Comparison

Smolpad vs BamFleet

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

Head to head
About

Smolpad

A minimalist Markdown editor that stores your notes as plain .md files, accessible across all your devices via iCloud. Offers beautiful writing tools and robust file management without bloat.

Highlights
  • Plain .md file storage
  • iCloud sync
  • Markdown syntax highlighting
  • Task list checkboxes
  • Folder organization and search
  • File version history
  • Menu bar app on Mac
Features
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Smolpad is a smol Markdown editor with respect for your files. Every note is a plain .md file you can open with any app, on any device, forever. Your files are your own. No database. No lock-in. No bloat. Just a tiny, fast home for your notes on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. WRITE IN MARKDOWN, BEAUTIFULLY • Syntax dims as you type, or hides away entirely with one tap • Task lists become real checkboxes. Checkboxes that check. • Headings, bold, italic, code, quotes, and tables, styled as you write • A formatting bar for common touches, plus full keyboard shortcuts • Pictures too: drag or paste one in, resize it by its corner, and it lives as a plain file beside the note YOUR FILES, ANYWHERE • Notes sync through your own iCloud Drive, included free • Open your notes folder in Finder or Files any time • Organize with folders, pins, and instant search • A Trash for deleted notes, and a history of every note's earlier versions • Find notes in Spotlight, and open them with Siri or Shortcuts • Your notes never leave your devices except to your own cloud SMOL ON PURPOSE • On the Mac, Smolpad lives in your menu bar, one hotkey away • Tear off a note into its own window when you want to stay a while • On iPhone and iPad, it opens fast and stays out of your way • Eight hand-picked fonts and a clean, quiet interface MAKE IT YOURS WITH SMOLPAD PRO • Unlimited notes (the free tier includes ten) • Dropbox, pCloud, or Google Drive sync, in a folder that belongs to you • Notepads: open any folder of Markdown files as its own notepad, an Obsidian vault or a Bear export among them • Export to PDF, HTML, or rich text, and print • Widgets on the Mac, iPhone and iPad, Lock Screen widgets on iPhone, and Smolpad on Apple Watch • Twenty-nine editor themes, from Tokyo Night to Catppuccin • Seventeen app icons and the full menu bar icon set Smolpad Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The free tier is a real notes app, not a trial. Made by a smol team that believes plain text outlives everything. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smolpad.com/privacy

About

BamFleet

Features
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BamFleet puts your 3D-print fleet in your pocket. It's a fast, native iPhone and iPad client for BamBuddy and PrintBuddy — the open-source managers for 3D printers — so you can watch and control every printer without walking back to the workshop. Connect to your own BamBuddy or PrintBuddy server and get a live view of the whole fleet: what's printing, how far along, and what's coming next. MONITOR EVERY PRINTER • Live status for each printer — progress, layer count and time remaining • Nozzle, bed and chamber temperatures, plus part, aux and chamber fans • Cover image of the current print and a live camera view • AMS units at a glance: material, colour and remaining amount per tray, plus external spools • Plain-English HMS alerts — error codes are translated into readable explanations, not just numbers STAY IN CONTROL • Pause, resume and stop prints • Toggle the chamber light and set temperature and fan targets • "Clear plate" when a finished print is waiting, so the queue keeps moving • Smart-plug power control with live draw and energy usage, where a plug is assigned • Control AMS Filament: load, unload, re-read and configure MANAGE THE QUEUE • See the whole fleet's queue with each job's printer, filament weight and plate type • Timing at a glance — ASAP, Scheduled or Staged (manual start) • Reorder by dragging, start now, cancel or delete • Edit any queued job: assign it to a specific printer or any idle printer of a model • Map each filament to an AMS slot — pulled from the printer's live AMS — or leave it on Auto • Tune advanced options: bed levelling, flow and vibration calibration, first-layer inspection, timelapse and preheat TRACK YOUR FILAMENT • Full spool inventory with material, colour, remaining weight and storage location • Add, edit, assign, archive or delete spools • Low-stock indicators so you reorder in time BROWSE YOUR ARCHIVE • Every archived print with its render, stats and metadata • Send any archived print back to the queue in a couple of taps • View finish photos and timelapses, and save them to Photos AND MORE • Home Screen widgets — a fleet overview, and a "Now Printing" widget for any printer you pick • Print history and statistics — success rate, print time, filament and cost • Light and dark themes • Flexible sign-in: API key, or username and password with two-factor (TOTP) support — plus servers that have authentication disabled • Permission-aware: BamFleet only shows the actions your account is allowed to perform REQUIRES A BAMBUDDY OR PRINTBUDDY SERVER BamFleet is a client app. You need your own running BamBuddy or PrintBuddy server (self-hosted) to sign in — it does not include or provide a server. Connections go only to the server you configure, over your own network or the address you provide. BamFleet is an independent client and is not affiliated with, authorised by, or endorsed by Bambu Lab, BamBuddy, or PrintBuddy. PRIVACY Your credentials are stored securely in the iOS Keychain and used only to talk to your server. BamFleet doesn't track you. Point BamFleet at your server and your whole fleet is a tap away.

Screenshots

Smolpad4 screens
BamFleet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smolpad at Free against BamFleet's $1.99. BamFleet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support 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

Smolpad is free to download; BamFleet costs $1.99 up front. Smolpad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. BamFleet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smolpad ships an update every 10 days, BamFleet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smolpad versus BamFleet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmolpadBamFleet
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaconWorks, LLCJAMIE CURNOW

Customer experience

Smolpad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BamFleet

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Smolpad

Subscriptions2
  • Smolpad Pro$1.491 Month
  • Smolpad Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Smolpad Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

BamFleet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smolpad free?
Smolpad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BamFleet free?
BamFleet costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smolpad or BamFleet have ads?
Neither Smolpad nor BamFleet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smolpad or BamFleet?
Smolpad ships an update every 10 days, and BamFleet every 3 weeks. Most recently, Smolpad was updated on November 6, 2026 and BamFleet on November 12, 2026.

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