Comparison

SCRIBZEE® vs SmartLines school assistant

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

Head to head
About

SCRIBZEE®

Securely access all your handwritten notes from any device, anytime. This app offers high-quality scans that are automatically enhanced for clarity and readability. Organize, share, and even convert notes to PDF for easy distribution.

Highlights
  • Secure cloud access for notes
  • High-quality automatic scanning
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Note organization by subject/project
  • Share notes via social media/messaging
  • Convert notes to PDF
  • Revision progress tracking
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ACCESS ALL YOUR HANDWRITTEN NOTES SECURELY, WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED THEM, on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Already more than a million people are using SCRIBZEE®. ◆ WITH SCRIBZEE® YOUR HANDWRITTEN NOTES ARE ACCESSIBLE EVERYWHERE, EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOK WITH YOU ◆ Whether you’re a student or a professional on a business trip, it’s great to be able to access all your handwritten notes without having to carry your notes or notebooks around with you. With SCRIBZEE®, access your notes anywhere and at any time via the smartphone app, even in flight mode, or alternatively on a tablet, PC or Mac with SCRIBZEE® Online (www.scribzee.com). ◆ A HIGH-QUALITY SCAN EVERY TIME, BETTER THAN USING YOUR SMARTPHONE CAMERA ◆ Capturing your notes with your smartphone camera is a possibility. However, the result doesn’t often come up to expectations. The pages are crooked, slightly blurry and badly framed. Your notes get mixed up with your photos, they take up storage space and are not multipage. With SCRIBZEE® and your compatible HAMELIN product, your scan is automatically enhanced by the app, so you get a high-quality result every time: • Accurate framing of the page content, • Vertical and horizontal re-framing of the image, • Optimisation of the contrast and brightness levels Your scanned notes are always clear and fully readable, shareable, enrichable and printable. ◆ SCRIBZEE® FOR LEARNING ◆ Are you in the habit of forgetting your notebook? Have you ever misplaced study cards or had them torn to pieces by your puppy? SCRIBZEE® protects your notes so you can study wherever and whenever you need to on your smartphone. Do you wake up in the morning with study cards strewn all over your bed? Organise your notes by subject in SCRIBZEE® and study in bed using your smartphone. Fed up of seeing more pics of your notes or study cards on your smartphone than photos of your friends? Store your notes in SCRIBZEE® and free up your photo gallery for more important things. Got a friend in need? With SCRIBZEE® share your class notes or study cards with one click (Twitter, Messenger, What’s App). Have you written out so many study cards you don’t know where to start revising? With SCRIBZEE® assign a status (red, orange, green) to each card and keep track of your revision progress. ◆ SCRIBZEE® FOR BUSINESS ◆ Does your job involve long-term projects? Save and access all your notes in SCRIBZEE®. Do you manage lots of different projects? Archive your notes by subject, client or project name and find everything you need with SCRIBZEE®’s search function. Do you frequently attend meetings then need to send out the meeting notes quickly? With SCRIBZEE® no more typing out handwritten notes, just convert to PDF and share instantly. Do you find your notes or meeting minutes easily get mixed up? Keep your notes under control access them faster by linking them to the appointments in your calendar. ◆ SCRIBZEE® IS ALSO ◆ • A free app. • Exclusively available with your favourite HAMELIN notebook. • Includes dedicated, unlimited free cloud storage space. • Totally secure. Your notes are encrypted and only readable by you. • Allows you to create automatic reminders for your important notes. • Add photos from your smartphone to enrich your handwritten notes. • And much more.

About

SmartLines school assistant

This app helps students manage their academic life by sending timely notifications for homework and exams. It integrates with a special notebook to import schedules and notes, and allows sharing of academic materials with classmates.

Highlights
  • Automatic homework and exam notifications
  • Smart notebook integration
  • Schedule and planner import via OCR
  • Note scanning and optimization
  • Sharing of notes, schedule, and tasks
  • Customizable codes and colors
Features
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SmartLines is a school assistant that offers you the best study experience ever by sending you automatic notifications to do your homework, study for exams and much more. Pair it with a SmartLines notebook for the complete experience, inside and outside of the classroom – import your notebook's schedule, planner and notes into your smartphone and share everything with your classmates. KEY FEATURES App + Notebook When used together they offer you the full SmartLines experience both inside and outside of the classroom. Scanner The scanner detects the notebook's smart markers, automatically cropping and adjusting notes to increase readability and save up to 98% ink when printing. Schedule The app uses optical character recognition (OCR) to read the 3-letter codes on your notebook's schedule, importing it into your smartphone. Planner The app reads the 3-letter codes on your notebook's planner, importing all new tasks into your smartphone. It also sends you timely notifications to study for exams, do your homework and much more. Share function The app allows you to share notes, schedule and tasks through messaging apps and email. Customisation If the 3-letter codes provided don't work for you, that's fine, you can change them. You can edit colours as well. WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NOTEBOOK? No problem, you can also use the app on its own by entering data and cropping manually. This way the whole class can stay in the loop.

Screenshots

SCRIBZEE®4 screens
SmartLines school assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SmartLines school assistant at 100% against SCRIBZEE®'s 54%. SmartLines school assistant also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). SCRIBZEE®'s advantage is ratings volume (178 vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartLines school assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SCRIBZEE® has 178 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of SCRIBZEE®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of SmartLines school assistant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SCRIBZEE® ships an update monthly, SmartLines school assistant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SCRIBZEE® versus SmartLines school assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCRIBZEE®SmartLines school assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (178 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings178 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHamelin SASMar-Mar d.o.o.

Customer experience

SCRIBZEE®

All ratings178 ratings
Positive70.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative38.3%

SmartLines school assistant

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SCRIBZEE®

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App fails to open or get stuck on loading screen
  • Issues with account creation and password reset
  • Scanned notes not saving or disappearing
  • Inconsistent behavior when scanning multiple pages
  • Compatibility problems with certain device models

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sub-folder support for better organization
  • Improve handwriting recognition accuracy
  • Implement a more user-friendly interface
  • Allow scanning of non-proprietary notebooks
  • Integrate with popular note-taking apps

SmartLines school assistant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SCRIBZEE®

No in-app purchases

None

SmartLines school assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SCRIBZEE® free?
SCRIBZEE® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartLines school assistant free?
SmartLines school assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SCRIBZEE® or SmartLines school assistant?
SmartLines school assistant is rated higher. SCRIBZEE® averages 3.8 out of 5 from 178 ratings, while SmartLines school assistant averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SCRIBZEE® or SmartLines school assistant have ads?
Neither SCRIBZEE® nor SmartLines school assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCRIBZEE® or SmartLines school assistant?
SCRIBZEE® ships an update monthly, and SmartLines school assistant every 2 months. Most recently, SCRIBZEE® was updated on September 21, 2026 and SmartLines school assistant on June 8, 2026.

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