Command Line Program vs Command
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Command Line Program
Access a variety of useful tools and information through a command-line interface on your iOS device. Perform tasks like checking weather, location, network status, converting formats, and retrieving data from various sources.
- Time and timezone checks
- Network and location information
- Weather forecasts
- ASCII code lookup
- RSS feed reader
- Proverb and quote collection
- Password generation
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Command Line Program is a command line program for iOS. It is not a shell, but a collection of various commands using the greatest UI of all time: the command-line interface. Use cases to use commands of Command Line Program come from the need that is right now. For example: - Check time and timezones of the world. - Ping a given host or IP address. - Get local weather. - Check latest tweets using "tweet" command and tweet latest Astronomy Picture of the Day. - What is my latitude and longitude right now: use "location" command and there it is. - Are there cafes nearby: use command "location nearby cafe". - What is my device's IP address: use "network" command. - What is the ASCII code of '+': use "ascii" command. - What was the Astronomy Picture of the Day of Christmas Eve 2012: use "apod" command. - View latest RSS items of your favourite feeds. - Get inspiration for the moment from proverbs all over the world. - And so on and so forth... Depending on new needs, user wishes or some other trigger, new commands will be implemented. Over a dozen commands are implemented, including: - apod, Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA. - wttr weather info from wttr.in. - quakes, list latest earthquakes - ascii, ASCII and extended ASCII, chars 0 - 255. - copy, Copy output of command to clipboard. - cowsay, Cow says. - curl, Get URL content (text/plain & application/json). - httpheaders, Retrieve and list HTTP headers. - location, Current location. - network, Device network info. - quakes, Show latest earthquakes. - proverb, Collection of proverbs around the globe (over 40,000). - pwd, Generate random passwords. - quote, Collection of various quotes (over 150,000). - roman, Roman numeral converter and calculator. - rot13, cipher/decipher text using ROT-13. - rss, Read RSS feeds. - sun, Sunrise/sunset time in current location. - time, Info about time and timezones. - tweet, Send and search tweets. - uname, Generate random usernames. Some features require purchase of Premium features. Premium features are purchase using command "Premium purchase". Command "Premium info" gives more information about Premium features.
Command
This app offers a command-line interface for performing complex calculations, including chained operations, variable assignments, and advanced mathematical functions. It supports various number bases, constants, and provides a built-in help system for ease of use.
- Command-line interface
- Chained calculations
- Variable assignment
- Complex numbers
- Multiple number bases
- Unit and function definition
- Extensive math functions
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Command-Line Calculator (CLCalculator) provides the most fluid interface, especially if you are performing chained calculations i.e. multiple calculations that rely on the results of previous calculations. By providing a command-line interface, CLCalculator allows you to easily enter and view the history of your calculations. You focus on your calculations instead of being intimidated by myriad of buttons on a traditional calculator interface! In addition to performing basic calculations, CLCalculator provides an array of features such as: - Assign and reuse variables - Complex numbers - Number bases i.e. binary, octal, hexadecimal - Constants e.g. e, pi - String manipulation - Matrices - Unit conversion: in-built and user-defined (create your own units!) - Functions: in-built and user-defined (create your own functions!) - Arithmetic functions e.g. fraction, square root, rounding off, ceiling, floor, logarithm - Algebra functions e.g. derivative, simplify symbolic expressions, solve linear equations - Bitwise functions e.g. bitwise and, not, or, left and right shift - Combinatorics functions e.g. Bell, Catalan, Stirling numbers - Geometry functions - Logical functions e.g. and, not, or, xor - Probability functions e.g. combinations, permutations, factorial - Relational functions - Set functions e.g. cartesian product, intersection, union - Statistics functions e.g. mean, median, mode, standard deviation, variance - Trigonometry functions e.g. sin, cos, tan, cot, sinh, acos - and much more! The app also comes with a comprehensive in-built help system with plenty of examples. CLCalculator is powered by math.js (https://mathjs.org/)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Command at 100% against Command Line Program's 17%. Command also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Command Line Program sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Command asks for nothing beyond the download.
Command holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Command Line Program's written reviews are positive against 100% of Command's.
Command Line Program ships an update every 2 months, Command every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Command Line Program | Command |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sami Salkosuo | Ketan Appa |
Customer experience
Command Line Program
Command
In-app purchases
Command Line Program
- Premium Features$1.99
Command
No in-app purchases
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