RPN vs Levers Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RPN
This app is a photo-realistic simulation of a classic Hewlett-Packard programmable business calculator. It offers advanced programming features, extensive register memory, and a library of pre-installed programs for various financial and statistical calculations.
- Photo-realistic look-and-feel
- Programmable with subroutines and flags
- 20 registers with unlimited store/recall
- Indirect register addressing
- Program library and sharing
- Financial and statistical functions
- Date and calendar calculations
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RPN-38 CX is the first photo-realistic simulation of Hewlett-Packard's popular high-end programmable business calculator HP-38C for the iPhone. Produced from 1979 through 1983, it was the "Chive" member of the third-generation HP calculators known as the "Spice" series. While the simulator works like the original calculator, a number of carefully designed extensions make it a lot easier to use. RPN-38 CX is fully compatible with the HP-12C, except for calculations and programs involving Bonds and Depreciation. Features: • Photo-realistic look-and-feel • Programmable (99 steps, program memory not shared with register memory) • Subroutines, flags, loop control, extended conditional branching • Insert and delete steps with automatic address correction • 20 registers, "continuous", with unlimited store/recall arithmetic • Indirect register addressing • Register view • Program listing view • Program library view • Additional functions (nominal and effective interest rate) • Shortcuts for often-used key combinations • Store and retrieve any number of programs • Sharing: e-mail, AirDrop, Dropbox, copy, paste, print • 40 programs pre-installed Calculator functions: • Percentage (%, ∆%, %Total) • Simple and Compound Interest • Optional odd periods (like HP-12) • Nominal/Effective interest rate conversion • Amortization • Discounted Cash Flow Analysis • Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return • Date and Calendar (actual or 30/360 day basis) • Statistics (mean, weighted mean, standard deviation) • Linear Regression • Additional functions not found on the HP-38: - Subroutines, flags, loop control, random number, Pi, Log, x² and more Details: cuveesoft.ch/rpn38
Levers Calculator
This physics calculator quickly determines effort force, load force, distances, and mechanical advantage for levers. It includes formulas and supports various units, offering precise calculations up to 16 decimal places.
- Instant force and advantage calculations
- Copyable results
- Included reference formulas
- High precision (16 decimal places)
- Support for various units
- Ad-free and private
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The Levers Calculator is a physics/math calculator designed for quick and easy determination of effort force, load force, distance from load force to fulcrum, distance from effort force to fulcrum, or Mechanical Advantage. Features: - Instant calculation. - Results are copyable to other apps. - Formulas included as references. - Supports up to 16 decimal places. - Supports various units for each input. - Works seamlessly on both iPhone and iPad. - Lightweight, compact app optimized for everyday use. - Ad-free and built with privacy in mind. A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or fulcrum. Classified into three types based on the location of fulcrum, load, and effort, levers amplify input force to provide a greater output force, creating leverage. The mechanical advantage of a lever is the ratio of the output force to the input force. Classes of levers: 1. Class 1: Fulcrum in the middle - effort on one side, load on the other (e.g., seesaw, crowbar). 2. Class 2: Resistance in the middle - effort on one side, fulcrum on the other (e.g., wheelbarrow, nutcracker). 3. Class 3: Effort in the middle - load on one side, fulcrum on the other (e.g., tweezers, human mandible). Mechanical advantage is a measure of force amplification. It's expressed by the law of the lever, where the moment action on both sides is equal: Fe x De = Fl x Dl Where: - F_e = effort force (N, lb) - F_l = load force (N, lb) - D_l = distance from load force to fulcrum (m, ft) - D_e = distance from effort force to fulcrum (m, ft) The effort force can be calculated using the formula: Fe = Fl x Dl / De Fe = m x g x Dl / De where m = mass (kg) g = acceleration of gravity (9.81 m/s²) Thanks for your support, and please visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RPN at 5.0 against Levers Calculator's 4.5. RPN also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
RPN costs $1.99 and Levers Calculator $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RPN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
RPN ships an update every 2 months, Levers Calculator every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RPN | Levers Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CuVee Software | Nitrio |
Customer experience
RPN
Levers Calculator
In-app purchases
RPN
No in-app purchases
Levers Calculator
No in-app purchases









