Cal Printer vs Popt Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cal Printer
Easily print your iPhone or iPad calendar and reminders. Select from Day, Week, Month, or List views and share your schedule as a PDF. Perfect for those who need a physical copy of their events.
- Print calendar and reminders
- Share as PDF
- Day, Week, Month, List views
- Select date range and calendars
- Optional mini-calendar/keys
- Universal app support
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Print your iPhone or iPad calendar quickly and easily with Cal Printer. Create clear Day, Week, Month or List views, then print them directly using AirPrint or save and share them as PDFs. Cal Printer works with the calendars and reminders already on your device — there's no new calendar to set up and no account required. Perfect for printing family calendars, work schedules, appointments, monthly planners, weekly schedules and reminders. PRINT YOUR APPLE CALENDAR Need to print your calendar from your iPhone or iPad? Cal Printer makes it simple. Choose the calendars you want to include, select a date range and print a clear paper copy in Day, Week, Month or List format. If you use Google Calendar, Exchange or other calendar accounts with the Calendar app on your device, those calendars can also be selected and printed. PRINT YOUR REMINDERS Cal Printer isn't just for calendars. Print your Apple Reminders and to-do lists too, giving you a convenient paper copy of your tasks. PERFECT FOR FAMILY CALENDARS Keep everyone organised with a printed family calendar. Print a weekly or monthly calendar for the fridge, kitchen or wall so everyone can see what's coming up at a glance. GREAT FOR WORK, DIARIES & APPOINTMENTS Need a physical copy of your work schedule, diary or appointments? Select the dates you need and create a clear printed record of your calendar events. SAVE OR SHARE AS PDF Don't have a printer nearby? Export your calendar or reminders as a PDF to save, email, share or print later. USE THE CALENDARS YOU ALREADY HAVE There's nothing new to set up. Cal Printer uses the calendars already available on your iPhone or iPad, so you don't need to copy your events into another calendar app. SIMPLE CALENDAR PRINTING • Day, Week, Month and List views • Print calendars directly from your iPhone or iPad • Print Reminders and to-do lists • Choose which calendars to include • Select the date range you want to print • Print monthly and weekly schedules • Print family calendars and work schedules • Save and share as PDF • Print using AirPrint • No new calendar or account to set up Whether you want to print an Apple Calendar from your iPhone, put a monthly family calendar on the fridge, print your weekly work schedule, keep a paper copy of upcoming appointments or print your Reminders, Cal Printer makes it quick and easy.
Popt Notes
This app intelligently suggests tags for dates, contacts, places, and media as you type. It transforms plain text notes into interactive pages with rich content like contact cards, show posters, and maps. Organize and access your information with ease, all while prioritizing your privacy.
- Auto-suggests tags for dates, contacts, places, and media
- Rich content integration (contact cards, show posters, maps)
- Add points of interest with directions and contact info
- Movie and TV show details with trailers and watch links
- Timestamped notes and wiki-style page linking
- Organized views for to-dos, dates, and collections
- Private and local data processing
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Popt is the new mobile notes app that does more with less. As you type, Popt quietly suggests tags for dates, contacts, places, and even movies & TV shows. Your notes stay plain and fast, but pop to life with contact cards, show posters, timelines, maps and more. NO SPEED LIMIT • Jot one liners faster than you can say Popt • From 0 to reminder in under 5.1s • Tag dates, places and contacts with a quick tap • Search or compose a new note from the same thumb-friendly text area NEW! ADD POINTS OF INTEREST TO YOUR NOTES • Insert landmarks, restaurants, gyms and more, right in your notes • Browse all your points of interest in the Places tab, neatly organised by country and city • Instantly get directions for any of your tagged places • Call a restaurant to make a booking, visit the website of a museum in just a tap MOVIES & TV SHOWS • Type a title in the Home tab and Popt will suggest trending movie and tv show matches without sending your words anywhere • Movies & TV items you add to your notes give you quick access to the trailer and to 'where to watch' links • Search online without leaving Popt to find rarer titles • Powered by The Movie Database PAGES THAT POP • Each note can be the beginning of a new page • Add timestamped notes to pages – great for journaling! • Customize pages with 100+ stickers crafted by human artists • Link pages together, wiki-style MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES • To-dos from all your notes are gathered in the To-dos tab • Tagged dates and timeframes compose a timeline in the Dates tab • Movies, contacts and places show up in the Collections tab • Coming soon: calendar integration, links collection, more detailed places (restaurants, venues, addresses, your own location...) SHARE MORE THAN TEXT Popt pages can be shared with other Popt users via Airdrop, email, WhatsApp, Slack... When you share a Popt page, you're also sharing the content associated with the tags it contains: • Contact cards of any tagged contacts • Geographical information of any tagged places • The timeline of tagged dates • Rich cards for tagged movies & TV shows LOCAL AND PRIVATE • Analytics disabled by default • As you type suggestions powered by on-device data and analysis: your notes are yours only • No iCloud sync – your Popt data will transfer to a new iPhone when using Apple's Quick Start transfer, restoring an iCloud backup, or restoring a local backup • Popt notes can also be exported as a single restorable archive (Backstage tab -> Export all) • Popt archives are plain text files you can open on any device. Best browsed with Obsidian (https://obsidian.md – free version available) • End-to-end encrypted sync is on the roadmap 100% FREE FOR EARLY ADOPTERS During its launch phase, Popt is entirely free! • No sign-up • No ads • No downgrading – what is free now will remain free* * In order to recognize you as an early adopter and keep our promise, we may ask you to open a free account at a later stage. --- Popt Notes - Baked in Switzerland with passion and care
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Popt Notes at none against Cal Printer's 1. Popt Notes also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Cal Printer's advantage is ratings volume (806 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Cal Printer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Popt Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Popt Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cal Printer has 806 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Cal Printer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Popt Notes's.
Cal Printer ships an update every 3 weeks, Popt Notes every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cal Printer | Popt Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (806 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 806 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard McKenna | Skile SA |
Customer experience
Cal Printer
Popt Notes
Bugs and requests
Cal Printer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on iOS 16 update
- Crashes when trying to open week view
- Printing issues (e.g. blank output, missing details)
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for Outlook calendar
- Allow editing of calendar entries
- Option to print multiple months per page
- Integrate with other productivity apps
Popt Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cal Printer
- Permanently Unlock all Calendars$6.99
Popt Notes
No in-app purchases









