Calculator ٞ ٞ vs Calculy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator ٞ ٞ
A universal calculator designed for ease of use with large buttons. It offers a straightforward interface suitable for students, professionals, and everyday household tasks.
- Large buttons for easy use
- Universal calculator
- Simple calculations
- Great usability
- Thoughtful interface
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Handiness universal calculator for simple and calculations. Calculator is the best for everyone who appreciate great usability and functionality. Working with the calculator brings pleasure, since the interface is thought through to trifles. This is a simple calculator that will suit both schoolchildren, students and in work, and for everyday household calculations.
Calculy
This free calculator app offers advanced functions beyond basic arithmetic, including a comprehensive unit converter with daily updated currency rates. It supports a wide range of mathematical operations and is available for iPhone and iPad.
- Advanced mathematical functions
- Unit converter with 220+ units
- Daily updated currency rates
- Supports iPad expanded layout
- Hardware keyboard support on iPad
- Ad-free experience
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Calculy is a free calculator for iPhone and iPad. Small yet mighty and totally ad-free. Go beyond basic calculations with Calculy’s full range of functions: • unit converter with more than 220 units from 16 sections (including currencies with daily updated rates) • percentages • square, cube and nth power • square root, cube root and nth root • logarithm, natural logarithm, common logarithm • factorial, reciprocal • rounding • exponentiation to the power of 2, 10, e • Pi, e Euler's number, random numbers • sine, cosine, tangent • arcsine, arccosine, arctangent • hyperbolic sine, hyperbolic cosine, hyperbolic tangent The expanded layout for iPad handily displays all available function keys. Hardware keyboard is supported on the iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calculy at 5.0 against Calculator ٞ ٞ's 4.4. Calculy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Calculator ٞ ٞ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). 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. Calculy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Calculator ٞ ٞ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Calculy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator ٞ ٞ has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Calculator ٞ ٞ's written reviews are positive against 91% of Calculy's.
Calculator ٞ ٞ ships an update every 3 months, Calculy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calculator ٞ ٞ | Calculy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matrix Software Co. | Lingo4you Mario Muller und Heike Pahlow GbR |
Customer experience
Calculator ٞ ٞ
Calculy
Bugs and requests
Calculator ٞ ٞ
Reported bugs
2 issues- No sound
- Display issues
Requested features
2 requests- Larger display for results
- More functions and features
Calculy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calculator ٞ ٞ
No in-app purchases
Calculy
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
- Buy me cookies$1.99
- Buy me a pizza$3.99
