Comparison

reMarkable mobile vs Scriben

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

Head to head
About

reMarkable mobile

Organize, create, and access your digital notes and documents from your paper tablet on the go. Manage content with folders and tags, and create new notebooks or add pages to existing PDFs and ebooks. Sync your work seamlessly to continue where you left off.

Highlights
  • Content overview with tags and favorites
  • Create folders for organization
  • Search functionality for documents
  • Create new notebooks and add pages
  • Edit PDFs and ebooks
  • Sync content across devices
Features
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Expand your reMarkable universe: Make sure to pair your paper tablet with an account at my.remarkable.com before logging in to the app. Find login details for both in Account settings on the paper tablet. Get organized: Use the app to get an overview of your content, with tags and favorite documents. Create folders for collecting notebooks and files by topic. Save one for each project, or separate work and personal notes. This will help you find and arrange the content stored on your paper tablet with Search. You can also remove clutter by deleting any digital paper that has piled up. Fresh paper in your pocket: Our notebooks take full advantage of the flexibility of digital paper for taking notes, typing, and sketching. All of your content is always available, and you can both make fresh notebooks, folders, and add note pages in PDFs and ebooks. Take focused notes, anywhere: Make your ideas easier to refine and share on the go. Our cloud storage allows you to sync your content and pick up right where you left off on your paper tablet. Use the app to create new notebooks or quick sheets, and add blank note pages to existing documents. Checkboxes in the formatting menu are great for to-do lists. Type pages of notes, or quickly write out shorter lists to review and annotate later on your reMarkable. 
 Download the app to your mobile to make the most of your paper tablet. Discover a new way to take notes.

About

Scriben

This AI-powered pen records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real-time. It offers full transcripts with speaker labels, concise AI summaries, and automatically extracted action items, all without needing to interact with your phone.

Highlights
  • Real ink pen with integrated AI recorder
  • Automatic transcription with speaker labels
  • AI-generated meeting summaries
  • Extracted action items
  • Multilingual support and real-time code-switching
  • Automatic syncing to the app
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Your pen captures it. Vera remembers it. The work gets done. Scriben is an AI pen for professionals. It writes with real ink — just like any pen you've used for years. The difference: while you're writing, it's also listening, understanding, and turning the conversation into finished work. Your meeting ends. Your notes are done, your follow-ups are drafted, and nothing has been forgotten. No new habits. No awkward devices on the table. No explaining to a client why you're recording them. Just your pen, doing more than a pen ever has. IMAGINE YOUR NEXT MEETING You walk into a meeting. You carry your pen. By the time you walk out, you have a full transcript, a summary, the action items — and the follow-up email already written, waiting for you to send it. You never touched your phone. That's Scriben. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS A WORD • Attorneys — every deposition, client meeting, and negotiation • Founders — never lose a board meeting, investor call, or brainstorm • Physicians — document patient visits and clinical notes hands-free • Financial Advisors — a full record of every client conversation • Consultants, Therapists, Real Estate Agents, and anyone whose work lives in conversation IT CAPTURES Full Transcript A clear transcript with speaker labels, and multilingual support with real-time code-switching for mixed-language meetings. AI Summary What was discussed, what was decided, and the context you need. Readable in under 60 seconds. Action Items Commitments and follow-ups pulled out automatically — what needs to happen, and who said they would do it. IT REMEMBERS Meet Vera, the assistant that actually remembers. Ask her anything from any conversation you've ever had. Last Tuesday's pricing call. That hiring decision from March. What you promised the client in the hallway. She answers from what was actually said, and shows you where. She looks forward, too — what's coming, what you committed to, what's about to slip. IT WORKS FOR YOU Vera writes the follow-up email. She stages the calendar invite. She lines up what comes next. Then she stops and waits for you. Nothing is sent, booked, or shared until you read it and approve it. Every action is a proposal, never a surprise. BUILT FOR THE ROOM, NOT THE CALL Most AI note-takers listen to your laptop. They need a video call to exist. Scriben listens to the table — the in-person meeting, the client lunch, the conversation in the hallway afterward. The ones that were never being recorded at all. The pen that remembers everything you don't. YOUR CONVERSATIONS ARE YOURS Encrypted on your device. Never sold, never used for advertising, never used to train anyone else's models. Delete your account and it all goes with it. Terms of Service: https://scriben.ai/policies/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://scriben.ai/policies/privacy-policy Recording laws vary by location. You are responsible for obtaining consent where it is required.

Screenshots

reMarkable mobile4 screens
Scriben4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scriben at 100% against reMarkable mobile's 27%. Scriben also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). reMarkable mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (517 vs 4). 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. Scriben sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. reMarkable mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scriben holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: reMarkable mobile has 517 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of reMarkable mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scriben's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

reMarkable mobile ships an update every 2 months, Scriben daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
reMarkable mobile versus Scriben: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterreMarkable mobileScriben
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (517 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings517 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperreMarkable ASSleepMind, Inc.

Customer experience

reMarkable mobile

All ratings516 ratings
Positive36.2%
Neutral14.7%
Negative49.0%
Written reviews436 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral17.4%
Negative55.3%

Scriben

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

reMarkable mobile

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Cursor controls not working as expected
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • PDF scrolling and rendering issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit and annotate documents within the app
  • Implement a dark mode option
  • Improve file management and organization tools
  • Integrate with popular cloud storage services
  • Allow handwriting input on mobile devices

Scriben

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

reMarkable mobile

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scriben

Subscriptions1
  • Scriben Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month

Questions

Is reMarkable mobile free?
reMarkable mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scriben free?
Scriben is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, reMarkable mobile or Scriben?
Scriben is rated higher. reMarkable mobile averages 2.8 out of 5 from 517 ratings, while Scriben averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do reMarkable mobile or Scriben have ads?
Neither reMarkable mobile nor Scriben shows ads.
Which is updated more often, reMarkable mobile or Scriben?
reMarkable mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Scriben daily. Most recently, reMarkable mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and Scriben on October 9, 2026.

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