SyncML PRO 4 vs SiYuan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SyncML PRO 4
This app facilitates synchronization of contacts and calendars using the SyncML standard. It is designed for users who require this specific legacy technology, often in organizational settings, and need to connect to a SyncML-compliant server. It offers calendar views and enhanced contact group management.
- SyncML contacts and calendar synchronization
- Connects to SyncML compliant servers
- Acts as a local SyncML server
- Calendar month, day, week, and list views
- Contact group assignment feature
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Please read the following desciption before buying this app! SyncML PRO 4 is a niche app, suitable only when you need synchronizing contacts and calendar with a server or service which uses a standard called SyncML. The app does not support any other synchronisation technology! So please buy this app only if you know for sure that SyncML-based synchronisation is really what you need! This may be the case when the IT people of your organisation say so, and maybe even explicitly recommend using SyncML PRO to synchronize calendars and contacts. In any case, please realize that for using this app, you need to know the URL of your syncml server, the login user to use, and the so called server paths for contacts/calendar. Only the provider of the SyncML service knows these details and can support you in establishing sync with his SyncML server. We as makers of the SyncML client app cannot! By now, SyncML is a legacy standard. It was invented in 2000, and many of that time's feature phones did support it. Since then, it has been largely superseded by other technologies, most notably CalDAV and CardDAV, which iOS supports out of the box without any extra app. But SyncML still exists, and for some older calendaring systems, it may be the only way to synchronize. For those cases, SyncML PRO 4 exists. SyncML PRO 4 is a rework of the former SyncML PRO app, to allow using SyncML on iOS 10 and later (the original SyncML PRO app only works up to iOS 9). But please note that SyncML PRO 4 does not provide new features over the original SyncML PRO - except for a contact list view with a way to easily assign contacts to groups. Otherwise SyncML PRO 4 just carries the original SyncML PRO functionality forward to make it usable with iOS10 and later. So now that you are certain SyncML based synchronisation is what you need - here's the summary for SyncML PRO 4: • based on a mature and extensively interoperability tested SyncML engine, which powers many SyncML client and server products for different platforms (libsynthesis). • allows synchronizing all or selected iOS calendars to a SyncML compliant server or service in the internet or in the local network. • can act as SyncML server in the local WiFi network (e.g. to keep really old mobiles in sync with an iOS device) • has built-in month, day, week and list views for the iOS calendar (same as in original SyncML PRO) • has a contacts list for the iOS contacts, and allows quickly assigning/removing contact group membership (that's a new feature in SyncML PRO 4) Please visit the plan44.ch web page (see support link below) for support and FAQ, as well as documentation for download.
SiYuan
A privacy-focused personal knowledge management system that allows offline use and encrypted data synchronization. It combines blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to help users organize and refine their thoughts.
- Privacy-first design
- Offline data storage
- End-to-end encrypted sync
- Block-based organization
- Outline structuring
- Bidirectional linking
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SiYuan is a privacy-first personal knowledge management system that supports complete offline use, as well as end-to-end encrypted data sync. Fuse blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to refactor your thinking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SiYuan at Free against SyncML PRO 4's $11.99. SiYuan also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 1). SyncML PRO 4's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads and device support 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
SiYuan is free to download; SyncML PRO 4 costs $11.99 up front. SiYuan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SyncML PRO 4 asks for nothing beyond the download.
SyncML PRO 4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SiYuan has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SyncML PRO 4 ships an update every 17 months, SiYuan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SyncML PRO 4 | SiYuan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 419 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lukas Zeller | Yunnan Liandi Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SyncML PRO 4
SiYuan
In-app purchases
SyncML PRO 4
No in-app purchases
SiYuan
- PRO Features$79.99
- Subscription$188.99









