Comparison

Sellinam vs Scribe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sellinam

This app offers advanced Tamil text input with multiple keyboard layouts and intelligent suggestions. It also features a text-to-speech system for reading Tamil content and suggests relevant emojis for frequent communication.

Highlights
  • Anjal and Tamil99 keyboard layouts
  • Advanced Tamil text-to-speech (Solvan)
  • Word predictions and auto-corrections
  • Emoji suggestions for frequent words
  • In-app blog access
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Sellinam is the most popular input method app for mobile devices. It includes Anjal and Tamil99, the two most commonly used keyboards for Tamil text input; and Solvan an advanced Tamil text-to-speech system. Sellinam provides predictions, next word suggestions and auto-corrections while the text is being typed. You can use Solvan to read any Tamil text, typed by you or copied and pasted from notes, messages or websites. Sellinam also suggests the appropriate Emojis for words used in frequent communication - the first such feature in Tamil language. You may also read, share and comment on all the blog postings in Sellinam.com right inside the app!

About

Scribe

Enhance your language learning with custom keyboards that offer instant translation, verb conjugation, and noun pluralization. Get grammar rule reminders and context-aware annotations directly on your keyboard.

Highlights
  • Translate words or phrases
  • Verb conjugation charts
  • Noun pluralization
  • Noun gender and preposition case annotations
  • Pronoun declension assistance
  • Supports 7 languages
Features
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Scribe is a pack of iOS and iPadOS keyboards for language learners! It provides features to help users remember grammar rules so they can effectively communicate without ever leaving their keyboard. Included Languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Current Features: - The Translate feature can translate single words or phrases from English into the language of the current keyboard. - With the Conjugate feature, a user is presented with the grammar charts for an entered verb instead of the keyboard. Pressing an example in the charts inserts the chosen conjugation into the text field. - The Plural feature allows a user to enter a noun and then insert its plural into the text field. - Scribe further annotates noun genders and preposition cases in the command bar to help users understand the context of what they're typing. Annotations are displayed once a user has typed a given word and pressed space, by pressing the Scribe key while a word is selected as well as under autocompletions and autosuggestions. - For languages with pronoun declension, Scribe also allows for the case annotation to be clicked and then the user can select the pronoun they want based on case, subject and object. Being fully open-source including data from Wikidata, the Scribe team loves to get both feedback and contributions. Please visit us at https://github.com/scribe-org/Scribe-iOS!

Screenshots

Sellinam4 screens
Scribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scribe at none against Sellinam's shown. Scribe also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Sellinam's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sellinam ships an update every 2 months, Scribe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sellinam versus Scribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSellinamScribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuthelilan NedumaranAndrew McAllister

Customer experience

Sellinam

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Scribe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sellinam

No in-app purchases

None

Scribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sellinam free?
Sellinam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scribe free?
Scribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sellinam or Scribe?
Scribe is rated higher. Sellinam averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Scribe averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sellinam or Scribe have ads?
Sellinam shows ads; Scribe does not.
Which is updated more often, Sellinam or Scribe?
Sellinam ships an update every 2 months, and Scribe every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sellinam was updated on June 1, 2026 and Scribe on June 5, 2026.

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