Calculator⁻ vs Progressbar Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator⁻
A straightforward calculator app designed for simplicity, offering basic arithmetic operations and percentage calculations. It allows users to record and recall past results, customize colors, and enable touch sounds for a personalized experience.
- Basic arithmetic operations
- Percentage calculations
- Record and recall results
- Customizable colors
- Touch sound option
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It is a simple and easy calculator. It is a simple calculator with no complex functions at all. Features: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percent operation Recording and recalling calculation results The numbers, operators, parentheses, results Custom colors Use touch sound Very useful for school children
Progressbar Calculator
This calculator app offers a nostalgic retro interface with familiar and intuitive controls. It performs basic arithmetic, square roots, and percentages, with the ability to open multiple calculation windows. Enjoy a visually appealing experience reminiscent of older operating systems.
- Retro visuals
- Familiar & intuitive interface
- Big buttons
- Basic arithmetic calculations
- Square root and percentages
- Multiple calculation windows
- Variety of backgrounds
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Progressbar Calculator is fast, accurate and incredibly attractive assistant with math skills. The retro look of this app will not leave you indifferent. There is nostalgia in every button. Yeah! This is the Calculator from Progressbar95. This app is so confident that decided to try itself as a separate and independent tool. It kindly agreed to perform a standard set of calculations for you. Progressbar Calculator will handle simple calculations that you need in your daily life. In basic mode, this application performs arithmetic calculations, but it can also calculate the square root and percentages. This Calculator will remind you of the good old days. It may not remember all your calculations, but you do remember the all the good times when you used it. Features: - Familiar & Intuitive interface - Retro visuals - Big buttons - Basic arithmetic calculations - Variety of backgrounds - Ability to open multiple windows for the calculations Retro Progressbar Calculator plans to develop, change and update. Support it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calculator⁻ at none against Progressbar Calculator's 11. Calculator⁻ also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 28) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Progressbar Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Progressbar Calculator sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Calculator⁻ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Calculator⁻ against 4.4 for Progressbar Calculator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator⁻ has 3.6K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Calculator⁻'s written reviews are positive against 58% of Progressbar Calculator's.
Calculator⁻ ships an update every 2 months, Progressbar Calculator every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calculator⁻ | Progressbar Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.6K ratings) | 4.4 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UniCom Technology | SH Limited |
Customer experience
Calculator⁻
Progressbar Calculator
Bugs and requests
Calculator⁻
Reported bugs
3 issues- Decimal point problem: .5 becomes 5
- Button that should be 7 shows as 9 and gives 9 when used
- Percentage button does not work correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Backspace button
- Percentage button that works properly
- Arrange buttons in standard calculator layout
Progressbar Calculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calculator⁻
No in-app purchases
Progressbar Calculator
- 30 Gems 50% OFF$0.99
- 30 Gems$1.99
- 80 Gems 50% OFF$1.99
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- Remove Ads 50% OFF$2.49
- 150 Gems 50% OFF$2.99
- 80 Gems$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- 150 Gems$5.99
- Unlock all 50% OFF$12.99
- Unlock All$25.99
- 1 Million Coins$99.99
Questions
Is Calculator⁻ free?
Is Progressbar Calculator free?
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