Pocket Field Notes vs ScrollMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Field Notes
Capture and organize field notes with automatic geo-tagging and time stamps. Add photos to your notes and easily share them via email or by viewing their location on a map. Create project folders for efficient management of your field data.
- Automatic geo-tagging
- Time and date stamping
- Add photos to notes
- Create project folders
- Email notes with attachments
- View location on map
- Includes compass
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Pocket Field Notes allows you to quickly take notes while in the field. Notes are automatically geo-tagged (location services required) and stamped with time and date. You can add pictures to notes with your device's camera (device camera required). Notes can be emailed (email client on device required) with the pictures as attachments. You can easily share with others or send to yourself, so you can cut-and-paste info into another application. You can create project folders and then add notes to it for easy management. View the geo-tagged location on a map, in a web browser (device web browser required). This app is ideal for geologists, wildlife biologists, surveyors, rangers, architects, agriculturalists, engineers, hunters, contractors, maintenance personnel, real estate agents, urban planners, landscapers, naturalists and many others out in the field. + Quick And Easy To Use + Create Project Folders + Add Notes To Project Folders + GEO-Tags Each Note (location services required) + Take Pictures And Add To Notes (device camera required) + Notes Are Time And Date Stamped + Email A Note (email client on device required) + View Location On Map In A Browser (device web browser required) + Great For Anyone Needing To Take Notes In The Field + Compass (heading services required)
ScrollMind
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You meant to scroll for five minutes. Somehow, much longer went by. A small boundary can help you find your way back, without being hard on yourself. ScrollMind helps you manage screen time for short videos, social feeds, games and other distracting apps. Choose your apps, set a time budget and active hours, and let a friendly dragon encourage your next small step. A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR DAY • Choose the apps you want to manage. • Set a shared budget, or use Plus to give selected apps separate budgets. • Choose weekdays and active hours for work, study and downtime. • Get a heads-up before the budget is reached. Finish early or use the remaining time. • At the limit, choose reminder-only mode or protection according to your plan. • With Plus or Family, temporarily pause an individual app's restriction when you need it. • See plan status, pause and stop controls in Today. NOTICE YOUR SMALL STEPS After Screen Time authorization, Recap's Time trends shows usage for selected apps today, yesterday and over the last seven days. When complete data is available, compare two seven-day periods. Devices remain separate, system data may be delayed, and missing data is never treated as zero usage. In Plan results, review choices you make at reminders and recorded budget thresholds. These records are not a budget-compliance score. Create a yesterday poster, choose whether to display counts, and pick a destination in the system share sheet. Poster counts describe reminder choices, not measured time saved or proof that you stopped using your phone. Choice history starts with this update. An optional reflection journal lets you note how you felt and one small change to try next. CLEAR BOUNDARIES FOR FAMILIES Family supports a child's own device or a shared family iPhone or iPad. Parents set apps, time rules and an independent parent passcode on the protected device. Shared-device mode supports switching between adult and child use. Face ID or Touch ID does not replace the parent passcode. Family controls work on the protected device. They do not provide remote control, member invitations or subscription sharing across accounts. Shared-device usage is not attributed to an individual child. PRIVACY FIRST No ScrollMind account is required. Settings, reflections and reminder-choice records stay on the device. Apple displays actual usage in a system-isolated report; we do not upload those durations to our servers. Shared posters exclude app names and usage durations. ScrollMind does not read your messages, videos, contacts, payments, posts or browsing content. For multifunction apps, it manages the whole app's usage time and cannot distinguish working from scrolling. No advertising tracking or sale of personal data. MEMBERSHIP Free: manage one app. Plus: multiple apps, shared or separate budgets, and flexible temporary pauses. Family: Plus features with on-device child/shared-device controls, a parent passcode and school-time/bedtime protection. Plus and Family offer monthly and annual subscriptions. Eligible new subscribers can receive a seven-day free trial. Prices, billing periods and eligibility are shown by the App Store at purchase. Manage or cancel automatic renewal in your Apple subscription settings. Privacy: https://getscrollmind.com/privacy.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Small steps count. Your companion is here to cheer you on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScrollMind at Free against Pocket Field Notes's $1.99. ScrollMind also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). Pocket Field Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On 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
ScrollMind is free to download; Pocket Field Notes costs $1.99 up front. ScrollMind sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pocket Field Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Field Notes ships an update every 3 months, ScrollMind daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Field Notes | ScrollMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mike Hempfling | DEHUO SUN |
In-app purchases
Pocket Field Notes
No in-app purchases
ScrollMind
- ScrollMind Plus Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- ScrollMind Family Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- ScrollMind Plus Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- ScrollMind Family Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year





