PenPal Letters vs SCRIBL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenPal Letters
Connect with people globally by anonymously sharing your daily experiences through digital postcards. Discover and follow others who resonate with your posts, fostering new friendships and a sense of community without fear of judgment.
- Write daily postcards
- Read others' postcards
- Anonymous sharing
- Follow users
- Exchange postcards
- Make global friends
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Write to a stranger. Wait for a reply. Remember the feeling of checking the mailbox, hoping for a letter? DearStranger brings that back — real correspondence with a pen pal somewhere in the world, at the unhurried pace real mail actually moves. Write a full letter when you have something to say, or send a quick postcard when you just want to say hello. Every letter takes real time to arrive — just like the mail always has — so opening your mailbox actually means something again. What you can do: Write and receive full letters with a pen pal matched just for you Send quick, lighter postcards for a simple hello Build an ongoing correspondence at your own pace Save your favorite letters to look back on Block or report anyone, anytime — your comfort comes first No feeds to scroll. No likes to chase. Just one person, writing back, when they're ready — and you, doing the same. Someone's waiting to write you. Download DearStranger and find out who.
SCRIBL
Share daily thoughts, questions, or updates with your friends. This social networking app allows users to connect and engage with their social circle through brief daily posts. It's designed for quick sharing and interaction.
- Share daily thoughts
- Post questions
- Update friends
- Social interaction
- Daily content sharing
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Share Your Thought, Question or Update of the Day With Friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SCRIBL at 5.0 against PenPal Letters's 4.5. SCRIBL also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). PenPal Letters's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (140 vs 5). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. PenPal Letters sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SCRIBL asks for nothing beyond the download.
SCRIBL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PenPal Letters has 140 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of PenPal Letters's written reviews are positive against 100% of SCRIBL's.
PenPal Letters ships an update every 9 days, SCRIBL every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | PenPal Letters | SCRIBL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (140 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 140 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dinu Devarajan | DBC Media Online, LLC |
Customer experience
PenPal Letters
SCRIBL
In-app purchases
PenPal Letters
- 100 Coins$2.99
- 250 Coins$4.99
- 500 Coins$9.99
SCRIBL
No in-app purchases
