RPN vs DM50
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RPN
This app simulates a vintage programmable calculator from the mid-70s, offering enhanced features beyond the original. It allows users to run existing programs, manage virtual cards, and utilize advanced functions for scientific and engineering tasks.
- Virtual program and data cards
- Virtual paper tape printer
- Database-driven card manager
- Create, label, and organize unlimited cards
- Share cards via email, AirDrop, Dropbox
- Editable program listings
- Enhanced features for more program steps and registers
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A dream calculator of the mid-70's, priced at $2,500 in today's dollars (2025), right on your iPhone! RPN-67 SD is the iPhone version of RPN-67 Pro, the first complete simulation of Hewlett-Packard's legendary HP-67 programmable calculator for the iPad. Produced from 1976 to 1982, the HP-67 was a huge success among scientists, engineers and other professionals. Thousands of programs were written for it. Now you can run them right on your iPhone, with more ease and faster than ever before. To get you started quickly, run the built-in program cards, or choose from the large number of programs available as free downloads from our website. What users said: “This version permits you to use your virtual HP-67 just as you could the original – hand-held and highly portable. Congratulations to the developer for providing such an excellent and aesthetically pleasing software product." "This was my first scientific calculator in real life. It is great to have the simulator on my iPhone. The special features added make it into a HP-41 or 42S! It comes packaged with some great samples. Am having great fun with it." Features: • Virtual program and data cards • Virtual paper tape printer supports all HP-97 printer modes • Powerful database-driven card manager • Create, label, and organize a virtually unlimited number of cards • Use iTunes to effortlessly save entire card collections on your Mac/PC • Sharing: e-mail, AirDrop, Dropbox, copy, paste, print • Editable listing shows labels, targets of branches, and errors • E-mail listings and let the recipient paste the text right into RPN-67 • Print listings on any AirPrint-compatible printer • Program listing on paper tape shows subroutine nesting • Edit paper tape • E-mail paper tape, or print it via AirPrint • Cut/copy/paste displayed value or program steps • Paste existing HP-67 listings into RPN-67 SD and run them • "Live" display of stack, memory registers, flags • Show and edit program instructions • Fast: 1.5 seconds vs. 6 minutes (program HM-05, determinant of 5x5 matrix) • Low-battery indicator (iPhone charge 10% or less) • Optional high-contrast mode for working in bright ambient light • Compatible with RPN-67 Pro and RPN-97 Pro While RPN-67 SD works like a real HP-67, changing a simple setting will turn the app into a super-charged HP-67: • Up to 999 program steps, 8 subroutine levels, 6 additional flags (F4...F9) • 100 additional registers • 100 additional labels • 100 built-in constants and conversions • More than 150 additional powerful operations and functions Plus: • 15 commands to print and manipulate any range of extended registers • Unrestricted register arithmetic • Exchange x with any register • Complex numbers, hyperbolic functions • Non-volatile memory - stack, registers, program, flags, paper tape • Status indicators for prefix keys (f, g, h, STO, RCL, etc.) • Display showing thousands separators (optional) • Text output on simulated paper tape in 10 colors, even simple plotting • Stack-of-stack: push/pop the entire stack on internal stack (4 levels) • Single-step into subroutines (optional) • Powerful debugging aids, including 10 breakpoints with counters • Keycodes translated to command names while entering or single-stepping a program • Change the duration of the PAUSE command • Compress constants in programs into a single step (reversible) RPN-67 SD comes with more than 130 programs pre-installed, including HP Standard Pac, HP Business Decisions Pac, HP Math Pac I, HP Stat Pac I, and HP Surveying Pac I. The simulator has been verified to correctly run the examples given in HP Civil Engineering Pac I, HP Clinical Lab Pac, HP E.E. Pac I, HP Games Pac I, HP M.E. Pac I, HP Navigation Pac I, as well as large number of programs published in Users' Library Solutions. For more information and free program downloads visit the RPN-67 website: cuveesoft.ch/rpn67
DM50
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DM50 is a faithful tribute to the golden era of scientific calculators, bringing the legendary HP-style experience to your iPhone with modern enhancements. Whether you're an engineer, student, scientist, or calculator enthusiast, DM50 delivers the power and precision you need, with the tactile familiarity of classic RPN entry and a crisp, authentic 132×64 monochrome LCD display. REVERSE POLISH NOTATION (RPN) A true HP-style RPN engine with a dynamic multi-level stack, stack lift, SWAP, ROLL and DROP. Once you learn the flow, complex calculations become faster and more intuitive. ALGEBRAIC MODE (CAS) Type expressions the way you write them: full operator precedence, parentheses and implicit multiplication (2π, 3(4+5)). Includes numerical derivatives ∂(f,a), definite integrals ∫(f,a,b), and nine memory variables (x, y, z, A–F) for chained calculations. EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES Solve linear and quadratic equations — complex roots included — and linear inequalities. MATRIX ALGEBRA Matrices up to 5×5 in a dedicated editor: addition, subtraction, multiplication, transpose, trace, determinant and inverse. MORE MATH MODES • 3D vector calculations • Complex number arithmetic • Base conversion: decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal • Formula library with pixel-art diagrams, inspired by the classics • Constants library with common physical and mathematical constants SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS • Trigonometry with RAD / DEG / GRAD angle modes • Logarithms, exponentials, powers and roots • Hyperbolic functions, factorials and more AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE • Pixel-perfect monochrome LCD rendering (132×64) • Classic keyboard layout with BLUE / ORANGE • Real-time status bar: clock, angle mode, modifiers and battery • Retro sound effects BUILT FOR POWER USERS DM50 is designed for depth. The layered modifier system exposes dozens of functions without cluttering the interface — just like the classic calculators it draws in A LITTLE FUN TOO A built-in dice game to take a break between calculations. Track your high score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DM50 at monthly against RPN's every 3 months. DM50 also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and device support (4 vs 2). RPN's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ads and in-app purchases 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 $3.99 and DM50 $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RPN ships an update every 3 months, DM50 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RPN | DM50 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CuVee Software | Javier Bascones |
In-app purchases
RPN
No in-app purchases
DM50
No in-app purchases









