Calc Engine vs Input Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calc Engine
A highly customizable calculator with advanced features like graphing, equation solving, and unit conversion. Design your own keyboards and functions to streamline your workflow across Apple devices.
- Customizable keyboard layouts
- User-defined functions and constants
- Live equation graphing
- Equation solving
- Extensive unit conversions
- Programmer mode (hex, binary, octal)
- Cross-device syncing
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Calc Engine™ — The Calculator That Fits How You Work Whether you're splitting a dinner bill, plotting an equation, or working through bitwise logic, Calc Engine meets you where you are. It's a beautiful, fully customizable calculator that grows with you — and syncs seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Make it look and feel like yours • Choose from rich color themes to match your style • Pick the fonts and key shapes that feel right in your hands • A calculator you actually enjoy opening Design keyboards your way • Build your own keyboard pages — drag any key from a curated library onto a 4×5, 5×5, or 6×5 grid • Mix digits, operators, scientific functions, your own constants — anything you reach for often, all in one place • Set a long-press alternate on any key so a single tile handles a primary and secondary action • Name each keyboard, pick its icon, and reorder it alongside the standard pages — your custom keyboards show up right where you'd expect them • Enable or disable any page (built-in or custom) per device Build your personal math library • Define your own functions with up to three parameters — name them whatever makes sense to you • Save the constants you use all the time and insert them with a single tap • Full calculation history, automatically saved — scroll back anytime Powerful math, always within reach • Trig (radians or degrees), logarithms, exponentials, roots, and more — there when you need them, out of the way when you don't • Live results as you type, so you always know where you're headed • Per-function rounding built in — perfect for money, measurements, or anything that needs a clean output Convert between hundreds of units in seconds • Tap a value, then any two units to see the conversion live — miles to km, lb to kg, °F to °C, gal to L, anything you need • 250+ built-in units across 40+ categories: length, mass, volume, temperature, time, speed, angle, energy, power, pressure, electrical, magnetic, optical, radioactivity, data, and more • Favorite the categories you actually use so they sit at the top — synced across your devices automatically • Build your own functions with conversions baked in — define a formula once and reuse it forever See your equations come to life in graphs • Plot equations like x = y² or sin(x) live as you type, right beside the keyboard • Tap any graph to expand into a full-screen view for closer inspection • A dedicated graphing keyboard with x, y, and = keeps everything in one place — no separate app, no separate mode Solve equations as you type • Type x² = 121 or sin(x) = 0.5 and Calc Engine finds every real answer • Tap the solved answers to reuse it in your next calculation, no separate "solve" mode Programmer mode without leaving the calculator • Type hex (0x), binary (0b), and octal (0o) literals — read and write the way you read code • A full bitwise toolkit: AND, OR, XOR, NOT, shifts, and rotates • Every result shown in HEX, DEC, OCT, and BIN simultaneously, with configurable word size (8/16/32/64) and signed/unsigned interpretation • Tap the binary row to expand into a byte-by-byte view with bit-position labels Private by design • Everything syncs through your personal iCloud — nothing stored on our servers • Fully localized and native on every Apple platform Unlock Calc Engine+ for the full experience — custom themes, fonts, key shapes, custom keyboards, user-defined functions, saved constants, unit conversions, live graphing, equation solving, programmer-mode hex/binary/bitwise, and more. Everything that makes Calc Engine truly yours. Teach it your formulas once. Customize it to feel like home. Use it forever.
Input Calculator
This app offers both basic and scientific calculation modes, supporting a wide range of operations including trigonometry and logarithms. It features a clear expression display, customizable themes, and haptic feedback for an enhanced user experience.
- Basic and scientific calculation modes
- Trigonometric and logarithmic functions
- Full expression display
- Dark and light mode options
- Haptic feedback on button press
- Theme customization
- Responsive layout for various devices
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Basic Calculator Mode: -Perform basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. -Supports decimal operations and percentage calculations. -Clear (C) button to reset the calculator. Scientific Calculator Mode: -Toggle between Basic and Scientific modes. -In Scientific Mode, additional operations are available, including: -Trigonometric functions: sin, cos, tan -Logarithmic function: log -Constants: Pi (π), Euler’s Number (e) -Exponentiation (^) and Square Root (√). -The app allows easy switching between the two modes. Full Expression Display: -As users type their expressions (e.g., 2 + 3 * 5), the full expression is displayed at the top of the screen for clarity before calculating the result. Dark Mode & Light Mode: -Users can toggle between dark mode and light mode for better accessibility and comfort based on lighting conditions. Haptic Feedback: -Subtle haptic feedback is provided when buttons are pressed, enhancing the tactile experience of using the calculator. Theme Customization: -The app offers various color themes that users can cycle through, allowing them to personalize the look and feel of the calculator. Always Visible Scroll Bar: -The app features a persistent scroll bar on the right-hand side, even when content fits within the screen, ensuring a consistent user experience. Responsive Layout: -The app dynamically adjusts its layout based on screen size, ensuring it works smoothly across different devices, including phones and tablets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Input Calculator at none against Calc Engine's 1. Calc Engine's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Calc Engine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Input Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Calc Engine against 5.0 for Input Calculator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calc Engine has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Calc Engine | Input Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VersaEdge Software, LLC | Shafqat Rahman |
Customer experience
Calc Engine
Input Calculator
In-app purchases
Calc Engine
- Calc Engine+$9.99
Input Calculator
No in-app purchases
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