ScratchPads vs Get Archive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScratchPads
Quickly jot down notes and have them automatically saved. This utility app offers multiple scratch pads for easy organization and instant recall of your thoughts. Simply close the app to save your work.
- Multiple scratch pads
- Automatic note saving
- Quick text deletion
- Restores last active pad
- Simple interface
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Very simplistic utility app to allow for scratch pad notes to be quickly added and automatically saved. USE: Open app, select one of the "Pads", and record scratch pad notes. To clear a pad, tap the trash icon in the upper right side of the screen and then confirm to delete the pad text. To save the text, just close the app. FEATURES: Five different "Pads" to store scratch pad notes. Delete all text on a Pad with two taps. Scratch pad notes are automatically saved when the app is closed, and restored the next time the app is opened. The last active Pad tab is saved when the app is closed, and restored the next time the app is opened.
Get Archive
Preserve web pages for the future. This tool creates permanent, unalterable records of any webpage, saving both text and graphical versions. Access your saved pages anytime, even if the original site is gone, with a stable, reliable link.
- Save web page snapshots
- Text and graphical copies
- Permanent online record
- Reliable, short links
- Preserves content from deletion
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This extension allows you to leverage Archive.today to get a snapshot of any web page from the past. This snapshot will always be online even if the original page disappears. It saves a text and a graphical copy of the page for better accuracy and provides a short and reliable link to an unalterable record of any web page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScratchPads at 100% against Get Archive's 50%. ScratchPads also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 10 months vs every 31 months). Get Archive's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
ScratchPads costs $0.99 and Get Archive $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ScratchPads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ScratchPads's written reviews are positive against 50% of Get Archive's.
ScratchPads ships an update every 10 months, Get Archive every 31 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ScratchPads | Get Archive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Dalke | Pierre Stanislas |
Customer experience
ScratchPads
Get Archive
In-app purchases
ScratchPads
No in-app purchases
Get Archive
No in-app purchases
