Uni vs Scritch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Uni
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Create problem sets and study with “Learned” and “Not Yet”, all within your note app. With Uni:Note, you can review alongside your original notes and study problem sets in the companion app Uni:Note Pocket by importing a backup. Uni:Note is a handwriting app for iPad with a simple, ad-free interface that lets you write as you would in a paper notebook. Designed under the guidance of a current university student, it focuses on being easy to use in class. Along with Apple Pencil handwriting, it supports writing on images and PDFs, vertical notebooks, and multiple windows. Keep taking notes while working with class handouts and PDF materials. Use the notes you write for review. Study Assistant (AI) supports Circle to Solve, problem set generation, and AI Summary. You can also create and edit problem sets yourself. Recording and real-time transcription are also supported. Take notes while recording a class, then use AI Summary to summarize the transcription. Customize the navigation bar and palette to suit the tools you use most. ■Key Features • Create and edit problem sets with handwriting, the keyboard, pasted text, or TSV/CSV files • AI problem set generation from your notes • Study with “Learned” and “Not Yet”, resume where you left off, and shuffle questions • Review with your original notes displayed alongside • Study problem sets imported from a backup in Uni:Note Pocket • Handwriting with Apple Pencil • Writing on images and PDFs • Vertical notebooks and multiple windows • Recording and real-time transcription • AI Summary and Circle to Solve • Sticky Marker • Ruler, Move Selection • Undo and Redo for moves and changes to shapes, pasted images and PDFs, and sticky notes, plus lines drawn with the ruler • Open the Button Guide with “?” (from the “…” menu in a notebook) • Pomodoro timer • Navigation bar and palette customization • Export PDF • Backup and restore ■About Privacy Uni:Note uses in-app identifiers that do not directly identify you to manage your AI Balance and purchase status. It also collects diagnostic information, such as crash logs when the app crashes, to investigate issues. When you use AI features, data needed for processing, such as selected note content and transcriptions, is sent to an AI service to generate answers, problem sets, summaries, and similar output. Routine diagnostic information does not include information that directly identifies you or the contents of notes, audio, transcriptions, or attachments. The information collected is used to provide AI features, manage their use, and improve app quality. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Scritch
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Scritch. Your notes don't have to be perfect from the start. Begin by jotting down whatever comes to mind, and take it all the way with Scritch. Even a quick jot has its details. Writing · Ink shows up the moment your pen touches down, like on paper · Lines respond to pressure and tilt, and the fountain pen pools a little where you pause · Hold your pen at the end of a stroke to get a straight line, or a clean circle, rectangle or triangle · Scribble over something with the pen you're holding to erase it. No need to switch to the eraser · Tidy straightens wobbly handwriting and evens out its size and spacing · Drag a color into a closed shape to fill it · The highlighter sits behind the text, so words stay crisp, even on PDFs · Double-tap or squeeze Apple Pencil to switch tools Studying · Write directly on PDF textbooks. Even hundreds of pages stay light, and you can bring in just the pages you need · Bring in other documents as notes and write on them too · Cover tape hides what you're memorizing. Tap it to check yourself · If you'd rather not flip pages, write in one long page that scrolls down · 23 paper types, including Cornell, vocabulary, planner, manuscript grid, music staff, four-line and kanji practice · Layers keep your writing and drawings apart, and each one has its own opacity · Connect a TV or monitor and it shows just the page, nice and big. There's a laser pointer for classes and talks, too Sticking and decorating · Put photos, stickers, text and sticky notes anywhere on the page · Lasso things to move, rotate or copy them · Run out of room? Switch to an infinite canvas · Give each notebook the cover color and texture you like Sort loosely, find fast · Folders inside folders, favorites, and long-press to drag things where you want them · Browse by cover, or by each note's first page as you wrote it · Dark mode that's easy on the eyes at night And peace of mind · No ads. Who wants ads while they're jotting? · Every feature works without an account · Notes are saved on your device. If you want, pick up where you left off on another device through your own Google Drive · If a save ever fails, you'll know right away, and snapshots let you go back to an earlier version Whenever you feel like jotting, just Scritch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scritch at none against Uni's 6. Scritch also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Uni sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Scritch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Uni | Scritch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuya Nakamura | Kiil Ryu |
In-app purchases
Uni
- Premium Plus$1.991 Month
- AI Balance Small$0.99
- AI Balance Medium$2.99
- Premium$5.99
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- AI Balance Large$8.99
- AI Balance Extra Large$19.99
Scritch
No in-app purchases








