Scribbler vs Scriba
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Scribbler
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Scribbler turns a video or an audio file into a document you can read, search, fix and export. Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. The media never leaves your device. No account, no upload. Once the language pack is on your device, it works in airplane mode. A transcript you can work with. Tap any word to jump to the second it was said, and watch the text light up as the audio plays. Fix a wrong word in two taps. Search the whole document and move between matches. Read it in another language, still on device. Translate a finished transcript and read it in your language. Search, editing and export work on the translation too. Record or import. Record a lecture, a meeting or an interview and watch the text appear while you speak, within about two seconds in Fast mode. Or bring in a file you already have: voice memos, video, podcasts. A voice message or a video shared from another app is transcribed in a popup, without leaving that app. Export where you need it. Plain text, Markdown, PDF, and SRT subtitles, with or without timestamps. Free every day. The free plan comes with transcription minutes that renew every day, with every feature included. No trial, no account, no card. Pro removes the daily limit. Transcribes in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Translates into around twenty languages, so a recording made in one language becomes a document you can read in yours. Your transcripts sync across your devices through your own iCloud account. The media stays on the device that made it. Requires iOS 26 and a device that supports on-device speech recognition. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Scriba
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Record a lecture, a meeting or a voice message and get it back as text you can read, search and export. Everything happens on your iPhone. UNLIMITED, BECAUSE IT COSTS US NOTHING Transcription runs on your device, so there are no per-minute charges, no credits to buy and no queue. A three-hour lecture costs exactly the same as a thirty-second voice note: nothing. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE Your recordings and transcripts are never uploaded to a server. No account, no sign-in, no cloud. It works in airplane mode, in a basement lecture hall and on the metro, at the same speed. BRING ANYTHING IN ⢠Record directly, with a live transcript as you speak ⢠Import audio files: MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF ⢠Import video and Scriba pulls out the audio track ⢠Tap a marker while recording to flag a moment you want to find again READ IT PROPERLY ⢠Tap any line to jump the audio there ⢠The line playing now is highlighted as you listen ⢠Adjustable playback speed ⢠Automatic chapters from the speaker's own pauses ⢠Search inside every transcript, and from iPhone search TURN IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL ⢠A summary and the key points ⢠A concept map of how the ideas connect ⢠Question-and-answer study cards ⢠A glossary of the terms used ⢠Action items, with who owns them where a name was said All generated on the device from what was actually said. BUILT FOR STUDY AND WORK Students recording lectures. Journalists with interviews. Consultants who need the decisions from a meeting. Anyone who receives long voice messages and would rather read them. EXPORT AND SEND Plain text, Markdown, PDF, Word and SRT subtitles ā formatted and ready to send, not dumped. LANGUAGES Scriba transcribes on-device in the languages your iPhone supports, and can detect which one you are speaking automatically. FREE AND PRO Free: 3 transcriptions, recordings up to 10 minutes, automatic titles and plain text export. Scriba Pro: unlimited transcription of any length, every AI tool, every export format, folders and favourites. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Scriba Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription: ⢠Yearly ā EUR 49.99 per year, with a 3-day free trial ⢠Weekly ā EUR 6.99 per week A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available for EUR 99.99. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://edgemarket.app/scriba/privacy Questions or problems: info@edgemarket.app
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Verdict
Scribbler and Scriba are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Scribbler sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Scriba sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Scribbler | Scriba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Massimo Gollo | Danjel Durmo |
In-app purchases
Scribbler
- Scribbler Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Scribbler Pro Lifetime$34.99
Scriba
- Pro ā Weekly$6.997 Days
- Scriba Pro ā Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Scriba Pro ā Lifetime$99.99









