Notes for Apple Watch vs ScrollType
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes for Apple Watch
Effortlessly create, view, and manage all your notes directly on your Apple Watch. Syncs seamlessly with your iPhone and iPad, offering intuitive organization with color themes and efficient input methods.
- Compose notes on Apple Watch
- Browse, view, and edit notes
- Automatic syncing across devices
- Color themes for organization
- FlickType Keyboard support
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Compose and manage all your notes directly on Apple Watch. • Browse, view, edit, and compose notes with a highly intuitive interface optimized for your wrist. • Automatically sync all your notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. • Organize your notes with a variety of color themes for easy categorization. • Supports FlickType Keyboard for even more efficient note-taking on the go. Take your notes, anywhere! --------------------- Terms of Service: https://bit.ly/NotesTerms
ScrollType
Type messages on your Apple Watch with an intuitive scrolling keyboard. Features large, easily tappable characters and a multi-line text area for easy reading and editing. Ideal for quick communication, especially for kids texting parents.
- Scrolling keyboard input
- Large, tappable characters
- Multi-line text area
- Digital Crown speed control
- Access to capitals, numbers, symbols
- Dictation and scribble integration
- Watch face complication
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ScrollType is an accurate watch keyboard that allows you to type messages on your Apple Watch. GREAT FOR KIDS The intuitive design makes it easy for kids to understand and use ScrollType to text their parents. This is the perfect app for Apple Watch Family users to communicate with their parents. FEATURES Click the '•••' button to access capital letters, numbers, symbols, dictation, scribble, emojis, and apple keyboard from your iPhone. Also, double tap the space bar for a period. ACCURATE ScrollType is designed to be as accurate as possible with our never before seen scrolling feature. Most other Apple Watch texting apps use a QWERTY keyboard, which is inaccurate since the keys are so small. ScrollType's scrolling feature allows you access the entire alphabet and has large, easily tappable characters, making texting easy and accurate. SCROLLING Use the Digital Crown or your finger to easily scroll through and find the characters you want. The Digital Crown allows you to control the scrolling speed - speeding up when you go faster and slowing down when you go slower. SHORTCUTS Add ScrollType's complication/Watch face shortcut to your watch face, allowing for quick and easy access to the app. LARGE TEXT AREA A large text area allows you to see a lot of your text. Many other Apple Watch texting apps have a limited, one-line text area, so you cannot read your text before you send it. ScrollType has a large, multiline text area, which makes reading and editing your text easy. Additionally, when you press the send button, you can preview your text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScrollType at none against Notes for Apple Watch's 2. ScrollType also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Notes for Apple Watch's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 240). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Notes for Apple Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ScrollType asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScrollType holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes for Apple Watch has 2.7K ratings behind it against 240, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 40% positive.
Notes for Apple Watch ships an update weekly, ScrollType every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notes for Apple Watch | ScrollType |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.7K ratings) | 4.5 (240 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 240 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kpaw, LLC | Samantha Chang |
Customer experience
Notes for Apple Watch
ScrollType
Bugs and requests
Notes for Apple Watch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes not syncing properly between devices
- App freezing and becoming unresponsive on Apple Watch
- Keyboard issues causing typing difficulties
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit notes from Apple Watch
- Implement a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Improve syncing reliability and speed
- Add more keyboard features (delete word, number pad, etc.)
ScrollType
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notes for Apple Watch
- Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Month
ScrollType
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Notes for Apple Watch free?
Is ScrollType free?
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Do Notes for Apple Watch or ScrollType have ads?
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