Comparison

Inkroll vs Fewer Apps

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

Head to head
About

Inkroll

Features
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Inkroll is the companion app for people who love writing by hand but hate losing their notes. Keep a digital index of everything in your physical notebooks (page numbers, titles, notes, tags, and photos) so you can always find what you wrote, even years later. -- WHY INKROLL -- Your paper notebooks are irreplaceable. But finding a specific idea, quote, or sketch from six months ago is another story. Inkroll solves this by giving each notebook entry a searchable digital record, linked to the exact page in the exact notebook where it lives. -- FEATURES -- โ€ข Multiple Notebooks โ€” organise entries across as many notebooks as you own, each with its own colour. โ€ข Page Entries โ€” log the page number, a title, a note, and tags for any page worth remembering. โ€ข Full-Text Search โ€” instantly find entries by title, note content, or tag name across all your notebooks. โ€ข Tags โ€” colour-coded tags let you group related entries across different notebooks. โ€ข Widget โ€” glance at your most recent entry straight from your Home Screen (small and medium sizes). โ€ข Quick Entry โ€” add an entry to your default notebook without leaving the Home Screen widget. -- INKROLL PRO -- One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. โ€ข Photo Attachments โ€” photograph the page and attach it to your entry. Tap to view full-screen. โ€ข iCloud Sync โ€” your entire index syncs automatically across every iPhone and iPad on your Apple ID. โ€ข Export as PDF โ€” generate a clean, printable PDF of any notebook's entries. โ€ข Export as CSV โ€” export a spreadsheet-ready file for use in Excel, Numbers, or any data tool. -- DESIGNED FOR ANALOG LOVERS -- Inkroll doesn't try to replace your notebooks. It makes them smarter. Write with your favourite pen, on your favourite paper โ€” then take ten seconds to log the page in Inkroll. That's it. No subscriptions. No cloud lock-in. Your data lives in your iCloud account.

About

Fewer Apps

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Your phone fills up one small download at a time. The parking app from a city you left. The airline from one trip. The game you stopped playing. Fewer Apps helps you see what you still use and make a clear decision about everything else. Fewer Apps uses Apple Screen Time, with your permission, to sort the apps you select into three simple groups: untouched, barely used, and earning their place. You get 30 days of evidence instead of a guess. REVIEW (free) - Choose the apps and categories you want to review. - See how many were untouched in the last 30 days. - Compare time used, days used, latest activity, and notifications. REMOVE (free) Review focused recommendations and follow the exact iPhone steps to delete an app. You make every deletion yourself. Fewer Apps never removes another app. HIBERNATION (one-time unlock) Not ready to delete something? Put it into Hibernation first. The app stays installed and in place, but opening it shows a deliberate choice: Let it sleep or Wake it. Fewer Apps safely applies large selections in groups of 50. After 14 uninterrupted days of confirmed observation without an opening attempt, the app becomes Ready to Remove. An opening attempt or Keep hibernating restarts that 14-day clock. Nothing is deleted automatically, and you can wake an app at any time. HISTORY (one-time unlock) See what you hibernated, woke, and removed, with dates and running totals. The history stays on your phone. PAY ONCE. FEWER APPS FOREVER. One purchase unlocks Hibernation and History for good. No subscription. Review and Remove stay free. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE All usage analysis happens on-device inside Apple's Screen Time sandbox. Fewer Apps has no analytics or account service, and its code sends no usage data anywhere. Fewer Apps collects nothing, tracks nothing, and shows no ads. Fewer Apps requires iOS 17 and Screen Time permission, which you grant on-device. Deleting apps on iOS is always done by you; Fewer Apps shows the way and keeps the score.

Screenshots

Inkroll4 screens
Fewer Apps1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Inkroll at every 2 weeks against Fewer Apps's every 6 weeks. Fewer Apps's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Inkroll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fewer Apps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkroll ships an update every 2 weeks, Fewer Apps every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Inkroll versus Fewer Apps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkrollFewer Apps
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALEXANDRU CORNEL CHIREAGRAINWORK LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Inkroll

One-time1
  • Inkroll Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Fewer Apps

One-time1
  • Fewer Apps Forever$4.99

Questions

Is Inkroll free?
Inkroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fewer Apps free?
Fewer Apps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inkroll or Fewer Apps have ads?
Neither Inkroll nor Fewer Apps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inkroll or Fewer Apps?
Inkroll ships an update every 2 weeks, and Fewer Apps every 6 weeks. Most recently, Inkroll was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fewer Apps on October 31, 2026.

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