Comparison

PaperCal vs HTMLens

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

Head to head
About

PaperCal

This app offers a visually appealing and user-friendly calendar experience, reimagined for iPhone. It features clean, paper-inspired layouts and beautiful widgets for your Home and Lock Screen, allowing you to see tasks and events together in one place.

Highlights
  • Paper-inspired layouts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Tasks and events in one view
  • Sync with existing calendars
  • 20+ customizable themes
  • Yearly, monthly, weekly, daily views
Features
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A paper calendar. Reimagined for iPhone. Simple, clear, and easy to use. With beautiful widgets for your Home and Lock Screen. ▶ Why PaperCal? ◀ • See your schedule at a glance with clean, paper-inspired layouts • See tasks and events together in one view • Easy-to-read widgets for your Home and Lock Screen • Customize your calendar with 20+ beautifully designed themes • No clutter, no learning curve ▶ Calendar Views ◀ Switch between yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily views. Flip through pages like a real paper calendar. A clean, distraction-free interface. ▶ Tasks & Events in One Place ◀ No need for multiple apps. • Manage tasks and events in one place • Add and organize activities instantly • Sync with your existing calendars • Stay up to date across all your devices ▶ Make It Yours ◀ Choose from 20+ unique themes designed by illustrator Jojo Falk. • Add color tags to events and tasks • Quickly search your schedule • View week numbers and day counts ▶ Built for iPhone (and more) ◀ • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets • Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Apple silicon) • One purchase, available on all devices ▶ Loved by Users ◀ “I love its simplicity and reliability.” “This calendar is great — I can see my whole week at a glance.” “I love this calendar because I can use it like a planner.” Rated 4.7+ by users worldwide. ▶ A Fresh Start ◀ PaperCal is the successor to “Week Agenda Ultimate”. Rebuilt from scratch based on years of feedback — now faster, clearer, and more refined. Start using PaperCal today.

About

HTMLens

Features
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Quick Look shows many HTML files as a blank or broken page. HTMLens opens them much as a desktop browser would — password-protected statements, pages that need JavaScript, web archives, and documents in legacy encodings — right on your iPhone and iPad. UNLOCK PROTECTED HTML • Type the password into the page and it opens, just like on a computer • Save passwords in the keychain behind Face ID and fill them in with one tap • Request Desktop Site for documents that refuse to open on mobile • Pop-up windows and print buttons work as the page expects MANY HTML FORMATS • Runs the page's JavaScript with WebKit, the engine behind Safari • HTML, XHTML, SVG, Safari web archives, and MHT/MHTML from Chrome, Edge, and Word • Detects legacy encodings such as EUC-KR and Shift_JIS, with a manual override • Loads images and styles from the file's folder PDF, PRINT, AND SHARE • Save as A4 pages or as one long page, or print • Make a PDF that hides the card, account, phone, and ID numbers and email addresses it finds in the page text, then checks the page text again and won't share if a number is left • Text inside images isn't checked, so review the whole PDF before sharing STATEMENT VAULT • Keep unlocked statements and reopen them without the password • Locked with Face ID, encrypted, and stored only on this device • For Korean billing statements it recognizes, shows the amount due and due date and opens a prefilled calendar event COMFORTABLE READING • Dark mode for documents, plus an app theme setting • Find in page and adjustable text size • Recent documents and favorites • iPad split view and drag and drop PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, and HTMLens doesn't send your documents or passwords to any server. Vault statements open with internet access turned off. REMOVE ADS Remove the banner ad for good with a one-time purchase. Support: ggamistudio@gmail.com

Screenshots

PaperCal4 screens
HTMLens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HTMLens at Free against PaperCal's $3.99. PaperCal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown).

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

HTMLens is free to download; PaperCal costs $3.99 up front. HTMLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PaperCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PaperCal versus HTMLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperCalHTMLens
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (421 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings421 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan BurglerJaewook Oh

Bugs and requests

PaperCal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Events not displaying correctly in widgets
  • App freezing when adding locations to events
  • Inconsistent behavior when changing event times

Requested features

6 requests
  • Sync with Apple Reminders
  • Add notes/attachments to events
  • Ability to reorder tasks
  • More color/theme options
  • Improved widget functionality
Show 1 more
  • Localization to more languages

HTMLens

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PaperCal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HTMLens

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99

Questions

Is PaperCal free?
PaperCal costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HTMLens free?
HTMLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaperCal or HTMLens have ads?
HTMLens shows ads; PaperCal does not.

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