Comparison

Scribes PRO vs Graphic for iPhone

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

Head to head
About

Scribes PRO

This app offers a versatile digital notebook for handwritten notes, freehand drawing, and text editing. It supports audio recording, image import, and technical drawing tools with grid options. Securely archive your notebooks and print them wirelessly.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note-taking with customizable pens
  • Freehand drawing with grid and technical tools
  • Integrated text editor with font and angle options
  • High-quality stereo audio recording
  • Image import and annotation
  • Secure, password-protected archive
  • Wireless printing support
Features
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Do you need a notebook with lines or squares with endless pages where you can take your freehand notes in the same way and with the same speed as when you use the pen? Need a few sheets of white paper for freehand drawing and then enter the text written with the keyboard and being able to choose font, color, size and angle of the text? Do you want to photograph transparencies of a presentation in real time and add notes or highlight parts? Do you need to record audio while taking notes of lectures on the book with an infinite number of pages? Need a secure archive (password protected) to save countless notebooks? Want to listen a recorded university lecture and add or correct the notes taken during the lesson? In your notes you have to add computer-aided technical drawings by exporting them ex. from FingerCAD and writing notes on the CAD design or using CAD technical drawing tools like lines, rectangles, circles with the drawing grid option activated? Need to print the pages of your notebook when You come back to home (using the new technology of wireless printing "AirPrint" or PDF)? Do you think that writing with a pen is faster than writing with the keyboard? "Scribes" is the right application for You! Write mode: - Writing handwritten text (the same way as you use a pen/highlighter on a notebook, with the stroke, the color, the transparency “ALPHA” that you want - dotted lines with ALPHA = 0) - Writing text using the integrated text editor of Scribes (you can use different fonts, different angles, different sizes and colors on the same page or on different pages of the notebook) Drawing mode: - Draw free-hand using many colors/transparency and the brush size you want (both on notebook lines/squares and on white sheets) - Enable or disable the drawing grid: enable the grid together with the line, circle, rectangle drawing tools (with optional color fill) for simple technical drawings (disable the grid to write some freehand notes on the technical drawings or use the text editor of Scribes to insert for example measurements) - Filter for wrist touch Multimedia Support: - Record high quality stereo audio with 32Bit 44Khz, infinite recording time (on .caf file) in the background (while recording, you can take notes on notebook) - Import images in the pages of the notebook in real-time, taken by camera and stored in the photo albums of the device (you can import many images, for each page of the book, on which you can write notes) - Listen the audio recordings with the built-in player of Scribes - Photo camera support (acquire the photo camera's images directly from Scribes software) Navigation: - Fast book pages change - Animated zoom pinching the screen with two fingers - Animated pan dragging two fingers on the screen - Reset pan and zoom settings: full zoom out pinching the screen with two fingers or by pressing and holding down two fingers on the screen Management of books stored in the "Scribes Archive": - Archive of notebooks (you can save / copy an infinite number of notebooks in the archive) - Add books (file sharing, copy) - Sharing books with other apps - Rename notebooks - Delete notebooks - Duplicate notebooks Sharing books and audio files recorded with: - Dropbox (remote storage systems, cloud) - Apple FILE - AirDrop - Open In - iTunes File Sharing - email - tapeRecorder app Print: - AirPrint - PDF App type: - UNIVERSAL APP (you pay only once and runs on all your devices) * www.ngcybit.it Scribes PRO Quick Users Guide is available at URL: http://www.ngcybit.it/iTunesApp/scribes/scribes-pro-quick-users-guide.html *

About

Graphic for iPhone

Create detailed vector illustrations and designs on your mobile device. Offers a comprehensive suite of professional drawing tools, layer styles, and import/export options for various file formats, including PSD. Seamlessly integrate your work with other applications or continue on desktop.

