NoteCalc vs Tiny Docs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoteCalc
Seamlessly blend note-taking with real-time calculations. Capture ideas, track expenses, and create lists with instant results as you type or speak. Offers smart input features like voice notes and document scanning for enhanced productivity.
- Simultaneous note-taking and calculation
- Instant results as you type
- Voice note input
- Document and receipt scanning
- Expense and budget tracking
- Shopping list creation with automatic totals
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NoteCalc lets you write notes and calculate at the same time — no switching apps. Just type naturally and see results instantly. Capture ideas, lists, budgets, expenses, formulas, and everyday math in one place. Everything stays simple, fast, and organized. WHY NOTECALC Write like normal notes Results appear instantly as you type No buttons, no formulas, no interruptions Clean, fast, and easy to use WHAT YOU CAN DO Track expenses and budgets Create shopping lists with automatic totals Take notes with calculations Do quick daily math without switching apps SMART INPUT FEATURES Voice Notes Speak numbers or notes and get results instantly Scan Documents & Receipts Scan receipts and turn them into editable notes with calculations Type Naturally Just write — calculations appear automatically USE CASES Daily expense tracking Budget planning Shopping lists Study and work notes Quick calculations anytime PREMIUM FEATURES (OPTIONAL) Lock notes for privacy Tags and organization Charts and insights Cloud sync Export options Your notes stay on your device. You stay in control. Privacy Policy: https://nullvoidkage.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-31d5fa80930a8057a60cc6995100de7f Terms of Service: https://nullvoidkage.notion.site/Terms-Of-Service-31d5fa80930a807f954ee0de97ab96f3
Tiny Docs
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Tiny Docs is a fast, well-designed PDF editor built for everyday work. View, annotate, sign, merge, split, and compress your documents in just a couple of taps. Thoughtfully designed to be the best PDF viewer for iOS and iPad OS. Mark up documents with a full set of annotation tools: highlight, underline, add notes, draw, and sign directly on the page. Combine multiple files into one, split a document into parts, or shrink file sizes for easy sharing. Tiny Docs also brings AI into your workflow when you need it. AI Summarise gives you an instant overview of any document. Ask Document lets you ask a question and get an answer pulled straight from the file, without scrolling through pages to find it. Extract Key Info automatically surfaces the names, dates, and numbers that matter most. Whether you're reviewing contracts, marking up lecture notes, or clearing out a backlog of scanned paperwork, Tiny Docs keeps things simple and gets you through your documents faster. Tiny Docs is the best PDF toolkit in your pocket. INTELLIGENCE (AI) • Summarise — Summarise a PDF with AI • Extract Key Info — Pull out dates, names, and key facts from a document using AI • Ask Document — Ask questions about a PDF and get answers powered by AI CREATE • Scan — Scan a document with your camera and save it as a PDF instantly. • Recognise Text (OCR) — Extract searchable text from a scanned PDF using optical character recognition. • Image to PDF — Convert one or more photos into a single PDF document. • Create PDF — Build a PDF from scratch by adding blank pages. Plain | Lined | Isometric | Graph • Merge — Combine multiple PDFs into one seamless document. • Extract Pages — Pull specific pages out of a PDF and save them as a new file, or as individual files. • PDF to Text — Export the text content of a PDF as a plain .txt file. • Inspect Structure — View the raw PDF document structure tree. EDIT • Watermark — Add images or text as watermarks to your documents. • Page Numbers — Add custom page numbers to a PDF. • Delete Pages — Remove unwanted pages from a PDF. • Duplicate Pages — Copy pages within a PDF. • Rearrange Pages — Drag and drop to reorder the pages of a PDF. • Rotate Pages — Rotate one or more pages to the correct orientation. • Reverse Pages — Flip the entire page order of a PDF in one tap. • Compress — Reduce the file size of a PDF while preserving quality. • Flatten — Burn annotations and form fields permanently into the PDF. • Edit Metadata — Edit the title, author, and subject of a PDF document. • Add Blank Pages — Insert blank pages anywhere in a PDF. • Resize Pages — Scale pages to a different standard paper size. SECURITY • Sign Document — Add your signature or initials to a PDF as a moveable annotation. • Lock Document — Password-protect a PDF to restrict access. • Remove Password — Remove an existing password from a PDF. IMAGE • PDF to Image — Export PDF pages as high-quality image files. (JPG, PNG) EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NoteCalc at every 5 days against Tiny Docs's every 2 weeks. NoteCalc also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. NoteCalc sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tiny Docs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for NoteCalc against 5.0 for Tiny Docs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NoteCalc has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NoteCalc ships an update every 5 days, Tiny Docs every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NoteCalc | Tiny Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikko Ferwelo | James Dassoulas |
In-app purchases
NoteCalc
- Smart Notes Monthly$1.991 Month
- Smart Notes Monthly$2.991 Month
- Note Calc Yearly$5.991 Year
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- Smart Notes Yearly$7.991 Year
- Smart Notes Lifetime2 variants$5.99
- Unlock Lifetime$12.99
Tiny Docs
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year









