Calc vs Bright Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calc
This app offers a high-precision scientific calculator with over 50 digits of accuracy. It supports advanced mathematical functions, complex arithmetic, and programmable features for derivatives, integrals, and root finding.
- High-precision calculations (50+ digits)
- Extensive mathematical functions
- Programmable features
- Complex arithmetic
- Graphing capabilities
- Derivative and integral calculation
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Calc-50 is a high-precision scientific graphing RPN calculator. It carries over 50 digits of accuracy and has a large number of mathematical functions, including trig and hyperbolic functions and their inverses, and math special functions such as gamma, beta, psi, exponential integral, sine, cosine, and log integrals, Bessel functions, and more. It is programmable, with functions that take user functions and find derivatives, integrals, function max/min, and roots. Calc-50 also provides complex arithmetic and elementary functions.
Bright Calc
This calculator app offers extensive customization options, allowing users to personalize its appearance and functionality. Tailor button styles, color schemes, and more to create a calculator that perfectly suits your preferences and workflow.
- Customizable colors
- Customizable button types
- Personalized appearance
- Tailored functionality
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A calculator that allows you to customize colors, button types and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bright Calc at 4.8 against Calc's 3.7. Bright Calc also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). Calc's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bright Calc holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Calc ships an update every 10 months, Bright Calc monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calc | Bright Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Smith | Upside Software |
Customer experience
Calc
Bright Calc
In-app purchases
Calc
No in-app purchases
Bright Calc
No in-app purchases
