ScreenBrush Remote vs Screen Pencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScreenBrush Remote
Control your Mac presentations from your iPhone. Use it as a laser pointer, slide changer, or drawing tool to highlight key points. It also features a flashlight and remote typing.
- Remote drawing
- Slide changing
- Laser pointer
- Flashlight tool
- Remote typing
- Undo/redo functionality
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ScreenBrush Remote as a laser pointer for presentations to concentrate attention on significant points. Use your iPhone to connect to ScreenBrush on your Mac. Use ScreenBrush Remote as a "clicker" for Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to change slides. Features: • Remote Drawing • Change slides of presentations • As a laser pointer • Clear Screen with drawing by swiping left • Flashlight Tool by swiping right • Color hue change • Tool change • Repeat last drawing • Remote typing for Text Tool • Undo and redo Requirements: • iPhone with iOS 12 or later • Wi-Fi connection to ScreenBrush on your Mac
Screen Pencil
Record videos of websites while simultaneously taking notes with your finger. Capture audio using the built-in or external microphone for comprehensive documentation.
- Website video recording
- Finger-drawn note-taking
- Audio recording (internal/external mic)
- Productivity tool
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Record a video of a website while taking notes with your finger, with the option to record audio with the built in mic or external mic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screen Pencil at 100% against ScreenBrush Remote's 54%. Screen Pencil also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months). ScreenBrush Remote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Screen Pencil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of ScreenBrush Remote's written reviews are positive against 100% of Screen Pencil's.
ScreenBrush Remote ships an update every 5 months, Screen Pencil every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScreenBrush Remote | Screen Pencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Elena Drozhzhina | DAE J MYUNG |
Customer experience
ScreenBrush Remote
Screen Pencil
In-app purchases
ScreenBrush Remote
No in-app purchases
Screen Pencil
No in-app purchases
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