Comparison

SCRIBZEE® vs Scrinium

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

Scrinium

Features
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Scrinium is a read-later app with a longer memory. Save an article from Safari or with the Scrinium Clipper on your computer, and keep a private offline copy that remains searchable even if the original page later changes. SAVES Use the Share Sheet or Safari toolbar button on iPhone and iPad. Scrinium saves the page content your browser provides. It does not bypass paywalls or unlock content you could not already access. KEEPS Saved text and available images are kept for offline reading. Scrinium presents articles in a native reader—not an embedded browser—and never executes the captured webpage. Retained source remains inert and private. FINDS Search the full text of your archive instantly, with matching words highlighted in each result. Automatic tags are created on-device from article text and publisher metadata. It's an archive to search, not an inbox to clear—no unread counts, streaks, or guilt. READS Enjoy serif typography, adjustable text size, offline images, and a reader that filters common page clutter such as ads, subscription prompts, and related-story modules. Highlight important passages, hide unwanted blocks, and let Scrinium remember those choices for each publication. LISTENS Tap the headphones and Scrinium reads the article aloud, sentence by sentence, highlighting the current sentence as it speaks. Playback continues on the Lock Screen with play, pause, and sentence skip, along with your place in the article; AirPlay and Bluetooth speakers work; leave mid-article and Listen resumes where you stopped. Articles in other languages are spoken in their own language when your device has a matching voice installed. Reading aloud uses system voices available on your iPhone or iPad. Scrinium does not send article text to a developer server. SYNCS Your archive syncs through your private iCloud database. There is no Scrinium account, developer-run content server, analytics, advertising, or tracking. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No Scrinium account. No subscription. No AI summaries or rewrites. No analytics, advertising, or recommendation feed. Scrinium saves the articles you choose, presents them clearly, and leaves the author's words alone. The free archive holds up to 15 articles. Reading, search, highlights, editing, deleting, and sync are never limited. Scrinium Unlimited removes the save limit and unlocks the desktop Clipper with a one-time purchase—no subscription. Family Sharing is supported.

Screenshots

SCRIBZEE®4 screens
Scrinium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SCRIBZEE® at none against Scrinium's 1. SCRIBZEE® also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Scrinium's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ads and device support 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. Scrinium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SCRIBZEE® asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SCRIBZEE® ships an update monthly, Scrinium every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SCRIBZEE® versus Scrinium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCRIBZEE®Scrinium
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (178 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings178 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHamelin SASJaydip Patel

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

Scrinium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SCRIBZEE®

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scrinium

One-time1
  • Scrinium Unlimited$9.99

Questions

Is SCRIBZEE® free?
SCRIBZEE® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrinium free?
Scrinium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SCRIBZEE® or Scrinium have ads?
Neither SCRIBZEE® nor Scrinium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCRIBZEE® or Scrinium?
SCRIBZEE® ships an update monthly, and Scrinium every 4 days. Most recently, SCRIBZEE® was updated on October 13, 2026 and Scrinium on September 26, 2026.

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