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 transcribes video, audio and voice messages to text on iPhone and iPad, offline. Files never leave your device. No upload, no account, and once the language pack is installed it works in airplane mode. Start from what you already have on your phone: a lecture or a meeting you recorded, an interview, a podcast, a video from your camera roll, a WhatsApp voice message. Long files work too. A two-hour recording becomes a document you can read, search and fix. Free every day. Ten minutes of transcription a day, with every feature included. No trial, no account, no card. Pro removes the daily limit. 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 live. The text appears while you speak, within about two seconds in Fast mode. Inside other apps. A voice message or a video you share is transcribed in a popup, without leaving the app it came from, and saved to your Library with one tap. Export where you need it. Plain text, Markdown, PDF, and SRT subtitles, with or without timestamps. 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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Transcribe a lecture, a meeting or a voice message on your iPhone, then read it, search it and export it. Nothing is uploaded. Free up to 5 minutes per recording; Pro for longer. FREE UP TO 5 MINUTES, THEN A FLAT PRICE Every recording is transcribed in full on your iPhone. Up to 5 minutes is completely free: full transcript, summary, concept map, study cards and action items. For a longer recording you read the first 5 minutes free, and Scriba Pro unlocks the rest instantly, with no re-processing. No per-minute fees, no credits to buy, no weekly plan. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE Your recordings and transcripts are never uploaded to a server. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. After a one-time language download, Scriba works in airplane mode, in a basement lecture hall and on the metro, at the same speed. BRING ANYTHING IN ⢠Record with a live transcript as you speak ⢠Import audio files: MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF ⢠Import a video and Scriba pulls out the audio track ⢠Tap a marker while recording to flag a moment you want to find again ⢠Choose the language, or let Scriba detect it from the ones on your iPhone READ IT PROPERLY ⢠Tap any line to jump the audio there ⢠The line playing now is highlighted as you listen ⢠Playback speed from 0.75x to 2x ⢠Automatic chapters from the speaker's own pauses ⢠Search inside every transcript, and find your notes 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 and 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. Teams that need the decisions from a meeting. Anyone who gets long voice messages and would rather read them. EXPORT AND SEND Plain text is free. Markdown, PDF, Word-compatible RTF and SRT subtitles come with Scriba Pro. LANGUAGES Scriba transcribes on the device in the languages your iPhone supports, among them English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Settings shows the full list. Requires iOS 26 and an iPhone or iPad that supports on-device speech recognition. SCRIBA PRO (OPTIONAL) ⢠Yearly: USD 39.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers ⢠Monthly: USD 6.99 per month ⢠Lifetime: USD 59.99, one payment, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your 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 you purchase a subscription. Prices are for the United States; in other countries the price is shown in the app and on the App Store before you confirm. 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 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scribbler ships an update fortnightly, Scriba every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scribbler | Scriba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly ā better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 3 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
- Scriba Pro ā Monthly$6.991 Month
- Pro ā Weekly$6.997 Days
- Scriba Pro ā Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Scriba Pro ā Lifetime$59.99









