SCRIBZEE® vs Scream Blocker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Scream Blocker
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Your phone has one job during a focus session: stay face down. Lift it and it screams. Scream Blocker is a screen-time blocker with a physical rule instead of a screen you can dismiss. Start a session, put the phone face down on the desk and it goes quiet. Pick it up and it starts screaming, softly at first and louder the further you turn it over, until it is face down again. You don't argue with a button. You smother the phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a length on the ruler, from 5 to 120 minutes. 2. Put the phone face down. Nothing screams yet: the session arms once the phone is face down and still. 3. Lift it and the scream ramps with the angle. Face down again means silence. 4. At the end, a gentle chime tells you it's over. WHAT'S INSIDE • A scream that grows with tilt, not an on/off alarm. Volume goes to maximum and it plays through the silent switch. • Two screams free, from comedy to terror, and seven more in the Scream Pack, a one-time in-app purchase: an opera singer who will not stop, a metal growl, an inconsolable baby, a demon, a horror-film scream, a man in full panic and nails on a chalkboard. Tap any of them to hear it before you buy. • Surface check: the proximity sensor knows whether the phone is actually resting on something, so holding it above your face doesn't count as face down. • Schedules: pick weekdays and hours when sessions should run, with a reminder at the start. • History: sessions completed, how many times you lifted the phone and how long it spent in the air. • Give up, if you must: hold for three seconds while it keeps screaming. GOOD FOR Deep work, studying, exam prep, reading, meals without a phone and winding down before sleep. Anyone who has learned that a plain app blocker is one tap away from being ignored. HONEST ABOUT LIMITS • The scream needs a running session: the app open, or the screen locked with the session still going. • Orientation comes from the motion sensors, so it wants a real iPhone lying on a real surface. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Your sessions and settings stay on your phone. Scream Blocker. Put it down. Or else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Scream Blocker at every 3 days against SCRIBZEE®'s monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. SCRIBZEE® sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Scream Blocker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SCRIBZEE® ships an update monthly, Scream Blocker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCRIBZEE® | Scream Blocker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (180 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 180 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hamelin SAS | Ivan de Cabo |
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
Scream Blocker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SCRIBZEE®
- Scribzee+ monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Scribzee+ monthly subscription$6.991 Month
- Scribzee+ annual subscription$24.991 Year
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- Scribzee+ annual subscription$39.991 Year
Scream Blocker
- Scream Pack$2.99
Questions
Is SCRIBZEE® free?
Is Scream Blocker free?
Do SCRIBZEE® or Scream Blocker have ads?
Which is updated more often, SCRIBZEE® or Scream Blocker?
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