Comparison

Scraps vs DMS Notes

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

Head to head
About

Scraps

Features
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Scraps is a quick, private place for thoughts that don't need a system. Open the app and start typing. There is no title to fill in, notebook to choose, or filing system to maintain. For each day, Scraps starts a fresh entry automatically, so capturing something is always effortless. HIGHLIGHT WHAT MATTERS Choose the words that matter to you. Todo, idea, remember, or anything else. Scraps marks them automatically. Five customisable colour groups and natural, marker-like ink make important thoughts easy to spot without interrupting your writing. REVISIT THE SHAPE OF A DAY Your archive is one continuous, searchable timeline. Jump by calendar, search the full text, or use the colour minimap to see where highlighted words appear. With optional access, Scraps can also place the photos you took, where you took them, and the music you listened to beside each day's writing. A passing note becomes a richer record of the day around it. MADE FOR QUICK, PRIVATE NOTES • Launches ready to type • Swipe a line to cross it out • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your latest scrap • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac No complicated structure. Just write now, and find it again when it matters.

About

DMS Notes

Features
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Pay once - no in app purchases or subscriptions. Data Management Systems (DMS) Notes brings the clarity of a professional document register to everyday notes and reminders. Every note, folder and section is numbered automatically — 1, 1.1, 1.2.1 — so your ideas stay ordered, searchable and easy to reference. Capture a thought in seconds, then organise it into a clean hierarchy of folders, sections and subsections. Reorder anything and the numbering updates instantly. ORGANISE LIKE A PRO • Folders → Sections → Subsections → Notes • Automatic DMS-style numbering, generated from your structure • Drag to reorder — references re-number instantly • Two ways to browse: drill-down Folders or a fully expanded Outline NINE NUMBERING STYLES Pick the style that fits your work: • Numeric (1, 1.1, 1.2.1) — ISO 2145 decimal • Leading Zero (01, 01.01) — sortable filing codes • Letter Decimal (A, A.01) and Letter Only (A, A.B) • Roman (I, I.1) — parts & front matter • Legal Outline (I, A, 1, a, i) — contracts, policies & minutes • Bullets and Dashes • Custom Prefix (SOP-001, QMS-014.02) — ISO 9001 document control NOTES THAT DO MORE • Rich text — bold, italic, underline and bullets • Built-in checklists you can tick off • Custom tags with suggestions, fully searchable • Colour labels, priorities and pinning REMINDERS & DUE DATES • Add due dates and reminders to notes, sections and folders • Today, Upcoming and Overdue at a glance • Local notifications that include the DMS reference SHARE & EXPORT • Export any project, folder or section as a clean, nested PDF checklist • Share as an image or plain text too FIND ANYTHING • Search across titles, body text, tags, references and locations • Pinned, Completed, Archived and Trash views • An audit log of every change, with date and time PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Syncs across iPhone and iPad with iCloud (CloudKit) • Your notes live in your private iCloud — we never see them • No account, no ads, no tracking • Works fully offline Beautifully designed for iPhone and iPad, with an adaptive iPad sidebar, light and dark mode, haptics and a fast, uncluttered interface. Bring order to your notes. Try DMS Notes today.

Screenshots

Scraps3 screens
DMS Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scraps at Free against DMS Notes's $3.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Scraps is free to download; DMS Notes costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Scraps versus DMS Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrapsDMS Notes
PriceFree — better$3.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimothy LloydSteven Wilkinson

In-app purchases

None

Scraps

No in-app purchases

None

DMS Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scraps free?
Scraps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DMS Notes free?
DMS Notes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scraps or DMS Notes have ads?
Neither Scraps nor DMS Notes shows ads.

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