baklava vs Scribe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
baklava
Connect with other Arabs worldwide for serious relationships, marriage, and friendship. This app is designed for individuals who value identity, family, ambition, and commitment while navigating life between cultures. Find meaningful connections and build a future.
- Arab matchmaking
- Connect across the diaspora
- Serious relationships
- Marriage-focused
- Friendship connections
- Cultural identity focus
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Baklava is the biggest Arab dating app in the world, matchmaking Arabs across the diaspora. Millions of matches have led to relationships, marriages, and families. Built for Arabs navigating life between cultures — who value identity, family, ambition, and commitment. Swipe, match, and start conversations that move toward something serious. Download Baklava now and build a future that feels like home Privacy Policy: http://baklavaapp.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: http://baklavaapp.com/terms-of-service/
Scribe
Connect with others to ask and answer questions on any topic. Enhance your explanations with layered images and AI-generated responses. Create groups and channels for focused discussions.
- Post and answer questions
- Image layering and annotation
- AI-generated answers
- Create groups and channels
- Direct messaging
- Comment on posts
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Scribe helps connect students, professionals, and users of all backgrounds post questions, posts and provide answers of all topics. Users can also add images alongside their questions, separate the images into layers and attribute text to each layer. This enables users to explain the images in steps and allows them to answer questions accordingly. Users can also select option to get an AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated answer. Scribe is free to use and download. With Scribe •Make groups •Make channel (private / public) •Start chats with other users in the groups •Ask and answer question with an image •Get AI Generated answers •Divide the image into layers •Attribute text to each layer •Comment on questions and answers •View your activity
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scribe at 100% against baklava's 29%. Scribe also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). baklava's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 2) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. baklava sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $13.00 per 7 days. Scribe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: baklava has 4.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of baklava's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scribe's.
baklava ships an update every 11 days, Scribe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | baklava | Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.2K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 4+ |
| Developer | Baklava Technologies | Ahmed Buttar |
Customer experience
baklava
Scribe
Bugs and requests
baklava
Reported bugs
4 issues- Accounts getting banned without clear reason
- Matching and like issues
- Inconsistent profile display and information
- Crashing and loading problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add religion filter option
- Improve distance and location settings
- Implement better verification system
- Enhance profile customization options
Scribe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
baklava
- Baklava Boost Weekly$13.007 Days
- Baklava Gold Weekly$20.007 Days
- Baklava Boost$25.001 Month
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- Baklava Gold1 Month trial$38.001 Month
- Baklava Gold3 Days trial$38.001 Month
- Baklava Gold 3 Month$95.003 Months
Scribe
No in-app purchases
