# MaxiCalc Pro: Big Retro LCD Paper Tape Calculator — user reviews > 177 indexed App Store user reviews of MaxiCalc Pro by Fernando Sciessere, rated 4.84/5 from 285 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maxicalc-pro-big-retro-lcd-paper-tape-calculator/id622309324/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maxicalc-pro-big-retro-lcd-paper-tape-calculator/id622309324.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 262 · 4★ 12 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of MaxiCalc Pro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great calculator - 🎨 Retro design and sounds - 📃 Useful paper tape feature - 🔍 Detailed and functional - 💻 Works well on iPad - 🔢 Powerful and versatile **Cons** - 🐛 Printing issues with latest iOS update - 🔍 Lack of scientific mode on landscape view - ⏱️ Slow startup time - 🤖 No iPhone or Mac version **Commonly reported bugs** - Scientific mode not working on landscape view - Printing issues after iOS 15.1 update **Most requested features** - Left-handed mode with tape on right side - Ability to edit tape - Conversion tools (units, currencies, etc.) - Split-screen support for iPad ## Newest reviews (12 of 177) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-01-21, version 1.6.2* This is the best calculator yet devised for my iPad! Love it! ### 5/5 — Espectacular! *2023-01-16, version 1.6.2* This calculador is simply the best. There's no other calculador app as good as this one un The App Store. What I regret is that it's not developed for iPhone and Mac. ### 5/5 — Still love this *2022-12-29, version 1.6.2* A bit worried there has been no update for 5 years, I wonder if one day it will stop working. ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-08-23, version 1.6.2* This is a great app......... but no updated version? Sad ### 4/5 — Avis personnel *2022-06-08, version 1.6.2* Peut être ajouter une fonction qui permet de noté par texte ce à quoi réfère le chiffre ou le total. ### 5/5 — Great calculator *2022-06-03, version 1.6.2* Title says it all. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2022-05-30, version 1.6.2* Love it, use it all the time for various things, including payroll. :) ### 5/5 — Digitally Amazing! *2022-05-24, version 1.6.2* The attributes associated with this application caused me to remove office calculator from my desk and made my cohorts jealous. If I need to keep any of the calculations made; I can just send them! Great Product! ### 5/5 — great calculator *2022-02-03* I really like this calculator the best and I have two or three others on my iPad. I like the sounds, the bigger buttons, and the look of it on my screen. I highly recommend it. An idea for an upgrade, though, would be to allow it to keep adding the last number entered every time you hit the “plus” key just like the trusty old calculator on my desk. February 2022 I still really like MaxiCalc and I can’t really add anything else to my first review. The idea for the upgrade also is still valid. This app is well worth getting IMHO. ### 5/5 — The Best *2021-11-19, version 1.6.2* Looked for a calculator to help me do all my tax stuff…..this is the Best,love it…thank you so much. ### 5/5 — Efficace *2021-10-30, version 1.6.2* Simple et pratique, j’avais essayé plein de calculatrice pour iPad mais celle ci est la meilleure. ### 5/5 — Awesome!!! *2021-10-06* I love this app! So far, I haven’t found anything I don’t like. The only thing I would add would be the option to make the subtracted amounts red, division & multiplication amounts a different color. That would make it easier to see at a glance. The best part is the digital ticker tape, and being able to print/email the tape with a total after you’re done. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Impossible d’imprimer *2025-02-09, version 1.6.2* Impossible d’imprimer ### 1/5 — Piece of junk *2025-01-10, version 1.6.2* I purchased the app and after 1 seconds it will disconnect. Buy at your own risk Don’t say nobody told you ### 1/5 — Scientific mode has stopped working *2023-06-29* What happened to my scientific calculator and the paper tape? When I turn my ipad on its side the paper tape and scientific mode is not there anymore. I have deleted the app and redownloaded it but it stays the same. This is the main reason I so enjoyed using this app, and now I’m only allowed to use the simple calculator. Oh and by the way I did pay to have the premium version, so I should have no problems like this. Thanks and please respond I really enjoyed using