Comparison

Weemarkable vs WildScribe

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

Head to head
About

Weemarkable

Stay connected with your child's day through daily updates, photos, and direct messages from educators. Access menus and receive notifications on your mobile device. Share updates with family and friends in a safe, secure environment.

Highlights
  • Daily updates and photos
  • Direct messaging with educators
  • Child care center menus
  • Mobile notifications
  • Follower management
  • Secure and confidential
Features
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It's the app you love to hear from: β€’ Daily updates and photos about your child's play, nap and meals β€’ Direct messaging to and from your child's educators β€’ Child Care Centre menus β€’ Notifications direct to your mobile device β€’ Add followers and customize what they can view β€’ Safe, secure and confidential Even when you can't be with them, it's Weemarkable how connected you'll be.

About

WildScribe

This app helps educators and families document outdoor experiences. Record daily activities, observations, and locations with photos and notes. Generate shareable reports of your time spent in nature.

Highlights
  • Nature journal entries
  • Photo attachments
  • Map-linked locations
  • Animal and flora sighting logs
  • Built-in reference libraries
  • Outdoor time summaries
  • Exportable PDF/HTML reports
Features
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WildScribe is a clean, practical nature journal built for outdoor educators, forest school programs, homeschool groups, families, and anyone who wants an organized record of time spent outside. This app is designed for tracking and documenting your outdoor days. It’s not a field guide, and it isn’t a safety or survival manual. WildScribe helps you capture what happened, where you were, what you noticed, and how your time outside is adding up over weeks and months. Use WildScribe to build a personal (or program) record of outdoor learning and observation. Create day entries, attach photos, link your notes to places on a map, and keep a running log of sightings and discoveries. When you need to share your documentation, export clean reports you can print or send. What you can do in WildScribe Nature Journal Create day-based journal entries with highlights and observations. Add photos from your device to preserve moments, discoveries, and evidence of learning in a simple, consistent format. Areas Save meaningful outdoor locations as Areas and keep notes specific to each place. Track nature play observed, gear or equipment noted, and quickly see relevant activity connected to that spot. Map pins Pin your Areas, animal sightings, and flora/fungi finds to a map so your journal becomes a living record of where things happened. It’s easy to return to favorite locations and notice patterns over time. Animal sightings Record what you saw and link sightings to locations. Build a timeline of observations and connect them to the places you visit most. Built-in reference libraries Browse Animals and Flora & Fungi libraries to support your journaling and help label what you’re observing. These are quick reference notes meant to support documentation, not a full identification guide. Logbook summaries Track your outdoor time with clear summaries. View weekly, monthly, or custom ranges and see total hours, days outside, journal entries, and sightings at a glance. Export reports Generate shareable day reports in PDF or HTML. Perfect for program documentation, parent updates, portfolios, or simply keeping a printable record of your time outdoors. WildScribe is made to be simple, fast, and useful in the real world. No accounts, no complicated setup. Just a straightforward way to record outdoor time and the stories that come with it.

Screenshots

Weemarkable4 screens
WildScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WildScribe at 100% against Weemarkable's 15%. Weemarkable's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Weemarkable is free to download; WildScribe costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Weemarkable versus WildScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeemarkableWildScribe
PriceFree β€” better$1.99
Positive reviews15.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree β€” betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better16.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size53 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/BrantfordChris Hancock

Customer experience

Weemarkable

Written reviews66 reviews
Positive15.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative66.7%

WildScribe

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Weemarkable

Reported bugs

45 issues
  • Constantly kicked out of app
  • Red bar across screen on open
  • Auto sign outs on multiple devices
  • Camera access option gone
  • App won't start/sign in does nothing
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  • Photo uploading doesn't work on iOS 26
  • Cannot download pictures (permission required but no option)
  • Face recognition/passcode issues
  • Undefined alert on login
  • Feed not loading, just spins
  • App won't load anything after update
  • Cannot log in after update
  • Screen disappears when typing login
  • Cannot close pictures/menu difficult to access
  • App stops working after new update
  • Cannot see anything in feed/blank
  • Notifications not coming through
  • Touch ID not compatible
  • Cannot add follower if they follow another child
  • Email address incorrect for new account setup
  • Exit X on left side does not work
  • App is very slow
  • Newsfeed will not load
  • Latest update removed text in documentation field
  • Cannot revert to prior version
  • Cannot close images without exiting app
  • Downloaded image is the prior one
  • App doesn't function well on iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • Close button at top left doesn't work
  • Cannot access menu 90% of the time
  • Glitchy and frustrating on iPhone 13
  • App won't load, happens all the time
  • Cannot close out of an image on iPhone 13
  • App is slow and unresponsive
  • Cannot close photos, close button too small
  • Double space doesn't make a period
  • Cannot edit or delete comments
  • No way to respond to other comments
  • No notifications for messages
  • Cannot see what you're typing in long messages
  • App is buggy on iPhone 13 Pro
  • Cannot open menu or close photo
  • Stopped receiving notifications
  • App doesn't work with iPhone
  • Cannot access menu or close pictures on iPhone 12

Requested features

11 requests
  • Allow both parents to view messages
  • Enable group messaging for parents
  • Fix camera permission issue
  • Add dark mode
  • Allow editing messages
Show 6 more
  • Add time stamps to messages
  • Allow adding second child
  • Allow adding follower/emergency contact
  • Improve photo upload limits
  • Fix double-tap for period
  • Fix keyboard switching after punctuation

WildScribe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Weemarkable

No in-app purchases

None

WildScribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weemarkable free?
Weemarkable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WildScribe free?
WildScribe costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weemarkable or WildScribe have ads?
Neither Weemarkable nor WildScribe shows ads.

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