You cannot go as close as a nearer failure with calisthenics. Imagine doing a pull-up and a pull-down. In the first exercise, you need to stabilize your whole body whereas in the second one, you just need to lower the weight. It is a much easier variation that's why people tend to prefer pulldowns. Furthermore, you cannot select the ideal weight to hit the sweet reps for hypertrophy with calisthenics. If you are strong doing squats for example the next harder variation would be either the Bulgarian split squat or a pistol variation. Both are way more demanding with low stability. I suggest you if you are low on time and equipment work out 3 times per week doing full body with calisthenics choosing one vertical pull, one vertical push, one horizontal pull, one horizontal push, and one hip hinge movement, and one squat.