Highlights
  • Full-featured Bezier Pen tool
  • Brush and Pencil tools
  • Layer styles with multiple strokes and effects
  • Import/export SVG, PDF, and PSD
  • Text on Path and Multi-style Text
  • Smart Alignment Guides
  • OpenGL-optimized drawing
Features
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Graphic is a powerful full-featured vector drawing and illustration application right in your pocket. Graphic has all of the tools you need to create everything from detailed technical illustrations to beautiful works of art. Create intricate designs quickly and easily, and continue working on the desktop with Graphic for Mac, or on the go with Graphic for iPad. Create resolution-independent illustrations that can be pasted into Pages documents, included in Keynote presentations, or exported to other applications. Import/Export - Import SVG, PDF, and Photoshop PSD files. - Export designs as SVG, PDF, PNG, PSD, JPEG, GIF, and TIFF files. Photoshop PSD Import/Export - Import layered PSD files with vector paths and effects. - Shape layers are imported as editable vector paths. - Layer effects are imported as fully editable drop shadows, inner shadows, glows, etc. - Export designs as layered PSD files. Professional Drawing Tools - Full-featured Bezier Pen tool for creating custom shapes. - Brush and Pencil tools for fluid drawing and sketching. - Essential set of shape creation tools. - Boolean path combinations. - Path multi-point selection and editing. - Join, connect, and disconnect paths. - Rotate, Scale, and Shear transform tools. - Compound Paths. - Convert Anchors tool. - Eraser tool. - Scissor tool. - Dimensioning tool. Layer Styles - Apply multiple strokes, fills, and effects to any object. - Apply inner shadows, drop shadows, and glow effects to objects. - Arrange the order of fills, strokes, and effects using drag and drop. - 24 vibrant blend modes, including Multiply, Overlay, Linear Burn, Vivid Light, etc. - Set blend modes for layers, shapes, fills, strokes, shadows, and glow effects. Many other powerful features, including: - Shape Libraries. - Appearance Styles. - Text on Path. - Multi-style Text. - Layers and Groups. - Smart Alignment Guides. - Labels and Dimensioning. - Canvas Scale, Rulers, and Units (mm, cm, inches) - Canvas Styles. - Snap to Grid / Snap to Point. - Align and Distribute objects. - Duplicate and Transform. - Linear, Radial, and Angle gradients. - Image masking. - Convert Text to Paths. - Inner and Outer Strokes. - Outline Stroke. - RGB, HSB, and Hex Color Pickers. - Import PDF files and annotations. - Export as vector-based PDF and SVG files. OpenGL-optimized Drawing - Fast rendering of very complex projects. - Multi-threaded drawing ensures lag-free scrolling and zooming.

Screenshots

Scribes PRO4 screens
Graphic for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Graphic for iPhone at 3.7 against Scribes PRO's 2.0. Graphic for iPhone also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 38 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Scribes PRO costs $2.99 and Graphic for iPhone $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Graphic for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Graphic for iPhone has 95 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Scribes PRO's written reviews are positive against 57% of Graphic for iPhone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribes PRO ships an update every 38 months, Graphic for iPhone every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Scribes PRO versus Graphic for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribes PROGraphic for iPhone
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)3.7 (95 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews57.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings195 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#177 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca NataliniPicta, Inc

Customer experience

Scribes PRO

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Graphic for iPhone

All ratings95 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral11.3%
Negative31.3%

In-app purchases

None

Scribes PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Graphic for iPhone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribes PRO free?
Scribes PRO costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Graphic for iPhone free?
Graphic for iPhone costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scribes PRO or Graphic for iPhone?
Graphic for iPhone is rated higher. Scribes PRO averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Graphic for iPhone averages 3.7 from 95 ratings.
Do Scribes PRO or Graphic for iPhone have ads?
Neither Scribes PRO nor Graphic for iPhone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribes PRO or Graphic for iPhone?
Scribes PRO ships an update every 38 months, and Graphic for iPhone every 5 months. Most recently, Scribes PRO was updated on September 7, 2026 and Graphic for iPhone on September 22, 2026.

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