Comparison

Dense vs Scrollan

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

Head to head
About

Dense

This news widget delivers concise, readable stories directly to your home screen, eliminating the need for external links or endless scrolling. It offers customizable topic selection and allows filtering news by mood and impact, providing a quick and informed overview.

Highlights
  • Home screen news widget
  • Dense, readable prose
  • Green highlights for changes
  • Customizable topics
  • Filter by mood and impact
  • Story Explorer with interactive chart
Features
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Read several stories in a few sentences, right on your Home Screen. Dense brings coverage from multiple sources into compact AI briefs, with new stories highlighted. YOUR NEWS, IN A WIDGET Choose a topic for the News Digest widget and read its latest brief at a glance. Tap the widget to open that topic's history, revisit earlier briefs, and follow source links when you want more detail. Add multiple widgets to keep different interests close at hand. SEVEN FREE TOPICS Follow world news, US news, UK news, US politics, technology, US business, and US sports. Choose topics in the app or directly in the widget editor. All seven stay free. CUSTOM TOPICS WITH DENSE PRO Follow a local issue, a team, an industry, or another subject you care about. Enter a short custom topic in the app or widget editor. If you start from a widget, tap its upgrade prompt to choose a plan and continue with your topic. Dense Pro offers monthly and annual auto-renewing plans with the same access. An active subscription is required to add and update custom topics. Prices are shown before purchase, and you can manage or cancel your plan in App Store settings. Your saved briefs remain readable if your subscription ends. EXPLORE THE STORY Browse digest history to see how coverage changes. Story Explorer lets you filter stories by mood and impact, from Doom to Bloom and minor to major. The Doom or Bloom widget gives you a view of a topic's mood over time. New briefs require iOS or iPadOS 27, an internet connection, and AI availability for your device and account. The system controls widget update timing. Open Dense after renewal to keep custom widgets updating. Built by Peter, an independent developer who wanted news to take up less of the day. Terms of Service: https://folding-sky.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://folding-sky.com/privacy

About

Scrollan

Get AI-powered news summaries quickly with a swipeable interface. Stay informed on U.S. breaking news, local events by ZIP code, and personalized topics. Understand national impact with sentiment analysis.

Highlights
  • AI-powered news summaries
  • Swipe-based news experience
  • Local news by ZIP code
  • Multi-language support
  • America Impact Analysis
  • Personalized news feed
Features
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Scrollan is the fastest way to follow America. Swipe through AI-powered news summaries designed for modern attention spans. Stay informed with breaking U.S. news, local updates from your ZIP code, and personalized feeds — all in your own language. Built for people who want to understand what’s happening in America without reading long articles. FEATURES • AI-Powered News Summaries Get the most important news in seconds with short, intelligent summaries. • Swipe-Based News Experience A smooth vertical feed inspired by modern social apps. Swipe through the news like never before. • Local News by ZIP Code Follow what’s happening around you — traffic alerts, local politics, weather, events, and more. • Multi-Language Support Read American news in: English Español Deutsch Turkish Russian Ukrainian Arabic Albanian • America Impact Analysis See whether a story is positive, negative, or neutral for America. • Personalized Feed Choose the categories you care about: * Politics * Economy * Immigration * Tech * Markets * Local News • Minimal & Premium Experience Designed with a modern, cinematic interface focused on speed, clarity, and readability. SCROLL LESS. UNDERSTAND MORE. Scrollan helps you stay informed without information overload.

Screenshots

Dense4 screens
Scrollan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scrollan at none against Dense's 2. Scrollan also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). Dense's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Dense sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Scrollan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dense against 5.0 for Scrollan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dense versus Scrollan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDenseScrollan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFolding Sky CoHanium LLC

Customer experience

Dense

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scrollan

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dense

Subscriptions2
  • Dense Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Dense Pro Annual$24.991 Year
None

Scrollan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dense free?
Dense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scrollan free?
Scrollan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dense or Scrollan?
Dense and Scrollan are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Dense or Scrollan have ads?
Neither Dense nor Scrollan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dense or Scrollan?
Dense ships an update every 2 months, and Scrollan every 2 months. Most recently, Dense was updated on November 9, 2026 and Scrollan on October 31, 2026.

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