Comparison

Doodle Note Widget vs Pip & Pebble

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

Head to head
About

Doodle Note Widget

This app allows close friends and couples to create a shared digital space for notes, photos, countdowns, and doodles. Add content to a private board and see it sync instantly on your Home Screen widget. Keep your favorite people connected with a personalized shared experience.

Highlights
  • Shared Home Screen widget
  • Private boards for close circles
  • Notes, photos, doodles, stickers
  • Countdowns and count ups
  • Live synced updates
  • Customizable board styles
Features
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ScrapBoard is a shared Home Screen widget that keeps couples, partners, besties, close friends, roommates, and family connected through notes, photos, countdowns, count ups, doodles, stickers, memories, and updates. Create private board with your people, add it to your Home Screen with ScrapBoard+, and see new photos, reminders, countdowns, love notes, and moments appear right where you glance. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a ScrapBoard for your partner, friends, family, roommate, or close circle 2. Invite up to 6 people to the board 3. Add notes, photos, stickers, doodles, emojis, countdowns, count ups, and memories 4. With ScrapBoard+, add the shared board as a Home Screen widget 5. When the board updates, everyone sees the latest version FOR YOUR CLOSE PEOPLE • Make a cute shared space with your partner, bestie, close friends, family, or roommates • Keep memories, reminders, inside jokes, plans, love notes, photos, and daily updates in one place • No followers, no likes, no public feed — just the people who matter • Perfect for couples, long distance relationships, best friends, family boards, and private shared widgets LIVE SYNCED WIDGETS • Turn your board into a shared Home Screen widget • See new photos, notes, doodles, countdowns, count ups, stickers, and memories from your people • Use it as a couple widget, bestie widget, friendship widget, family widget, relationship widget, or photo widget • Keep your favorite people close without opening another group chat COUNTDOWNS & COUNT UPS • Count how many days you’ve been together • Countdown to birthdays, trips, anniversaries, parties, holidays, concerts, graduations, and reunions • Track relationship milestones, friendship memories, family events, and important dates NOTES, PHOTOS, STICKERS & DOODLES • Add shared notes, photo memories, cute reminders, stickers, emojis, captions, and doodles • Build a mood board, memory board, sticky note board, photo widget, vision board, or mini scrapbook • Make your board romantic, chaotic, cozy, aesthetic, funny, useful, or completely unserious ONE BOARD, UP TO 6 PEOPLE • Invite up to 6 people to one board • Everyone can add, edit, decorate, and share moments together • If one board has ScrapBoard+, everyone in that board can add the widget to their Home Screen • One subscription unlocks the shared widget experience for everyone in the board BOARD STYLES • Choose from whiteboard, fridge, cork board, and color backdrops • Create a couple board, friendship board, shared memo board, birthday countdown, memory board, private photo space, or family board • Decorate your Home Screen with something personal instead of another boring widget • Make your widget feel like a scrapbook, pinboard, cork board, mood board, or cozy fridge door GREAT FOR • Couples and partners • Long distance relationships • Best friends and besties • Close friends and friend groups • Families and roommates • Birthday countdowns • Anniversary count ups • Trip planning • Concert countdowns • Daily reminders • Photo memories • Love notes • Shared mood boards • Private scrapbook boards • Cute Home Screen widgets SCRAPBOARD+ ScrapBoard+ unlocks Home Screen widgets. Adding a board to your Home Screen requires an active ScrapBoard+ subscription. Free users can create and edit boards in the app. With ScrapBoard+, a board can be added as a widget, and everyone invited to that board can use the widget too. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID settings. Download ScrapBoard and make a shared widget for the people you love — notes, photos, countdowns, count ups, memories, stickers, doodles, love notes, reminders, and little moments together on your Home Screen. Website: https://scrapboard.app Contact: support@scrapboard.app Terms of Use: https://scrapboard.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://scrapboard.app/privacy

About

Pip & Pebble

A widget-based countdown app designed for long-distance couples. It features a heartwarming story of two penguins, Pip & Pebble, journeying to reunite, with daily scenes revealed as the countdown progresses. Customize how time is displayed and track your reunion with charming visuals.

Highlights
  • Home Screen countdown widget
  • Daily story scenes
  • Flexible countdown formats
  • Collectible story carousel
  • Penguin reunion theme
Features
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A widget-first countdown for long-distance couples, follow two Emperor penguins, Pip & Pebble, as they cross the world to be together again Set the day you will be together again, choose how the time should be shown, and place Pip & Pebble on your Home Screen. Each day reveals another tiny scene in their long-distance story, turning the wait into something sweet to check in on. Features: - Home Screen countdown widget for long-distance relationships - Daily story scenes that follow Pip & Pebble's progress - Flexible countdown formats, including automatic, days, weeks, hours, minutes, and combinations - A collectible story carousel that reveals memories as your countdown progresses Pip & Pebble is built for the long wait: partners in different cities, different countries, or different time zones counting down to the same reunion.

Screenshots

Doodle Note Widget4 screens
Pip & Pebble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pip & Pebble at none against Doodle Note Widget's 4. Doodle Note Widget's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Doodle Note Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Pip & Pebble 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 Doodle Note Widget against 5.0 for Pip & Pebble. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Doodle Note Widget versus Pip & Pebble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle Note WidgetPip & Pebble
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS1716.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB63 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChi Hin NganDaniel Lewis

Customer experience

Doodle Note Widget

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pip & Pebble

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Doodle Note Widget

Subscriptions4
  • ScrapBoard+ Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • ScrapBoard+ Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • ScrapBoard+ 3 Months Subscription3 Days trial$29.993 Months
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  • ScrapBoard+ Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
None

Pip & Pebble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doodle Note Widget free?
Doodle Note Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pip & Pebble free?
Pip & Pebble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doodle Note Widget or Pip & Pebble?
Doodle Note Widget and Pip & Pebble are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Doodle Note Widget or Pip & Pebble have ads?
Neither Doodle Note Widget nor Pip & Pebble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doodle Note Widget or Pip & Pebble?
Doodle Note Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pip & Pebble every 2 weeks. Most recently, Doodle Note Widget was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pip & Pebble on November 5, 2026.

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