnap have ads?
Neither Bear nor ScrollSnap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear or ScrollSnap?
Bear ships an update every 9 days, and ScrollSnap every 2 months. Most recently, Bear was updated on October 6, 2026 and ScrollSnap on September 29, 2026.

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