Comparison

Scribble vs Deadline Radar

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

Head to head
About

Scribble

Features
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Scribble is the fastest way to get a thought out of your head. Most to-do apps make you wait โ€” open the app, find the right list, tap a plus, then type. By then the thought's gone and you're back to scribbling on paper. Scribble opens straight to a blank line with the keyboard already up. Type it, hit return, and it's saved. That's the whole app. โ€ข Instant capture โ€” the keyboard is up the moment you open it. No menus, no lists to scroll past. โ€ข Rapid-fire โ€” hit return to save and keep going. Empty your head in one sitting. โ€ข Natural dates โ€” type "call mom friday" or "renew passport in 2 weeks" and Scribble quietly files the date for you. โ€ข Hands-free โ€” say "Hey Siri, Scribble" on your iPhone or Apple Watch and just speak. It lands in your list. โ€ข Calm by design โ€” pen-blue ink on warm paper. Nothing to configure, nothing to nag you. No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your jots stay on your device. Scribble isn't trying to be your project manager. It's the napkin that's always in your pocket โ€” just faster.

About

Deadline Radar

Features
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Never be surprised by an assignment again. Deadline Radar turns your syllabi and scattered due dates into one clean, planned semester. Instead of just showing you what's due, it tells you what to actually do today โ€” and warns you about the big assignment that's quietly becoming a problem. UPLOAD YOUR SYLLABUS, GET YOUR SEMESTER PLANNED Paste a syllabus, schedule, or announcement and Deadline Radar finds the deadlines โ€” titles, dates, times, and grade weights โ€” with a confidence score for each, so you confirm before anything is added. ASSIGNMENT AUTOPILOT For every assignment, Deadline Radar builds a dated, step-by-step workback plan sized to how big it is and how much time you actually have each day. Papers, problem sets, exams, labs, coding projects, presentations โ€” each gets the right breakdown. START DATES, NOT JUST DUE DATES Most apps show a due date. Deadline Radar shows when to start: a comfortable recommended start, the latest safe start, and the "panic start" when it's still technically survivable. THE RADAR DASHBOARD Your day, ranked by real risk โ€” not just what's nearest. "You have 4 deadlines this week, but the real risk is your 10-page paper due in 9 days, because it has no plan yet." SEMESTER MAP See every week at a glance, color-coded by type, with collision weeks flagged before they hit so you can pull work earlier. PANIC MODE Behind? Tap "I'm behind," answer three quick questions, and get a minute-by-minute survival plan to the deadline โ€” including whether your class's grace period means submitting tomorrow morning beats submitting bad work tonight. CALENDAR EXPORT Send deadlines and work sessions to Apple, Google, or Outlook calendars, with reminders built in. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-in. No tracking. Everything stays on your device. Built for students who are smart and motivated but drowning in fragmented deadlines. Upload your syllabus. Get your semester planned.

Screenshots

Scribble2 screens
Deadline Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Scribble at 18.0 against Deadline Radar's 26.5. 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 5 level
Scribble versus Deadline Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribbleDeadline Radar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROBERT DANIEL FORCENeel Roy

In-app purchases

None

Scribble

No in-app purchases

None

Deadline Radar

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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