Comparison

ChartLre vs BigPaper

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

Head to head
About

ChartLre

Easily create custom tables and a wide variety of charts, including line, pie, and radar graphs. Save and share your creations with flexible style options. Ideal for managing schedules, reports, and data visualization.

Highlights
  • Create custom tables
  • Generate various chart types
  • Customizable styles, colors, fonts
  • One-click sharing
  • Save tables to albums
  • Supports multiple chart formats
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Quickly make tables, such as shift schedules, class schedules, item lists, daily reports, bills, record tables, and various management tables. Support one-click sharing of tables and saving tables to albums. Support custom table styles, alignment, colors, fonts, etc. Quickly make various charts, supporting chart types: line charts, column charts, bar charts, pie charts, area charts, scatter charts, radar charts, polar coordinate charts, heat maps, mixed charts, funnel charts, etc., supporting custom chart styles. After confirming the order, payment will be deducted from your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by visiting your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: http://filytec.cn/TermsofService.html Privacy Policy: http://filytec.cn/PrivacyPolicy.html1

About

BigPaper

This app offers an infinite canvas for note-taking, PDF annotation, and mind mapping. Import various document formats and add text, handwriting, tables, and more. Efficiently organize and edit content without page limitations.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for freeform note-taking
  • Import and annotate PDFs and other documents
  • Mind mapping with element connections
  • Handwriting and drawing tools with Smart Shapes
  • Table creation and linking
  • Multi-format document import and export
  • Screenshot mode for quick content capture
Features
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BigPaper is a borderless note taking application. You can import and expand PDFs and other formats in BigPaper and freely take notes in an infinite canvas without being limited by the edges of the document. You can use BigPaper on both iPhone and iPad for efficient editing with iCloud data sync. Whether it's annotating PDFs, making handbooks, or creating mind maps, BigPaper is ready to go. BigPaper's features include multi-format document import, text input, handwriting, mind mapping, tables, scanned documents, free edge screenshots, containers, folder management, search for handwriting and text, etc. We welcome every rating, and we will read every piece of feedback and take notes to incorporate it in future updates. Your 5-star review will encourage us to continue to upgrade BigPaper and introduce new features. —— Introduction of functions —— 「Infinite canvas, freeform add elements」 Canvas can be zoomed and moved for editing. Add documents in multiple formats such as PDF, as well as multiple types of elements such as tables, text, drawings, handwriting, pictures, stickers, paper, scanned documents, and more. These elements can be scaled and rotated. 「Mind Mapping - Easily connect ideas」 Innovative mind mapping mode. Connect elements on the page (text, pictures, tables, etc.) to quickly generate mind maps from inspiration. Also support the step-by-step enlargement of the idea by expanding the mind map. 「Type anywhere」 Customize the font, size and color of the text. To-do list, bullets can be added to the text. 「Brush Tool - Handwritten and Drawings」 Customize brush presets including color, transparency, tip size. Full-screen drawing, freely annotated documents that are not limited by the edges of the document. Smart Shapes: Hold a stylus or fingertip after drawing a graphic on the screen, intelligently recognize and generate the perfect shape. 「Create Table」 Easy create forms. Add row, add column, move row, move column. Tables can be linked to mind maps. 「Import and Export」 Imported document formats: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, etc. Expand all pages of the document to easily read and highlight all the content. Select text in the document to copy. Export PDF, export image, and BigPaper format. WYSIWYG, everything can be displayed in the exported document. 「Reading Mode」 Customize the "scrolling direction" to realize the classic reading mode. 「Screenshot Mode - Quickly capture key points」 In screenshot mode, you can continuously select areas to take screenshots, these screenshots will be added to the canvas immediately, and can continue to be edited and added to the mind map. 「Stickers, Paper Templates」 The themes of stickers include weather, three-dimensional geometry, music, etc., saving creation time and improving note-taking efficiency. Use stickers and paper stencils in combination to create beautiful manuscripts. 「Multiple Selection Tool - Efficient Editing」 You can freely select an area on the canvas using the multi-selection tool. The selected content as a whole can be resized, rotated, moved, deleted, and exported.Draw borders to take screenshots freely. 「Manage files with folders」 You can create folders to manage files. Easy personalization includes folder editing, file moving, sticking to the top, and more. 「iCloud Sync」 Continue to create notes on different devices and capture inspiration anytime, anywhere. 「Scan」 Scan documents, OCR text recognition(Available in English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Portuguese and Spanish.) 「Search and Jump Locations」 Search for handwriting, text, text in documents. Also: OCR text recognition results of scanned documents and recognition of text in pictures. Contact us and send feedback: bp_10happy@hotmail.com

Screenshots

ChartLre3 screens
BigPaper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BigPaper at every 5 days against ChartLre's every 9 months. ChartLre's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 27%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. ChartLre sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and BigPaper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChartLre ships an update every 9 months, BigPaper every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChartLre versus BigPaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChartLreBigPaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better26.7% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB253 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer侠光 邢10happy Technology Development(Dalian) Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

ChartLre

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

BigPaper

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral29.4%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral46.7%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ChartLre

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$3.991 Year
One-time2
  • upgrade Pro$4.99
  • remove ad$5.99
1 purchases

BigPaper

One-time1
  • BigPaper - Full Version Unlock$8.99

Questions

Is ChartLre free?
ChartLre is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BigPaper free?
BigPaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChartLre or BigPaper have ads?
Neither ChartLre nor BigPaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChartLre or BigPaper?
ChartLre ships an update every 9 months, and BigPaper every 5 days. Most recently, ChartLre was updated on June 24, 2026 and BigPaper on July 5, 2026.

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