Comparison

Skratch vs Stepi

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

Head to head
About

Skratch

Features
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Skratch is a calm, paper-inspired notebook for longform writing and fleeting thoughts. Five cream pages, a warm wax-seal palette, and a typeface that feels like ink on paper โ€” nothing to set up, nothing to distract. โ€ข Five notebook pages, always a swipe away โ€ข Mark up your words with a hand-drawn pen feel: underline, strike through, circle โ€ข Moon-phase page dots that keep your place โ€ข Choose your paper: blank, dotted, ruled, or squared โ€ข Syncs privately through your own iCloud โ€” across iPhone and Mac โ€ข No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your words stay yours. Skratch keeps out of the way so you can just write.

About

Stepi

Features
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Build habits you can actually see โ€” every check-in fills a pastel grid, day by day, until your year glows. Stepi is a calm little home for your daily life: habits, todos, notes, and a mood journal, all in one place, all offline, all yours. WATCH YOUR YEAR FILL IN โ—† One-tap check-ins paint GitHub-style contribution grids โ—† Binary, counted, or timed habits โ€” daily, weekday, or times-per-week โ—† Streaks that forgive today, monthly and yearly views, gentle reminders ONE PLACE FOR TODAY โ—† Todos with lists, subtasks, priorities, due dates and repeats โ—† A Today view that pulls habits, tasks and your journal together โ—† Overdue items resurface โ€” nothing slips away WRITE IT DOWN โ—† A mini-Notion for notes: nested pages, headings, checklists, quotes โ—† A one-tap mood journal that tints your calendar in pastels โ—† Rich text that autosaves as you type SEE YOUR MOMENTUM โ—† An all-habits year wall and a stats dashboard โ—† Streak leaders, monthly numbers, XP, levels and badges PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ—† No account. No tracking. No cloud. โ—† Everything stays on your device โ€” export or back up anytime โ—† Lock the app with Face ID or a PIN Start with one small habit today โ€” watch it grow into a wall of color.

Screenshots

Skratch4 screens
Stepi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Stepi at 16.4 against Skratch's 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Skratch versus Stepi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkratchStepi
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size79 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin MarshallAmir Ardroudi

In-app purchases

None

Skratch

No in-app purchases

None

Stepi

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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