RPN vs RowSwift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RPN
Experience a faithful simulation of the groundbreaking HP-65 programmable calculator on your iPad. This app offers virtual program and data cards, a powerful card manager, and includes 170 original HP programs to get you started.
- Virtual program and data cards
- Virtual paper tape printer
- Database-driven card manager
- Create, delete, label, and organize cards
- Share via email, AirDrop, Dropbox, print
- Paste and run existing HP-65 listings
- Live display of stack and registers
- Four operational modes including 'Super-65'
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World's first pocket computer! Now running on your iPad. RPN-65 Pro is the first complete simulation of Hewlett-Packard's stunning HP-65 programmable calculator for iOS. Produced from 1974 to 1977 at an initial price of $795 (that's more close to $5,000 today!), the HP-65 was a breakthrough. Not only was it programmable, it also contained a motorized magnetic card reader - and still fit into Bill Hewlett's shirt pocket. Experience this revolutionary calculator on your iPad. With 170 original HP programs included with RPN-65 Pro, you can get started right away. "A work of art. Fantastic!" (MacBreak Weekly, episode 572) Features: • Virtual program and data cards • Virtual paper tape printer supports AirPrint • Powerful database-driven card manager • Create, delete, label, and organize a virtually unlimited number of cards • Sharing: e-mail, AirDrop, Dropbox, copy, paste, print • Paste existing HP-65 listings into RPN-65 and run them • "Live" display of stack, memory registers, program counter, flags • Reads data cards created by RPN-67 Pro and RPN-97 Pro • Supports external hardware keyboard Run RPN-65 Pro in any of 4 modes: 1 - Just like the original HP-65 2 - Same, but at high speed 3 - Includes user-interface improvements, like backstep key and jump to any program step 4 - "Super-65" with 999 program steps, 120 labels, 120 registers, nested subroutines, and much more For details, free program downloads, calculator handbook and much more, visit the RPN-65 website: cuveesoft.ch/rpn65
RowSwift
Analyze and visualize comma-separated files directly on your device. Inspect CSV structures, summarize columns with key statistics, and create various charts like histograms and scatter plots. Filter large datasets and export charts or modified data.
- CSV file import from various sources
- Column statistical summaries
- Multiple chart types (histogram, box-plot, scatter-plot, pie, line)
- Row filtering for large datasets
- Chart export as PNG
- Data export to CSV
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RowSwift lets you explore and analyze comma-separated files right on your device. Open a CSV from Files, iCloud Drive, a URL, or the clipboard and inspect its structure. The app summarises each column by showing counts, unique values, minimum and maximum, mean, and quartiles. You can switch between histogram, box plot, scatter plot, pie chart, and line views to understand distributions and relationships. When a file is large, row filters help you focus on what matters while keeping scrolling smooth. You can save any chart as a PNG, and you can write data back to CSV. All processing stays on your device. RowSwift collects no analytics and requires no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RowSwift at Free against RPN's $3.99. RowSwift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). RPN's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On 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
RowSwift is free to download; RPN costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RowSwift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
RPN ships an update every 3 months, RowSwift every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RPN | RowSwift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CuVee Software | Juan De Dios Santos Rivera |
Customer experience
RPN
RowSwift
In-app purchases
RPN
No in-app purchases
RowSwift
No in-app purchases









