Scrip vs Pearnotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scrip
Easily create and share your drawings with a simple canvas. Customize stroke size and color for your doodles. Save, copy, or use the share sheet to instantly distribute your creations.
- Single canvas for doodling
- Variable stroke size and color
- Save as image
- Copy to clipboard
- Share sheet integration
- Drag and drop sharing
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This app aims at helping you to draw sketches and share instantly. It features a single canvas, where you doodle anything with variable stroke size and color. Quickly share by coping, saving image, share sheet, or dragging directly.
Pearnotes
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ASK YOUR NOTES - Save a drawing, photo, or PDF and the title, summary, and tags are filled in. - Ask a question and get an answer from your notes. Available where Apple Intelligence is enabled. PDFS AND PHOTOS - Add a PDF to a note and annotate it page by page, then share it as a PDF or a PNG. - Add a photo as the canvas background and draw on top of it. - Write and sketch with Apple Pencil, Apple Pencil Pro, or your finger. - Pearnotes can open onto a blank page. TIMERS AND D-DAY Set a countdown, a time, or a date, in any timezone. Recurring timers show D-Day. Color changes as the time gets close. Pin a timer to a widget. ICLOUD SYNC Notes and timers stay in sync over iCloud. Access them on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pearnotes at every 10 days against Scrip's every 6 weeks. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scrip ships an update every 6 weeks, Pearnotes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scrip | Pearnotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 一玮 王 | Braveyo LLC |
In-app purchases
Scrip
No in-app purchases
Pearnotes
No in-app purchases
