Comparison

Scribl vs FluidNotes

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

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Scribl

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The notebook that thinks with you. Scribl is a digital notebook for iPad: write by hand with Apple Pencil just like on paper, and the AI reads your pages, explains them and turns them into study sheets, flashcards and a study plan. Now in your own handwriting. NEW: THE AI WRITES LIKE YOU Write one practice sheet and Scribl learns your letters. From then on "Improve writing", AI answers and "Convert to pen" write in your hand, neatly on the lines. Your handwriting syncs through iCloud across your iPads. WRITE LIKE ON PAPER • Pen, highlighter, eraser and lasso, with adjustable stroke smoothing • Pressure, dotted and dashed strokes • Lined, grid, dotted or blank pages, in the paper color you like • A color bar always at hand, on any edge of the screen • Smooth writing even on pages full of notes SCRIBL AI • Ask anything about your notes: the AI reads the page and answers • Attach photos, scans and PDFs to the chat: it reads and explains them • Study sheets drawn right on the page, in a different style every time • "Rewrite my schema": makes one of your schemas clearer, even across several pages • Long answers carry on to the next page instead of being cut off STUDY SMARTER • Study coach: give it a book, a PDF or a notebook and your exam date, and it builds a day-by-day plan • An outline you approve, review, self-testing and catch-up on what hasn't stuck • Feynman method: explain out loud and watch your words appear • Material read aloud, even offline • Flashcards by topic, with due cards always in order • Reminders that take you straight into the day's session ORGANIZE AND SHARE • Notebooks with colorful covers, reorderable pages and search • Share a notebook and collaborate in real time • Export to PDF • iCloud sync across all your devices INVITE A FRIEND Whoever uses your code gets 14 days of Plus. You get a month of Scribl Amici for every friend who starts using Scribl, up to 6 months. SCRIBL PLUS Scribl is free to use, with 10 AI actions a month. Scribl Plus gives you: • Unlimited AI: chat, summaries, study sheets and attachments • Your own handwriting for the AI, "Improve writing" and "Convert to pen" • iCloud sync • Notebook sharing: people you invite write for free • Watermark-free PDF export • Scribl on iPhone to read and browse your notebooks Scribl Plus is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scribl.nexatide.eu/#privacy

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FluidNotes

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FluidNotes is a notebook for iPad and iPhone that feels like paper: write with Apple Pencil on iPad or with your finger on iPhone – and find everything again with search that reads your handwriting. WRITING THAT FEELS RIGHT • Ballpoint, fineliner, fountain pen, pencil, felt-tip, watercolour, highlighter and more, all pressure-sensitive • Ruler, colour picker and custom colours on all your devices • Hand-drawn shapes become clean circles, rectangles, lines and arrows • Convert handwriting to typed text, with word suggestions as you write – on the device • Cross out typed words to delete them • Lasso: cut out exactly, colour, move, duplicate • Zoom window: write large at the bottom, and it appears small on the page ORGANISATION THAT GROWS WITH YOU • Folders and subfolders, tags, favourites and bookmarks • Headings automatically build an outline; links connect pages and notebooks, and a knowledge network shows topics and connections – in 3D too • Search handwriting, typed text, PDFs, photos and recordings – through Spotlight too • Collect the highlights of a PDF into an excerpt, with links back to the passage • Lock notebooks with Face ID or a passcode THE PAPER YOU WANT • Lined, squared, dotted, planners, sheet music and more – in colour too; plus a whiteboard that grows • Save your own pages as templates; import PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and Goodnotes • Photos, document scans, GIFs, tables, mind maps and reusable building blocks STUDY • Flashcards with spaced repetition and a study plan across all notebooks, with a daily reminder if you like • An exam date per deck, also as a proposal to the group; import and export decks as Anki packages or text files • Flashcards from your handwriting: circle a question or sketch and turn it into a card • Apple Watch: review due flashcards on your wrist, with a complication for the watch face • Study time with breaks, on iPhone also on the Lock Screen • Study tape: cover passages and test yourself • With Apple Intelligence: flashcards, cloze exercises from A1 to C2, summaries and mind maps from your notes – and answers to questions about them • The AI runs on the device only – no internet, no third-party AI service STUDY GROUPS AND SHARING • Study groups: join once and get every notebook of the group, including later ones • Invite others to a notebook with a link or QR code – to write along or just to view • Colour each person’s contributions and see what others have changed since your last visit • Send a copy of a notebook or of single pages, with the recordings if you like – through a link that expires by itself • Comments with replies; everyone shares the flashcards, each person keeps their own progress RECORD AND PRESENT • Record sound while you write; on playback, your note reappears stroke by stroke • Transcripts on the device: search finds spoken words too • Present on a projector or TV: only the current page, with a laser pointer HANDY • Quick Note from the app icon, as a widget, in Control Centre, with Siri or Shortcuts • Widgets for recently opened notebooks and cards due • Sync through your own iCloud and Handoff between iPhone, iPad and Mac • Automatic backups to iCloud Drive; export as PDF, Markdown or FlexiNote package • Select text in a PDF and translate it • Optional: Zotero for PDFs, citations and the bibliography • Getting started in five short exercises; help mode explains every button YOUR NOTES BELONG TO YOU FluidNotes has no server of its own and no account. No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no in-app purchases. Your notebooks live on your device and, if you like, in your own iCloud. FluidNotes is a personal project, built with care. Questions and ideas: j.gomez@web.de

Screenshots

Scribl2 screens
FluidNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FluidNotes at none against Scribl's 3. FluidNotes also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Scribl sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FluidNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribl ships an update every 2 weeks, FluidNotes daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Scribl versus FluidNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScriblFluidNotes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMICHELA GIOLOJuan Gomez Fernandez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Scribl

Subscriptions2
  • Scribl Plus$2.991 Month
  • Scribl Plus$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scribl Plus — Founder Tester$8.99
None

FluidNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribl free?
Scribl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FluidNotes free?
FluidNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scribl or FluidNotes have ads?
Neither Scribl nor FluidNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribl or FluidNotes?
Scribl ships an update every 2 weeks, and FluidNotes daily. Most recently, Scribl was updated on October 24, 2026 and FluidNotes on October 24, 2026.

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