CheckMarked vs Pearcal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CheckMarked
Organize your thoughts and tasks using Markdown in a sleek, modern interface. Seamlessly integrate your notes with Obsidian for enhanced productivity.
- Markdown list support
- Clean, modern iOS interface
- Obsidian integration
- Task organization
- Note-taking
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CheckMarked lets you keep your lists in Markdown while presenting a clean, modern, iOS interface. Perfect for integrating with Obsidian.
Pearcal
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CALCULATOR Change a number or operator in a finished expression and the result updates. LIFE COST - Enter monthly take-home and essentials once, then type a price to see the working days of pay it costs and the leftover income it uses. - Prices on a webpage show the working days they cost. CURRENCY Convert with live rates. Enter large amounts without counting zeros. TIME AND DAY Count the days between two dates. Add or subtract days, weeks, or months, including repeating intervals. SAVE YOUR CALCULATION - Star a calculation in history and add a note to it. - Keep converted amounts, Life Cost receipts, and date calculations. ASK - Ask your calculator a question in words and get the answer with the calculation behind it. - Amounts and dates you saved can be used by name, in a question or on a line you type. - Apple Intelligence enhances the questions Ask understands. Available where Apple Intelligence is enabled. ICLOUD SYNC History, receipts, notepad, and conversions stay in sync over iCloud. Access them on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pearcal at 17.6 against CheckMarked's 26.0. 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.
CheckMarked ships an update every 3 weeks, Pearcal fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckMarked | Pearcal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Powers | Braveyo LLC |
In-app purchases
CheckMarked
No in-app purchases
Pearcal
No in-app purchases
