Skratch vs Stepi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Skratch
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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. โข Five notebook pages, always a swipe away โข Mark up your words with a hand-drawn pen feel: underline, strike through, circle โข Moon-phase page dots that keep your place โข Choose your paper: blank, dotted, ruled, or squared โข Syncs privately through your own iCloud โ across iPhone and Mac โข No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your words stay yours. Skratch keeps out of the way so you can just write.
Stepi
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Skratch | Stepi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Marshall | Amir Ardroudi |
In-app purchases
Skratch
No in-app purchases
Stepi
No in-app purchases








