Comparison

ICAI vs paper's

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

Head to head
About

ICAI

This app provides up-to-date content from its official website for members, students, and other stakeholders. It offers personalized features like interest-based notifications and a dynamic search function, accessible anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • User registration and OTP login
  • Personalized profile and notifications
  • Interest-based content selection
  • Dynamic search functionality
  • Integration with ICAI TV and live streaming
  • Access to ICAI 75 Portal
Features
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) identified the need of Mobile Application for its stakeholders (Members, Students & Others). The ICAI’s Mobile Application brings you Key up-to-date Contents from its website (www.icai.org). This apps is designed and developed for mobile Devices. ICAI stakeholder may download mobile application and start using it without any additional cost, anytime, anywhere. ICAI presents ICAI Now Version 3.0 with New and Improved Features: • Registration of User on App • Mobile OTP based Login. • Login for all All stakeholders • Selection of Location and Interests • Interests based on Topics of ICAI Committees • Personalized Profile • Personalized Notifications • My Calendar • Dynamic Search • Link ICAI TV • Link to Live Streaming Live.icai.org • ICAI 75 Portal Integration • And many more features

About

paper's

Features
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paper's is a notebook for quick writing. Choose a folder, write, organize notes with hashtags, and search saved notes from the sidebar. Your notes stay as Markdown files in the folder you choose, so your writing stays portable and under your control. To access notes across devices, create a folder in iCloud drive. A notebook-style writing surface A custom keyboard/toolbar for notes, hashtags, links, formatting, and dates Local saved-note search Hashtag filters Markdown storage in your chosen Files folder Hold-to-dictate speech-to-text Trash recovery before old deleted notes are removed paper's is simple and straightforward: open, write, save, and find your notes again.

Screenshots

ICAI4 screens
paper's2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: paper's at every 6 weeks against ICAI's every 3 months. ICAI's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ICAI ships an update every 3 months, paper's every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ICAI versus paper's: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterICAIpaper's
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperThe Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaPulkit Goyal

In-app purchases

None

ICAI

No in-app purchases

None

paper's

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ICAI free?
ICAI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is paper's free?
paper's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ICAI or paper's have ads?
Neither ICAI nor paper's shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ICAI or paper's?
ICAI ships an update every 3 months, and paper's every 6 weeks. Most recently, ICAI was updated on September 18, 2026 and paper's on September 13, 2026.

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