PackDot vs FlexoCalculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PackDot
This utility app helps create an inventory for flexographic plates and presses by measuring screen dots, dot diameter, and ink percentage from photos. It offers overlay functions to compare plates with anilox or printed materials, and can read angles and spot colors.
- Flexographic plate inventory
- Screen dot measurement (LPC/LPI)
- Dot diameter and area/ink percentage calculation
- Overlay function for comparison
- Reading angle and spot colors
- PDF report generation
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IMPORTANT: Necessary a coaxial light microscope and a WIFI radial light microscope. To take photos is necessary a LOGIN, visit our web site. We sell a complete tools kit to work with this app, visit our web site: www.flexostore.co.uk This APP create a complete inventory for Flexographic Plates and flexo, offset ou gravure press. The PDF reports, are shared by social networks or email. Measure the dots screen (LPC/LPI), the dot diameter and the area/ink percentual, just taking a photo coupling a metallurgical microscope or using a WIFI microscope. Now with overlay function, to see plate over anilox or plate over printed. Now reading angle and spot colours.
FlexoCalculator
This tool assists flexo prepress operators with essential calculations for screen dimensions, minimum print effects, and plate compression distortion. It also handles unit conversions between metric and imperial standards, offering a consolidated solution for prepress needs.
- Calculate screen dimensions in microns
- Assess minimum print effects ('dipping')
- Determine plate compression distortion
- Convert metric to imperial units
- Convert imperial to metric units
- Brand-free and customizable
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FlexoCalculator was born from the need to aggregate into a single iOS native tool, many useful features for flexo prepress operators. FlexoCalculator lets you to calculate your screen dimension in microns, to let you know if your printed minimum will be affected by "dipping", if and how much the plate compressione will distort your prints. Flexocalculator will let you convert units from metric to imperial standards and viceversa. The benefits of using FlexoCalculator are: it is a unique tool for all your computing and conversion needs, is brand free, could be tailored to your specific implementation requests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PackDot at Free against FlexoCalculator's $2.99. PackDot also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). FlexoCalculator's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
PackDot is free to download; FlexoCalculator costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FlexoCalculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PackDot ships an update every 3 months, FlexoCalculator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PackDot | FlexoCalculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcos Samsoniuk | Mauro Lussignoli |
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In-app purchases
PackDot
No in-app purchases
FlexoCalculator
No in-app purchases
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