Comparison

NORMATTER vs PrintDeck

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

Head to head
About

NORMATTER

Features
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This app allows you to use Mattermost with an email-like interface. Do you ever get lost in thread viewsβ€”wondering which message is the latest, or unable to find a message you just saw a moment ago? If so, leave it to NORMATTER. We’ll solve that problem for you.

About

PrintDeck

Features
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β–  Never lose a school handout again "Wait, that form is due tomorrow?!" "Where did it say what to bring?" Notices and handouts arrive from school and daycare every single day. You can't throw them away, yet you can never find the one you need. With PrintDeck, just snap a photo and everything lives on your phone. No more digging through piles of paper. β–  What you can do [Free] - Just take a photo. Auto crop and perspective correction keep every page clean - Full-text search inside your prints: find "gym clothes" or "field trip" in seconds - Detect due dates and events, and get reminders the night before and that morning - See everything on a monthly calendar, and add events to your iPhone calendar - Export originals as PDF, perfect for forwarding to after-school care or grandparents, or reprinting - Organize into decks by child and by type - Family group: send once and it arrives on every family member's phone, with a push notification (up to 2 members free) - Send decks of handouts to friends in one tap [Pro (Β₯250/month or Β₯2,400/year, about Β₯200/month) β€” first month free] - Just save a handout and AI finds deadlines, events, and things to bring β€” proposed automatically - Family group grows to 6 members (grandparents' phones too) - AI reads your handouts and turns them into clean, easy-to-scan summary slides - Read-aloud: listen to your handouts while commuting or doing housework - Cloud backup and easy restore when you switch phones β–  In everyday life - Your kid hands you a flyer in the morning: snap it on the spot, then recycle the paper - "That form is due tomorrow!": reminders arrive the night before and that morning - "What do I need to bring?": search "gym clothes" and it pops right up - Share to your partner's phone, and "nobody told me" disappears - End-of-term paper mountain: capture it all at once and clear your desk β–  Pricing The core features are free. Pro is Β₯250/month, or Β₯2,400/year (about Β₯200 a month). Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings β†’ Apple ID β†’ Subscriptions. Start free, with a single handout. β–  Terms of Use & Privacy Policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://adfa76084-lab.github.io/printdeck-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

NORMATTER4 screens
PrintDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NORMATTER at none against PrintDeck's 1. NORMATTER also leads on ads (none vs shown). PrintDeck's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. PrintDeck sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. NORMATTER asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
NORMATTER versus PrintDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNORMATTERPrintDeck
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS18.015.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size32 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMORIYO TAMURAMAMI IGARASHI

In-app purchases

None

NORMATTER

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PrintDeck

Subscriptions1
  • PrintDeck Pro1 Month trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is NORMATTER free?
NORMATTER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrintDeck free?
PrintDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NORMATTER or PrintDeck have ads?
PrintDeck shows ads; NORMATTER does not.
Which is updated more often, NORMATTER or PrintDeck?
NORMATTER ships an update every 3 days, and PrintDeck every 3 days. Most recently, NORMATTER was updated on October 13, 2026 and PrintDeck on October 25, 2026.

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