LuNote vs Kalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
LuNote
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LuNote brings your handwriting, documents, tasks and calendar into one place. WRITE BY HAND Use Apple Pencil on blank, lined or grid paper. Choose from several pen tips and adjust thickness. Mix handwriting with typed text and images on the same page. WORK ON DOCUMENTS Open PDFs, Word files, presentations and ebooks, then annotate them directly. Read in page-turning mode or scroll normally, whichever suits you. AI THAT HELPS Summarise a note, ask questions about a document, or turn what you wrote into flashcards for studying. PLAN YOUR DAY Tasks with subtasks and due dates, a calendar that syncs with your system calendar, and a focus timer for deep work sessions. CAPTURE ANYTHING Scan documents with your camera and get searchable text through OCR. Record lectures or meetings and turn them into transcripts. BRING EVERYTHING IN Import from Notability and GoodNotes. Open PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and web pages straight into LuNote. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK Your notes, documents and drawings stay in sync on iPhone and iPad through iCloud. Home Screen widgets keep today's tasks and notes in view. MAKE IT YOURS 25 themes, paper styles and reading backgrounds. Siri Shortcuts for the way you work. LuNote is free to start. Premium unlocks unlimited notes, the AI assistant, voice recording, the scanner and sync across your devices. The subscription supports Family Sharing. LuNote Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://lunote.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://lunote.app/terms.html Questions or feedback: support@lunote.app
Kalk
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Kalk is a calculator you write in like a notes app. Type words and numbers together, the way you'd jot something down: "Rent 1 200 + utilities 180", "Coffee 4.50 Ć 20 workdays", "100 EUR in USD". Every line with a calculation shows its answer on the right, as you type. No keypad, no equals button, no lost history: the whole calculation stays readable and editable. WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK ⢠Words around numbers are simply ignored, so notes and math share a line ⢠Headings with #, comments with // ⢠Big numbers the easy way: 1 250 000, 45k, 2.5M, 1bn ⢠Decimal point or comma, whichever you're used to MATH, PERCENT, UNITS ⢠Brackets, powers, negative numbers ⢠Percentages the way people say them: 100 + 15%, 20% of 80, Price ā 10% ⢠Convert length, weight, volume, speed, temperature, time and data: 6 ft in cm, 180 lb in kg, 38 °C in °F CURRENCIES AND CRYPTO ⢠Live exchange rates for world currencies ⢠Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, stablecoins and more ⢠Mix currencies in one line: Ā£80 + ā¬50, (0.1 BTC + 2 ETH) in USD TOTALS THAT ADD THEMSELVES ⢠Write Total, sum or avg under a list to add it up ⢠Sections end at a blank line or heading, so one sheet can hold many lists ⢠The bottom bar keeps a running grand total ⢠Name values and reuse them: Rate: $85, Rate Ć 37.5 ON ALL YOUR DEVICES ⢠iPhone, iPad and Mac ⢠Sheets sync through your own iCloud ⢠Edit offline on several devices; Kalk merges the changes when they reconnect AND MORE ⢠Lock private sheets with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode ⢠Share a sheet as text, PDF or image ⢠Pin, sort and duplicate sheets ⢠Dark, light or follow the system ⢠Built-in cheatsheets with examples of everything Kalk understands Great for budgets, trip planning, splitting bills, invoices, renovation estimates, recipes, shopping lists, and any time you'd otherwise reach for a calculator and a notepad at once. PRIVACY Kalk collects nothing. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your sheets stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kalk at none against LuNote's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LuNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Kalk asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | LuNote | Kalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lu Apps LLC | Dmytro Shcherbyna |
In-app purchases
LuNote
- Agenda Plan3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Full Plan3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Agenda Plan7 Days trial$7.991 Year
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- Full Plan7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Kalk
No in-app purchases









