Comparison

Systems vs Scrappy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Systems

Features
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Systems – Never Forget a Step Again Most mistakes do not happen because you do not know what to do. They happen because one small step gets missed. You leave for work and forget your charger. You hand over a rental property and forget to photograph the utility meters. You prepare an Airbnb and forget to restock the coffee. You launch a website and forget to test the contact form. You deliver a client project and forget to send the invoice. Systems helps you capture repeatable workflows so nothing gets overlooked. Instead of relying on memory, sticky notes, scattered documents, or rebuilding the same checklist over and over, create a System once and run it whenever you need it. A System can be anything: • A morning routine • A travel packing list • A client onboarding process • An Airbnb turnover workflow • A website launch checklist • A restaurant opening procedure • A monthly bookkeeping process Why Systems Works To-do lists are for one-time tasks. Systems are for things you do repeatedly. When a process is written down, you do not have to remember every step. Just follow the System and focus on getting it done. How It Works 1. Create a System from a repeatable process 2. Break it into clear, actionable steps 3. Run it whenever you need it 4. Check off progress as you go 5. Improve your workflow over time Features • Reusable checklist Systems • Daily progress tracking • Calendar and timeline views • Categories, favorites, and search • Shareable links and deep links • Import and export support • Calendar integration • iCloud Sync (Beta) Built for People Who Think in Systems Pilots use checklists. Restaurants use opening and closing procedures. Businesses use standard operating procedures. Systems brings the same clarity and consistency to everyday life and work. Perfect For • Small business owners • Freelancers and consultants • Property managers and Airbnb hosts • Creators and professionals • Anyone who wants less mental load and fewer mistakes Subscription Required Systems is a subscription-based app. Start a renewable subscription with a 3-day free trial to explore all features before you're charged. Choose the plan that works best for you and cancel anytime during the trial if it's not the right fit. Start building your personal library of Systems today and stop relying on memory for the things that matter. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Scrappy

Organize your thoughts, research, and media with a digital scrapbook. Save text, links, images, and files, then find them easily with powerful search and categorization tools. Supports offline viewing and password protection for sensitive notes.

Highlights
  • Save text, links, and images
  • Organize with categories and tags
  • Powerful search with suggestions
  • Offline viewing of web pages
  • Password protection for notes
  • Share extension for easy saving
  • Preview PDFs and media files
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Scrappy is a digital scrapbook for ideas, research, and fun. Use Scrappy to save text, links and images—and find them again. Scrappy shows everything as large thumbnails that open to fill the view, where you can swipe through items individually. Scrappy’s sidebar shows favorites, recent items, and categories for things like notes, images, and web links to help you find what you need, along with its excellent search features. You can also create your own lists, including smart lists, with customizable icons and colors, and items can have searchable, and optionally color-coded tags too. In addition to notes, web links and images, Scrappy can play movie and audio files, has built-in support for previewing PDFs and text files, and can show other files with Quick Look. * GETTING STUFF IN - Scrappy’s Share extension can save web links, images, files and text from within other apps - If you’ve already copied something, use New from Clipboard to create a new item from the home screen or within the app itself - You can also take photos or videos with the camera, and add photos and videos from your Photos library * NOTES Use notes to collect text, links, images and other attachments. - Notes have consistent styles, and pasted text is cleaned up automatically - Links can be shown as clickable text or previews - Links to YouTube and other videos can be played inline - Include quotes, checklists, bulleted and numbered lists, highlighted text, horizontal dividers, and links to other items - Lock notes to protect sensitive information with a password that only you know * WEB LINKS When you save a web link to Scrappy, what’s shown adapts to the content: - Articles resemble reader mode in web browsers with a featured image and cleaned-up text - Other links, such as social media posts, will appear as cards with a summary and image - YouTube and other links to videos can be played Scrappy also supports links with highlights, showing only that text, and when you view the original page the highlighted text will be scrolled into view. When viewing web links, Scrappy lets you: - Remove portions of text from articles - Edit information about the links - Save the original page for offline viewing too, if required * SEARCH Once you’ve got things into Scrappy, you’ll want to find them again. Scrappy finds items by their name, date, kind, URL, tags and content, including text in scanned PDFs and images. Scrappy finds images by the text and prominent features they contain, and what they represent, such as screenshots, illustrations and receipts. Search suggestions appear as you type, and you can combine these to drill down to what you need. Found text is highlighted as you swipe through results. Scrappy also lets you create Smart Lists to match items against a set of rules. * GETTING STUFF OUT Finally, it’s no good putting things in an app if you can’t get them back out again. All the items you add to Scrappy can be dragged to other apps or saved as files, and you can export any list or the entire library as files and folders in standard formats that any good app can understand. * SUBSCRIPTIONS Use of Scrappy requires a paid subscription that you can purchase in the app. Payment will be charged to your account following any free trial offered unless cancelled in Account Settings at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. If you start a free trial and cancel before it ends, you cannot reactivate the free trial. When your subscription ends, you will lose access to any functionality provided by the subscription. Terms of Use: https://reinventedsoftware.com/scrappy/terms.html

Screenshots

Systems4 screens
Scrappy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scrappy at every 11 days against Systems's every 4 weeks. Scrappy also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Systems sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Scrappy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Systems ships an update every 4 weeks, Scrappy every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Systems versus Scrappy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSystemsScrappy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB23 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperAdam KovacsSteve Harris

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Systems

Subscriptions3
  • Systems Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Systems Pro (1 Month)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Systems Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Systems Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
3 purchases

Scrappy

Subscriptions3
  • Scrappy for iPhone and iPad14 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Scrappy for Mac14 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Scrappy for Mac, iPhone and iPad14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Systems free?
Systems is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scrappy free?
Scrappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Systems or Scrappy have ads?
Neither Systems nor Scrappy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Systems or Scrappy?
Systems ships an update every 4 weeks, and Scrappy every 11 days. Most recently, Systems was updated on October 20, 2026 and Scrappy on October 24, 2026.

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