Comparison

ScribeMaster vs Ink

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

Head to head
About

ScribeMaster

Features
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ScribeMaster is the AI-powered writing suite for every story you want to tell. Write novels. Script comics. Design magazines. Pitch grants. One app covers every format — powered by Claude AI and DALL-E. MANUSCRIPT EDITOR A clean, distraction-free editor built for serious writers. Organize chapters, track word count, and write without limits. AI WRITING TOOLS • Character Generator — Build vivid, believable characters instantly • Query Letter Writer — Craft agent-ready query letters with AI • Story Starter — Break through writer's block in seconds • Title Generator — Find the perfect name for your work • Literary Greats — Write in the style of Hemingway, Toni Morrison, Fitzgerald & more SCREENPLAY MODE Industry-standard script formatting built right in. Write your next film or TV pilot without extra software. READ ALOUD Hear your manuscript read back to you. Catch what your eyes miss. BOOK COVER CREATOR Generate stunning, professional book covers with AI. Save and manage your favorites in your personal Book Cover Library. NEW IN V1.5 — PRO+ CREATIVE WIZARDS • Comic Book Wizard — Script and illustrate your own comic with AI-generated panel art. Choose your genre, art style, and page count. Export as ZIP or PDF. • Magazine Wizard — Generate full multi-article magazines complete with a cover page. Export as a polished PDF. • Grant Proposal Wizard — Produce professional, 7-section nonprofit grant proposals in minutes. • Book Cover Library — Save, browse, and manage up to 20 AI-generated covers. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS • Free — Manuscript editor + core AI writing tools • Pro — 150 scenes, advanced AI tools, Screenplay Mode • Pro+ — All features, including all four v1.5 Creative Wizards and Book Cover Library Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.

About

Ink

Transform spoken words into organized notes and lists with AI-powered transcription and editing. Features include collaborative sharing, customizable shelving, and multiple daily planning views. Print beautifully formatted documents and track your productivity habits.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text transcription
  • AI-powered editing
  • Collaborative list sharing
  • Customizable shelves for organization
  • Multiple daily planning views
  • Printable notes and lists
  • Productivity statistics tracking
Features
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Ink turns your voice into finished notes and lists. No re-typing, no cleanup. Tap the microphone, speak naturally, and watch your words land as a clean list, a note, or a tidy paragraph. Ink shapes the transcript while you watch, so you see the result before it's saved. WHAT'S INCLUDED, WHAT'S PRO Notes, to-dos, reminders, repeats, links, shelves, Markdown export, and iCloud sync are free, no account required. Pro adds dictation with AI formatting, file import, your own templates, version history, a focus timer, ledger mode, the richer copy formats, shared lists, Today layouts you can arrange, font packs, accent colors, and paper tones. Your 14 days of Pro don't begin when you install. They begin the first time you open something Pro, so the two weeks are two weeks you spend. EARLIER VERSIONS OF EVERY PAGE Ink keeps a version of a page as you leave it. Read last week's draft beside today's, lift a paragraph back out, or bring the whole thing back as a new page, which leaves everything you have written since where it is. Stored on your device, the newest 50 per page. THE INDEX AT THE BACK OF THE NOTEBOOK Every unfinished checkbox scattered through your notes, gathered on one page. Every passage you marked, on another. Check something off and it leaves the index on its own. Nothing to file, nothing to keep tidy. TEMPLATES FOR THE THINGS YOU DO AGAIN Turn a list you already keep into one you can run again. Ink clears last time's checkmarks and amounts, then asks for a name and a date, so "book transport seven days before" lands on the right day this time. PULL THE WORDS OUT OF A FILE Send a PDF, a document, or a photo of a page to Ink, or tap + and choose Import, and it reads the words into a note. Ink keeps the words, not the file. Scans and photos are read on your device, so nothing is sent anywhere. ON YOUR WRIST Ink on Apple Watch shows what's due and lets you check it off without reaching for your phone. Put the next thing on your watch face and it's there at a glance. ASK SIRI, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Say "Add an item to Ink" or "Show my Ink today" and it happens. Every action works in Shortcuts and on the Action Button, and your notes turn up in Spotlight. DATES YOU CAN JUST TYPE Write "Dentist Friday 4pm" or "rent next week" and Ink reads the date and leaves the title clean. A chip shows what it heard, so you can wave it off and keep your exact words. DESIGNED LIKE A BOOK, NOT AN APP Ink draws from print: warm cream paper, ink-dark serif type, the editorial details of well-made books. Four Today layouts to open to, from a newsprint spread to a magazine front page. WRITE IT THE WAY YOU MEAN IT Bold, italic, strikethrough, underline. Section headers. Checklists inside a note, tap a line to check it off. REMINDERS, ONLY IF YOU ASK One quiet notification on the day something is due, at the time you choose. Off by default. Set an item to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly and it comes back on its own. A TIMER FOR SITTING DOWN TO WORK Set 15, 25, 45, or 60 minutes and Ink keeps a quiet countdown, then sounds a soft chime you choose. SHARE A LIST, KEEP IT IN SYNC Invite another Ink user by email. Check off, add, reorder, even dictate, and both copies stay in sync. A quiet byline shows who added each item. LISTS THAT KEEP A LEDGER Flip a list into Ledger mode and it keeps score. Type signed amounts (+$25, -$10, +200) and Ink totals each section, then the whole list. BRING IT WITH YOU, OR TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE • Import PDFs, HTML, rich text, Markdown, plain text, and photos of a page • Copy any note or list as Markdown, or as plain text, HTML, or rich text with Pro • One-tap JSON backup and one-tap restore • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac • Universal purchase, buy once, use everywhere Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy

Screenshots

ScribeMaster4 screens
Ink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ink at every 5 days against ScribeMaster's every 11 days. ScribeMaster's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScribeMaster sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Ink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScribeMaster ships an update every 11 days, Ink every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ScribeMaster versus Ink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribeMasterInk
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamon A JimenezSean Trapani

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ScribeMaster

Subscriptions4
  • ScribeMaster Pro$12.991 Month
  • ScribeMaster Pro+$19.991 Month
  • ScribeMaster Pro$99.991 Year
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  • ScribeMaster Pro+$159.991 Year
2 purchases

Ink

Subscriptions2
  • Ink Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ink Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ScribeMaster free?
ScribeMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ink free?
Ink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScribeMaster or Ink have ads?
Neither ScribeMaster nor Ink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScribeMaster or Ink?
ScribeMaster ships an update every 11 days, and Ink every 5 days. Most recently, ScribeMaster was updated on October 6, 2026 and Ink on October 24, 2026.

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