Comparison

Scribes PRO vs Trash Panda Cleanup

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

Trash Panda Cleanup

This app helps users build tidiness habits by breaking down cleaning tasks into manageable steps and routines. It offers motivational messages and a unique 'Shame Mode' to encourage completion, designed with neurodivergent individuals in mind.

Highlights
  • Create task routines
  • Organize tasks by zones
  • Motivational messages
  • Shame Mode for motivation
  • Customizable task repetition
  • Visual zone reminders
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Keep your space tidy when you are secretly three raccoons in a trench coat! Trash Panda Cleanup has been designed with the ADHD brain in mind. Create small tasks, group them into routines, and find out how simple it really is to keep your home tidy with small steps. Your raccoon pal keeps you motivated with short, inspirational messages. Activate Shame Mode to unlock your cleaning super powers with threats of your raccoon mom visiting in 20 minutes or reminders of that time you washed your airpods. Create Routines to start building habits. These don't need to be time based! Think about things in your day that happen consistently, like waking up or hearing your washing machine sing the song of its people. If you do want time reminders, turn on notifications and assign specific times to routines you need a reminder for. Add Zones to visually organize tasks and keep you from running around the house. Don't forget non-room based Zones like your Doom Pile by the front door or That Corner of The Garage where you put everything when you empty out your car. Don't forget to break tasks down into manageable, bite-sized pieces. Remember, raccoons are small and they can't tackle everything all at once! Benefits - Limit overwhelm by hiding routines on your daily schedule - Get as granular with your tasks as you want! Some of us need a visual reminder to check by the couch for socks before we load the washer - Enjoy cumulative benefits, building daily habits leads to changes in your whole life Features - Read the Trash Panda's Guide to Living Outside a Garbage Can to learn tips and tricks! - Colors and Icons assigned to Zones visually remind you when it's time to move to the next location - Reminders for routines offer a gentle nudge to check in, but are not required! - Motivational messages pop up occasionally or can be accessed by visiting your raccoon friend - Reorder Zones to align with how you move through your house. Do you like to start in the center, or move from one side to the other? - Tasks repeat Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly so you can keep track of those small tasks like replacing air filters or testing your smoke detector Designed for Three Raccoons in a Trench Coat Do you find that "cleaning the bathroom" feels like an insurmountable task? What if you could instead break that down and spread it out throughout the week. Create as many tiny tasks as you want and see how long it actually takes. Short, 10-15 minute routines can make a huge difference in your environment and help you feel accomplished throughout the day. Pricing One price for life. This app will never have a subscription. You buy it, you own it. There are no premium features locked down behind a paywall. We will not contribute to the tax we all pay by forgetting to cancel subscriptions. Sticker Pack Trash Panda Cleanup comes with over 40 cleaning-themed stickers for iMessage! Trash Panda is joined by his BFF Squeaky Clean mouse and an assortment of cleaning tools. Trash Panda's Guide to Living Outside a Garbage Can Visit the Journal to read through Trash Panda's Guide to Living Outside a Garbage Can. Trash Panda shares his tips and tricks for staying organized and functioning in the outside world. You can take the Trash Panda out of the garbage can, but you can't take the garbage out of the Trash Panda.

Screenshots

Scribes PRO4 screens
Trash Panda Cleanup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Trash Panda Cleanup at Free against Scribes PRO's $2.99. Trash Panda Cleanup also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 38 months). On ads, 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

Trash Panda Cleanup is free to download; Scribes PRO costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trash Panda Cleanup holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trash Panda Cleanup has 5 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 33% of Trash Panda Cleanup's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribes PRO ships an update every 38 months, Trash Panda Cleanup weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scribes PRO versus Trash Panda Cleanup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribes PROTrash Panda Cleanup
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca NataliniDaniel Moore

Customer experience

Scribes PRO

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

Trash Panda Cleanup

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Scribes PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Trash Panda Cleanup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribes PRO free?
Scribes PRO costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trash Panda Cleanup free?
Trash Panda Cleanup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scribes PRO or Trash Panda Cleanup?
Trash Panda Cleanup is rated higher. Scribes PRO averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Trash Panda Cleanup averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Scribes PRO or Trash Panda Cleanup have ads?
Neither Scribes PRO nor Trash Panda Cleanup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribes PRO or Trash Panda Cleanup?
Scribes PRO ships an update every 38 months, and Trash Panda Cleanup weekly. Most recently, Scribes PRO was updated on September 7, 2026 and Trash Panda Cleanup on September 17, 2026.

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