Comparison

Scroll vs Stash

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

Head to head
About

Scroll

Transform messy webpages into a clean, distraction-free reading experience. Focus on text and images with beautiful typography. Enjoy your content without the clutter.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free reading
  • Webpage content extraction
  • Clean text formatting
  • Image integration
  • Beautiful typography
Features
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Your pocket reading sanctuary. No noise, just stories. Transform any messy webpage into a beautiful reading experience. Scroll extracts the good stuff—clean text, crisp images, perfect typography—so you can focus on what matters: the story.

About

Stash

Features
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Stash is the fastest way to save a link or a bit of text on one device and pick it up on another. Built like all my apps: private by design, no accounts, no tracking. Save it, find it later, get on with your day. Like everything I make, Stash starts from a simple foundation: your data is yours. There's no account to create, no server of mine holding your stuff, and no tracking of any kind. Everything syncs through your own iCloud and stays there. I built Stash because I kept finding links on my phone that I wanted to view later on my Mac, and vice versa. Like many people, I would message them to myself. That was not an elegant or user-friendly solution. I just wanted a box to toss things into that would sync everywhere. Everything else I tried wanted to be a read-it-later service, had a different goal in mind, wanted me to create an account, had unnecessary "social" features, or had questionable privacy. FEATURES: * No account, no tracking, no subscription * Save links and text from the share sheet on iPhone, iPad, and Mac * Quick capture and inbox right from the Mac menu bar * Links get titles, icons, and previews automatically, all generated on your device * Tag things to keep them organized, with colors that sync * Favorite the really important things * Set up patterns to tidy long website titles, making it easier to read on smaller screens * Inbox plus archive keeps new stuff separate from old * Add to Stash from Shortcuts * Syncs through your iCloud account, nothing stored anywhere else * Privacy switch to turn off link previews entirely if you want zero network requests * Widgets for quickly capturing thoughts or links, and seeing your reading lists from your Home Screen or desktop * Shortcuts support

Screenshots

Scroll3 screens
Stash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scroll at none against Stash's 1. Scroll also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Stash's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Stash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scroll asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scroll ships an update every 2 months, Stash every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Scroll versus Stash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollStash
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCiao AppsTapnitz LLC

In-app purchases

None

Scroll

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Stash

One-time1
  • Unlimited Stash$2.99

Questions

Is Scroll free?
Scroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stash free?
Stash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scroll or Stash have ads?
Neither Scroll nor Stash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scroll or Stash?
Scroll ships an update every 2 months, and Stash every 5 days. Most recently, Scroll was updated on October 28, 2026 and Stash on October 28, 2026.

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