Comparison

Carnets vs DB RelationalAlgebra

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 provides a standalone Jupyter notebook environment for writing and executing code snippets, combining them with text and Markdown. It runs entirely on your device, offering offline access to pre-installed scientific and data science packages. Share and open notebooks with other applications.

Highlights
  • Standalone Jupyter notebook implementation
  • Offline execution with embedded Python
  • Pre-installed scientific packages (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib)
  • Support for Jupyterlab
  • Package management via %pip
  • Notebook sharing and import/export
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

DB RelationalAlgebra

This app translates SQL queries into relational algebra, tuple relational calculus, and domain relational calculus. It provides step-by-step derivations, final formulas, and interactive diagrams for each notation. It accurately reports when SQL cannot be expressed exactly by a notation.

Highlights
  • SQL to relational algebra conversion
  • SQL to tuple relational calculus conversion
  • SQL to domain relational calculus conversion
  • Step-by-step derivations
  • Interactive operator and quantifier scope trees
  • Comparison view of all notations
Features
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A native iPad and iPhone app that converts a SQL query typed, pasted, or imported from a .sql file into relational algebra, tuple relational calculus and domain relational calculus. Each notation gets a step by step derivation, a final oneline formula, and an interactive diagram an operator tree for the algebra, a quantifier scope tree for the calculus and a fourth view stacks all three against the same query. Whatever SQL asks for that a notation cannot express exactly is reported rather than quietly approximated.

Screenshots

Carnets4 screens
DB RelationalAlgebra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DB RelationalAlgebra at 5.0 against Carnets's 4.6. DB RelationalAlgebra also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Carnets's advantage is ratings volume (323 vs 1) and chart position (#107 vs unranked). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DB RelationalAlgebra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carnets has 323 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carnets ships an update every 2 months, DB RelationalAlgebra every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Carnets versus DB RelationalAlgebra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnetsDB RelationalAlgebra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (323 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings323 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#107 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNicolas HolzschuchArtur Borycki

Customer experience

Carnets

All ratings323 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews315 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative14.3%

DB RelationalAlgebra

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

DB RelationalAlgebra

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Carnets

No in-app purchases

None

DB RelationalAlgebra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carnets free?
Carnets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DB RelationalAlgebra free?
DB RelationalAlgebra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Carnets or DB RelationalAlgebra?
DB RelationalAlgebra is rated higher. Carnets averages 4.6 out of 5 from 323 ratings, while DB RelationalAlgebra averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Carnets or DB RelationalAlgebra have ads?
Neither Carnets nor DB RelationalAlgebra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Carnets or DB RelationalAlgebra?
Carnets ships an update every 2 months, and DB RelationalAlgebra every 3 weeks. Most recently, Carnets was updated on November 11, 2026 and DB RelationalAlgebra on November 5, 2026.

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