the paper tape and the scientific mode. ### 1/5 — Bug *2022-03-30, version 1.6.2* On ne peut plus imprimer dès que l'on essaie elle se ferme et on perds tout nos calculs ### 1/5 — Quit Printing *2022-03-01, version 1.6.2* This app no longer prints the tapes which was its best feature. ### 2/5 — It used to be awesome *2023-04-27, version 1.6.2* This worked perfect for years….now it no longer displays the tape when I turn my iPad sideways and freezes. I’ve deleted the app and reinstalled it, but that didn’t help. ### 2/5 — Takes too long to load *2019-06-13, version 1.6.2* The calculator is OK but I rarely use it because when I need a calculator, I usually don’t have time or patience to wait while it loads. It takes a long time to load on my iPad Pro. ### 3/5 — BEST EVER *2022-04-28, version 1.6.2* This is the Best adding Machine / Calculator that has a tape and you can print. But, the best addition is it is on my IPAD!! Love it and the Tech Support is great!! ### 3/5 — Doesn’t print with latest Apple update 15.1 *2021-11-20, version 1.6.2* Used to love this app. It was very useful. Since installing the latest Apple update, it no longer prints. Very disappointed. ### 3/5 — Slow to start *2019-04-12, version 1.6.2* I like this calculator, my only criticism is it’s slow to start up. Also appears it’s likely been abandoned with no updates in two years, but I guess that’s the AppStore in general. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just what I wanted *2024-12-28, version 1.6.2* One great program. Having a tape is sure nicek ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-11-03, version 1.6.2* This is the best app ever! Always afraid it will no longer be available. I wish it would work on the iPhone and have a Mac version. ### 5/5 — J’adore ma calculatrice *2023-10-25, version 1.6.2* Enfin je peux voir et imprimer mes calculs. Très utile lors de mes impôts au lieu d’une calculatrice de cellulaire ou une calculatrice portable sans papier. De toute façon je ne suis pas obligé d’imprimer. J’aime même la sonorité. Amusante, fonctionnelle, efficace. Jean-Pierre Crête Bois des Filion, QC, Canada. ### 5/5 — Brilliant!!! It’s easily the best calculator app and the most useful. *2023-08-06, version 1.6.2* I’ve used many different calculator apps over the last few years, and I can honestly say, that MaxiCalc Pro is easily the best calculator app on the App Store. You can use it as a basic calculator for most things or you can use it as a scientific calculator. This is the only calculator app that I use now, because it does everything I need it to, and the other calculator apps were deleted because I stopped using them. This app also looks awesome and sounds so real, it reminds me of when I was a lot younger, and calculators were new and were everywhere, being used by everyone. MaxiCalc is intuitively easy to use and has some excellent features. The double function keys, the memory tabs and the paper tape, that you can use to create new paper tapes, to save, delete, send by email or even print from, are the icing on the cake. You change the settings using the cogwheel in the top left corner of the app, and it is where you can get useful tips, or help, or get in touch with support, or send suggestions. It’s where you can read a little about the background of Fernando and Everson, who are the two developers and how they ended up making two of the best apps on the App Store. ### 5/5 — I love this app !! *2023-08-04, version 1.6.2* This is, for sure, the best calculator, ever !! ### 5/5 — MaxiCalc *2023-06-29, version 1.6.2* Très simple et très efficace. ### 5/5 — Nice *2023-05-30, version 1.6.2* I just love the sound of calculator and cash register sound. ### 5/5 — Beautiful and functional *2023-05-20* I really love this App. If you want a basic calculator that actually looks, feels, and sounds like a vintage desktop calculator then this one is for you. I tested the free version and immediately realized it was worth spending $1.99 for the Pro version. The developers did an amazing job with this product and their love for details shines through. Thanks, guys. Great job. ### 5/5 — Unbeatable *2023-05-01, version 1.6.2* I had this for years since my first Ipad, and have been happy since. ### 5/5 — Good product I recommend *2023-02-17, version 1.6.2* MaxiCalc is an good product. It is friendly to use and it permits that you see and sent your data and calculation stored at the tape like a analogic calculator. I recommend it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*