Scratchpad vs CarryLinks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scratchpad
Capture fleeting thoughts and ideas instantly with a clean, distraction-free interface. This lightweight app offers quick drafting, word counts, and iCloud sync for seamless access across devices. It's designed for simplicity and speed, making note-taking effortless.
- Distraction-free interface
- Lightning-fast and lightweight
- iCloud sync
- Word and character count
- Linkifies URLs
- Shortcuts and share sheet support
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Capture your thoughts instantly in a single, always-accessible note. Perfect for brain dumps, quick drafts, one-off jots, and fleeting ideas. Your thoughts are just a tap away. • Clean, distraction-free interface • Lightning-fast and lightweight • Sync with iCloud, or not • Word and character count • Font settings • Linkifies URLs • Support for Shortcuts and share sheet Plain text only. Simple by design.
CarryLinks
Organize and manage your web links with a comprehensive bookmark manager. Features include importing from history, saving open tabs, and auto-detecting link details. It also offers tools like QR code generation, screenshots, link shortening, and AI-powered webpage summarization.
- Bookmark and manage links
- Import bookmarks and history
- Save open tabs
- Auto-detect link titles and descriptions
- AI webpage summarization
- Create QR codes
- Check link safety
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Beyond bookmark synchronization, you can enjoy many features, such as: - Bookmark and manage links - Import existing bookmarks - Import links from history - Save open tabs - Save links from a webpage - Open all links in a folder - Open links in the same window - Open links in new windows - Open links in private windows - Auto-detect links’ titles and descriptions - Search links - Create QRs - Take Screenshots - Shorten links - Check links for availability - Check links for safety - Share links - Sort links - Sort folders - Color folders - Summarize Webpage via AI - Read Webpages Offline This extension is loaded with many features without affecting the speed of your browser. Please keep in mind that the availability of some features are based on your device and browser support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CarryLinks at Free against Scratchpad's $12.00. CarryLinks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 27.0). Scratchpad's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). On review sentiment, 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
CarryLinks is free to download; Scratchpad costs $12.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CarryLinks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratchpad has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Scratchpad's written reviews are positive against 100% of CarryLinks's.
Scratchpad ships an update fortnightly, CarryLinks every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scratchpad | CarryLinks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Khaled Huthaily |
Customer experience
Scratchpad
CarryLinks
In-app purchases
Scratchpad
No in-app purchases
CarryLinks
No in-app purchases
