Comparison

Documents vs Melendar

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

Head to head
About

Documents

Organize and secure your important papers digitally. Scan physical documents, take photos, or import images. Easily find what you need with naming and folders, and protect access with Face ID.

Highlights
  • Document scanning
  • Photo import
  • Folder organization
  • Search functionality
  • Face ID protection
  • Offline access
  • PDF export
Features
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Documents keeps your important documents organized and close at hand. Scan a paper document, take a photo, or choose images from your photo library. Give it a name, place it in a folder, and find it whenever you need it. Capture documents • Scan paper documents with the built-in document scanner. • Take a photo or choose one or more images from your photo library. • Add or remove pages from a document. • Export all pages as a single multipage PDF. Organize and find • Keep passports, driver’s licenses, insurance cards, receipts, warranties, work documents, IDs, and other cards in folders. • Name each document and find it with search. Private and available • Keep documents stored on your device. • Use Face ID to protect access. • Open your documents without an internet connection. • Back up your documents to iCloud with Documents+. Share • Export a document as PDF. • Share it with other apps using the share sheet. Documents+ • Keep unlimited documents. • Back up your documents to iCloud. Scans and photos stored in Documents do not replace original identification documents. Documents+ requires a subscription. By using this app, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/documents-terms-of-use https://sites.google.com/view/documents-privacy-policy

About

Melendar

Features
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A shared calendar for couples, with privacy for every event. Bring two schedules into one clear view, count your days together, remember anniversaries and date nights, and plan trips as a team, without giving up control over your own time. NEW: THE US TAB Your life together, pinned in one place. • A days-together counter and your next milestone • Countdowns to anniversaries, birthdays and your next trip • See when you're both free and what's next together • Shared notes, places to go, and the days that matter: first date, moving in, engagement, wedding • Private gift ideas only you can see A SHARED CALENDAR MADE FOR TWO • See both schedules in Agenda, Day, 3 Days, Week and Month views • Create events for yourself or your partner • Add times, places, notes, repeats and reminders, and colour-code events with your own tags • Birthdays, your anniversary and the days that matter show up in Calendar every year PRIVACY FOR EVERY EVENT Choose what your partner can see each time you add a plan: • Together: both of you see every detail and can edit • Shared: your partner sees the details while you stay in control • Busy: only the time is visible; titles, places, notes and people stay private • Hidden: nothing is shared TRIPS, BUILT TOGETHER Turn an idea into a shared day-by-day itinerary. Organize dates, countries, cities, activities, bookings, saved places, travelers, maps and cover photos in one place. Flights keep local times at both ends, bookings keep their confirmation numbers and links, and you can move or duplicate a whole trip in one go. 6 WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Days Together: every day since you got together • Countdown: days until your anniversary, next trip and pinned moments • My Person: whether your partner is busy or free, and what's next together • Up Next: the next part of your day • Today: a calm view of today's events • Melendar at a Glance: your next event on the Lock Screen MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN Melendar works on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, folded or unfolded, with a seven-day Week view on the big screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your content stays on your Apple devices and in your iCloud account through CloudKit. No ads, no third-party analytics, and no developer-run content database. A private invitation link connects you with one trusted person. SIMPLE, FAIR ACCESS The calendar, the Us tab and connecting with your partner are free. Each person can create three trips and keep three days of their own on Us for free. A one-time Melendar Plus purchase unlocks unlimited trips and days of your own. Your partner can edit a shared trip without buying anything. Plan closer. Share smarter. Keep life in sync with Melendar.

Screenshots

Documents4 screens
Melendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Melendar at every 4 days against Documents's every 2 months. Melendar also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Documents sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Melendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Documents ships an update every 2 months, Melendar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Documents versus Melendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocumentsMelendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSiarhei BobrHongliang Sun

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Documents

Subscriptions2
  • Documents+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Documents+ Yearly2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Documents+ Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

Melendar

One-time1
  • Melendar Plus$5.99

Questions

Is Documents free?
Documents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Melendar free?
Melendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Documents or Melendar have ads?
Neither Documents nor Melendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Documents or Melendar?
Documents ships an update every 2 months, and Melendar every 4 days. Most recently, Documents was updated on November 5, 2026 and Melendar on November 6, 2026.

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