Comparison

과백이 vs Cathedra

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

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과백이

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과백이는 수업 자료를 바탕으로 약점 분석해주는 AI 학습 파트너입니다. PDF나 강의 자료를 올리면 핵심 개념을 정리하고, 시험처럼 풀어볼 문제를 만들고, 채점 결과로 내가 약한 부분까지 알려줍니다. 어려운 자료도 나만의 자습서처럼 정리하고, 문제를 풀면서 진짜로 이해했는지 확인해보세요. 주요 기능 ・나만의 자습서 생성 강의 자료와 PDF를 바탕으로 핵심 개념을 정리해요. ・실전 문제 연습 객관식, 단답형, 서술형, 참/거짓 등 다양한 문제를 만들어 시험처럼 연습할 수 있어요. ・채점과 해설 문제를 풀고 바로 결과를 확인해요. 틀린 문제는 해설로 다시 복습할 수 있어요. ・약점 분석 자주 틀리는 개념과 부족한 부분을 한눈에 보여줘요. 어디부터 공부해야 할지 쉽게 알 수 있어요. ・수업 녹음 복습 수업 내용을 녹음하고 다시 확인하며 놓친 부분을 챙길 수 있어요. ・과목별 약점 분석 리포트 및 관리 여러 과목과 주제를 한곳에 모아 정리할 수 있어요. 과백이와 함께 자료를 읽는 데서 끝나지 말고, 문제를 풀고 약점을 채우는 공부 루틴을 만들어보세요.

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Cathedra

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Cathedra records your lectures and turns them into text, so you can stop writing things down and actually listen. RECORD WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT Add your timetable once: Cathedra reminds you before each class, with recording one tap away on the Lock Screen. Lock the phone and leave it on the desk — recording carries on, and pauses for the break. READ IT BACK AFTERWARDS Every recording becomes a timestamped transcript. Tap any line to hear exactly what was said, at up to double speed. The original audio is always kept: the transcript is a convenience, the recording is the record. FIND ANYTHING, ACROSS EVERY LECTURE Search the full text of every lecture you have recorded and see every moment a term came up — including every time a lecturer said "this is in the exam". ASK YOUR LECTURES ANYTHING With Cathedra AI, ask about one lecture or a whole course — "what did the lecturer say would be on the exam?" — and get an answer from what was actually said, with the moment it was said. Ask it to put the exam in your calendar or find the lecture where a topic came up, and it does; every change can be undone. THE WHOLE LECTURE ON ONE PAGE Every lecture can become a summary: an overview, the key points with the moment each was made, the terms and what to revise. Turn the terms into flashcards, or quiz yourself on what was said. BUILT FOR ANY UNIVERSITY Semesters, trimesters, quarters, blocks, Dutch periodes or one continuous year: pick the shape your university uses and set the dates. Import your timetable from a calendar on your iPhone, or type it in. EXAMS AND DEADLINES ON THE SAME CALENDAR Your classes and exams in one month view, with the exams and deadlines a lecturer announces added for you. Cancel a class and its reminder goes with it; schedule a make-up for a new time. MORE THAN 40 LANGUAGES Set the language your lecturer speaks, per course. Your iPhone's own speech recognition covers more than forty; with Pro and Max, lectures are transcribed on Cathedra's server instead, which saves battery. The app itself is in 22 languages. ON EVERY DEVICE Sign in with just your email — no password — and your library lives in your Cathedra account, the same on every iPhone you sign in on and at cathedra.study. Without an account, everything but Cathedra AI works and stays on your iPhone. YOUR LECTURES ARE YOURS Without an account, your lectures never leave your iPhone. Signed in, your courses, timetable, transcripts, notes and questions are kept in your account on our servers. With a Cathedra AI subscription your recordings and photos are kept there too, and with Pro and Max lectures are transcribed there; Settings switches both off. When you use Cathedra AI, what it needs — the text, or a question you dictate — goes through our server to the AI service. No advertising, no tracking, no third-party code. Usage statistics say nothing about who you are, and Settings switches them off. WORTH KNOWING BEFORE YOU RECORD Recording a lecture captures someone else's voice, and local law and your university's rules decide whether you may. Please check them, and never publish a recording of someone who did not agree to it. CATHEDRA AI Recording, transcription, search, the timetable, and summaries and flashcards made on your iPhone are free. Cathedra AI — asking your lectures, adding exams to your calendar, quizzes, reading a lecture in your language, photographs of the board explained — needs an account and is an optional Pro or Max subscription, monthly or yearly; Max adds practice exams and study plans. It renews automatically until you cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cathedra.study/privacy

Screenshots

과백이4 screens
Cathedra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 과백이 at none against Cathedra's 6. 과백이 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Cathedra sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 과백이 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

과백이 ships an update every 2 days, Cathedra every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
과백이 versus Cathedra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter과백이Cathedra
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunsu LeeREMZI ATASAGUN POYRAZOGLU

In-app purchases

None

과백이

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Cathedra

Subscriptions6
  • Cathedra Plus$3.991 Month
  • Cathedra Pro7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Cathedra Max7 Days trial$24.991 Month
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  • Cathedra Plus$24.991 Year
  • Cathedra Pro1 Month trial$69.991 Year
  • Cathedra Max1 Month trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is 과백이 free?
과백이 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cathedra free?
Cathedra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 과백이 or Cathedra have ads?
Neither 과백이 nor Cathedra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 과백이 or Cathedra?
과백이 ships an update every 2 days, and Cathedra every 5 days. Most recently, 과백이 was updated on November 7, 2026 and Cathedra on November 6, 2026.

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