Comparison

Carnets vs Test Passkeys

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

Head to head
About

Carnets

This app offers a standalone Jupyter notebook environment for creating and running code snippets, combining them with text and Markdown. It includes pre-installed scientific packages and allows for offline use, making it ideal for education and research.

Highlights
  • Standalone Jupyter notebook implementation
  • Embedded Python interpreter
  • Offline functionality
  • Pre-installed scientific packages
  • Supports Jupyterlab
  • Package installation via %pip
  • Notebook sharing and opening
Features
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Jupyter notebooks are a powerful tool used in education and research. You can write small snippets of Python code and observe the result on screen, combine with paragraphs of text, using Markdown. Carnets provides a complete, stand-alone, implementation of Jupyter notebooks. Everything runs on your device, using the embedded Python interpreter; you do not need an internet connection. You can chose between Jupyter notebooks and the more advance Jupyterlab using Settings. Numpy, Sympy, Matplotlib, Pandas, lxml, bokeh, nbextensions (including ipywidgets) and many other packages are pre-installed. To see the full list of installed packages, type "%pip list" in a code window. You can add more packages using "%pip install packageName", but only if they are pure Python. If you need scipy, seaborn or scikit-learn, please use our other App, "Carnets - Jupyter (with scipy)". You can share your notebooks with other apps and also open notebooks or directories managed by other apps. Partial list of installed packages: astropy, babel, bokeh, cryptography, cvxopt, Fiona, geopandas, geopy, lxml, matplotlib, numpy, openCV, pandas, pillow, pyFFTW, pyproj, rasterio, regex, shapely, sympy, wordcloud.

About

Test Passkeys

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Test Passkeys is a hands-on sandbox for learning how passkeys and WebAuthn really work: on a real device, against a real server, with nothing hidden behind a diagram. Most explainers stop at the arrows. This app lets you run the ceremonies yourself, change the parameters, and read every field that crosses the wire. PLAYGROUND Create passkeys and authenticate with them, then inspect the whole exchange: * Configure user verification, attestation, authenticator attachment, resident keys, algorithms and hints - then see what the device does with each * Change the relying party ID and watch iOS accept or reject it, and find out why * Switch between standard and conditional request styles * Read the raw challenge, clientDataJSON, authenticator data and signature for every ceremony * Rename, inspect and delete the passkeys you create LEARN Guided lessons on what passkeys are, how the ceremony fits together, why they are phishing resistant and breach proof, and how platform support is evolving - plus curated links into the WebAuthn, FIDO Alliance and Apple references when you want to go deeper. YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in with a passkey or a password, manage the passkeys registered to your account, and lock the app itself behind Face ID, Touch ID or a PIN. Playground passkeys are purely a learning tool - they are never used to authenticate you anywhere, and the passkeys protecting your own account are kept entirely separate. Experiment as freely as you like. Built for developers integrating WebAuthn, and for anyone who wants to see what is actually happening when they tap "Sign in with a passkey". Free. No ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Carnets4 screens
Test Passkeys4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Carnets at #107 against Test Passkeys's unranked. Carnets also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carnets ships an update monthly, Test Passkeys every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Carnets versus Test Passkeys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnetsTest Passkeys
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (321 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings321 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#107 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNicolas HolzschuchNicolaas Celliers

Bugs and requests

Carnets

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Issues with saving and loading notebooks
  • Problems with running scripts and notebooks
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for SciPy, Scikit-learn, and other scientific computing libraries
  • Improve file management and integration with cloud storage services
  • Implement split-screen or multi-window support
  • Add more keyboard shortcuts and customization options
  • Improve error handling and provide more detailed error messages

Test Passkeys

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Carnets

No in-app purchases

None

Test Passkeys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carnets free?
Carnets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Test Passkeys free?
Test Passkeys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Carnets or Test Passkeys have ads?
Neither Carnets nor Test Passkeys shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Carnets or Test Passkeys?
Carnets ships an update monthly, and Test Passkeys every 2 months. Most recently, Carnets was updated on October 26, 2026 and Test Passkeys on October 20, 2026.

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