Comparison

Local Recreation Go vs smilescroll

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

Head to head
About

Local Recreation Go

Discover and register for local classes and events curated by your city government. Easily search for activities based on your interests, preferred day, and time. Currently available for residents of Beachwood, Ohio.

Highlights
  • Curated local classes and events
  • Search by interest, day, and time
  • Partnership with city government
  • Easy event discovery
Features
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Local Recreation Go works in partnership with your local city government to curate classes and events in your local community and make them easily searchable. Search by interest, day, time, and more. Currently available for Beachwood, Ohio.

About

smilescroll

A personal digital scrapbook for capturing and revisiting happy moments, photos, notes, and screenshots. Customize your feed with soothing backgrounds and add personal touches to your entries. Keep your joyful memories private and easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Personal photo and note storage
  • Screenshot saving
  • Photo cropping and editing
  • Customizable background themes
  • Monogram personalization for notes
  • App lock for privacy
Features
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Welcome to smilescroll — your simple sanctuary of joy! A happy scrapbook on your phone for inspiration, smiles and laughs! Since it's only for you, just pop in whatever you like with no worries. The fuller the feed, the more warmth it brings… so load it up with a bunch of your favorites! Your Posts: Photos — of course, a picture is worth a thousand words! Notes — a memory to revisit (your doggie making a new friend!) or a nugget you picked up (but what if everything does work out!) Screenshots — anything that gives you a lift or a laugh! Fun Photo Touches: You can crop your photo and add a little snippet. Tap the classic three dots to add or tweak these later. And maybe the little surprise hiding behind that curved arrow will bring you back in time! Your Vibe: In the vibe tab, you pick your soothing background (your vibe) and easily change it anytime! There's also a fun add monogram button, so you can personalize your notes! And if other people sometimes use your phone, you can add a lock there that opens the same way you unlock your phone. The Tidbits: Right now, it's free and there are no ads. Posts are stored on your phone and take up barely any room — remember to keep your iCloud backup on and you're all set. Want to read this later? Find it inside the app under the vibe tab — look for the scoop! Just Smiles: Stuck in line and looking for something to scroll? Maybe tap on smilescroll — it's just smiles and just for you! happy smilescrolling!

Screenshots

Local Recreation Go4 screens
smilescroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: smilescroll at weekly against Local Recreation Go's every 2 months. Local Recreation Go's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Local Recreation Go against 5.0 for smilescroll. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local Recreation Go ships an update every 2 months, smilescroll weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Local Recreation Go versus smilescroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal Recreation Gosmilescroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB63 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAndromedaXKIMBERLY JOY LEHRMAN

In-app purchases

None

Local Recreation Go

No in-app purchases

None

smilescroll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local Recreation Go free?
Local Recreation Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smilescroll free?
smilescroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Local Recreation Go or smilescroll?
Local Recreation Go and smilescroll are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Local Recreation Go or smilescroll have ads?
Neither Local Recreation Go nor smilescroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local Recreation Go or smilescroll?
Local Recreation Go ships an update every 2 months, and smilescroll weekly. Most recently, Local Recreation Go was updated on October 30, 2026 and smilescroll on October 31, 2026.

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