ENGSENCE vs Scribo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ENGSENCE
This English learning platform, developed by a Canadian, offers a comprehensive approach to mastering the language. It focuses on providing effective learning tools and resources for users aiming to improve their English skills.
- English language learning
- Comprehensive platform
- Effective learning tools
- Canadian developer
- Resource-rich
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Learn real English from podcast-style episodes on everyday topics. Tap any sentence and it plays from there, with subtitles that follow the voice. Key expressions are laid out in chat bubbles from Engeng, your teacher. - Choose US or UK pronunciation - Short business English videos you can use at work (BETA) - Today's ENGSENCE: one conversation card a day - VOCA BLAST, a word game where you pop keycaps - Review what you heard in three ways - Today's study progress in the Dynamic Island - Audio keeps playing even after you leave the app Supports Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Hindi, Vietnamese.
Scribo
Capture new words from your surroundings and make them stick. This app uses spaced repetition and AI to create personalized quizzes, ensuring you remember vocabulary without tedious drills. Sync your learning across devices.
- Capture words via typing, writing, or photo
- AI-powered word selection from articles/videos
- Spaced repetition for effective memorization
- Personalized word lists for different contexts
- Cross-device syncing (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
- Learn from the sentence you first encountered the word in
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Met a word in real life? Write it down and make it yours. A street sign, an email from work, a form at the doctor's. When a word stops you, put it in Scribo. Scribo fills in the meaning, the sound and an example. Then it brings the word back as a quick quiz right before you'd forget it, so it sticks without drilling. Save a word in seconds Type it, write it with your finger or Apple Pencil, or snap a photo. You can also share text from another app. Ten words make a step Your words line up on Home as a path. Finish a step's quiz and the next one opens. Keep separate word lists for work, daily life or an exam. Today's quiz, right on time Spaced repetition asks again just before you'd forget. A few minutes a day is enough. Only the words worth learning Paste an article or a YouTube link and AI picks the words worth learning at your level and mixes them into your steps. Only the ones you miss go into your word list. The sentence you met it in Every word keeps the sentence you found it in, and the meaning it had there. On iPad and Mac too On iPad, write with Apple Pencil and read the articles and videos you care about at your level. Sign in and your words follow you across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Free to start Save up to 50 words, then 10 a day, for free. Quizzes are always free. Scribo Pro gives you unlimited saved words and new readings, your full learning insights, and the freedom to switch the language you learn. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://scribo.cc/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://scribo.cc/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scribo at 5.0 against ENGSENCE's 4.4. Scribo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). ENGSENCE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). On price, review sentiment and device support 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
Both are free to download. Scribo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. ENGSENCE asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scribo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of ENGSENCE's written reviews are positive against 88% of Scribo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ENGSENCE ships an update fortnightly, Scribo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ENGSENCE | Scribo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.3% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiwon Hwang | Dain Jung |
Customer experience
ENGSENCE
Scribo
In-app purchases
ENGSENCE
No in-app purchases
Scribo
- Scribo Pro Monthly$10.991 Month
- Scribo Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
- Scribo Pro Yearly$89.991 Year
- Scribo Lifetime$69.99
