Simple Easy Calc Lite vs Calcanto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Easy Calc Lite
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This application includes the following Simplified Calculators (1) Anniversary (2) Bill splitting (3) Tip Calculation (4) Comparison (5) Discount (6) Credit Simulation This application doesn't require any use of symbolic computation like "+" and "-". (1) Anniversary Ex.1) This app provides the day 15000th from wedding day and how many days left to the day 15000th from today. Ex.2) This app provides the duration from the date (Sep. 8 2008) my pet came to my home and to next birthday (Jun. 18 2012) of my pet. The date of the result can be stored to the date or today of my calendar. (2) Bill splitting Ex.1) This app provides Each Pay from Total Amount and Head-count. Ex.2) This app also provides Exempted Pay for the attendees who joined later with Exempted Rate and the number of the exempted people in the Head-count. (3) Tip Calculation Ex.1) By specifying Tip rate, this app provides the total amount of pay including Tax. Ex.2) By specifying Tip amount, this app provides the total amount of pay including Tax. (4) Comparison Ex.) When the same detergent is sold with different capacity and price as follows, this app provides which is beneficial. 41oz $8.50 and 62oz $14.40 (5) Discount Ex.1) With a price and its cut rate (25% off), this app provides how much actually discounted. Ex.2) With only actual sales price and its cut rate, this app provides original list price. (6) Credit Simulation With a price, the number of pay and an annual interest (%), this app provides the monthly pay and additional pay at bonus. To get precise result, it would be better to make sure the annual interest (%) to the store or shop. All of the result can be shared on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LINE and so on, stored on a calendar and can be sent by mail. (7) Configuration This provides the setting of currency unit of each app. Also, this provides the setting of wall paper of each app. "more…" provides the capability to select apps and change the order of apps in the front tab. This app is only for iPhone.
Calcanto
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Calcanto is a calculator that says its results out loud, changes its look, and gets the arithmetic right. 0.1 + 0.2 = 0.3 The basic engine works in Decimal rather than binary floating point, so that sum comes out as 0.3 and not 0.30000000000000004. Results carry 15 significant digits, rounded half-up. IT SPEAKS, IN TWO LANGUAGES A female and a male voice. Each language reads a number the way that language does: 120 is "one hundred twenty" in English and 一百二十 in Chinese, never a digit-by-digit spell-out. Keys are announced as you press them and the whole result is read at the end. Every clip ships inside the app and is stitched together on the device, so the readout works in Airplane mode with nothing sent anywhere. Press = and a string is plucked. Each theme has its own pluck, and it is a separate switch from the spoken readout — turn narration off and the pluck is still there. FIVE THEMES, SWITCHED WHILE YOU WATCH Onyx, Seaglass, Bubblegum, Titanium and Neon Noir. All five are in the app. None is behind a purchase and there is no theme store to visit. Changing the theme changes the sound of = with it. THREE MODES Basic — four operations, percent, sign, decimal point, backspace, clear. Multiplication binds before addition, and pressing = again repeats the last operation. Scientific — sin, cos, tan and their inverses, the hyperbolic set and theirs, ln, log₁₀, x^y and the y-th root, x², x³, √, ³√, x!, 1/x, e^x, 10^x, EE, Rand, π, e, parentheses, mc / m+ / m− / mr, 2nd, and a Rad / Deg switch. Convert — five categories. Currency covers nine: USD, CNY, EUR, JPY, GBP, HKD, KRW, AUD and CAD, on live rates labelled with when they were fetched. Length, weight, temperature and area never need a network at all. HISTORY YOU CAN PUT BACK Expression, result, time and mode are all kept. Tap an entry and it drops straight back into the input. Delete one, or clear the lot. ACCESSIBILITY, NOT AN ACCESSIBILITY MODE Every key carries a VoiceOver label written to be heard rather than read: "+" is announced as "plus", and a toggled key says which way it is currently set. Dynamic Type scales the display and the keypad as far as a fixed grid can take them, while Settings, History and the sheets keep the full range. When a key fills with its theme's accent colour, the label colour is re-picked at runtime so it stays readable. ENGLISH AND CHINESE, SWITCHED INSIDE THE APP Settings → Language applies at once, with no restart. It is independent of the system language, and independent of which language the readout speaks — an English interface reading its results in Chinese is a legitimate combination. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account, no sign-in, no ads, no subscription, no analytics or advertising SDK — there is no third-party SDK in it at all. History, theme and voice settings stay on your device and sync nowhere. The app makes exactly one kind of network request, for exchange rates; never open Convert and it never goes online. Free, with no in-app purchase. iOS and iPadOS 17 or later, macOS 14 or later — one download covers all three.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Calcanto at none against Simple Easy Calc Lite's shown. Calcanto also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 38 months). Simple Easy Calc Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Easy Calc Lite ships an update every 38 months, Calcanto fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Easy Calc Lite | Calcanto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroyuki Suzuki | Beijing CloudWest Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Simple Easy Calc Lite
No in-app purchases
Calcanto
No in-app purchases
Questions
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