Link Detector vs Screen Pencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Link Detector
Scan your surroundings with your camera to instantly find links, phone numbers, and email addresses. Save and share your findings, or search within existing photos. Works offline with advanced machine learning.
- Live camera scanning
- Scan from photo library
- Cropping and rotation tool
- Offline functionality
- Machine learning detection
- QR code support
- History of found items
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Link Detector allows you to found links, phone numbers and emails in real world. Just aim camera to book, ad, announcement or any other place contain link, phone or email and application found if. Next you can open, copy or share using you preferred method You can perform search in already taken image. Features: - Live Camera: You can use camera to search items - Flashlight support: You can toggle you flashlight if there is not enough light - Photo Library support: You can scan in already taken photo - Cropping tool: App allows to crop and rotate image before start recognition - Flight mode: Application working without internet connection - Machine Learning: Using bleeding edge state of art machine learning algorithm application to found links - QR Support: Application detect QR encoded links - History: All founded items saved to history - never lose founded thing Feel free to leave feedback and write email to dmytro.platov.dev@gmail.com
Screen Pencil
Record videos of websites while simultaneously taking notes with your finger. Capture audio using the built-in or external microphone for comprehensive documentation.
- Website video recording
- Finger-drawn note-taking
- Audio recording (internal/external mic)
- Productivity tool
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Record a video of a website while taking notes with your finger, with the option to record audio with the built in mic or external mic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen Pencil at every 8 days against Link Detector's every 5 months. Screen Pencil also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Link Detector's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Link Detector against 5.0 for Screen Pencil. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Link Detector ships an update every 5 months, Screen Pencil every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Link Detector | Screen Pencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Platov | DAE J MYUNG |
Customer experience
Link Detector
Screen Pencil
In-app purchases
Link Detector
No in-app purchases
Screen Pencil
No in-app purchases
Questions
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