Comparison

Oribi Writer Edu vs Basic Calculator X

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Oribi Writer Edu

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The app that helps you get your spelling right! This version of Oribi Writer is intended for schools and other educational institutions. Do you need spelling and language support while writing or after you have finished, or both? Then the Oribi Writer Edu app is the ultimate writing tool for you. It works as a stand-alone word processor, and its spell checker and grammar checker are quite unique. Oribi Writer Edu is specially designed for people with reading and writing difficulties and dyslexia, but it can be useful to anyone who needs a bit of spelling assistance and language support from time to time. SPELLING SUPPORT Use Oribi Writer Edu to correct or check: - serious spelling mistakes like ”citon" (kitten) or ”sositch” (sausage) - easily confusable words like ”fillings/feelings” or ”meat/meet” - grammar mistakes like ”The cats is hungry” - one word wrongly written as two words, like ”boy friend” - two words wrongly written as one word, like ”Losangeles” - punctuation and spaces. LETTER SOUNDING Oribi Writer Edu can sound out individual letters as you write them. This gives you immediate feedback on the letters that you write. TEXT-TO-SPEECH Oribi Writer Edu can use the synthetic voice included in iOS to read out words or sentences as you write them and/or read out the entire text afterwards. This will often allow you to hear the writing mistakes that you may have made. The settings include: - read out selected text - read out from the cursor onwards - read out each word after it is finished - read out each sentence after it is finished - have the cursor move through the text as it is being read out - adjust the reading pace - on/off. DICTIONARY Oribi Writer Edu has a new English-English dictionary built in. EASILY ADJUSTED TO EACH USER’S NEEDS Personal settings enable you to: - add your own words to the wordlists - decide whether Oribi Writer Edu should warn you about certain easily confusable words or not - use a large wordlist or a small one. KEYBOARD FORMATTING Oribi Writer Edu offers several formatting options: - font - font size - bold, italic, underline - text alignment (flush left, flush right, justified, centred). SHARING TEXTS Texts in Oribi Writer Edu can be shared to other apps, including Mail, Notes, Message, Twitter and Facebook. It is also possible to copy a text, print it, save it to Dropbox, etc. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT Under ‘Documents’, you can create documents directly under ‘On my iPad’. It is also possible to create subfolders and place documents directly in them. This may come in handy if you need to structure your documents or if several people use the same iPad. In-app purchase Annual Subscriptions: Title: OribiLanguages Duration: Annual Subscription (12 months) Price: 999.00 SEK per year Includes: Access to the app with all four languages Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of use: https://www.oribi.se/policy/tos/

About

Basic Calculator X

This app provides essential arithmetic functions, including square roots and percentages. It allows users to perform multiple calculations sequentially, storing previous results for easy reuse. Users can manage their calculation history by deleting individual entries or clearing all saved data.

Highlights
  • Four arithmetic methods
  • Square and square-root functions
  • Pi and percentage calculations
  • Sequential calculation support
  • Calculation history table
  • Delete individual/all calculations
Features
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A basic calculator with some useful features. - The four arithmetic methods with positive and negative numbers. square, square-root, pi, percent - You can do several calculations in a row. When you press the equal-sign, the current calculation is stored in the table on the left. These can then be used again in new calculations. - You can delete all saved calculations in the table. Either click on "Delete Individual", and choose which ones you want to delete, or you simply click "Delete All". More information on www.matteappar.se

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basic Calculator X at none against Oribi Writer Edu's 2. Basic Calculator X also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Oribi Writer Edu's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 25 months) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Oribi Writer Edu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $21.99 per year. Basic Calculator X asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oribi Writer Edu ships an update every 2 months, Basic Calculator X every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Oribi Writer Edu versus Basic Calculator X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOribi Writer EduBasic Calculator X
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOribi ABMagnus Vernersson

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Oribi Writer Edu

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$21.991 Year
One-time1
  • Språk för rättstavning$79.99
None

Basic Calculator X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oribi Writer Edu free?
Oribi Writer Edu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Calculator X free?
Basic Calculator X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Oribi Writer Edu or Basic Calculator X have ads?
Neither Oribi Writer Edu nor Basic Calculator X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oribi Writer Edu or Basic Calculator X?
Oribi Writer Edu ships an update every 2 months, and Basic Calculator X every 25 months. Most recently, Oribi Writer Edu was updated on November 2, 2026 and Basic Calculator X on November 3, 2026.

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