Comparison

Scrollit 2X vs FilePiP

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

Head to head
About

Scrollit 2X

Transform your device into a scrolling LED message board. Display messages and emoticons in various LED styles, perfect for noisy environments or when you can't speak. Share your creations or repeat messages endlessly.

Highlights
  • Scrolling LED message display
  • Dual message display
  • Unlimited message length
  • Integrated emoticons
  • Adjustable speed and color
  • Endless loop option
  • Right-to-left text support
Features
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ScrollIt 2X turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into an L.E.D. double message display board. ScrollIt 2X will help you tell your friends, colleagues, or anyone something - when they can’t hear you: at a club, concert, class, meeting, lecture, or even a restaurant. Just type your messages and hit Display, and ScrollIt 2X will scroll the messages for everyone around to see. What adds to the fun is that ScrollIt 2X offers easy-to-type emoticons right from the same keyboard. Make your text even more fun to watch! The phone vibrates quietly to let you know when the message has finished. (Replaced with a short beep on iPod Touch and iPad.) The endless-loop option lets ScrollIt repeat your message indefinitely. ScrollIt 2X features: • Simple yet powerful design with no confusing buttons or switches • Run two messages simultaneously or single message of full screen size (to run single message, simply delete the text in any of the preview lines) • Unlimited messages length • Emoticons from the same keyboard • Mini live preview for easy color and speed selection • Short vibration at the end of scrolling • Endless-loop option • Right-to-left display for Arabic or Hebrew • Three L.E.D. shapes: neon, round, and square • Recently-used messages list with one-tap access • Sharing of colorful messages with friends through SMS or other apps Use ScrollIt 2X for: • Flirting: display messages to people at the disco, bar, or other crowded places. • Talk to your friends at school or college: send your visual message up to 50 feet across a classroom. • Cheer at a concert or sports event: that rock star or your favorite player deserves to know how you feel! • In the office: get rid of unwanted visitors without even talking to them. • If you can't or don't want to talk: you’re sick or in a bad mood. • Just to be cool: we guarantee you’ll be popular anywhere with ScrollIt 2X! We’re constantly improving ScrollIt 2X, and we value our users’ opinions. If you want to send us your feedback or you have a problem with the app, please contact us via our support page before submitting a review to the App Store. Remember that we can probably solve your problem, but we cannot respond to reviews. Thank you. We support Ukraine

About

FilePiP

This utility app allows you to multitask by displaying documents and media in a Picture in Picture mode on your iPhone. Seamlessly view PDFs, photos, videos, and even a timer alongside other applications.

Highlights
  • Picture in Picture mode for documents
  • View PDFs in PiP
  • Photo slideshow in PiP
  • Video playback in PiP
  • Timer in PiP
  • No ads
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Wish you had contents from multiple apps on the screen? FilePiP is here to help. It puts docs in Picture in Picture mode, so you can multitask even on an iPhone. Supported files include PDFs and your own photos / videos. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS • No ads • 15 seconds jump buttons enables flipping through pages forward & backward while in PiP mode. • PiP PDF files • PiP photo slideshow • PiP a single photo • PiP your own video • PiP a timer

Screenshots

Scrollit 2X3 screens
FilePiP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FilePiP at Free against Scrollit 2X's $9.99. FilePiP also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Scrollit 2X's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (81% vs 61%). On ads, device support 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

FilePiP is free to download; Scrollit 2X costs $9.99 up front. FilePiP sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Scrollit 2X asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FilePiP holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 454 and 98 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Scrollit 2X's written reviews are positive against 61% of FilePiP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrollit 2X ships an update every 4 months, FilePiP weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scrollit 2X versus FilePiP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollit 2XFilePiP
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (454 ratings)4.7 (98 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better60.7% of reviews
Number of ratings454 — better98
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB28 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAMAXIM APPS, INCActowise LLC

Customer experience

Scrollit 2X

All ratings454 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews281 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.8%

FilePiP

All ratings98 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative35.7%

Bugs and requests

Scrollit 2X

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scrolling does not work as intended
  • Keyboard issues (wrong characters, unresponsive)
  • App crashes or fails to open
  • Forced advertisement cannot be removed

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Ability to sync dual lines
  • Export/share created messages
  • Improved keyboard functionality

FilePiP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scrollit 2X

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FilePiP

One-time3
  • Pro Lifetime$1.99
  • Pro Lifetime$3.99
  • Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is Scrollit 2X free?
Scrollit 2X costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FilePiP free?
FilePiP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scrollit 2X or FilePiP?
FilePiP is rated higher. Scrollit 2X averages 4.3 out of 5 from 454 ratings, while FilePiP averages 4.7 from 98 ratings.
Do Scrollit 2X or FilePiP have ads?
Neither Scrollit 2X nor FilePiP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scrollit 2X or FilePiP?
Scrollit 2X ships an update every 4 months, and FilePiP weekly. Most recently, Scrollit 2X was updated on October 21, 2026 and FilePiP on October 22, 2026.

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