Y Calculator vs Nummeric
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Y Calculator
A straightforward and efficient calculator for everyday tasks on iPhone and iPad. Features large, readable numbers, comfortable buttons, and a history log for easy review. Ideal for shopping, homework, budgeting, and quick calculations without distraction.
- Clean interface for one-handed use
- Large display with clear numbers
- Calculation history
- Backspace for corrections
- Decimal and percentage support
- Works on iPhone and iPad
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Y Calculator is a simple, fast calculator for iPhone and iPad. It keeps everyday math focused: large readable numbers, comfortable buttons, quick correction, and a calculation history you can revisit whenever you need it. Use it for shopping, homework, budgeting, tax estimates, checkbook balancing, and any quick calculation that should not get in your way. Highlights: - Clean modern interface designed for one-handed use - Large display with clear number formatting - Recent calculation previews above the result - Full calculation history drawer - Backspace for quick corrections - Decimal and percentage support - Works on iPhone and iPad This free version is supported by ads.
Nummeric
This app combines over 200 specialized calculators, a step-by-step math solver, graphing, unit conversion, and a private notebook. It offers a scientific and programmer mode, matrix calculations, and live currency conversion. Designed for privacy, it runs entirely on-device with no tracking or account required.
- 214 specialized calculators
- Step-by-step math solver
- Graphing and visualization
- Unit and currency converter
- Private math notebook
- Scientific, RPN, and programmer modes
- Matrix calculator
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Nummeric is a calculator that grows with what you're doing. Start with a clean four-function keypad. Slide out the scientific panel when you need it. Switch to RPN if that's how you think. Then there's everything else. 214 SPECIALTY CALCULATORS Mortgage, auto loan, refinance, APR, income tax, take-home pay, BMI, TDEE, one-rep max, percentage, quadratic formula, concrete, roofing, tile — and two hundred more. Search by name. Each one shows the formula it uses and cites its source. GRAPHING Plot up to 10 equations at once. Pan, zoom, and trace with your finger. Find roots, intersections, maxima and minima. Share a graph as an image, or as a link that reopens the exact plot on someone else's iPhone. STEP-BY-STEP SOLVER See the working, not just the answer. Quadratics solve three ways — the formula, factoring, and completing the square — and switching methods rebuilds every step. UNIT CONVERTER 19 categories, from length and weight to torque, density and fuel economy. Currency rates come from a free, ECB-derived source and are cached so they still work offline. NOTEBOOK Write math the way you'd write it on paper. "5 ft + 3 in in cm" works. So does "20% of 150", and a "subtotal = 42.50" you can refer to on the next line. MORE TOOLS Matrices, base conversion for programmers, tip and split, sales tax, VAT, statistics, and date and time math. ON EVERY DEVICE iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a custom keyboard that calculates without leaving the app you're in, and a calculator inside Messages. BUILT TO BE TRUSTED Nine deep audit passes went into this release, backed by more than 1,100 automated tests. Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, and contrast-checked colors in all eight themes. NO SUBSCRIPTION One purchase. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. Your calculations stay on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nummeric at 5.0 against Y Calculator's 2.0. Nummeric also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Y Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nummeric holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Y Calculator ships an update every 3 months, Nummeric every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Y Calculator | Nummeric |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEURAL CRAFT LIMITED | Honorius Neogy |
Customer experience
Y Calculator
Nummeric
In-app purchases
Y Calculator
No in-app purchases
Nummeric
No in-app purchases







