RPN vs Vibration Detection
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 scientific calculator, offering advanced programming capabilities beyond the original model. It includes a comprehensive set of mathematical functions and features for easy program management and sharing.
- Photo-realistic calculator simulation
- Fully programmable with 99 steps
- Extensive scientific and statistical functions
- Program library and sharing options
- Import and export programs
- 44 pre-installed programs
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RPN-32 CE is the first photo-realistic simulation of Hewlett-Packard's popular mid-range scientific calculator HP-32E for the iPhone. Produced from 1978 through 1983, it was the "Thyme" 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. Unlike the HP-32E, this version is fully programmable, running virtually all programs written for the HP-25! Features: • Photo-realistic look-and-feel • Programmable (99 steps), subroutines, flags, loop control, branching • Insert and delete steps with automatic address correction • 20 registers, "continuous", with unrestricted store/recall arithmetic • Indirect register addressing • "Live" register view • Program listing view • Program library view • Store and retrieve any number of programs • Sharing: e-mail, AirDrop, Dropbox, copy, paste, print • 44 programs pre-installed • Import GO-25 programs • Export programs to RPN-25 CE Calculator functions: • Statistics (mean, standard deviation, linear regression, normal distribution) • Factorial • Trigonometric functions (degrees, radians, grads) • Polar/rectangular conversions • Hyperbolics • Inverse, square root, logarithm, exponential, pi • Storage arithmetic (store and recall) • Percent change • Percentage of Total • Unit and hours conversions • Many additional functions not found on the HP-32 Details: cuveesoft.ch/rpn32
Vibration Detection
Analyze and diagnose vibration issues in vehicles or other systems. This tool uses your device's accelerometer to measure frequencies, identify potential sources like wheels or cardan shafts, and visualize results in interactive charts.
- Create car projects with custom data
- Measure and analyze vibration frequencies
- Visualize results in interactive charts
- Identify potential vibration sources
- Export measurements and project data
- Integrated vehicle analysis tool
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Solve your vibration problems of a car. The app can be used to analyze vibrations in a car. It can also be used to measure vibrations of systems. The app helps to locate if the vibration sources are the wheels or the cardan shaft. It is easy to setup. You can create a projects, specify the wheel size and gear ratio and start a measurement. Afterwards you get a chart of the measured vibrations. With the help of the project specific data and the speed the potential frequencies of tires ans gear shaft are calculated and displayed in the chart. The accelerometer of your device is used for the measurement. Currently a maximum of 50 Hz can be detected. Frequencies less than 5 Hz are visually filtered out. A fast Fourier transform (FFT) is used to find the frequency components of the vibrations. *** Features: - Create a project with car data - After a measurement you must specify the speed - The Result is displayed in a chart - The chart can be zoomed in and out - The chart displays a reference line when tapped to better identify the frequency - The chart displays potential sources of vibrations (wheels or cardan shaft) - Data can be exported: - A single measurement including the chart can be exported as pdf - The original data of a project can be exported and imported - With iTunes File Sharing or the Files app: all files can be accessed [date].fft - A simple analysis for vehicles is integrated - The analysis can be adapted to your needs with basis technical understanding. Use iTunes File Sharing to download a configuration file (It is named analysis-gui.json and should be self-explanatory). The accuracy depends on the accuracy of the build-in hardware. For a verifiable measurement result, please use a professional measuring device. The evaluation of the results must be done by a human. Vibrations are normla (i.e. for a car) and still exists if the car is working correctly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RPN at $1.99 against Vibration Detection's $7.99. RPN also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and chart position (#172 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
RPN costs $1.99 and Vibration Detection $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RPN ships an update every 3 months, Vibration Detection every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RPN | Vibration Detection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CuVee Software | Sebastian Bub Software Distribution |
Customer experience
RPN
Vibration Detection
In-app purchases
RPN
No in-app purchases
Vibration Detection
No in-app purchases









