Grades vs SquareRootCalculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grades
Calculate the exact scores needed on future assignments to achieve desired grades and overall GPA. Customize your experience with icons and colors, and manage assignments with flexible grading options.
- Grade Calculator
- GPA Calculator
- Custom icons and colors
- Grouped assignments
- Weighted or Points grading
- Supports all GPA scales
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Grades shows what you need on your next test to hit your target grades and GPA. Features: - Grade Calculator - GPA Calculator - Custom icons and colors - Grouped assignments and extra credit - Weighted or Points grading - Supports all GPA scales - Light and dark modes - Super fast customer support Hope you find my app helpful! - Seth Radman, Georgia Tech ---------- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/50447321
SquareRootCalculator
This calculator simplifies square root and fraction calculations. It handles complex rationalizations with high precision, preventing digit overflow for long integers. Easily perform basic arithmetic operations with square roots.
- Square root calculation
- Fraction calculation
- Four rule calculations
- Infinite long integer support
- Rationalization simplification
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It is a calculator for calculating the square root. It can also be used to calculate fractions. You can easily enter and execute the four rule calculations of square root and square root. Since the infinite multiple-long integer is used I the internal operation, there is no worry that the digits will overflow. Especially easy to carry out rationalization which is said to be difficult to calculate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grades at 70% against SquareRootCalculator's 23%. Grades also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). SquareRootCalculator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support 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. Grades sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SquareRootCalculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grades holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grades has 13K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Grades's written reviews are positive against 23% of SquareRootCalculator's.
Grades ships an update every 2 weeks, SquareRootCalculator every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grades | SquareRootCalculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13K ratings) — better | 4.3 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plutonium Apps, LLC | Jirou Fukuda |
Customer experience
Grades
SquareRootCalculator
Bugs and requests
Grades
Reported bugs
3 issues- Courses and assignments disappearing after using the app
- Incorrect grade calculations when using grouped assignments
- Crashes after recent app updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more than 4 classes in free version
- Ability to customize grade scales (e.g. GCSE, WAM)
- Option to add bonus points or extra credit
- GPA calculator that accounts for credit hours
- Calendar integration for assignment tracking
SquareRootCalculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grades
- Grades Premium$3.991 Month
- Grades Premium$5.991 Month
- Grades Premium$7.991 Month
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- Grades Premium$9.991 Year
- Grades Premium$14.991 Year
- Grades Premium$19.991 Year
- Grades Premium$8.99
SquareRootCalculator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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