Comparison

Carnets vs Python Recipes Pro

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 full Jupyter notebook experience on your device, ideal for education and research. It includes scientific computation packages like SciPy and scikit-learn, allowing you to write and run Python code offline. Notebooks can be shared and opened from other applications.

Highlights
  • Offline Jupyter notebook execution
  • Includes SciPy, scikit-learn, and Seaborn
  • Embedded Python interpreter
  • Markdown support for text
  • Package management with %pip
  • Notebook sharing and import
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. Compared to the standard version (Carnets), this app adds several packages targeted for scientific computation and learning: scipy, sklearn, seaborn and coremltools. You can switch between standard notebooks and the more modern jupyterlab using the Settings app. Of course, all the packages included with the standard app are present too: numpy, simply, matplotlib... 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. 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, cartopy, cryptography, cvxopt, Fiona, geopandas, geopy, gym, inequality, libpysal, lxml, mapclassify, matplotlib, networkx, nltk, numpy, openCV, pandas, parso, pillow, pyFFTW, pyproj, qutip, rasterio, regex, Rtree, scikit-learn, scipy, seaborn, segregation, shapely, soupsieve, spopt, statsmodels, sympy, wordcloud.

About

Python Recipes Pro

Learn programming with curated code recipes for Python and SQL. Find ready-to-use solutions for common tasks, perfect for exam preparation or quick reference. Access all examples offline on iOS and macOS.

Highlights
  • Python code recipes
  • SQL code recipes
  • Offline access
  • Quick search functionality
  • Exam and interview preparation
  • Cross-platform iOS and macOS support
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An everyday Python reference, from strings and collections to threading and design patterns. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. The construct is on the tip of your tongue, but the exact syntax slips away: • How do you sort a dictionary by value? • How do you serialize a class to JSON and read it back? • How do you start a thread and wait for the result? The app answers with a working example; all that is left is to fit it to your task. • 22 sections: basic types, arrays and collections, classes, files, serialization, functions and lambdas, exceptions, regular expressions, threading, databases, algorithms, design patterns. • Run in the app: the example actually runs and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection; the daily limit is 30 runs. • What changed in new versions: 8 sections from Python 3.0 to 3.13, with the old and the new code side by side. • Keyword and function reference: over 200 articles, browsable as a list or searchable by word. • SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database (JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types). Queries have their own daily limit. • Edit examples and add your own; they stay in the app and are always at hand. • Search looks inside the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. • Everything except running works offline: examples, search, favorites. • Comfortable to read: light and dark themes, your own font and size, line numbers, and long lines wrap instead of spilling off the screen. Examples are drawn from professional sources and verified by running them. Built by a developer for developers. In active development since 2015.

Screenshots

Carnets4 screens
Python Recipes Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Carnets at Free against Python Recipes Pro's $2.99. Carnets also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Python Recipes Pro's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and chart position (#106 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Carnets is free to download; Python Recipes Pro costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Python Recipes Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carnets has 87 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Carnets's written reviews are positive against 80% of Python Recipes Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carnets ships an update every 6 weeks, Python Recipes Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Carnets versus Python Recipes Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnetsPython Recipes Pro
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (87 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#106 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.1 GB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNicolas HolzschuchFedor Obraztsov

Customer experience

Carnets

All ratings87 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral9.6%
Negative8.9%

Python Recipes Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Carnets

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to create new notebooks
  • Incompatible with older iOS versions
  • Line breaking issues with external keyboard

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Tensorflow, XGBoost, LightGBM
  • Enable running code in .py files
  • Improve stability and performance
  • Add support for R kernel
  • Provide better file management options

Python Recipes Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Carnets

No in-app purchases

None

Python Recipes Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carnets free?
Carnets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Python Recipes Pro free?
Python Recipes Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Carnets or Python Recipes Pro?
Python Recipes Pro is rated higher. Carnets averages 4.6 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Python Recipes Pro averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Carnets or Python Recipes Pro have ads?
Neither Carnets nor Python Recipes Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Carnets or Python Recipes Pro?
Carnets ships an update every 6 weeks, and Python Recipes Pro every 3 months. Most recently, Carnets was updated on September 26, 2026 and Python Recipes Pro on September 27, 2026.

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