Comparison

iCalc Lite vs IDEATOR

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

Head to head
About

iCalc Lite

A straightforward and lightweight calculator app designed for iPad. It offers essential arithmetic and trigonometric functions in both basic portrait and scientific landscape modes, making it suitable for daily use.

Highlights
  • Basic arithmetic functions
  • Trigonometric functions
  • Portrait mode
  • Landscape scientific mode
  • Lightweight design
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iCalc is a simple, light-weight and easy-to-use iPad calculator app with the most common calculator arithmetic and trigonometric functions, both in basic (portrait) and in scientific (landscape) mode. A must for your iPad and your day-to-day needs! Did you like it? Do you have any issue? Add a review or comment on the App Store! Want more? Take a look at the new full version of iCalc in the App Store!

About

IDEATOR

Features
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IDEATOR is an idea generating tool, which supported both by verbal and visual thinking. It can help users get more image stimuli while brainstorming, to get inspired, boost creativity, improve thinking efficiency, and to identify the core problem. Especially, IDEATOR also helps users clearly organizing the structure of idea map to communicate ideas with others. Features: Mind map development: It is used to unfold the association of users’ text concepts, and each concept word can be directly used as a keyword for retrieving relevant images on-line. Image board: During the collaborative discussion, users can mark important images with stars, which enables team members quickly organize and display images that been considered most important. If users marked certain concept words as different color for categorizing on the mind map, the frame color of the images showed in a concept word will be consistent with the category color of the concept word, allowing the users clearly identify the association between the images and concept words. Images preview: The images collected in a concept word can be previewed on the mind map, by which the users can view and memorize the images that have been retrieved from a concept word; and all the image preview window can be closed once the users pressing the close preview button. Annotation for image categorizing: In the mode of mind map development, each concept word can be marked with different color to show the categories. If the users long pressed a concept word frame and moved it to another branch with different color category, the moved concept word will be applied the category color which consistent with the branch concept word to show their category relationship. Collaboration synchronization: Besides the operation of a single user, IDEATOR allowing users to share project links to their team member for collaborating, by which the team members can join the team work, edit the mind map and discuss the ideas even if they are working in different spaces. Account switch: Directly switching account in IDEATOR can help different users get into their collaborative project quickly on the same mobile device and keep their privacy of the working content. Autosave: There is no need to click any save icon, the IDEATOR will autosave all data in a short time and not worry about the disappearance of data.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: IDEATOR at none against iCalc Lite's shown. iCalc Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 38 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCalc Lite ships an update every 7 months, IDEATOR every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iCalc Lite versus IDEATOR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCalc LiteIDEATOR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 38 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGilbert Montane PintoLexars Digital Design Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

iCalc Lite

No in-app purchases

None

IDEATOR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCalc Lite free?
iCalc Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IDEATOR free?
IDEATOR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iCalc Lite or IDEATOR have ads?
iCalc Lite shows ads; IDEATOR does not.
Which is updated more often, iCalc Lite or IDEATOR?
iCalc Lite ships an update every 7 months, and IDEATOR every 38 months. Most recently, iCalc Lite was updated on September 12, 2026 and IDEATOR on May 19, 2026.

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