Recipes for Swift vs Scriber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipes for Swift
Access a curated collection of tested Swift and SQL code examples for common programming tasks. Quickly find solutions for interviews, exams, or daily development needs, with offline access and cross-device compatibility.
- Swift and SQL code directory
- Tested code examples
- Offline access
- Cross-platform (iOS/macOS)
- Quick search functionality
- Interview/exam preparation tool
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A reference of everyday Swift, from strings and collections to protocols and design patterns. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. • 25 sections: simple types, arrays and collections, classes and structs, protocols and generics, functions and closures, files, serialization, error handling, regular expressions, concurrency, extensions, patterns. • Run in the app: the example really executes and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection. • What changed in new versions: 19 sections from Swift 2.0 to 6.2, with "before" and "after" code side by side. • Keyword and function reference: 228 articles, fully open with no daily counter. • SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database - JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types. • Edit examples and add your own - they stay in the app and are always at hand. • Search runs over the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. • Everything except running works offline. No account needed. WHAT THE FREE VERSION INCLUDES 12 runs and 12 edits a day - the counter resets every morning. The keyword reference is open without limits. Up to 5 examples of your own. Copying in the free app is blocked after five attempts. The full version opens every example, removes the daily limits and raises running to 30 launches a day. One purchase, no subscription. Made by a developer for developers. In development since 2015.
Scriber
This tool uses computer vision to convert images into editable text. It supports multiple languages and offers syntax highlighting for over 20 programming languages, with customizable themes.
- Image to text conversion
- Multiple language support
- Syntax highlighting for 20+ languages
- Customizable themes
- Computer vision technology
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Scriber is a tool that leverages computer vision to take an input image and cover it to text. With many features, while remaining sleek, Scriber is a convenient yet easy to use tool to turn an image to text. Multiple language support: Scriber supports reading the text from multiple languages, but also plaintext if its not code. Syntax Highlighting: Working with python, swift, javascript, c, or many other languages? Scriber has support for syntax highlighting for over 20 languages. Theming: commonly use the Xcode theme when you work? Scriber supports multiple themes to have the text highlighted into a format that you're commonly used to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Scriber at daily against Recipes for Swift's every 2 months. Scriber also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Recipes for Swift's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Recipes for Swift sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Scriber sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scriber holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipes for Swift has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Recipes for Swift ships an update every 2 months, Scriber daily. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipes for Swift | Scriber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fedor Obraztsov | Mighty Panda LLC |
Customer experience
Recipes for Swift
Scriber
In-app purchases
Recipes for Swift
- Оperations with example$0.99
- Unlock the paid topics$0.99
- Swift Samples$0.99
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- SQL queries$0.99
- Pro Version – Unlimited$2.99
Scriber
- Nice Tip$0.99
- Kind Tip$2.99
- Wonderful Tip$4.99
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