Comparison

Scribbles Now vs PocketKnife Games

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

Head to head
About

Scribbles Now

Transform your living room into a drawing challenge arena. One player sketches a secret word on their device, while everyone else watches on a TV and guesses. Enjoy a fun, ad-free party game with no accounts or subscriptions required.

Highlights
  • AirPlay integration for TV casting
  • Large library of drawing prompts
  • Intuitive drawing tools
  • Ad-free and privacy-focused
  • No subscriptions or accounts needed
Features
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Scribbles Now is the ultimate drawing and guessing game for friends and family! Play locally or with friends online. Draw words, guess what others are drawing, and laugh your way through hundreds of categories. • Local multiplayer — pass and play with up to 8 players • Online multiplayer — play with anyone, anywhere • 1,000+ words across dozens of categories • Custom word lists — add your own words Scribbles Pro Subscription Unlock the full word library, custom word lists, and unlimited multiplayer with Scribbles Pro: • Monthly — $1.39 per month • Annual — $9.69 per year • Start with a 7-day free trial Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amolsrivastava.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Scribbles-Now-2155d25f093080f98b60fce7c8b5af6f

About

PocketKnife Games

This app offers a collection of 16 diverse, fully featured games including arcade, board, puzzle, and card games. Enjoy an uninterrupted gaming experience with no ads or subscriptions, playable offline on various Apple devices.

Highlights
  • 16 fully featured games
  • Arcade, board, puzzle, and card game genres
  • No ads
  • No subscriptions
  • Offline play
  • Clean, no-nonsense experience
Features
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Your pocket arcade, board game night, and puzzle hour — all in one app. PocketKnife Games gives you 24 fully featured games in a clean, no-nonsense experience. -- No ads interrupting your flow. -- No subscriptions. -- No Wi-Fi needed. Just great games, always ready. Whether you're clearing lines in Blocks, chasing 2048 in Exponent, battling the CPU in Rival Stones, playing a hand of Spades or Texas Hold'em, or working through a Sudoku on Expert, there's always something worth playing. Arcade Games — Brick Blitz · Galactic Assault · Meteor Storm · Tetrix Board Games — Quattro 4 · Tic Tac Toe · 5 Roller · Rival Stones · Backgammon · Checkers · Pai Gow · Wordcraft · Corner Stone Puzzle Games — Sudoku · Dragon Tiles · Exponent · Blocks · Wordy · Gem Blast Card Games - Spades · Gin Rummy · Solitaire · Hearts · Speed With more games coming soon...

Screenshots

Scribbles Now4 screens
PocketKnife Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PocketKnife Games at none against Scribbles Now's 2. PocketKnife Games also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. Scribbles Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.39 per month. PocketKnife Games 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 Scribbles Now against 5.0 for PocketKnife Games. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribbles Now ships an update fortnightly, PocketKnife Games every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Scribbles Now versus PocketKnife Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribbles NowPocketKnife Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNow Studio LLCAurum Creative Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Scribbles Now

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

PocketKnife Games

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scribbles Now

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.391 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$9.691 Year
None

PocketKnife Games

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribbles Now free?
Scribbles Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PocketKnife Games free?
PocketKnife Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scribbles Now or PocketKnife Games?
Scribbles Now and PocketKnife Games are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Scribbles Now or PocketKnife Games have ads?
Neither Scribbles Now nor PocketKnife Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribbles Now or PocketKnife Games?
Scribbles Now ships an update fortnightly, and PocketKnife Games every 2 weeks. Most recently, Scribbles Now was updated on October 18, 2026 and PocketKnife Games on October 24, 2026.

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