UpGrade vs Lucid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UpGrade
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UpGrade is the academic planning app that helps you track your whole degree, not just one semester. Manage courses, monitor assessments, get deadline reminders, and use What If view to see how different grades affect your outcome. From weekly due dates to final grade targets, UpGrade gives you the clarity to stay organized and plan ahead. Use UpGrade to: - Track courses across multiple degrees - Manage assessments within each class - Get due date notifications - View upcoming work at a glance - Plan around your week - Test grade scenarios and final exam targets
Lucid
Organize your thoughts with a minimalist, gesture-driven note-taking app. Connect and nest ideas fluidly with block-based editing. Bookmark sections and navigate easily with intuitive gestures.
- Minimalist and intuitive design
- Fluid, block-based editing
- Gesture-driven navigation
- Bookmark any section
- Spacebar caret navigation
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■ Beautifully minimal Intuitive & clean design that keeps you in the flow. A note-taking app that gets out of your way. ■ Connect ideas Organize thoughts as they form. Freely move and nest ideas with fluid, block-based editing. ■ Gesture driven • Swipe right to focus on any subsection • Swipe left to collapse a section • Navigate through parent blocks by swiping from the edge • Pull down to add a block at the top or tap empty space to add at the bottom ■ Other features • Bookmark any section, not just top-level notes • Easily move the caret between blocks by holding the spacebar (not possible in other outliners) ■ Roadmap Lucid is in early development and many more features are coming soon: • External links • Bidirectional linking • Desktop app & iCloud sync • More themes and customization options For the philosophy and reasoning behind the app, visit https://thelucidnotes.com/
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Verdict
UpGrade and Lucid are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
UpGrade ships an update fortnightly, Lucid every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UpGrade | Lucid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROMEL LUIS FAIFE CRUZ | illia chaban |
In-app purchases
UpGrade
No in-app purchases
Lucid
No in-app purchases









