uCal vs Print(Notes)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
uCal
Effortlessly navigate your schedule with an infinite scroll calendar. Connect your existing calendars to view all your events in one place, across various time scales.
- Infinite scrolling calendar view
- Multiple time scales
- Connect existing calendars
- Event management
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Scroll infinitely through your calendar at different time scales. Connect your existing calendars.
Print(Notes)
An open-source notes application inspired by popular productivity tools. It offers extensive customization options for themes and note display, supports Markdown and LaTeX, and stores all data locally for easy access.
- Markdown and LaTeX support
- Customizable themes (light/dark)
- Multiple note display layouts (Grid, List, Tree)
- Local data storage via Files app
- Basic image and PDF viewers
- Ultimate customizability
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Print(Notes) is an open source markdown notes app, inspired by the look of Google Keep and functionality of Dynalist's Obsidian. Solo developed as a passion project, coming now to iOS! All notes and folders are stored locally on the device, you can access them from the Files app! Features Include: - Ultimate customizability - Many theme for light and dark mode - Create your own custom color themes - Change note display layout (Grid, List, Tree views) - Supports Markdown and LaTeX formatting - Includes basic Image and PDF viewers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Print(Notes) at 100% against uCal's 58%. Print(Notes) also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). uCal's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
uCal holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of uCal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Print(Notes)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
uCal ships an update every 2 weeks, Print(Notes) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uCal | Print(Notes) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Heestand | Robert Gordiyevych |
Customer experience
uCal
Print(Notes)
In-app purchases
uCal
No in-app purchases
Print(Notes)
No in-app purchases
