Comparison

PrintFriendly vs CalixNote

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

Head to head
About

PrintFriendly

Easily convert web pages into clean, printer-friendly PDFs or capture full-page screenshots. Remove ads, customize layouts, and edit content before saving or printing. Ideal for students, teachers, and researchers needing clutter-free digital or printable documents.

Highlights
  • Convert web pages to PDF
  • Remove ads and clutter
  • Capture full-page screenshots
  • Edit text and images
  • Adjust font size and layout
  • Export as PNG, JPG, or PDF
Features
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Join millions of users who rely on PrintFriendly to print web pages, convert any webpage to PDF, or take full-page screenshots — all without ads, sidebars, or clutter. It works like a reader mode, but gives you more control: adjust text size, remove images, edit text, highlight key content, and customize your layout before printing or saving. PrintFriendly is perfect for teachers, students, researchers, and anyone who needs clean, printable, shareable content. Print articles, save recipes as PDFs, archive research, and capture pages from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Reddit, Gmail, Substack, and more. Convert Web Pages to PDF Turn any webpage into a clean, professional PDF without ads, headers, or navigation. Preserve text, images, and links with full support for non-Latin characters and right-to-left languages. Adjust margins, choose between A4 and Letter page sizes, and download with one click. Listen: Read Any Article Aloud Tap Listen and PrintFriendly reads the cleaned-up article aloud, highlighting each sentence as it goes. Pick a voice, set the reading speed, skip by sentence, or tap any paragraph to start from there. Text to speech that reads the article itself, not the menus and cookie banners around it. Free, with no new permissions. Full Page Screenshot & Screen Capture Capture a full page screenshot or a visible-area screenshot of any webpage with one click. Full page screen capture scrolls the whole page for you, so you get all of it, not just what fits on screen. Works on sites with iframes, dynamic content, and complex layouts. Export as PNG, JPG, or PDF, or turn a capture into a PDF whose text you can select and search. Ideal for archiving web pages, saving visual records, or sharing content exactly as it appears. Log into the extension to sync your account with printfriendly.com, where you can also convert, compress, edit, merge, and sign PDFs. Upload PDF, DOCX, XLSX, JPG, and other file types for conversion. Your settings and preferences sync between the extension and website. Save to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or Notion Send the finished PDF straight to where you already keep things instead of fishing it out of your Downloads folder. Dropbox and OneDrive files land in a PrintFriendly folder, and that folder is all PrintFriendly can see. In Drive it only ever sees the files it creates. For Notion, pick the page or database each PDF goes into, from the pages you have shared with PrintFriendly. Set a default once and every save after that is one click. Print Web Pages Without Clutter Remove ads, pop-ups, navigation bars, and footers to create clean printouts of any webpage. Use Delete mode to remove entire sections or click and drag to remove multiple blocks at once. Use Highlight to emphasize important content, or switch to Edit mode to modify text directly on the page. Great for printing ChatGPT conversations, Gemini responses, and online articles. Edit, Delete & Highlight Before You Save Make changes directly on the page before printing or saving as PDF. Modify text, adjust font size, remove images, delete unwanted sections, and highlight important information. All editing tools work in full-screen mode with undo support. AI Page Summaries Generate AI-powered summaries of any web page directly inside PrintFriendly. Quickly understand long articles, research papers, or complex content without reading every word. Works Everywhere PrintFriendly is compatible with a wide range of websites including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Gmail, Reddit, Substack, YouTube, and thousands more. It also works on local files from your computer. Upgrade your printing, PDF conversion, and screenshot experience today with PrintFriendly. By using this extension, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: Terms of Service: https://www.printfriendly.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.printfriendly.com/privacy

About

CalixNote

Features
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CalixNote is a private notebook that keeps everything encrypted on your device. There is no account, no cloud and no tracking — your notes, photos and files never leave your iPhone unless you choose to export them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Every note, image and file is encrypted before it is written to storage. • Encryption keys are generated on-device and stored in the iOS Keychain — they never leave the phone. • No accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs and no cloud — your content is yours alone. LOCK IT DOWN • Protect the app with a 6-digit PIN (stored only as a salted hash) and unlock with Face ID or Touch ID. • Repeated wrong PIN entries trigger an escalating lockout. THREE SPACES, ONE VAULT • Notes — folders, tags, colors, pinning, search, Markdown preview, templates and reminders. • Images — store photos encrypted, view panoramas, and hide a secret text message inside any picture (steganography). • Files — keep documents encrypted and preview 3D .glb models in a built-in viewer that runs offline. WRITE FASTER • Dictation in 10 languages — prefers on-device recognition, so it stays private and works offline whenever your language supports it. • Scan text from photos with on-device OCR. • Read notes aloud with automatic language detection. ENCRYPTED BACKUP • Export a password-protected .clx backup and restore it on another device. The backup is protected with PBKDF2 + AES-256-GCM and never contains your private key. DESIGNED FOR YOU • 10 interface languages, automatic dark mode, and an iPad-ready layout. A note on encryption: CalixNote protects your data at rest using Apple CryptoKit (ChaCha20-Poly1305 and AES-256-GCM) together with the iOS Keychain and Data Protection. Encryption protects data stored on the device and is not a substitute for your device passcode.

Screenshots

PrintFriendly4 screens
CalixNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PrintFriendly at 4 against CalixNote's 2. 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

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

PrintFriendly ships an update weekly, CalixNote every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PrintFriendly versus CalixNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrintFriendlyCalixNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrintfriendlyHoang Phuoc

In-app purchases

None

PrintFriendly

No in-app purchases

None

CalixNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PrintFriendly free?
PrintFriendly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CalixNote free?
CalixNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PrintFriendly or CalixNote have ads?
Neither PrintFriendly nor CalixNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PrintFriendly or CalixNote?
PrintFriendly ships an update weekly, and CalixNote every 8 days. Most recently, PrintFriendly was updated on October 7, 2026 and CalixNote on October 1, 2026.

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