Comparison

小黄历 vs PDF

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

Head to head
About

小黄历

This app offers a digital experience of traditional Chinese almanacs, simulating the feel of a physical tear-off calendar. It provides daily auspicious and inauspicious activities, detailed interpretations, and includes features like a perpetual calendar, holiday tracking, and a personal diary with iCloud backup.

Highlights
  • Traditional Chinese almanac simulation
  • Daily auspicious/inauspicious activities
  • Perpetual calendar with holidays
  • Personal diary with iCloud backup
  • Desktop widgets
  • Customizable themes
Features
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真正温情的生活,从不远离人间烟火。 以前,家家户户的墙上,都挂着一本老黄历。 爷爷戴着老花镜,盘看着黄道吉日,奶奶一字一句念叨着每日禁忌,我们跟着日历过日子。 一天又一天,慢慢地撕下来。 那时侯日子很长,生活很温暖。 撕完最后一张,意味着这一年结束, 新的一年即将到来。 【产品简介】 小黄历是一款集黄历和万年历于一体的APP,UI设计简洁,高度仿真纸质版的中国传统黄历,翻页效果丝滑,APP中包含中国传统的黄历数据,详细罗列每日宜忌,时辰宜忌,并附有黄历现代文解读,帮助您轻松掌握。同时包含吉日查询,吉神罗盘,万年历,法定节假日,节日节气等功能, 方便易用, 通俗易懂。 2.0.0版本起, 新增了记事功能, 每日记事,心情树洞通通可以记录下来,iCloud备份安全又私密! 【产品特点】 ①黄历界面仿真纸质翻页, 将传统手撕历与现代科技相结合。 ②万年历界面极简不冗余, 法定节假日,节日节气一目了然。 ③桌面小组件方便快捷。 ④多种黄历主题颜色切换。 ⑤私密日记备忘永久珍藏。 ⑥致力于做中国传统文化的传承者!

About

PDF

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PDFMaster is a clean and focused PDF reader and document manager built for everyday work. Import, organize, and read PDF files in one workspace, quickly search document content, and mark important information with annotations, highlights, and underlines. Whether you are reading papers, contracts, reports, textbooks, or work documents, PDFMaster helps you stay focused with immersive reading, smooth paging, zoom controls, full-text search, file management, and practical PDF page tools. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy:https://www.pdfmaster.top/privacy.html

Screenshots

小黄历4 screens
PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PDF at Free against 小黄历's $0.99. PDF also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). 小黄历's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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

PDF is free to download; 小黄历 costs $0.99 up front. 小黄历 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PDF sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

小黄历 ships an update every 6 weeks, PDF every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
小黄历 versus PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter小黄历PDF
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Jiyou Network Technology Company Limited春燕 刘

Bugs and requests

小黄历

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Birthday record inaccuracy
  • Lunar birthday display issues
  • Page-turning animation stiffness
  • Widget functionality bugs
  • Cannot find widgets on iPhone 14 Pro

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add daily notification reminders
  • Integrate focus clock or Pomodoro timer
  • Add birthday and anniversary recording function
  • Add lunar anniversary recording and system calendar synchronization
  • Add custom important day reminders
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  • Add ability to customize widget colors or transparency
  • Add ability to customize calendar interface weekend color
  • Add ability to import system calendar or sync with Outlook
  • Add password protection for diary function
  • Add specific times for solar terms (e.g., frost descent, start of winter)
  • Add ability to customize important days
  • Add dynamic photo placement
  • Add ability to display on home screen at boot

PDF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

小黄历

One-time3
  • Buy bread for programmers$0.99
  • Buy a coffee for designer$1.99
  • Buy a coffee for PM$3.99
1 purchases

PDF

Subscriptions1
  • PDFMaster Monthly Subscription2 variants$0.991 Month

Questions

Is 小黄历 free?
小黄历 costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is PDF free?
PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 小黄历 or PDF have ads?
Neither 小黄历 nor PDF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 小黄历 or PDF?
小黄历 ships an update every 6 weeks, and PDF every 2 days. Most recently, 小黄历 was updated on October 24, 2026 and PDF on October 20, 2026.

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