Sun XMD Mobile vs ExSciCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sun XMD Mobile
Configure Sun's electro-hydraulic drivers with this iOS app. It allows for simple setup of single and dual coil applications, access to diagnostic information, and creation of custom output curves for precise control.
- Configure single and dual coil applications
- Access alarm and operational conditions
- Create custom output curves
- Configure CAN sensors and joysticks
- Password protected access
- Quick Setup Profiles
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Introducing the "Sun XMD Mobile(TM)” app for configuration of Sun's Bluetooth configurable electro-hydraulic driver. This new app is iOS compatible and fully optimized for Sun Hydraulics' electro-proportional products. Compatible with the XMD-01 and XMD-02, this app allows the user to simply configure single and dual coil applications using the hardware inputs or CAN communication. Select between single and dual coil pre-defined profiles for typical pressure and flow configurations for fast reliable solutions using the Quick Setup Profiles Allow technicians worldwide to access alarm and operational conditions with password protected read/write access to engineered profile settings using Diagnostic Mode. Create custom output curves for fine tune joystick control or custom flow/pressure curves with the use of universal inputs and CAN received messages. Quickly and easily configure CAN sensors and joysticks as inputs or configure the XMD hardware as a remote node to be used with any CAN capable programmable controller or display. The XMD is also designed to transmit the analog universal inputs as CAN messages for enhanced intelligence and diagnostic information.
ExSciCalc
This calculator offers enhanced precision and memory beyond standard devices. It includes advanced functions for statistics, physics, and mathematics, alongside common calculations and unit conversions.
- Extended precision (30+ digits)
- Extended memory (main + 10 auxiliary)
- Scroll windows for button access
- Statistical calculations
- Physical and mathematical constants
- Unit conversions
- Roots of equations
- Special relativity calculations
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"Extended" scientific calculator has more features than typical calculators, including: • Extended precision (30+ digits), twice that of typical calculators. • Extended memory including a main memory with statistical information, and 10 auxiliary memory values. • Extended space for buttons using scroll windows--no confusing modes and function keys. • Extended functions not found on most calculators including (but not limited to): ◇ Statistical information for calculating standard deviation (tied to the M+ key) ◇ Most common physical constants and mathematical constants ◇ Extensive unit conversion constants ◇ Roots of polynomials and some transcendental equations ◇ Special relativity calculations • And normal functions including: ◇ Normal and hyperbolic trigonometry ◇ Various logs, powers and roots ◇ % calculations including interest and amortization ◇ Temperature conversion ◇ Random numbers ◇ Averages and means
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sun XMD Mobile at Free against ExSciCalc's $1.99. ExSciCalc's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Sun XMD Mobile is free to download; ExSciCalc costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sun XMD Mobile against 5.0 for ExSciCalc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Sun XMD Mobile ships an update every 2 months, ExSciCalc every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sun XMD Mobile | ExSciCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sun Hydraulics Corporation | Dale C Koepp |
Customer experience
Sun XMD Mobile
ExSciCalc
In-app purchases
Sun XMD Mobile
No in-app purchases
ExSciCalc
No in-app purchases
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