Comparison

PDF Notes Pro vs Natural Scientific Calculator

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

Head to head
About

PDF Notes Pro

Transform your iOS device into a digital notebook for annotating and managing PDF documents. Easily add handwritten notes, highlights, and drawings directly onto PDFs, and organize your files with a built-in management system. Share, print, and search your documents and notes with ease.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes with audio recording
  • PDF annotation (highlight, underline, strikeout)
  • Freehand drawing and signing
  • Full-text search within PDFs and notes
  • Built-in file management
  • PDF sharing and printing
Features
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PdfNotes Pro is a notes-taking iOS universal app which provides the capability to make notes on PDF documents. It gives you the ability to take notes by handwriting and make your iOS device a magic notebook. It also enable you to read, annotate, print, manage, and share your notes and PDF files. Using PDF Notes Pro, it is simple to take notes and browse notes, sign a PDF document, annotate PDF documents, add bookmarks, highlight text, search text over all the pages, draw anything with a touch pen or just your finger. PdfNotes Pro has a simple but powerful built-in file management system, so it is very easy to import notes and PDF files into PDF Notes Pro or export them from PDF Notes Pro. Features: 1. Take handwriting notes 1) You can take handwriting notes directly on your iOS device with finger or stylus. 2) You can record audio while you are taking notes by handwriting. 3) The audio recorded is stored together with your handwriting notes so you can review your notes later against the audio. 4) You can zoom in to make more room for your handwriting. 5) You can erase any handwriting notes with the Eraser tool. 6) You can change color or line width of your handwriting. 7) Paper-like smooth and comfortable experience and process of notes-taking. 8) You can add handwriting notes into a PDF document. 9) You can access handwriting notes directly from a PDF document. 10) You can print handwriting notes onto paper via AirPlay-compatible printers. 11) You can turn handwriting notes into a PDF document. 12) Free style drawing 2. Annotate PDF documents 1) Write down notes on your PDF documents and browse them later. 2) Highlight text with different colors, and link text notes with it. 3) Underline text with different colors, and link text notes with it. 4) Squiggly text with different colors, and link text notes with it. 5) Strikeout text with different colors, and link text notes with it. 6) Add sticky notes. 7) Draw anything with a touch pen or just your finger, and link text notes with it. 8) Sign PDF documents. 9) Add bookmarks to remember the important pages. 10) Powerful full text search for your notes on the PDF document. 3. Read PDF Documents 1) Browse a PDF Document using its outlines and bookmarks. 2) Browse a PDF Document using its links. 3) Powerful but simple to use full text search helps you find any text in your PDF document quickly and easily. 4) Browse a PDF Document using the notes you have taken. 5) Open password-protected PDF documents with a valid password. 6) Browse a PDF Document using thumbnail view. 4. PDF document sharing 1) Open PDF files directly from your email. 2) Send out PDF documents by email. 3) Print PDF document with your notes via AirPrint. 4) Print PDF document without your notes via AirPrint. 5) Open PDF files directly from any other apps which provide the ability to open a PDF file in another app. 6) Provide the ability to open a PDF file in another app. 7) Download from Dropbox or upload into Dropbox. 8) Download from GoogleDrive or upload into GoogleDrive. 9) Download from Sky Drive or upload into Sky Drive. 10) Download from Box or upload into Box. 11) Send and receive PDF files via AirDrop from iOS Device nearby made in 2013 or later. 5. File Management 1) Create folder or delete folder. 2) Copy, move, and delete a PDF or notes file. 3) Rename a folder. 4) Rename a notes or PDF file. 5) Display number of files in a folder. 6) Display file size and last modified date for a file. 7) Display statistics of a notes or PDF document, such as last open time, current page, etc. 8) Provide unlimited depth for folders(you can create subfolder of unlimited sub level).

About

Natural Scientific Calculator

This app offers a natural way to input mathematical equations, similar to writing them on paper. It features intuitive editing with swipe gestures and pinch-to-zoom for complex expressions. Save frequently used equations for quick access.

