# Scriptable vs Userscripts

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Userscripts at none against Scriptable's 3. Userscripts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 69%). Scriptable's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ads, chart position and device support there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Scriptable sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Userscripts asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scriptable holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scriptable has 3.8K ratings behind it against 181, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Scriptable's written reviews are positive against 78% of Userscripts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scriptable ships an update every 4 days, Userscripts monthly. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.

## The numbers

| Metric | Scriptable | Userscripts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.7 (3.8K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scriptable/id1405459188/reviews)** | [4.3 (181 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **3.8K** | 181 |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | **78.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Every 4 days** | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | **Free** |
| Best chart rank | **#14** | #24 |
| Size | 28 MB | 2 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Simon B. Støvring](https://appshunter.io/developer/423532907) | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) |

## What reviewers say

### Scriptable

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scriptable/id1405459188)

**Currently charting:** #14 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

Automate tasks on your device by writing custom scripts in JavaScript. Integrate with native iOS features like files, calendars, and reminders. Create personalized widgets for your Home Screen and interact with Siri.

**Highlights:** Write and run JavaScript, Create custom widgets, Siri Shortcuts integration, Access native iOS features, Schedule notifications, File management, Script gallery

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $4.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Amazing usage of Application Programming Interface (API)
- 🚀 Scriptable + AI lets create micro apps
- 👍 Whoah, Wow, Nice
- 👍 Awesome app, Helpful app
- 🚀 Unrivaled Functionality

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Force closes, Crashes immediately, Cannot Use - Always Crashes
- 🐛 Scripts don't work, Stopped working, Self Deleting
- 🐛 Incompatible with iOS 18, Widgets become white, Doesn't work on iOS 17.4
- 🐛 Bugs, So many bugs, Kept freezing
- 🐛 Default access to iCloud, Misspelled word, Selecting text is difficult

**Reported bugs**

- Scripts say need '(' at end when already there
- Reminders scheduling crashes when changing date/time
- Reminders Due Today has variable scope issues
- setInterval is not set
- Accessing Contacts and ContactsContainer causes blank widget

**Requested features**

- Add HTML support
- Add Apple Watch support
- Improve documentation with examples
- Add ability to access files from other apps
- Add ability to require other scripts


### Userscripts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887)

**Currently charting:** #24 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.

**Highlights:** Run custom JavaScript, Inject custom CSS, Automatic page redirection, Website page manipulation, Custom ad-blocking, Open source, No user tracking

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now

**Reported bugs**

- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting

**Requested features**

- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Scriptable free?

Scriptable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Userscripts free?

Userscripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Scriptable or Userscripts?

Scriptable is rated higher. Scriptable averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Userscripts averages 4.3 from 181 ratings.

### Do Scriptable or Userscripts have ads?

Neither Scriptable nor Userscripts shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Scriptable or Userscripts?

Scriptable ships an update every 4 days, and Userscripts monthly. Most recently, Scriptable was updated on October 3, 2026 and Userscripts on October 3, 2026.

### Which is more popular, Scriptable or Userscripts?

Scriptable currently peaks at #14 in the App Store charts, and Userscripts at #24. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*