Screen Pencil vs Recall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Recall
This app creates a personal knowledge base by summarizing online content like videos, articles, and podcasts. It automatically categorizes and links saved summaries, aiding in content discovery and connection. It also employs spaced repetition and active recall techniques to enhance long-term knowledge retention.
- Summarize any online content
- Save summaries to personal knowledge base
- Automatic categorization of summaries
- Automatic linking of related content
- Spaced repetition reviews
- Active recall testing
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Every AI gives you the same answers. Recall gives you yours. Join over 500K professionals, students and lifelong learners who are saving hours and turning their knowledge into their edge. One living space for your knowledge and the AI model of your choice. Save what matters, write what you think. Over time, you curate an AI that knows what you know. SAVE, SUMMARIZE & ORGANIZE INSTANTLY Share YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, PDFs, TikToks, recipes, and more with the Recall app. We do the rest. AGENTIC AI CHAT Ask questions across your entire knowledge base, search the internet, or combine both in one conversation. Choose your AI model. Switch models mid conversation. No lock in. LISTEN MODE Turn any content into a summary you can listen to in a custom voice you create. Learn on the go, your way. AUTOMATIC ORGANIZATION See how everything you've saved connects. Your content is automatically categorized and linked, no manual filing. Explore your knowledge visually and discover relationships you didn't know existed. QUIZ & RETAIN Stop doom scrolling and start learning. Generate quizzes on any content. Challenge friends with public quizzes. Spaced repetition and active recall resurface what you've saved at optimal intervals to lock it into long-term memory. BUILT FOR POWER USERS Bulk summarize, tag, connect, and generate quizzes at scale. API and MCP access lets you connect your knowledge base to any other AI tool. CROSS-DEVICE SYNC Start on mobile, finish on desktop. Don't break your workflow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screen Pencil at 100% against Recall's 53%. Screen Pencil also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Recall's advantage is ratings volume (127 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Screen Pencil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recall has 127 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Screen Pencil's written reviews are positive against 53% of Recall's.
Screen Pencil ships an update every 8 days, Recall every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Screen Pencil | Recall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.5 (127 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 53.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 127 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAE J MYUNG | Paul Richards |
Customer experience
Screen Pencil
Recall
In-app purchases
Screen Pencil
No in-app purchases
Recall
No in-app purchases
