Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling vs FractRoam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling
Create custom scrolling text banners for various situations. Easily communicate messages discreetly, even with emojis. This simple, ad-free app is perfect for quick, versatile text displays.
- Customizable scrolling text banner
- Emoji support
- Ad-free experience
- Simple and effective interface
- Small app size
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What people are saying: "Just perfect! Small app size and custom options. Does exactly what is needed...just download a keep!!!" "Just what I've been looking for. Simple to use and effective!" "The simplest things are best. Clear, versatile, does what it needs to do. Download it now!" This app is a simple text banner/ticker. It is not overloaded with features, and is just right for everyone. With it you can talk to friends during class! Even slip a girl your number while eating lunch with a friend! Now with no ads! Works with Emojis!
FractRoam
Discover and share stunning fractal art generated from Mandelbrot and Julia sets. Let the app explore autonomously or record and share your discoveries as videos.
- Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets
- Share fractal images
- Autonomous roaming exploration
- Video recording with ReplayKit
- Share video creations
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FractRoam is a real-time explorer for the Mandelbrot and Julia sets — and its heart is the autopilot. Press play and let it roam: FractRoam continuously seeks out the most visually interesting regions of the fractal and glides you through them, an endless, ever-changing tour you can simply sit back and watch. Want to take the wheel? Pinch and drag to wander on your own, and recolor the whole scene with a tap. Everything is drawn pixel-by-pixel on your device's GPU, in real time. FEATURES • Roam autopilot — hit play and drift through a continuous, auto-discovered tour of the fractal • Real-time Mandelbrot and Julia set rendering, GPU-accelerated and smooth • Pinch and pan to explore yourself, or hand it back to the autopilot anytime • Color moods — six hand-tuned palettes plus animated color cycling • Share any view — a picture plus a link that reopens the exact same spot • Fully offline — no account, no ads, no data collection • A calm, full-screen interface — just you and the fractal Whether you want something mesmerizing to get lost in, a generative-art source for textures and wallpapers, or a hands-on way to explore the math of self-similarity, FractRoam turns the Mandelbrot and Julia sets into something alive. There's a matching macOS screensaver too — find it at fractroam.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling at 4.7 against FractRoam's 4.3. Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (341 vs 75). FractRoam's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On review sentiment, 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
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling costs $1.99 and FractRoam $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 341 and 75 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling's written reviews are positive against 86% of FractRoam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling ships an update every 3 months, FractRoam every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling | FractRoam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (341 ratings) — better | 4.3 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.7% of reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 341 — better | 75 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wendy Bernfeld | Kaolin Fire |
Customer experience
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling
FractRoam
Bugs and requests
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to save messages
- Scrolling in the wrong direction on some devices
- Text not displaying properly on larger screens
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save/reuse messages
- Horizontal scrolling option
- More font/color customization
- Live preview of scrolling speeds
- Ability to send/share messages
FractRoam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling
No in-app purchases
FractRoam
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling free?
Is FractRoam free?
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Do Scroll 'n Roll Text Scrolling or FractRoam have ads?
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