Comparison

Calculator Notes vs smrtkbd

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

Head to head
About

Calculator Notes

This app combines a calculator with spreadsheet functionality, allowing users to automatically sum item values. It supports unlimited folders and notes, with features like goal setting and batch operations. Widgets are available for home and lock screens.

Highlights
  • Automatic total value calculation
  • Unlimited folders, notes, and items
  • CSV output and sharing
  • Goal setting and progress tracking
  • Batch operations (copy, duplicate, color coding)
  • Home & lock screen widgets
  • Dark mode
Read full description

It is a calculator notepad that automatically calculates the total value. A simple spreadsheet application. Widget compatible. All features are completely free to use. - Unlimited folders/notes/items - Automatically calculate the total value of items - CSV output / save file / share to SNS - Set goals and deadlines and display percentages - Batch operations such as copy/duplicate/color coding - filter and sort - Consumption tax calculation and fixed cost settings - Easy input from history - Home & lock screen widget support - dark mode

About

smrtkbd

This keyboard app allows you to save frequently used text, links, images, and PDFs to quickly paste them into any application. It offers advanced features like dynamic templates, secure clips, and iCloud synchronization for seamless cross-device access.

Highlights
  • Save and paste text, URLs, images, and PDFs
  • Organize content with folders, tags, and search
  • Dynamic templates with smart placeholders
  • Secure clips requiring biometric authentication
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Privacy-focused with no data collection
Features
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smrtkbd is a smart system keyboard for iPhone and iPad that lets you save the things you type most - and paste them into any app with a single tap. Stop retyping the same email, address, phone number, canned reply, code snippet, link or template. Save it once as a Clip, then pull it up from the smrtkbd keyboard wherever you type - in Mail, Messages, Notes, Safari, banking apps, forms, chat apps, anywhere. Custom System Keyboard Enable smrtkbd once in iOS Settings, and it's available in every app with a text field. Switch to it with the globe key, tap a Clip, and it's inserted right where the cursor is. Clip Library Save four kinds of Clips: • Text — signatures, canned replies, addresses, IDs, boilerplate • URLs — links you share often • Images — logos, screenshots, memes • PDFs — receipts, forms, documents Organize with: • Folders — nest Clips exactly the way you think • Tags — colored SF-Symbol tags for cross-cutting groups • Sort — by name, date created, or most recently used • Full-text search across names, contents and tags • Bulk create — paste a list and turn each line into a Clip Smart Placeholders Clips aren't just static text. Drop in smart placeholders that fill themselves in when you paste: • Dates & times in any format • Time- and timezone-aware greetings ("Good morning", "Guten Abend", …) • Counters that increment on every use • Text Bits — small reusable pieces you can compose into bigger Clips • Clipboard & selection tweaks — transform the current clipboard or selected text (uppercase, lowercase, trim, and more) before pasting Build your own dynamic templates without any scripting. Secure Clips Mark sensitive Clips as secure — recovery codes, IDs, private notes — and require Face ID or Touch ID before they can be viewed or pasted. iCloud Sync Your Clips stay in sync across all your devices via your private iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit. Nothing goes through our servers - because we don't have any. Privacy First • Nothing you type is collected, stored or transmitted • No analytics, no tracking, no ads • No third-party SDKs harvesting your data • Your Clips live on your device and in your private iCloud account — nowhere else Even when Full Access is enabled, no data leaves your device. Granting Full Access is optional for the basic use of the keyboard, but required for features like: • Access to Clipboard and Clipboard Notifications (required for pasting Images or PDFs, resolve Clipboard Placeholders inside Clips, update preview of relevant Clips). • Communicate back to the smrtkbd main App (e.g. storing last used time/date of a Clip). • Open the main App or the iOS Settings from within the keyboard extension. Designed for iOS • Native SwiftUI interface • Light, Dark and System appearance • iPhone and iPad • Fully localized in English, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese • Configurable paste behavior (add return, space, switch keyboard, or nothing) • Usage tracking so your most-used Clips are always one tap away

Screenshots

Calculator Notes4 screens
smrtkbd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calculator Notes at none against smrtkbd's 3. Calculator Notes also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). smrtkbd's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. smrtkbd sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Calculator Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Calculator Notes against 5.0 for smrtkbd. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calculator Notes ships an update every 12 months, smrtkbd monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Calculator Notes versus smrtkbd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalculator Notessmrtkbd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.Michael Klug

Customer experience

Calculator Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

smrtkbd

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

In-app purchases

None

Calculator Notes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

smrtkbd

One-time3
  • Small Tip$3.99
  • Medium Tip$8.99
  • Large Tip$17.99

Questions

Is Calculator Notes free?
Calculator Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smrtkbd free?
smrtkbd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calculator Notes or smrtkbd?
Calculator Notes and smrtkbd are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Calculator Notes or smrtkbd have ads?
Calculator Notes shows ads; smrtkbd does not.
Which is updated more often, Calculator Notes or smrtkbd?
Calculator Notes ships an update every 12 months, and smrtkbd monthly. Most recently, Calculator Notes was updated on October 30, 2026 and smrtkbd on October 31, 2026.

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