Inkwell vs scrolly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inkwell
This free ebook reader offers a highly customizable reading experience with adjustable fonts, colors, and spacing. It seamlessly integrates translation and dictionary lookup, allowing you to import your own EPUB files and enjoy a personalized literary journey.
- Customizable fonts, sizes, and colors
- Adjustable margins and paragraph spacing
- Integrated iOS Translation and Dictionary
- Intuitive design with smooth animations
- Fast ebook loading
- Import your own EPUB files
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Discover Inkwell, the ultimate free ebook reader designed for customizable reading experiences. Immerse yourself in popular books with personalized settings for fonts, sizes, and colors. Inkwell is completely free, ensuring an exceptional reading experience without hidden costs. Features: • Open source and completely free, no locked features or in-app purchases • Highly customizable reading experience with adjustable font styles, sizes, and colors • Fine-tune margins, paragraph spacing, and explore captivating color options • Seamlessly integrated iOS Translation and Dictionary Look Up features for enhanced exploration and understanding • Intuitive design for easy navigation and smooth, beautiful animations • Fast ebook loading, eliminating waiting times and allowing you to dive into the story instantly • Bundled with four timeless masterpieces from Project Gutenberg • Import your own .epub files to curate a collection that matters to you Download Inkwell now and embark on a personalized literary journey like never before. Rediscover the joy of reading!
scrolly
Transform your PDF reading with a delightful experience. Customize text size and themes, save your progress with bookmarks, and enjoy a unique vertical scrolling mode. Perfect for books, papers, articles, and textbooks.
- Customizable text size
- Theme selection
- Bookmark saving
- Vertical snap-to-scroll
- Read books, papers, articles, textbooks
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replace your scrolling addiction with reading! this app displays PDFs in a beautiful reading experience where you can change the text size, choose a theme, and save bookmarks scroll through your book with a vertical snap-to-scroll use it to read books, scientific papers, articles, and textbooks easily!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: scrolly at 4.7 against Inkwell's 4.0. scrolly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (86% vs 71%). Inkwell's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
scrolly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Inkwell's written reviews are positive against 86% of scrolly's.
Inkwell ships an update every 5 weeks, scrolly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inkwell | scrolly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimitrie Milinovich | totally important LLC |
Customer experience
Inkwell
scrolly
In-app purchases
Inkwell
No in-app purchases
scrolly
No in-app purchases
