ScrollType vs Ant Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Ant Browser
Experience full-screen web browsing directly on your Apple Watch. Access websites, sign into services, and sync bookmarks seamlessly. This lightweight browser is designed for quick information retrieval on the go, reducing the need to pull out your phone.
- Full-screen browsing on Apple Watch
- Access sites requiring sign-in
- Choose favorite search engine
- Sync bookmarks across devices
- Works independently on cellular Watch models
- Multiple input methods (voice, scribble, keyboard)
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Ant is the FIRST browser that can display websites full-screen on the Apple Watch! Other browsers have a large black bar taking up 25% of screen. Key Features • Full-screen browsing on Apple Watch! • Access sites that require sign in like Gmail, Outlook, Google Drive etc. • Choose your favourite search engine • Sync bookmarks across iPhone, iPad, and Watch • Works without your iPhone (on cellular models) • Voice, scribble, and keyboard input + URL auto-complete Why It’s Useful • Look up info on the go • Check movie times, news, book reviews, currency, menus • Fast, simple, no-fuss browsing on a small screen What Makes It Different Ant Browser is purpose-built for Watch. Lightweight, intuitive, and designed to make typing and searching easy. It’s not a phone browser — it’s a quick-access tool for when pulling out your phone feels like too much. Ant Browser: Less phone, more freedom. Note: The Watch cannot play videos or audio in the browser.
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Verdict
ScrollType and Ant Browser both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Ant Browser's written reviews are positive against 40% of ScrollType's. ScrollType's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (245 vs 46). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Ant Browser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScrollType asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for ScrollType against 4.6 for Ant Browser. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScrollType has 245 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of ScrollType's written reviews are positive against 86% of Ant Browser's.
ScrollType ships an update every 3 weeks, Ant Browser every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScrollType | Ant Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (245 ratings) | 4.6 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Samantha Chang | Jonathon Lau |
Customer experience
ScrollType
Ant Browser
In-app purchases
ScrollType
No in-app purchases
Ant Browser
- Ant Browser Pro$4.99









