Comparison

knibl. vs ScrollArc

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

Head to head
About

knibl.

This app transforms scattered ideas into a connected knowledge graph. It helps users capture notes, extract entities, visualize relationships, and organize complex projects. AI-augmented processes streamline note-taking for writers, researchers, and creative thinkers.

Highlights
  • AI note extraction and entity mapping
  • Cross-device sync
  • Security-first architecture
  • Shareable links for content
  • Backlinks and relationship navigation
  • AI Workspace chat
  • Daily journal and streaks
Features
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knibl is an notetaking and knowledge mapping app that turns scattered ideas into a connected knowledge graph. Built for writers, worldbuilders, researchers, students, and creative thinkers, knibl helps you capture notes, extract entities, visualize relationships, and organize complex projects in one place. Automated extractions and AI-augmented processes trivialize the monotony of other notetaking systems to give you more time for writing. Whether you are drafting a novel, building lore, planning a campaign, or structuring deep research, knibl is designed to help you think in connections instead of isolated documents. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - AI note extraction and entity mapping: Import raw text or any common text format, then let knibl identify key concepts, people, places, and relationships to automatically build a visual story graph you can explore, edit, and expand. - Cross-device sync: Automatically keep notes and graph data synced so you can capture ideas and continue deep on any device without interruption. - Security-first architecture: Workspace content is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, and core account/API protections are designed to support reliable, privacy-conscious creative work. - Share links for notes, folders, and workspaces: Generate viewable links when you want to present specific content to collaborators, readers, or stakeholders without exposing your full private environment. - Backlinks and relationship-first navigation: Jump from any note to related notes fast, reinforce bidirectional context, and keep important references discoverable as your workspace grows. - AI Workspace chat with graph-aware context: Ask questions about your workspace, request summaries, trace how entities connect, and get context-aware answers grounded in your notes and graph structure. - Daily journal and streaks: Capture day-by-day progress in a dedicated journal workflow, then revisit entries over time to track momentum, ideas, blockers, and creative development. - Graph analytics and progress insights: Track nodes, links, files, and weekly activity with built-in dashboard views that help you measure output and keep long-form projects moving. Prefer a fully manual workflow? Disable AI features while continuing to use editing, graphing, journaling, organization, and file-management tools.

About

ScrollArc

Features
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Finish the long AI answers and repository documents worth keeping. ScrollArc turns AI conversation exports, Markdown files, and GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket documents into one calm reading library—with your place saved automatically. AI conversations, ready to read • Import supported ZIP and JSON conversation exports • Preview conversations and choose only what you want to save • Convert supported text on your device without sending it to an AI model • Keep imported documents available offline GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket in one reader • Import public Markdown from all three providers for free • Connect private repositories with ScrollArc Plus • Keep READMEs, specifications, runbooks, and technical notes together • Preview additions and removals before updating the local copy Built to finish long documents • Return to the exact reading position you left • Use Reading Map to see headings, progress, and structured sections • Search inside a document and move between results • Adjust text size, line spacing, content width, and themes Markdown that stays readable • Syntax-highlighted code, tables, task lists, quotes, links, and images • Math and Mermaid diagrams rendered on your device • Full-screen Mermaid viewer with pinch-to-zoom Keep, compare, and take your work with you • Export the original Markdown for free • Export PDF or self-contained HTML with ScrollArc Plus • Create highlights and bookmarks with Plus • Keep local version history, compare readable diffs, and restore an earlier version with Plus Private by design No account. No ads. Your document text stays in the app's local storage. ScrollArc does not upload your documents or analyze them with AI. You can delete one document or clear the entire local library at any time. Release builds send limited feature-use totals and crash diagnostics; document text, titles, filenames, search terms, repository names, links, and annotations are never included. Free and ScrollArc Plus The free version saves up to ten documents and includes the complete reading experience, AI export import, public repository import, and Markdown export. ScrollArc Plus removes the document limit and adds private GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket connections, local version history with diff and restore, PDF and HTML export, and new highlights and bookmarks. Existing documents and annotations are not deleted when a subscription ends. Monthly and yearly plans are available; localized prices and billing periods appear on the purchase screen. Manage or cancel through your Apple Account and restore an eligible purchase from Settings. ScrollArc is a focused AI Markdown reader—not an editor or AI chat service. It gives long conversations, reports, READMEs, specifications, and technical notes a better place to be read. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

knibl.4 screens
ScrollArc4 screens

Verdict

The call

knibl. and ScrollArc are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. knibl. sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and ScrollArc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
knibl. versus ScrollArc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterknibl.ScrollArc
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMARCUS STEPHEN TAYLORByungJo Ahn

In-app purchases

1 purchases

knibl.

Subscriptions1
  • knibl pro$2.991 Month
2 purchases

ScrollArc

Subscriptions2
  • ScrollArc Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • ScrollArc Plus Annual$17.991 Year

Questions

Is knibl. free?
knibl. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScrollArc free?
ScrollArc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do knibl. or ScrollArc have ads?
Neither knibl. nor ScrollArc shows ads.

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