Scribes PRO vs Listic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 *
Listic
Create visual shopping lists with icons and photos for quick item identification. Share lists with anyone without sign-up and organize items by store sections. Track pantry stock and purchase history to shop smarter.
- Visual item identification with icons and photos
- Shareable lists without sign-up
- Organize items by store sections
- Pantry stock tracking and purchase history
- Loyalty card storage
- Drag-and-drop list reordering
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Know what your groceries are likely to cost before checkout. Listic automatically estimates prices as you build your grocery list, helps you manage your grocery budget and gives you detailed insights into what you buy and consume — down to individual products. Share the same list with your household in real time, organise items by aisle, plan meals and keep track of what you already have at home. * Automatic Price Estimates & Grocery Budget See an estimated grocery total automatically as you add products, without entering every price manually. Track spending over time, review shopping trends and keep your household grocery budget under control. * Product-Level Consumption Insights Go beyond total spending and see your shopping and consumption history for individual products. Understand what you buy most often, how your consumption changes over time and where your grocery budget actually goes. * Shared Grocery Lists Create a shared shopping list and see changes instantly on every device. Add items, check them off and keep the whole household up to date in real time. * Fast, Visual Shopping Lists Choose from thousands of product icons to create a list that is quick to scan. Reorder items, organise them into folders or let Listic sort your grocery list by aisle for a faster trip through the store. * Recipe Import and Meal Planner Paste a recipe link and add the ingredients directly to your shopping list. Plan meals for each day of the week, assign recipes to your calendar and let Listic automatically prepare the groceries you need. * Listic Chef Not sure what to cook? Listic Chef uses what you already have in stock to suggest personalised recipes. Add any missing ingredients to your shopping list in one tap. * Pantry and Household Stock Keep track of the food and household products you already have. Use your purchase history to see what is running low, avoid buying duplicates and reduce food waste. * Loyalty Cards Store supermarket loyalty cards in Listic and scan them directly at the checkout. * Apple Watch View your list and check off products from your Apple Watch without taking out your iPhone. * Private, Offline and Ad-Free Listic has no ads and does not sell your data or use your shopping activity for advertising. Your shopping lists remain private, and the app continues to work offline when you do not have an internet connection. * Key Features - Automatic grocery price estimates - Budget and spending tracking - Product-level purchase and consumption tracking - Shared shopping lists with real-time updates - No registration required to start sharing - Shopping list sorted by aisle - Recipe import from a link - Weekly meal planner - Pantry inventory and stock tracking - Loyalty card storage - Apple Watch support - Offline access - No ads or advertising tracking Listic combines automatic grocery price estimates, budget tracking and product-level consumption insights with shared shopping lists, recipes, meal planning and pantry management in one simple app. Support & Feedback: listic.store Terms and conditions: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Listic at 83% against Scribes PRO's 20%. Listic also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.3 vs 2.0). Scribes PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads 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
Listic is free to download; Scribes PRO costs $2.99 up front. Listic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Scribes PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Listic holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Scribes PRO's written reviews are positive against 83% of Listic's.
Scribes PRO ships an update every 38 months, Listic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scribes PRO | Listic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Natalini | Andrei Evdokimov |
Customer experience
Scribes PRO
Listic
In-app purchases
Scribes PRO
No in-app purchases
Listic
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$7.991 Year
- 10 AI Credits$2.99
- Lifetime Subscription$39.99









