Carnets - Jupyter (with scipy‪)‬ 17+

Had trouble earlier but works great now.

Update: Could the developer comment and clarify whether there is an internal file browser beyond the integrated Files app? Is it actually possible to import and utilize basic image files in projects? This app is great and the only one I know about with the capabilities it has locally.

If you get an error “Currently unable to make or access notebook. File load error. .ipynb does not exist.” It could be related to the iOS settings of the app that determines where files are. I changed mine from cloud to local and it fixed things. Though I’m not sure why this happened.

Developer Response ,

A notebook can import all image or data files that are in the same directory. You need to use relative paths ("./image.png", "../data/dataFile.csv") as absolute paths won't work. You might need to grant permission to access the local directory using to "unlock directory" button in the top right corner.

Literally Files and Safari mashed on top of each other.

I dunno what to say. It’s got zero UX. It’s not an actual product. It’s two existing products that feel like an internship case study barfed into the App Store.

It’s quite literally an embedded Jupyter notebook iframe, which pulls from — who knows, online? The web? It doesn’t ever say.
The app opens in a file manager of iOS files with literally no explanation, No branding, no login, no logo (which indicates the lack of any real product)… No navigation into any actual notebook.

Most of all, no way to create a notebook 🤣. It’s devoid of explanation or purpose or real intent. What did the devs expect the user to do once they got in? We may never n know. The iframe nav and menu inside an already compiled iOS app is — to be totally honest — mind boggling to see as something that has launched with approval on the App Store.
I truly see no benefit to the abstract and ubiquitous mashed potato ux this thing throws you in once you find an existing notebook to use. How do you add files, where’s your dataframe, are there any possible working directories? I can’t see a plausible or ethical justification for charging for an upgrade on this either as you’d simply be buying two prebuilt apps that already exist in your phone: Files and your browser.

Developer Response ,

I just wish to reassure you on a few points: 
- As it says in the app description and the tagline, all computations are running locally, on your iPhone or iPad. You can run Carnets without an internet connection, and several users are actually doing so. The "Jupyter notebook iframe" is pulled from a server running on your own device.
- To create a notebook, you just click on the "Create document" button.
- There are no "charges for an upgrade", and no plans to ever introduce one.

Super Useful

This is a powerful tool with awesome quality, especially for a completely free jupyter notebook app for iPads, really it’s super awesome. I do have to close and open the app somewhat often if I sit down to develop for more than an hour or two as cells will stop running, but the easy file management of this app makes this well worth the download!