Hyperbolic Games vs Calcu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hyperbolic Games
Explore mathematical concepts through interactive games on curved surfaces. This app illustrates hyperbolic geometry and topology, offering a unique educational experience for advanced students. Discover different models of the hyperbolic plane and their relationship to spheres.
- Interactive hyperbolic plane exploration
- 2D and 3D multi-connected spaces
- Beltrami-Klein and Poincaré disk models
- Visualization of Klein quartic surface
- Sudoku puzzles with high symmetry
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The Hyperbolic Games are similar in spirit to the Torus Games, but played on curved surfaces. Most people will want to start with the Torus Games instead, which offer a selection of easily playable games, designed for children ages 10 and up, all implemented in multi-connected spaces in 2 and 3 dimensions. The Hyperbolic Games, by contrast, are for math students — advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. These games are more challenging than the Torus Games because they combine a multi-connected topology with a non-Euclidean geometry. Mathematically they illustrate the following: - The hyperbolic plane, as a live scrollable object. - The under-appreciated fact that the two traditional models of the hyperbolic plane are simply different views of the same fixed-radius surface in Minkowski space: the Beltrami-Klein model corresponds to a viewpoint at the origin (central projection) while the Poincaré disk model corresponds to a viewpoint one radian further back (stereographic projection). Players may pinch-to-zoom to pass from one to the other, or stop to view the model from any other distance. - The strong — but also under-appreciated — correspondence between the hyperbolic plane and an ordinary sphere. In particular, central projection of the sphere corresponds to the Beltrami-Klein model of the hyperbolic plane, and stereographic projection of the sphere corresponds to the Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane. - The Klein quartic surface, viewed with its natural geometry. The sudoku puzzles take full advantage of the Klein quartic’s tremendous amount of symmetry.
Calcu
This app provides advanced logarithmic calculations and explanations, covering equation solving, Taylor series, digit-by-digit computation, and integral definitions. It also simplifies expressions, solves complex logarithmic equations, and includes a virtual slide rule.
- Solves logarithmic equations for y, x, and a
- Explains Taylor series for log_e(x)
- Illustrates digit-by-digit log_10(x) computation
- Explains log_e definition via integrals
- Simplifies logarithmic expressions
- Calculates and graphs complex logarithms
- Includes virtual slide rule
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Calcu-Logarithm performs calculations and helps user understand logarithms on advanced level: 1. Solves equation "y = log_a(x)” for “y”, “x”, and “a”, with relevant graphs. 2. Explains and illustrates how to compute log_e (x) from Taylor series. 3. Explains and illustrates how to compute log_10 (x) digit by digit (based on M.Goldberg algorithm). 4. Explains and provides proof of log_e definition as the integral of x inverse. 5. Simplifies logarithmic expressions and solves logarithmic equations with polynomials of up to 20th degree. 6. Includes virtual slide rule for multiplication and division. 7. Calculates, explains, and graphs logarithms of complex numbers. Developers welcome any feedback, please write to us at graphmath@aol.com. Please check out our other Math apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Calcu at every 3 days against Hyperbolic Games's every 7 months. Calcu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Hyperbolic Games's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Calcu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hyperbolic Games has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hyperbolic Games ships an update every 7 months, Calcu every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hyperbolic Games | Calcu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeff Weeks | Yuri Morozov |
Customer experience
Hyperbolic Games
Calcu
In-app purchases
Hyperbolic Games
No in-app purchases
Calcu
No in-app purchases









