Scrible Extension vs Screen Pencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scrible Extension
This browser extension allows users to save, highlight, and comment on web pages, PDFs, and articles. It integrates with a cloud-based research platform to organize and search saved content, offering features like automatic citation capture and bibliography creation for educational users.
- Save webpages, PDFs, and articles instantly
- Highlight key passages
- Add comments and thoughts
- Tag articles for organization
- Automatic annotation loading on revisited pages
- Full-text search of saved library
- Automatic citation capture (Edu Plan)
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SCRIBLE ACCOUNT This Scrible Extension App accompanies and must be used with a Scrible account. Sign up for a free Scrible account at https://www.scrible.com SCRIBLE OVERVIEW • Scrible is the most advanced research and writing platform ever built. • Historically, you had to manage multiple tools through the research and writing workflow. Scrible consolidates these tools, streamlining and centralizing the process of curating, annotating, citing and writing all in one place. • Scrible integrates with Google Docs and Microsoft Word to support writing. • Scrible is great for anyone curating, reading and researching online. • Scrible is particularly useful for students, educators and researchers. THIS EXTENSION APP • This Scrible Extension App adds the Scrible Extension to the Safari Web browser. • While reading or researching online, click the extension button in Safari to launch Scrible and load the Scrible Toolbar and Sidebar on the article. That lets you: • Save webpages, PDFs and database articles instantly • Highlight key facts and passages while reading • Add comments to capture your thoughts • Tag articles to organize your research • If you later revisit a webpage you previously annotated, the Scrible Extension will automatically load your annotations on it. This feature can be disabled/enabled. SCRIBLE LIBRARY • Your articles are saved in My Library in your Scrible account, where you can: • Browse, sort, filter and full-text search them • Organize them using categorical tags • You can also curate information into My Library by: • Opening a PDF from your desktop or Google Drive • Uploading PDFs and other docs from your desktop • Adding bookmarks and importing them from your browser SCRIBLE FOR EDUCATION In our free Edu Plan, K12 students and educators can also: • Capture citations automagically • Create bibliographies with 1 click • Use read aloud, dictionary and translation features for text assistance and comprehension • Use Class Libraries to quickly and easily share a set of texts • Do more with Scrible Writer, Scrible’s word processor add-on for Google Docs and add-in for Microsoft Word. Learn more here: https://scrible.com/writing-tools Scrible supports teaching and learning across content areas (e.g., ELA, social studies, science, foreign language), programs (e.g., AP, IB), support areas (e.g., SPED, ELL), project types (e.g., science fair, National History Day) and initiatives (e.g., personalized learning, project-based learning, writing across the curriculum). Learn more at https://www.scrible.com/edu HELP Have questions? Email us at help@scrible.com or visit us at https://www.scrible.com/help — Team Scrible
Screen Pencil
Record videos of websites while simultaneously taking notes with your finger. Capture audio using the built-in or external microphone for comprehensive documentation.
- Website video recording
- Finger-drawn note-taking
- Audio recording (internal/external mic)
- Productivity tool
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Record a video of a website while taking notes with your finger, with the option to record audio with the built in mic or external mic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Screen Pencil at every 8 days against Scrible Extension's every 17 months. Screen Pencil also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Scrible Extension's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scrible Extension against 5.0 for Screen Pencil. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Scrible Extension ships an update every 17 months, Screen Pencil every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scrible Extension | Screen Pencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Scrible, Inc. | DAE J MYUNG |
Customer experience
Scrible Extension
Screen Pencil
In-app purchases
Scrible Extension
No in-app purchases
Screen Pencil
No in-app purchases
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