Comparison

Equiscribe vs digitalNow App

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

Head to head
About

Equiscribe

This app simplifies horse show scribing by handling score calculations on your iPad. It allows automatic sorting of scores and publishing of patterns and score sheets to a cloud service. Premium features offer expanded access to libraries, printing, and support.

Highlights
  • Automated score calculation
  • Automatic score sorting
  • Publish patterns and score sheets to cloud
  • Access to full pattern library (premium)
  • Print patterns and score sheets (premium)
  • Email show patterns (premium)
  • Text searchable rulebooks (premium)
Features
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Equiscribe makes scribing for horse shows easier for rookie and veteran scribes alike by moving the arithmetic to the iPad. It allows you to automatically sort your finalized scores, and publish patterns and scoresheets to Equiscribe's cloud service. In-app subscription: Equiscribe now offers a subscription for access to premium features including • Full pattern library access • Print patterns directly from iPad • Email show patterns directly from iPad • Print score sheets via AirPrint • Text searchable rulebooks • Post score sheets to equiscribe.com • Prioritized customer support Premium subscription is offered in annual recurrence and renewal will automatically be generated within 24 hours prior to the end of your subscription expiration. Terms and conditions can be found at https://www.equiscribe.com/terms_conditions.html

About

digitalNow App

Features
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We help associations grow — smarter and faster. At Sidecar, we make it easy to provide professional development for everyone on your association staff, which improves retention, strengthens diversity efforts and grows organizations as everyone learns together. digitalNow is part of that journey. Today, digitalNow remains the best idea generator for association leaders. In our ongoing commitment to tackle the most critical issues with action-based strategies, transformative technologies and an innovative community, the content focus at digitalNow will remain on creating the place for association professionals to take a look into the future of what the ongoing digital transformation will bring to our industry.

Screenshots

digitalNow App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: digitalNow App at none against Equiscribe's 1. Equiscribe's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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. Equiscribe sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.99 per year. digitalNow App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Equiscribe ships an update every 5 weeks, digitalNow App every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Equiscribe versus digitalNow App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEquiscribedigitalNow App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEquiscribe LLCAssociationSuccess.org LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Equiscribe

Subscriptions1
  • Equiscribe Pro Annual1 Month trial$99.991 Year
None

digitalNow App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Equiscribe free?
Equiscribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is digitalNow App free?
digitalNow App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Equiscribe or digitalNow App have ads?
Neither Equiscribe nor digitalNow App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Equiscribe or digitalNow App?
Equiscribe ships an update every 5 weeks, and digitalNow App every 9 months. Most recently, Equiscribe was updated on November 1, 2026 and digitalNow App on October 27, 2026.

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