Highlights
  • Natural input for equations
  • Swipe to edit and pinch to zoom
  • History and favorites for equations
  • Fractions, roots, and exponents
  • Radians and degrees support
  • Decimal to fraction conversion
Features
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Loved by over 1 million users, Natural Scientific Calculator is the fastest way to do maths. NSC allows to you edit wherever you need to. Unlike other scientific calculators which make you mash buttons to move a cursor, our app allows you to simply swipe on the keyboard to get to where you need. You can also pinch to zoom and get an overview of complex equations. Write as you would on paper  Other apps make you enter equations on a single line like something from the 1970s. Our Natural Input solves this problem by allowing you to enter equations as you'd write them on paper, using fractions, roots, exponents and more. It's called a "natural display" and is a common feature on scientific calculators like the Casio fx-82 or TI-30XB. History and Favourites  Instead of having to type out long equations over and over, simply favourite them and retrieve them with a single tap. Guaranteed to speed up your workflow enormously.  Fully featured scientific calculator functionality  • Radians and Degrees support  • Decimal to fraction conversion  • Mixed and improper fractions • Permutations and combinations  • Precision to 2,048 decimal places (non-trigonometric/roots) • Programmable roots, logarithms  • Programmable constants • Trigonometric functions - sine, cosine, tangent Our Privacy Policy: http://www.stultusstudios.com/privacy-policy/ Our Terms of Use: http://www.stultusstudios.com/terms-and-conditions/

Screenshots

PDF Notes Pro4 screens
Natural Scientific Calculator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Natural Scientific Calculator at 66% against PDF Notes Pro's 13%. Natural Scientific Calculator also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.7). PDF Notes Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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

Natural Scientific Calculator is free to download; PDF Notes Pro costs $4.99 up front. Natural Scientific Calculator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. PDF Notes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Natural Scientific Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Natural Scientific Calculator has 95 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of PDF Notes Pro's written reviews are positive against 66% of Natural Scientific Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Notes Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Natural Scientific Calculator weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PDF Notes Pro versus Natural Scientific Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF Notes ProNatural Scientific Calculator
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.7 (6 ratings)4.6 (95 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews66.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings695 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUMateYStultus Studios Pty Ltd

Customer experience

PDF Notes Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

Natural Scientific Calculator

All ratings95 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative27.5%

Bugs and requests

PDF Notes Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Natural Scientific Calculator

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Math error on all calculations (widespread issue from late 2022-2023)
  • App freezes during startup or tutorial
  • Crashes during complex calculations
  • Incorrect inverse trigonometric function results
  • Incorrect sine, cosine, tangent calculations
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  • Scientific notation exponent calculation errors
  • App crashes when switching between apps
  • UI elements stretched or unreadable in split-screen mode
  • Tutorial screen stuck with no way to progress
  • Slow performance and battery drain
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and newer versions
  • Buttons unresponsive or non-functional

Requested features

15 requests
  • Dark mode or dark theme option
  • Physical keyboard support
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • History or ticker of previous calculations
  • Double and triple zero buttons (00, 000)
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  • Thousand separator (comma) support
  • Equation solver feature
  • Memory function for reusing previous results
  • Antilog function
  • S→D (Sexagesimal to Decimal) button
  • Scientific notation handling improvements
  • iPad split-screen optimization
  • Skip tutorial option
  • Better cursor control for equation modification
  • Conversions and constants library

In-app purchases

None

PDF Notes Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Natural Scientific Calculator

Subscriptions2
  • NSC Plus Monthly Subscription$0.491 Month
  • NSC Plus Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • NSC Plus$7.99

Questions

Is PDF Notes Pro free?
PDF Notes Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Natural Scientific Calculator free?
Natural Scientific Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Notes Pro or Natural Scientific Calculator?
Natural Scientific Calculator is rated higher. PDF Notes Pro averages 1.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Natural Scientific Calculator averages 4.6 from 95 ratings.
Do PDF Notes Pro or Natural Scientific Calculator have ads?
Neither PDF Notes Pro nor Natural Scientific Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Notes Pro or Natural Scientific Calculator?
PDF Notes Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Natural Scientific Calculator weekly. Most recently, PDF Notes Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Natural Scientific Calculator on November 2, 2026.

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