Comparison

Scrollit 2X vs MapSwitch

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

MapSwitch

This app automatically redirects Google Maps links to Apple Maps within Safari, ensuring a seamless browsing experience. It also offers an optional Waze redirection feature and a dark mode for improved accessibility. Users can also manually trigger Apple Maps searches with specific prefixes.

Highlights
  • Automatic Google Maps to Apple Maps redirection
  • Optional Waze Maps redirection
  • Dark mode with high contrast ratio
  • Manual Apple Maps search prefixes
  • Works across all websites in Safari
Features
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MapSwitch will also automatically redirect Google Map links to Apple Maps when using Safari - built from the ground up with the goal of creating seamless experience in your Safari browsing experience. MapSwitch works on any website, surf freely across the internet and MapSwitch will continue to work its magic and automatically and convert any Google Maps links to Apple Maps. Download and see what everyone is talking about! MapSwitch also has a bonus WAZE Maps feature. Prefer Waze navigation? Set the Waze Maps option to in the extension popup and MapSwitch automatically redirect links to your Waze Navigation App. Not only that MapSwitch has an additional dark mode feature which satisfies the AAA standard of a contrast ratio of 7 for Accessibility and Contrast when Dark Mode is enabled. With MapSwitch you can easily open Apple Maps automatically when searching. Preceding any search with amm or amaps will automatically open the search in Apple Maps. For example: use "amaps martial arts" to search Apple Maps for martial arts studios near you or "amaps sushi" to find sushi restaurants near you in Apple Maps. To start using MapSwitch simply enable the extension by going to your device settings > Safari > Extensions > and set MapSwitch to "On". There is a video walk-thru tutorial in the app as well to help you. Satisfying you our customer is our one priority. Share you feedback, report bug, feature request. Just email us at jcltravels@gmail.com We take your privacy very seriously. Switch does not collect, store, read any of your personal data so you can rest assured when using the app.

Screenshots

Scrollit 2X3 screens
MapSwitch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MapSwitch at $0.99 against Scrollit 2X's $9.99. MapSwitch also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Scrollit 2X's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 50%) and ratings volume (454 vs 25). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Scrollit 2X costs $9.99 and MapSwitch $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Scrollit 2X against 4.4 for MapSwitch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrollit 2X has 454 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Scrollit 2X's written reviews are positive against 50% of MapSwitch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrollit 2X ships an update every 4 months, MapSwitch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scrollit 2X versus MapSwitch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollit 2XMapSwitch
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (454 ratings)4.4 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings454 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAMAXIM APPS, INCAmeen Mody

Customer experience

Scrollit 2X

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

MapSwitch

All ratings25 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative47.4%

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

MapSwitch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scrollit 2X

No in-app purchases

None

MapSwitch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scrollit 2X free?
Scrollit 2X costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapSwitch free?
MapSwitch costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scrollit 2X or MapSwitch?
MapSwitch is rated higher. Scrollit 2X averages 4.3 out of 5 from 454 ratings, while MapSwitch averages 4.4 from 25 ratings.
Do Scrollit 2X or MapSwitch have ads?
Neither Scrollit 2X nor MapSwitch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scrollit 2X or MapSwitch?
Scrollit 2X ships an update every 4 months, and MapSwitch fortnightly. Most recently, Scrollit 2X was updated on October 15, 2026 and MapSwitch on October 17, 2026.

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