Comparison

SmartShaker 3 vs ScribeMe

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

Head to head
About

SmartShaker 3

This app connects to a wireless bed shaker alarm via Bluetooth for reliable and discreet wake-ups. It offers customizable vibration strengths, stores alarm settings directly on the device, and provides notifications for calls and other apps. The long-lasting battery ensures up to 14 days of use on a single charge.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth pairing and control
  • On-device alarm storage
  • Adjustable vibration levels
  • Instant notification alerts
  • Long-lasting battery life
Features
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SmartShaker 3 is a wireless, app-enabled bed shaker alarm designed to help you wake up reliably and discreetly. Features: • Easy Setup & Intuitive Controls Pair SmartShaker 3 with your device via Bluetooth and manage it effortlessly through the SmartShaker 3 app. • Reliable Alarm Storage Your alarm settings are saved directly on the SmartShaker 3, ensuring you wake up on time—even if your phone is off. • Adjustable Vibration Strengths Select from 5 vibration levels to suit your needs. • Instant Notification Alerts Get alerted to incoming calls and app notifications instantly. • Long-Lasting Battery A single charge provides up to 14 days of silent, reliable wake-ups. Perfect for travelers, couples, roommates, students, heavy sleepers, and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.

About

ScribeMe

This AI-powered assistant helps visually impaired users navigate their surroundings and understand documents. It offers real-time object identification, text reading, and detailed image descriptions. The app makes documents accessible by preserving formatting and generating alt text, with advanced OCR in over 50 languages.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI video assistant
  • Object identification
  • Text reading
  • Document scanning and accessibility
  • AI-powered document summarization
  • Image description and analysis
  • OCR in 50+ languages
Features
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ScribeMe is your all-in-one AI powered accessibility assistant for blind and visually impaired users, designed to make documents, images, and the world around you fully accessible. Whether you're exploring your surroundings, reading documents, or understanding photos, ScribeMe gives you the information you need with speed, accuracy, and independence. Live Assist is the world's first live AI assistant for blind and visually impaired users. It provides continuous updates about your surroundings as the scene changes, giving you the all information you need. Whether you're finding a seat in a busy café, locating a door, reading a menu, shopping independently, identifying products, or searching for misplaced items, Live Assist keeps you informed in real time. Live Assist now works with AI glasses from Meta, allowing you to use it completely hands-free through voice and camera-enabled interactions. Instead of holding your phone, you can receive continuous, real-time descriptions directly from your glasses, making everyday tasks more natural, seamless, and independent. Live Assist isn't limited to the camera around you. You can also share your phone's screen and receive real-time assistance while browsing inaccessible websites, scrolling through photos, using apps, reading social media, shopping online, or navigating content that isn't fully accessible—bringing the same intelligent assistance to both the physical and digital world. Smart Scan makes documents fully accessible in seconds. Instantly scan PowerPoint presentations and PDFs, and ScribeMe automatically preserves formatting by identifying headings, lists, and tables while generating detailed alt text for images. With advanced OCR in over 50 languages, it extracts text with high accuracy and lets you ask AI questions about your documents, from quick summaries to detailed insights. With Snap nScribe, you can capture photos using your camera or choose images from your gallery to receive rich AI-generated descriptions of product labels, surroundings, handwritten notes, and more. Upload multiple images at once for fast, detailed results, ask follow-up questions about any photo, or share documents and images directly from other apps to ScribeMe for instant AI-powered assistance. Terms of Service: https://scribeme-ai.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://scribeme-ai.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

SmartShaker 34 screens
ScribeMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScribeMe at 75% against SmartShaker 3's 17%. ScribeMe also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). SmartShaker 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (40 vs 13). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ScribeMe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SmartShaker 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScribeMe holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of SmartShaker 3's written reviews are positive against 75% of ScribeMe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartShaker 3 ships an update every 2 months, ScribeMe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SmartShaker 3 versus ScribeMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartShaker 3ScribeMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (40 ratings)4.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.4% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiLuv-Creative TechnologyMark Morad

Customer experience

SmartShaker 3

All ratings40 ratings
Positive27.5%
Neutral27.5%
Negative45.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive17.4%
Neutral21.7%
Negative60.9%

ScribeMe

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

In-app purchases

None

SmartShaker 3

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

ScribeMe

Subscriptions4
  • ScribeMe Plus$4.991 Month
  • ScribeMe Premium$11.991 Month
  • ScribeMe Max$19.991 Month
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  • ScribeMe Max Yearly$200.001 Year

Questions

Is SmartShaker 3 free?
SmartShaker 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScribeMe free?
ScribeMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SmartShaker 3 or ScribeMe?
ScribeMe is rated higher. SmartShaker 3 averages 2.8 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while ScribeMe averages 4.0 from 13 ratings.
Do SmartShaker 3 or ScribeMe have ads?
Neither SmartShaker 3 nor ScribeMe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartShaker 3 or ScribeMe?
SmartShaker 3 ships an update every 2 months, and ScribeMe every 3 weeks. Most recently, SmartShaker 3 was updated on September 19, 2026 and ScribeMe on September 21, 2026.

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