Comparison

ScribblePad vs LastItem

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

Head to head
About

ScribblePad

A private, free note-taking and PDF annotation app for Apple devices. It offers natural handwriting, organization tools, and optional cloud backup to your own storage. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with no accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Natural handwriting with Apple Pencil
  • PDF annotation and markup
  • Organize notes with subjects and notebooks
  • On-device handwriting search (OCR)
  • Audio recording synced to notes
  • Optional Google Drive/iCloud backup
  • Offline functionality
Features
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The free, private note app for iPhone, iPad & Mac. No subscription, no account, no tracking — just fast handwriting, PDF markup, and backup to YOUR own cloud. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, organize notes into colorful subjects, and keep everything synced to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Nothing lives on our servers — your notes stay yours. WRITING & TOOLS • Smooth, low-latency ink (PencilKit) — pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser, lasso • Pinch to zoom, palm rejection, and ruler • Add text boxes, shapes, images, and stickers on top of your ink ORGANIZE • Subjects → notebooks → pages, drag to reorder • Templates: blank, ruled, grid, dotted + your own custom pages • Search your handwriting instantly with on-device OCR PDF & IMPORT/EXPORT • Import and annotate PDFs • Export as PDF, PNG, or the native .scribble format • Share notes with other ScribblePad users AUDIO • Record audio synced to your strokes — replay your notes in time PRIVATE BACKUP & SYNC (OPTIONAL) • Back up to your own Google Drive (the app only sees files it creates) or iCloud • Works fully offline — the cloud is yours, not ours No sign-up. No ads. No data collection. Just a beautiful place to think.

About

LastItem

Features
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LastItem is a fast, private checklist for making sure your gear leaves with you - and comes home with you. Built for photographers, DJs, photo-booth operators, event vendors, musicians, mobile technicians, and travelers: anyone who moves the same expensive kit through time-pressured places and cannot afford to leave something behind. Answer two questions in seconds: • Before you leave - is everything packed? • Before you head home - is everything accounted for? How it works • Build reusable kits of the items you carry. • Start a Departure or Return check with one tap. • Tap large, one-handed rows to account for items and quantities. • See checked and remaining counts at a glance. • Finish when complete - or deliberately acknowledge anything missing. Made for the real world • Fully offline. No account, no sign-in, no sign-up. • No ads, no tracking, no cross-app data collection. • Immutable history: past checks keep their own snapshot even when you edit or delete a kit later. • Missing-required items are named clearly, and status never depends on color alone. • Start a Return from a completed Departure when at least one item was checked, using only those checked quantities. • Built-in templates to start fast, plus offline kit sharing as a simple file handoff. Free, with a fair Pro unlock The full checklist workflow is free, including two kits and up to 25 items each. When you want more, LastItem Pro is a single one-time purchase - never a subscription - that unlocks unlimited kits and items, plus item and check photos and JSON checklist data export. Your data stays on your device. LastItem never sends your kits, items, notes, or photos to us.

Screenshots

ScribblePad4 screens
LastItem4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScribblePad at none against LastItem's 1. ScribblePad also leads on device support (3 vs 1). 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. LastItem sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScribblePad asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ScribblePad versus LastItem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribblePadLastItem
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSagar SethMN Booth LLC

In-app purchases

None

ScribblePad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LastItem

One-time1
  • LastItem Pro$4.99

Questions

Is ScribblePad free?
ScribblePad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LastItem free?
LastItem is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScribblePad or LastItem have ads?
Neither ScribblePad nor LastItem shows ads.

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