Comparison

LCLC vs FluidNotes

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

Head to head
About

LCLC

Features
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This app is a study companion to the online book: Learn Chinese, Learn Cyber https://eaglepubs.erau.edu/cyberchinese/ While there are numerous resources for learning Chinese, finding specialized vocabulary for cybersecurity and computer-related concepts can be challenging. This app aims to bridge that gap, combining Mandarin language learning with essential cybersecurity terminology. Learning Mandarin is a complex journey, so don’t be discouraged if the material seems tough initially. To support your learning, we’ve included many interactive components to help you practice. This app contains computer related terms that you will need to understand cybersecurity related concepts like: USB flash drive, attack, hacker, cloud(computing) as well as other terms that will help you have a conversation in the workplace. Future units will contain even more cybersecurity related terms. App programming done by Heather Marriott and Gabriela Strevay Character graphics by Samantha Esparza-Baker

About

FluidNotes

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FluidNotes is a notebook for iPad and iPhone that feels like paper: write with Apple Pencil on iPad or with your finger on iPhone – and find everything again with search that reads your handwriting. WRITING THAT FEELS RIGHT • Ballpoint, fineliner, fountain pen, pencil, felt-tip, watercolour, highlighter and more, all pressure-sensitive • Ruler, colour picker and custom colours on all your devices • Hand-drawn shapes become clean circles, rectangles, lines and arrows • Convert handwriting to typed text, with word suggestions as you write – on the device • Cross out typed words to delete them • Lasso: cut out exactly, colour, move, duplicate • Zoom window: write large at the bottom, and it appears small on the page ORGANISATION THAT GROWS WITH YOU • Folders and subfolders, tags, favourites and bookmarks • Headings automatically build an outline; links connect pages and notebooks, and a knowledge network shows topics and connections – in 3D too • Search handwriting, typed text, PDFs, photos and recordings – through Spotlight too • Collect the highlights of a PDF into an excerpt, with links back to the passage • Lock notebooks with Face ID or a passcode THE PAPER YOU WANT • Lined, squared, dotted, planners, sheet music and more – in colour too; plus a whiteboard that grows • Save your own pages as templates; import PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and Goodnotes • Photos, document scans, GIFs, tables, mind maps and reusable building blocks STUDY • Flashcards with spaced repetition and a study plan across all notebooks, with a daily reminder if you like • An exam date per deck, also as a proposal to the group; import and export decks as Anki packages or text files • Flashcards from your handwriting: circle a question or sketch and turn it into a card • Apple Watch: review due flashcards on your wrist, with a complication for the watch face • Study time with breaks, on iPhone also on the Lock Screen • Study tape: cover passages and test yourself • With Apple Intelligence: flashcards, cloze exercises from A1 to C2, summaries and mind maps from your notes – and answers to questions about them • The AI runs on the device only – no internet, no third-party AI service STUDY GROUPS AND SHARING • Study groups: join once and get every notebook of the group, including later ones • Invite others to a notebook with a link or QR code – to write along or just to view • Colour each person’s contributions and see what others have changed since your last visit • Send a copy of a notebook or of single pages, with the recordings if you like – through a link that expires by itself • Comments with replies; everyone shares the flashcards, each person keeps their own progress RECORD AND PRESENT • Record sound while you write; on playback, your note reappears stroke by stroke • Transcripts on the device: search finds spoken words too • Present on a projector or TV: only the current page, with a laser pointer HANDY • Quick Note from the app icon, as a widget, in Control Centre, with Siri or Shortcuts • Widgets for recently opened notebooks and cards due • Sync through your own iCloud and Handoff between iPhone, iPad and Mac • Automatic backups to iCloud Drive; export as PDF, Markdown or FlexiNote package • Select text in a PDF and translate it • Optional: Zotero for PDFs, citations and the bibliography • Getting started in five short exercises; help mode explains every button YOUR NOTES BELONG TO YOU FluidNotes has no server of its own and no account. No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no in-app purchases. Your notebooks live on your device and, if you like, in your own iCloud. FluidNotes is a personal project, built with care. Questions and ideas: j.gomez@web.de

Screenshots

LCLC4 screens
FluidNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FluidNotes at daily against LCLC's fortnightly. LCLC's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LCLC ships an update fortnightly, FluidNotes daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
LCLC versus FluidNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLCLCFluidNotes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeather MarriottJuan Gomez Fernandez

In-app purchases

None

LCLC

No in-app purchases

None

FluidNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LCLC free?
LCLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FluidNotes free?
FluidNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LCLC or FluidNotes have ads?
Neither LCLC nor FluidNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LCLC or FluidNotes?
LCLC ships an update fortnightly, and FluidNotes daily. Most recently, LCLC was updated on November 4, 2026 and FluidNotes on November 6, 2026.

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